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Cuspivolva tigris Tiger Egg Cowrie

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

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Tiger Egg Shell,Cuspivolva tigris, Ambon 2023


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lexID:
3738 
AphiaID:
430739 
Scientific:
Cuspivolva tigris 
German:
Tiger-Eischnecke 
English:
Tiger Egg Cowrie 
Category:
Snäckor med skal 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cuspivolva (Genus) > tigris (Species) 
Initial determination:
(T. Yamamoto, ), 1971 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Bunaken, Central Pazific, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Philippines, Sulawesi, Western Pacific Ocean 
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:
18 - 70 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1,5 cm 
Weight:
48 g 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-23 16:18:31 

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Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971)

Cuspivolva tigris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Its a parasit of softcorals and gorgonians.

Synonymised names
Crenavolva tigris (T. Yamamoto, 1971) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Primovula tigris T. Yamamoto, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 23.05.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Tiger Cowrie Ovulid Cuspivolva tigris , Bunaken, Sulawesi, INDONESIA 2003
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Commonly

Tiger Egg Cowrie (Crenavolva Tigris),Thailand Andaman Sea February 2008
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Cuspivolva tigris Copyright Bo Davidsson
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Crenavolva tigris - Cuspivolva tigris (c) by Martin Hablützel, Unterwasserfoto.ch - Aufnahmeort Nord Male Atoll, Malediven, Indischer
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Tiger Egg Shell,Cuspivolva tigris, Ambon 2023

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