Contradusta bregeriana Breger's Cowry

Contradusta bregeriana is commonly referred to as Breger's Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17987 

AphiaID:

530914 

Scientific:

Contradusta bregeriana 

German:

Bregers Kauri 

English:

Breger's Cowry 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Contradusta (Genus) > bregeriana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Crosse, ), 1868 

Occurrence:

Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

5 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Mangrove Zones, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Carnivore, Diatoms, No reliable information available, Predatory, Sponges, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Contradusta bregeriana
  Bregers Kauri
• Contradusta lapillus
• Contradusta walkeri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-12-23 13:18:38 

Last edit:

2025-12-23 13:40:49 

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