Mauritia maculifera Reticulated cowrie

Mauritia maculifera is commonly referred to as Reticulated cowrie. 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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AphiaID:: 390564

Scientific:: Mauritia maculifera
German:: Gefleckte Kauri
English:: Reticulated Cowrie

Category:: Slakken

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Mauritia (Genus) > maculifera (Species)
Initial determination:: F. A. Schilder, 1932

Occurrence:: Austral Islands, Clipperton Island, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
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:: 1 - 15 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2.76" - 3.94" (7cm - 10.0cm)
Temperature:: 76.46 °F - 84.92 °F (24.7°C - 29.4°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carnivore, Herbivorous, omnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-03-09 10:32:12
Last edit:: 2026-03-03 19:25:11

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Mauritia maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932

Mauritia maculifera is a shell snail in the family Cypraeidae, known as porcelain snails.Porcelain snails have a smooth, rounded shell, with a narrow toothed opening on the underside. In living porcelain snails, the mantle overgrows the shell from both sides. Where the mantle meets on the top of the shell, a line can be seen in the pattern. Porcelain snails are nocturnal, feed omnivorously, and are found primarily in tropical waters.

Mauritia maculifera usually resides under slabs and rocks or in channels and holes of algal ridges.

Juveniles are gray with wavy brown lines.

Synonymised names
Cypraea maculata Barnes, 1824 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Cypraea maculifera (F. A. Schilder, 1932) · unaccepted
Cypraea reticulata Martyn, 1784 · unaccepted > unavailable name (non-binominal)
Cypraea reticulata Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Mauritia (Arabica) maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932 · unaccepted

Direct children (6)
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera andreae U. Erdmann & Lorenz, 2017
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera cookensis U. Erdmann & Hart, 2024
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera martybealsi Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Mauritia maculifera hawaiiensis Heiman, 2005 accepted as Mauritia maculifera maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932

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