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Tiger shell

Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tiger shell (Maurea tigris) is a species in the family Calliostomatidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the tiger shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tiger shell live?

Not recorded

Is the tiger shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tiger shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyCalliostomatidae
  6. genusMaurea
  7. SpeciesMaurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Calliostoma tigris, Trochus granatum, Trochus tigris, Venustas tigris, Venustas tigris chathamensis

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Tiger maureaEnglish
  • Tiger top shellEnglish
  • Tiger topsnailEnglish
  • kaliostoma zélandskáCzech
  • TigerschneckeGerman
  • トラエビスJapanese
  • kaliostoma novozélandskáSlovak
  • トラフマウリエビスJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiger shell

Other species in the same genus Maurea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tiger shell?

The tiger shell (Maurea tigris) belongs to the family Calliostomatidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tiger shell (Maurea tigris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiger-shell

MLA

“Tiger shell (Maurea tigris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiger-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{tiger_shell_2026,
  title = {Tiger shell (Maurea tigris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiger-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}