Staphylaea staphylaea Grape Cowrie, Stippled Cowrie, Staphylaea Cowry

Staphylaea staphylaea is commonly referred to as Grape Cowrie, Stippled Cowrie, Staphylaea 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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lexID:

16925 

AphiaID:

216890 

Scientific:

Staphylaea staphylaea 

German:

Traubenkauri 

English:

Grape Cowrie, Stippled Cowrie, Staphylaea Cowry 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Staphylaea (Genus) > staphylaea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Australia, Bali, Central Pazific, Comores, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Tulamben, Vanuatu 

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:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,7cm - 2,9cm) 

Temperature:

24,8 °F - 29,3 °F (24,8°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Predatory 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Staphylaea limacina
  Porzellanschnecke
• Staphylaea semiplota
• 
  Staphylaea staphylaea
  Traubenkauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-11-05 19:21:30 

Last edit:

2025-04-23 17:49:43 

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