Cuspivolva habui Egg Cowrie

Cuspivolva habui is commonly referred to as Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17478 

AphiaID:

430759 

Scientific:

Cuspivolva habui 

German:

Eischnecke 

English:

Egg Cowrie 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cuspivolva (Genus) > habui (Species) 

Initial determination:

(C. N. Cate, ), 1973 

Occurrence:

South-Africa, Taiwan, Thailand 

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:

Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0,8 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 

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:

• Cuspivolva allynsmithi
• 
  Cuspivolva bellica
  Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva celzardi
• Cuspivolva cuspis
• 
  Cuspivolva draperi
  Drapers Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva formosa
• 
  Cuspivolva habui
  Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva helenae
• Cuspivolva mucronata
• Cuspivolva ostheimerae
• Cuspivolva paulwatsoni
• 
  Cuspivolva platysia
  Platypus Eischnecke, Schwarzpunkt Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva queenslandica
• Cuspivolva singaporica
• Cuspivolva singularis
• 
  Cuspivolva tigris
  Tiger-Eischnecke
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-06-01 20:14:33 

Last edit:

2025-06-01 20:16:56 

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