Clandestine Cowrie

Palmadusta clandestina

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–50 m
Water temperature15–29 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonOccasional

About this species

Palmadusta clandestina is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.Subspecies

Text from the Wikipedia article “Palmadusta clandestina”, 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: 16 records
February: 7 records
March: 6 records
April: 15 records
May: 13 records
June: 17 records
July: 17 records
August: 28 records
September: 14 records
October: 17 records
November: 17 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–50 m · Deepest record: 520 m

0–10 m: 24 records
10–20 m: 18 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 8 records
40–50 m: 4 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 8 records
20–22 °C: 39 records
22–24 °C: 70 records
24–26 °C: 110 records
26–28 °C: 64 records
28–30 °C: 31 records

Names and classification

English: Clandestine Cowrie, Clandestine Cowry, Cowrie

Names in 4 more languages

French: Porcelaine clandestine
Japanese: カミスジダカラ
Thai: หอยเบี้ยสีเนื้อ
Simplified Chinese: 銀絲寶螺

Other scientific names: Cypraea (Luponia) clandestina, Cypraea (Palmadusta) clandestina, Cypraea clandestina

Similar species

Little Ass Cowrie
Palmadusta asellus
Palmadusta contaminata
Palmadusta lutea
Saul's cowrie
Palmadusta saulae
Zigzag cowry
Palmadusta ziczac
Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida 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).
700 open-data records from 1767 to 2011.

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