Mauritia scurra Jester cowrie

Mauritia scurra is commonly referred to as Jester cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5817 

AphiaID:

216867 

Scientific:

Mauritia scurra 

German:

Porzellanschnecke 

English:

Jester Cowrie 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Mauritia (Genus) > scurra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Réunion , Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Timor, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

Size:

0.98" - 2.36" (2.5cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Normaal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mauritia depressa
  Flache Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia eglantina
  Hundsrosen Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia grayana
  Grays Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia histrio
  Harlekinkauri, Geschichtskauri
• 
  Mauritia maculifera
  Gefleckte Kauri
• 
  Mauritia mauritiana
  Buckelschnecke, Buckelkauri, Großer Schlangenkopf
• 
  Mauritia scurra
  Porzellanschnecke

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mauritia arabica
  Arabische Porzellanschnecke
• 
  Mauritia arabica asiatica
  Kaurischnecke, Porzellanschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-01 21:10:20 

Last edit:

2013-08-01 21:10:20 

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