Little Ass Cowrie
Palmadusta asellus
- Usual depth1–16 m
- Water temperature11–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Palmadusta asellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Palmadusta asellus”, 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: 13 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 59 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 26.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 11–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Little Ass Cowrie, Little Ass Cowry
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ウキダカラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 浮標寶螺
Other scientific names: Cypraea (Luponia) asellus, Cypraea asellus, Evenaria asellus
Similar species
- Clandestine Cowrie
Palmadusta clandestina
- Saul's cowrie
Palmadusta saulae
- Zigzag cowry
Palmadusta ziczac
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
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).
- 559 open-data records from 1758 to 2023.
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