Rice-grain Bean Cowrie

Trivirostra oryza

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–191 m
Water temperature13–30 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and December
How commonOccasional

About this species

Trivirostra oryza is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Trivirostra oryza”, 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: 20 records
February: 10 records
March: 10 records
April: 10 records
May: 5 records
June: 30 records
July: 33 records
August: 20 records
September: 17 records
October: 21 records
November: 12 records
December: 38 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–191 m · Deepest record: 190.7 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 7 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 23 records
22–24 °C: 61 records
24–26 °C: 86 records
26–28 °C: 153 records
28–30 °C: 79 records

Names and classification

English: Rice-grain Bean Cowrie, Rice Grain Bean Cowrie, Rice-grain Bean Cowry, Rice Grain Bean Cowry

Names in 4 more languages

Japanese: シラタマガイ
Korean: 흰구슬개오지
Thai: เบี้ยข้าวตอก
Simplified Chinese: 白米蛹螺

Other scientific names: Cypraea intermedia, Cypraea oryza, Trivia oryza

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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).
920 open-data records from 1810 to 2015.

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