Talparia talpa Chocolate Banded Cowry, Mole Cowry

Talparia talpa is commonly referred to as Chocolate Banded Cowry, Mole Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7643 

AphiaID:

216894 

Scientific:

Talparia talpa 

German:

Maulwurfskauri, Braun Gebänderte Kauri 

English:

Chocolate Banded Cowry, Mole Cowry 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Talparia (Genus) > talpa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna 

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:

0 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.97" - 3.94" (5cm - 10,5cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 29,3 °F (24°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, omnivore 

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:

• Talparia exusta
• 
  Talparia talpa
  Maulwurfskauri, Braun Gebänderte Kauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-21 10:38:26 

Last edit:

2024-03-27 13:25:34 

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