Ring cowrie

Monetaria annulus

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–8 m
Water temperature16–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

Monetaria annulus, common name the ring cowrie, ring top cowrie, or gold ring cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Monetaria annulus”, 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: 55 records
February: 57 records
March: 55 records
April: 20 records
May: 59 records
June: 59 records
July: 86 records
August: 81 records
September: 42 records
October: 69 records
November: 47 records
December: 52 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–8 m · Deepest record: 18.3 m

0–10 m: 120 records
10–20 m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 10 records
22–24 °C: 33 records
24–26 °C: 73 records
26–28 °C: 113 records
28–30 °C: 87 records

Names and classification

English: Ring cowrie, ring cowrie

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ハナビラダカラ
Korean: 노랑테두리개오지

Other scientific names: Cypraea (Monetaria) annulus, Cypraea annularis, Cypraea annulus, Erosaria annulus, Monetaria camelorum, Monetaria harmandiana, Ornamentaria annulus

Similar species

Serpent's head cowrie
Monetaria caputserpentis
Money cowrie
Monetaria moneta
Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris
Thick-edged cowry
Erronea 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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
2,159 open-data records from 1758 to 2024.

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