Talostolida teres Tapering Cowrie, Orange Cowry

Talostolida teres is commonly referred to as Tapering Cowrie, Orange Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12325 

AphiaID:

580709 

Scientific:

Talostolida teres 

German:

Glattrund-Kauri,Orange-Kauri 

English:

Tapering Cowrie, Orange Cowry 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Talostolida (Genus) > teres (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Australia, Comores, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Lembeh Strait, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 

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:

3 - 45 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Rubble floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,5cm - 4,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, omnivore, Predatory, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Talostolida latior
• 
  Talostolida pellucens
  Kaurischnecke
• Talostolida subteres
• 
  Talostolida teres
  Glattrund-Kauri,Orange-Kauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-08-18 13:34:35 

Last edit:

2025-06-12 19:43:20 

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