Millet Cowrie
Naria miliaris
- Usual depth14–100 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Naria miliaris, common name the millet cowry or the inocellate cowry or the military cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Naria miliaris”, 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: 5 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 14–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Millet Cowrie, Millet Cowry
Names in 4 more languages
- Japanese
- ハツユキダカラ
- Korean
- 함박눈송이개오지
- Thai
- หอยเบี้ยลายจุดขาวเล็ก
- Simplified Chinese
- 初雪寶螺, 黍斑眼球貝
Other scientific names: Cypraea miliaris, Erosaria (Erosaria) differens, Erosaria metavona, Erosaria miliaris
Similar species
- Eroded Cowrie
Naria erosa
- Honey Cowry
Naria helvola
- lined-lip cowrie
Naria labrolineata
- Cowrie
Naria poraria
- Beck's cowrie
Naria beckii
- Boivin's cowrie
Naria boivinii
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).
- 314 open-data records from 1791 to 2023.
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