Primovula panthera Panther Egg Cowry

Primovula panthera is commonly referred to as Panther Egg Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18061 

AphiaID:

430708 

Scientific:

Primovula panthera 

German:

Panther Eischnecke 

English:

Panther Egg Cowry 

Category:

Kotilot 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Primovula (Genus) > panthera (Species) 

Initial determination:

Omi, 2008 

Occurrence:

Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Philippines 

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:

10 - 50 Meter 

Habitats:

On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 

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:

• Primovula beckeri
• 
  Primovula panthera
  Panther Eischnecke
• 
  Primovula rosewateri
  Rosewaters Eischnecke
• Primovula santacarolinensis
• Primovula uvula

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Primovula formosa
  Formosa Eischnecke
• 
  Primovula roseomaculata
  Eischnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-17 19:32:02 

Last edit:

2026-01-17 19:52:41 

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