Mauritia grayana Gray's Arabica Cowry

Mauritia grayana is commonly referred to as Gray's Arabica Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13412 

AphiaID:

216869 

Scientific:

Mauritia grayana 

German:

Grays Porzellanschnecke 

English:

Gray's Arabica Cowry 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Mauritia (Genus) > grayana (Species) 

Initial determination:

F. A. Schilder, 1930 

Occurrence:

Eritrea, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Pakistan, Red Sea, Somalia, Tansania, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

2 - 5 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 3.15" (1,7cm - 8,6cm) 

Temperature:

68 °F - 78.8 °F (20°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, omnivore, Sponges 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mauritia depressa
  Flache Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia eglantina
  Hundsrosen Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia grayana
  Grays Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia histrio
  Harlekinkauri, Geschichtskauri
• 
  Mauritia maculifera
  Gefleckte Kauri
• 
  Mauritia mauritiana
  Buckelschnecke, Buckelkauri, Großer Schlangenkopf
• 
  Mauritia scurra
  Porzellanschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mauritia arabica
  Arabische Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia arabica asiatica
  Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-12-07 13:27:10 

Last edit:

2024-12-04 14:21:46 

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