Kitten Cowrie
Melicerona felina
- Usual depth1–13 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Melicerona felina, common name the kitten cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Melicerona felina”, 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: 6 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 13 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Kitten Cowrie
Names in 3 more languages
- Korean
- 고양이개오지
- Thai
- หอยเบี้ยแมว
- Simplified Chinese
- 花貓寶螺
Other scientific names: Cypraea felina, Palmadusta (Melicerona) felina, Palmadusta felina
Similar species
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
- Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
- Mistaken cowrie
Erronea errones
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).
- 183 open-data records from 1791 to 2007.
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