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Mauritia arabica asiatica Cowrie, Cowry

Mauritia arabica asiatica is commonly referred to as Cowrie, Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Haemida beach, Iriomote island, Japan


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lexID:
14283 
AphiaID:
586979 
Scientific:
Mauritia arabica asiatica 
German:
Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke 
English:
Cowrie, Cowry 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Mauritia (Genus) > arabica asiatica (Species) 
Initial determination:
F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo (Kalimantan), China, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java Sea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
- 30 Meter 
Size:
2.76" - 3.54" (7cm - 9cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Invertebrates, omnivore 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-04 21:58:50 

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Mauritia arabica asiatica is a subspecies of Mauritia arabica.
The snail feeds herbivorously on algae and preys on organisms that have no means of self-motion and are normally immobile.

As the name of the cowrie indicates, the snail is restricted to Asian and Indonesian waters.

Known subspecies:
Mauritia arabica asiatica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
Mauritia arabica immanis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
Mauritia arabica khanhhoaensis Thach, 2018
Mauritia arabica ngocngai Thach, 2018
Mauritia arabica nhatrangensis Thach, 2018
Mauritia arabica phanrangensis Thach, 2020
Mauritia arabica thachi F. Huber, 2019

Synonyms:
Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica asiatica (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939)
Mauritia (Arabica) arabica asiatica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1939
Mauritia arabica merguina Lorenz & F. Huber, 1993

External links

  1. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.
  2. Marine Molluscan fauna Of the Pakistani coastal waters (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.
  3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.

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Foto: Haemida beach, Iriomote island, Japan

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