Cuspivolva draperi Drapers Egg Cowrie

Cuspivolva draperi is commonly referred to as Drapers Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12757 

AphiaID:

430742 

Scientific:

Cuspivolva draperi 

German:

Drapers Eischnecke 

English:

Drapers Egg Cowrie 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cuspivolva (Genus) > draperi (Species) 

Initial determination:

C. N. Cate & Azuma in C. N. Cate, 1973 

Occurrence:

Australia, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Japan, Queensland (Australia), South-Africa, Tasmania (Australia) 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,7cm - 1,8cm) 

Food:

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:

• Cuspivolva allynsmithi
• 
  Cuspivolva bellica
  Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva celzardi
• Cuspivolva cuspis
• 
  Cuspivolva draperi
  Drapers Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva formosa
• 
  Cuspivolva habui
  Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva helenae
• Cuspivolva mucronata
• Cuspivolva ostheimerae
• Cuspivolva paulwatsoni
• 
  Cuspivolva platysia
  Platypus Eischnecke, Schwarzpunkt Eischnecke
• Cuspivolva queenslandica
• Cuspivolva singaporica
• Cuspivolva singularis
• 
  Cuspivolva tigris
  Tiger-Eischnecke
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-02-05 17:45:33 

Last edit:

2020-02-05 17:45:33 

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