Macrocypraea zebra Zebra Cowry, Measled Cowrie

Macrocypraea zebra is commonly referred to as Zebra Cowry, Measled 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.

Profile

lexID:

6043 

AphiaID:

419723 

Scientific:

Macrocypraea zebra 

German:

Zebra-Kauri, Gemaserte Kaur 

English:

Zebra Cowry, Measled Cowrie 

Category:

Lumache 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus) > zebra (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Venezuela 

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:

0 - 37 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 5.24" (13.3 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carnivore, omnivore, 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:

• 
  Macrocypraea cervinetta
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea cervus
  Kauri-Schnecke
• 
  Macrocypraea zebra
  Zebra-Kauri, Gemaserte Kaur

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-11 19:54:21 

Last edit:

2026-02-07 18:24:51 

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