| Populärnamn | Measled cowrie |
| Språk | English |
| Typ | AFS |
| Officiellt handelsnamn | No |
| Rang | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Land | United States (contiguous states) |
| Observationsplats | |
| Ref. | Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998 |
| Utvecklingsstadium | juveniles and adults |
| Kön | females and males |
| Bas | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Anmärkningar | 'cowrie' from Hindi 'kauri' from Sanskrit 'kapardika', dimunitive of 'kapardah', i.e., shell, used in the English language from the 17th century. |