Chick-pea cowrie

Pustularia cicercula

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4–361 m
Water temperature4–30 °C
Best monthsJuly and November
How commonRare

About this species

Pustularia cicercula is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Pustularia cicercula”, 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: 4 records
February: 2 records
March: 1 records
April: 0 records
May: 5 records
June: 5 records
July: 25 records
August: 6 records
September: 5 records
October: 8 records
November: 16 records
December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–361 m · Deepest record: 520 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 11 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–30 °C

2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 44 records
26–28 °C: 94 records
28–30 °C: 61 records

Names and classification

English: Chick-pea cowrie, chick-pea cowrie

Names in 2 more languages

German: Kichererbsen-Kauri
Japanese: チドリダカラ

Other scientific names: Cypraea cicercula

Similar species

Treblespotted cowrie
Pustularia bistrinotata
Globose cowrie
Pustularia globulus
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).
329 open-data records from 1758 to 2005.

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