Primovula rosewateri Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Allied Cowry

Primovula rosewateri is commonly referred to as Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Allied Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

964 

AphiaID:

430710 

Scientific:

Primovula rosewateri 

German:

Rosewaters Eischnecke 

English:

Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Allied Cowry 

Category:

Snäckor med skal 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Primovula (Genus) > rosewateri (Species) 

Initial determination:

(C. N. Cate, ), 1973 

Occurrence:

Africa, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Thailand, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

- 23 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,5cm - 1,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

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:

• Primovula beckeri
• Primovula panthera
• 
  Primovula rosewateri
  Rosewaters Eischnecke
• Primovula santacarolinensis
• Primovula uvula

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Primovula formosa
  Formosa Eischnecke
• 
  Primovula roseomaculata
  Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-24 21:28:53 

Last edit:

2025-07-26 14:10:13 

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