Carnelian Cowry

Lyncina carneola

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–96 m
Water temperature17–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and December
How commonOccasional

About this species

Lyncina carneola, common name the carnelian cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Lyncina carneola”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 29 records
February: 36 records
March: 35 records
April: 28 records
May: 34 records
June: 33 records
July: 46 records
August: 39 records
September: 21 records
October: 27 records
November: 33 records
December: 43 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–96 m · Deepest record: 775 m

0–10 m: 42 records
10–20 m: 27 records
20–30 m: 12 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110+ m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 32 records
24–26 °C: 65 records
26–28 °C: 148 records
28–30 °C: 135 records

Names and classification

English: Carnelian Cowry, purple-mouthed cowry

Names in 5 more languages

French: Porcelaine carnée
Japanese: クチムラサキダカラ
Korean: 홍옥수개오지
Thai: หอยเบี้ยขาวแดง
Simplified Chinese: 紫口寶螺

Other scientific names: Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola, Cypraea aureola, Cypraea carneola, Cypraea crassa, Cypraea loebbeckeana, Cypraea marmorata, Cypraea sowerbyi, Ponda carneola

Similar species

Bobcat cowrie
Lyncina lynx
Calf Cowrie
Lyncina vitellus
Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,360 open-data records from 1758 to 2024.

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