Cat Cowry
Melicerona listeri
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 80 records
- February: 60 records
- March: 76 records
- April: 99 records
- May: 85 records
- June: 69 records
- July: 120 records
- August: 126 records
- September: 90 records
- October: 72 records
- November: 44 records
- December: 65 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Hayley P, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Gyselinck, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Cat Cowry
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- クロダカラ
Other scientific names: Erronea listeri
Similar species
Kitten CowrieMelicerona felina
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowryErronea 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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 274 open-data records from 1824 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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