Amonovula piriei Pirie's Egg Cowrie

Amonovula piriei is commonly referred to as Pirie's Egg Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6868 

AphiaID:

1379318 

Scientific:

Amonovula piriei 

German:

Eischnecke 

English:

Pirie's Egg Cowrie 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Amonovula (Genus) > piriei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Petuch, ), 1973 

Occurrence:

Cebu ((Philippines), Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Raja Amat, 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:

5 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.28" - 0.87" (0.7cm - 2.2cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Amonovula piriei
  Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-16 13:51:57 

Last edit:

2025-12-06 20:06:15 

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