Mauritia depressa
- Usual depth35 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Mauritia depressa, common name the "depressed cowry" or the "honey cowry", is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 35 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒメヤクシマダカラ
Other scientific names: Cypraea depressa
Similar species
- Dog-rose cowrie
Mauritia eglantina
- Humpback cowrie
Mauritia mauritiana
- Jester cowrie
Mauritia scurra
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
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).
- 223 open-data records from 1824 to 1998.
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