| Common Name | Pacific deer cowrie |
| Language | English |
| Type | FAO |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Global |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st Modifier | other animal |
| 2nd Modifier | locality/area |
| Remarks | 'cowrie' from Hindi 'kauri' from Sanskrit 'kapardika', dimunitive of 'kapardah', i.e., shell, used in the English language from the 17th century (Ref. 349). Name applied to Cypraea vitellus Linnaeus, 1758 (Ref. 101110). |