Treblespotted cowrie
Pustularia bistrinotata
- Usual depth5–466 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober, November, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Pustularia bistrinotata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pustularia bistrinotata”, 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: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–466 m · Deepest record: 520 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Treblespotted cowrie, Triple-spotted cowrie, Twicetriple-spotted cowrie, treblespotted cowrie, triple-spotted cowrie, twicetriple-spotted cowrie
Names in 1 more languages
- German
- Gelbbraunpunkt-Kauri
Other scientific names: Cypraea bistrinotata
Similar species
- Chick-pea cowrie
Pustularia cicercula
- Globose cowrie
Pustularia globulus
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea 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).
- 250 open-data records from 1907 to 2005.
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