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Leporicypraea mappa Map Cowry

Leporicypraea mappa is commonly referred to as Map Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Porzellanschnecke, Leporicypraea mappa

Leporicypraea mappa in ihrer natürlichen Umgebung. Aufgenommen in Cabilao /Philippinen, 02/2016


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lexID:
12116 
AphiaID:
396637 
Scientific:
Leporicypraea mappa 
German:
Landkartenkauri, Landkartenschnecke 
English:
Map Cowry 
Category:
Моллюски 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Leporicypraea (Genus) > mappa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Comores, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, South-Africa, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles 
Sea depth:
0 - 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 3.94" (3,6cm - 10,2cm) 
Temperature:
24,5 °F - 29,1 °F (24,5°C - 29,1°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Invertebrates, omnivore, Sponges 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-06 16:12:51 

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Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leporicypraea mappa is commonly known as the Map cowry. The Map cowrie eats coral, sponges and various invertebrates, juveniles eat algae.

Synonymised names
Cypraea (Aricia) mappa (Linnaeus, 1759) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea (Leporicypraea) mappa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Cypraea mappa var. viridis Kenyon, 1902 · unaccepted
Mauritia (Leporicypraea) mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

irect children (10)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa admirabilis Lorenz, 2002
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa curvati Beals & Lum, 2017
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa viridis (Kenyon, 1902)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa aliwalensis Lorenz, 2002 accepted as Leporicypraea rosea aliwalensis Lorenz, 2002 (basionym)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa geographica (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933) accepted as Leporicypraea geographica (M. Schilder & F. A. Schilder, 1933)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa huberi Thach, 2017 accepted as Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa rewa Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Leporicypraea geographica rewa Steadman & Cotton, 1943
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa subsignata (Melvill, 1888) accepted as Leporicypraea rosea rosea (Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Leporicypraea mappa ultraviola Lorenz & Bridges, 2014 accepted as Leporicypraea rosea ultraviola Lorenz & Bridges, 2014 (basionym)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Leporicypraea mappa,Ailuk Atoll, Îles Marshall 2024 (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Porzellanschnecke, Leporicypraea mappa

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