Jester cowrie

Mauritia scurra

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–15 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary and December
How commonRare

About this species

Mauritia scurra, common name the jester cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.SubspeciesMauritia scurra occidua C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017 Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)Mauritia scurra indica (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791) Mauritia scurra mundula Lorenz, 2002: synonym of Mauritia scurra scurra (Gmelin, 1791)

Text from the Wikipedia article “Mauritia scurra”, 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: 2 records
February: 9 records
March: 3 records
April: 2 records
May: 2 records
June: 4 records
July: 2 records
August: 3 records
September: 5 records
October: 5 records
November: 2 records
December: 10 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–15 m · Deepest record: 17 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 77 records
28–30 °C: 69 records

Names and classification

English: Jester cowrie, jester cowrie

Names in 3 more languages

German: Skurrile Kauri, Skurrile Narrenkauri
Japanese: アミメダカラ
Simplified Chinese: 網目寶螺

Other scientific names: Arabica scurra, Cypraea scurra

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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).
266 open-data records from 1791 to 2004.

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