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Where does the Reticulate Cowrie-Helmet live?

Cypraecassis testiculus has 1,050 records in 56 countries and territories, from 1885 to 2026. Most records come from St Kitts & Nevis.

Reticulate Cowrie-Helmet
Reticulate Cowrie-Helmet — Photo: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaLittorinimorphaCassidaeCypraecassis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
St Kitts & Nevis 177
United States 166
Bahamas 84
Brazil 62
Cuba 62
Mexico 49
Dominican Republic 46
Guadeloupe 46
Puerto Rico 37
Cabo Verde 26
Bonaire 24
Jamaica 22
US Virgin Islands 21
Cayman Islands 19
Panama 16
Haiti 15
Costa Rica 14
Honduras 13
Belize 12
Colombia 11
Saint Martin 10
Venezuela 10
Aruba 8
Barbados 8
Martinique 8
British Virgin Islands 8
ZZ 8
Senegal 5
Togo 5
Trinidad & Tobago 5
Curaçao 4
St Vincent & the Grenadines 4
Angola 3
Saint Barthélemy 3
Spain 3
Gabon 3
French Guiana 3
Equatorial Guinea 3
Nicaragua 3
São Tomé & Príncipe 3

Showing the top 40 of 56 places.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.