Mauritia maculifera

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–10 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Mauritia maculifera, common name : the blotched cowry or reticulated cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Mauritia maculifera”, 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: 78 records
February: 32 records
March: 42 records
April: 26 records
May: 36 records
June: 38 records
July: 24 records
August: 34 records
September: 34 records
October: 24 records
November: 40 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 35 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 20 records
26–28 °C: 32 records
28–30 °C: 39 records

Photos

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(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Floyd A. Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: キッコウダカラ

Other scientific names: Cypraea maculata, Cypraea maculifera, Cypraea reticulata, Mauritia (Arabica) maculifera

Similar species

Mauritia arabica
Dog-rose cowrie
Mauritia eglantina
Humpback cowrie
Mauritia mauritiana
Mauritia depressa
Jester cowrie
Mauritia scurra
Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida 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).
187 open-data records from 1875 to 1992.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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