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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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Rosewater’s Egg Shell,Primovula rosewateri, Ambon 2023


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lexID:
964 
AphiaID:
430710 
Scientific:
Primovula rosewateri 
German:
Rosewaters Eischnecke 
English:
Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Allied Cowry 
Category:
Lumache 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-26 14:10:13 

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Primovula rosewateri (Cate, 1973)

Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic marine sea snails.Ovulids are carnivorous , feeding on polyps and tissues soft corals and sea fans,

Synonyme:
Crenavolva rosewateri Cate, 1973
Pseudosimnia filia Azuma, 1974

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Primovula rosewateri (Allied Cowry) - Bali, Indonesia, 2014
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Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Primovula rosewateri, Lembeh 2016
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Rosewater’s Egg Shell,Primovula rosewateri, Ambon 2023
Ovulid shell - Primovula rosewateri, Bali 2022
lembeh 16 IMG_7052 Rosewater's Egg Cowrie, Primovula rosewateri 2016
Rosewater's Egg Cowrie (Primovula rosewateri)

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