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Family: Cypraeidae cowries



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Austrasiatica sakuraii
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Max. Length 7.5 cm ShL
 
Barycypraea fultoni
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Max. Length 5.5 cm ShL
 
Barycypraea teulerei
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Bistolida brevidentata
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Bistolida erythraeensis
[]
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Bistolida kieneri
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Bistolida owenii
[]
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Bistolida stolida
[]
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Bistolida ursellus
[Little bear cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura dayritiana
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura goodallii
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura interrupta
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura luchuana
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura pallidula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura quadrimaculata
[]
No picture found
 
Blasicrura subteres
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Blasicrura summersi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.5 cm ShL
 
Chelycypraea testudinaria
[Turtle cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula astaryi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula catholicorum
[]
No picture found
 
Cribrarula compta
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Cribrarula cribraria
[Sieve cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula cumingii
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula gaskoini
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula pellisserpentis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Cribrarula taitae
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cryptocypraea dillwyni (Schilder, 1922)

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Cryptocypraea dillwyni
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific

Cypraea albuginosa Gray, 1825

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea albuginosa
[Albugine cowrie]

Photo by Grist, John and Maria

Southwest Pacific

Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Photo by Grist, John and Maria
 
Cypraea angustata
[]
No picture found
 
Cypraea annettae
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1811

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Cypraea arabicula
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 11.5 cm SHL
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea argus
[Eyed cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Pacific.

Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea asellus
[Asellus cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea beckii
[Beck's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937

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Cypraea bistrinotata
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843

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Cypraea boivinii
[]

Photo by FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Cypraea bouteti Burgess & Arnette, 1981

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Cypraea bouteti
[Boutet's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea caputserpentis
[Serpent's head cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm SHL
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea carneola
[Carnelian cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SHL
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea caurica
[Dragon cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870

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Cypraea cernica
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea cervinetta
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 19 cm DL
Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea cervus
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea childreni
[Children's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 4.4 cm DL
Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea cinerea
[Gray cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea clandestina Linneaus, 1767

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea clandestina
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 1.5 cm ShH
Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea contaminata
[Contaminated cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea cylindrica
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm ShH
Cypraea dayritiana Cate, 1963

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea dayritiana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ShL
 
Cypraea decipiens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Cypraea declivis
[]

Photo by Mitel, Cédric

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 8.5 cm SHL
Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833

Photo by Photo by Mitel, Cédric
 
Cypraea eglantina
[Eglantine cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Central Pacific

Cypraea errones Linneaus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea errones
[Wandering cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791

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Cypraea fimbriata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea globulus Linneaus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea globulus
[Globular cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm ShH
Cypraea goodalli Sowerby, 1832

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea goodalli
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm ShH
Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea guttata
[Great spotted cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Cypraea helvola Linneaus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea helvola
[Small silvery honey cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShH
 
Cypraea hirasei
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cypraea hirundo
[Swallow cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific

Cypraea irrorata Gray, 1828

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea irrorata
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SHL
Cypraea isabella Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea isabella
[Isabelle cowrie]
No picture found
 
Cypraea isabellamexicana
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea labrolineata Gaskoin, 1849

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea labrolineata
[Yellow-tinted cowry]
No picture found
 
Cypraea langfordi
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm SHL
Cypraea leviathan (Schilder & Schilder, 1937)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea leviathan
[Monster cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea limacina
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm ShH
Cypraea lutea Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea lutea
[]

Photo by Mitel, Cédric

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Mitel, Cédric
 
Cypraea mappa
[Map cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Cypraea maraie
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea mariae
[Marie's cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm SHL
Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Cypraea mauritiana
[Humpback cowrie]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea microdon Gray, 1828

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cypraea microdon
[Tiny-teeth cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Cypraea milliaris
[Milliaris cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea moneta
[Money cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm DL
 
Cypraea mus
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Cypraea nigropunctata Gray, 1828

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea nigropunctata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 3.5 cm SHL
Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea obvelata
[Walled cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5.7 cm SHL
Cypraea onyx Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea onyx
[Onyx cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific.

Cypraea ovum Gmelin, 1791

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea ovum
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea pallidula Gaskoin, 1849

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Cypraea pallidula
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea poraria
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm ShH
Cypraea porteri Cate, 1966

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea porteri
[Porter's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
Cypraea pulchella Swainson, 1823

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea pulchella
[Beautiful cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Cypraea pulicaria
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific.

Cypraea punctata Linneaus, 1771

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea punctata
[Brown-spotted cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
Cypraea pyriformis Gray, 1824

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea pyriformis
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Cypraea quadrimaculata
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm ShH
Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder, 1964

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea rabaulensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea saulae Gaskoin, 1843

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea saulae
[Saul's cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Pacific Ocean. Tropical
Max. Length 4.5 cm SHL
Cypraea schilderorum Iredale, 1939

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Cypraea schilderorum
[Schilder's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Cypraea spadicea Swainson, 1836

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea spadicea
[Chestnut cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Cypraea stolida Linneaus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea stolida
[Stolid cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Cypraea stollida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
 
Cypraea surinamensis
[]
No picture found
 
Cypraea testudinaria
[]

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 16 cm SHL
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Cypraea tigris
[Tiger cowrie]
No picture found
 
Cypraea ursellus
[Little bear cowrie]
No picture found
 
Cypraea valentia
[Prince cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Cypraea ventriculus Lamarck, 1810

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Cypraea ventriculus
[Tummy cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Cypraea walkeri Sowerby, 1832

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea walkeri
[Walker's cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Cypraea xanthodon
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 13.3 cm DL
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cypraea zebra
[Measled cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula algoensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula capensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula castanea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula cohenae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula connelli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula coronata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula cruickshanki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula edentula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula fuscodentata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula fuscorubra
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula immelmani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Cypraeovula iutsui
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria albuginosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Erosaria beckii
[Beck's cowry]
No picture found
 
Erosaria bernardi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria boivinii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Erosaria cernica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria citrina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Erosaria eburnea
[Ivory cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria englerti
[]
No picture found
 
Erosaria gangranosa
[Gangranous cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria guttata
[]
No picture found
 
Erosaria helvola
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm ShL
Erosaria labrolineata (Gaskoin, 1849)

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Erosaria labrolineata
[]
No picture found
 
Erosaria lamarckii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Erosaria macandrewi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria marginalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria miliaris
[Miliaris cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria nebrites
[Nebrite cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Erosaria ocellata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria poraria
[Porous cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Erosaria thomasi
[]
No picture found
 
Erosaria turdus
[Thrush cowry]
No picture found
 
Erronea amralii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea angioyorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea barclayi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea bregeriana
[]
No picture found
 
Erronea corona
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea cylindrica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea errones
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Erronea felina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea fernandoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Erronea hungerfordi
[]
No picture found
 
Erronea listeri
[]

Photo by Modi, Shuanak

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm ShL
Erronea pallida (Gray, 1824)

Photo by Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Erronea pallida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Erronea pulchella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea pyriformis
[Pear-shaped cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea subviridis
[]
No picture found
 
Erronea succincta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Erronea vredenburgi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erronea walkeri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Luria cinerea
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific.

Luria isabella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Luria isabella
[Isabella cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Luria isabellamexicana
[]
No picture found
 
Luria lurida
[Cowries]
No picture found
 
Luria pulchra
[Lamarck's cowrie]
No picture found
 
Luria tessellata
[Checkered cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm ShL
Lyncina aurantium (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Lyncina aurantium
[Golden cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm ShL
 
Lyncina broderipii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ShL
 
Lyncina kuroharai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina leucodon
[White-toothed cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 9 cm SHL
Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Lyncina lynx
[Lynx cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Lyncina nivosa
[Cloudy cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Lyncina porteri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Lyncina reevei
[Reeve's cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina schilderorum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Lyncina sulcidentata
[Groove-toothed cowry]

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Lyncina vitellus
[Pacific deer cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm ShL
 
Macrocypraea cervinetta
[Deer cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 19 cm DL
 
Macrocypraea cervus
[Atlantic deer cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.3 cm DL
 
Macrocypraea zebra
[Measled cowrie]

Photo by Modi, Shuanak

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10.5 cm SHL
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Mauritia arabica
[Arabian cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm ShH
Mauritia depressa (Gray, 1824)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Mauritia depressa
[Depressed cowrie]
No picture found
 
Mauritia grayana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm ShL
 
Mauritia histrio
[History cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm SHL
Mauritia maculifera Schilder, 1932

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mauritia maculifera
[Reticulated cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm ShL
 
Mauritia mappa
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Mauritia scurra (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mauritia scurra
[Jester cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm ShL
 
Mauritia valentia
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.

Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Melicerona felina
[Cat cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm SHL
Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Monetaria annulus
[Gold ring cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Monetaria caputdraconis
[]
No picture found
 
Monetaria caputserpentis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Monetaria obvelata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Muracypraea donmoorei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm NG
 
Naria acicularis
[Atlantic yellow cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
Naria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Naria erosa
[Eroded cowrie]
No picture found
 
Naria irrorata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Naria ostergaardi
[Ostergaard's cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Naria spurca
[Dirty cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Nesiocypraea hirasei
[Hirase's cowrite]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Nesiocypraea langfordi
[]
No picture found
 
Nesiocypraea lisetae
[]
No picture found
 
Nesiocypraea maricola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Nesiocypraea midwayensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ShL
 
Nesiocypraea sakurai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm SHL
 
Nesiocypraea teramachii
[]
No picture found
 
Notadusta boucheti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SHL
 
Notadusta katsuae
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm ShH
Notadusta martini (Schepman, 1907)

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Notadusta martini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Notadusta musumea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Notadusta omii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Notocypraea piperita
[]
No picture found
 
Nucleolaria granulata
[Granulated cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm ShL
 
Nucleolaria nucleus
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 5 cm ShH
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

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Ovatipsa chinensis
[Coloba cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm ShL
 
Ovatipsa coloba
[]
No picture found
 
Ovatipsa rashleighana
[Rashleigh's cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta androyensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta artuffeli
[Artufell's cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta asellus
[Little ass cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta contaminata
[Contaminated cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta diluculum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta lentiginosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Palmadusta saulae
[]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 2 cm ShL
Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Palmadusta ziczac
[Zigzag cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
 
Propustularia surinamensis
[Suriname cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Pseudozonaria robertsi (Hidalgo, 1906)

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Pseudozonaria robertsi
[]
No picture found
 
Purpuradusta barbieri
[]

Photo by Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific and the Medi

Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)

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Purpuradusta gracilis
[Graceful cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm ShH
Purpuradusta hammondae (Iredale, 1939)

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Purpuradusta hammondae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm ShL
 
Purpuradusta minoridens
[Small-toothed cowry]
No picture found
 
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm ShL
 
Purpuradusta serrulifera
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Pustularia bistrinotata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Pustularia childreni
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Pustularia cicercula (Linneaus, 1758)

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Pustularia cicercula
[Chick-pea cowrie]
No picture found
 
Pustularia globulus
[]
No picture found
 
Pustularia jandeprezi
[]
No picture found
 
Pustularia keelingensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific.

Pustularia margarita (Dillwyn, 1817)

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Pustularia margarita
[Pearl cowry]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm ShL
 
Pustularia mariae
[]
No picture found
 
Pustularia mauiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Ransoniella fusula
[]
No picture found
 
Ransoniella glandina
[]
No picture found
 
Schilderia achatidea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ShL
 
Siphocypraea mus
[Mouse cowrite]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Staphylaea limacina
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.

Staphylaea nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Staphylaea nucleus
[Nucleus cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Staphylaea semiplota
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Staphylaea staphylaea
[Grape cowrie]
No picture found
 
Talostolida latior
[]
No picture found
 
Talostolida pellucens
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)

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Talostolida teres
[Teres cowrie]
No picture found
 
Talparia cinerea
[Atlantic gray cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm ShL
 
Talparia exusta
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10.5 cm SHL
Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Talparia talpa
[Mole cowrie]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Austrasiatica sakuraii Western Central Pacific 1970
Barycypraea fultoni Western Indian Ocean. 7.5 ShL 1903
Barycypraea teulerei Western Indian Ocean 5.5 ShL 1846
Bistolida brevidentata Australia. 2.5 ShL 1870
Bistolida erythraeensis Western Indian Ocean 3 ShL 1837
Bistolida kieneri Western Central Pacific. 1906
Bistolida owenii Eastern Indian Ocean. 2 ShL 1837
Bistolida stolida Western Central Pacific 1758
Bistolida ursellus Little bear cowry Indo-Pacific 1791
Blasicrura dayritiana Western Central Pacific 1.8 ShL 1963
Blasicrura goodallii Melanesia and Polynesia. 1.4 ShL 1832
Blasicrura interrupta Indo-West Pacific 2.5 ShL 1824
Blasicrura luchuana Northwest Pacific 2.5 ShL 1960
Blasicrura pallidula Western Pacific 2.5 ShL 1849
Blasicrura quadrimaculata Western Pacific Ocean 2.8 ShL 1824
Blasicrura subteres Eastern Central Pacific 1881
Blasicrura summersi Western Central Pacific 2 ShL 1958
Chelycypraea testudinaria Turtle cowry Indo-Pacific 14.5 ShL 1758
Cribrarula astaryi Pacific. 2 ShL 1971
Cribrarula catholicorum Western Pacific Ocean. 1.8 ShL 1938
Cribrarula compta Eastern Central Pacific 1860
Cribrarula cribraria Sieve cowrie Indo-West Pacific. 1758
Cribrarula cumingii Pacific Ocean 2 ShL 1832
Cribrarula gaskoini Eastern Central Pacific 2.5 ShL 1846
Cribrarula pellisserpentis Western Indian Ocean 2.5 ShL 1999
Cribrarula taitae Pacific. 2 ShL 1993
Cryptocypraea dillwyni Central Pacific. 1922
Cypraea albuginosa Albugine cowrie Eastern Pacific 1825
Cypraea angustata Southwest Pacific 1791
Cypraea annettae Southwest Pacific 1909
Cypraea arabicula Southeast Pacific 1811
Cypraea argus Eyed cowrie Indo-Pacific. 11.5 SHL 1758
Cypraea asellus Asellus cowrie Western Pacific. 1758
Cypraea beckii Beck's cowrie Central Pacific 1836
Cypraea bistrinotata Central Pacific. 1937
Cypraea boivinii Western Central Pacific 3.5 ShH 1843
Cypraea bouteti Boutet's cowrie Pacific Ocean 9 SHL 1981
Cypraea caputserpentis Serpent's head cowrie Indo-Pacific 4.5 SHL 1758
Cypraea carneola Carnelian cowrie Indo-Pacific 9.5 SHL 1758
Cypraea caurica Dragon cowrie Indo-Pacific 7 SHL 1758
Cypraea cernica Indo-Pacific. 1870
Cypraea cervinetta Southeast Pacific 1843
Cypraea cervus Western Central Atlantic 19 DL 1771
Cypraea childreni Children's cowrie Central Pacific. 1825
Cypraea cinerea Gray cowry Western Central Atlantic 4.4 DL 1791
Cypraea clandestina Western Central Pacific 1767
Cypraea contaminata Contaminated cowrie Western Central Pacific 1.5 ShH 1832
Cypraea cylindrica Western Central Pacific 1778
Cypraea dayritiana Western Central Pacific 2.5 ShH 1966
Cypraea decipiens Western Indian Ocean 5.5 ShL 1880
Cypraea declivis Indo-West Pacific 2.5 ShL 1870
Cypraea eglantina Eglantine cowrie Indo-Pacific. 8.5 SHL 1833
Cypraea errones Wandering cowrie Central Pacific 1758
Cypraea fimbriata Central Pacific. 1791
Cypraea globulus Globular cowrie Central Pacific. 1758
Cypraea goodalli Central Pacific 2 ShH 1832
Cypraea guttata Great spotted cowrie Indo-West Pacific 7 ShH 1791
Cypraea helvola Small silvery honey cowry Indo-West Pacific. 1758
Cypraea hirasei Western Central Pacific 6 ShH 1913
Cypraea hirundo Swallow cowrie Western Central Pacific 1758
Cypraea irrorata Central Pacific 1828
Cypraea isabella Isabelle cowrie Indo-Pacific 5.5 SHL 1758
Cypraea isabellamexicana Southeast Pacific 1893
Cypraea labrolineata Yellow-tinted cowry Central Pacific. 1849
Cypraea langfordi Western Central Pacific 1961
Cypraea leviathan Monster cowrie Indo-Pacific 13 SHL 1937
Cypraea limacina Western Central Pacific 1810
Cypraea lutea Western Central Pacific 2.5 ShH 1791
Cypraea mappa Map cowrie Indo-Pacific. 10 SHL 1758
Cypraea maraie Western Central Pacific 2 TL 1927
Cypraea mariae Marie's cowrie Central Pacific. 1927
Cypraea mauritiana Humpback cowrie Indo-Pacific 13 SHL 1758
Cypraea microdon Tiny-teeth cowry Western Central Pacific 1828
Cypraea milliaris Milliaris cowrie Western Pacific. 5 TL 1791
Cypraea moneta Money cowrie Indo-Pacific 4.5 SHL 1758
Cypraea mus Indo-Pacific 6.7 DL 1758
Cypraea nigropunctata Southeast Pacific 1828
Cypraea obvelata Walled cowrie Pacific Ocean 3.5 SHL 1810
Cypraea onyx Onyx cowrie Indo-West Pacific 5.7 SHL 1758
Cypraea ovum Western Central Pacific. 1791
Cypraea pallidula Western Central Pacific 1849
Cypraea poraria Pacific Ocean. 1758
Cypraea porteri Porter's cowrie Western Central Pacific 6 ShH 1973
Cypraea pulchella Beautiful cowrie Western Central Pacific 4.5 ShH 1823
Cypraea pulicaria Eastern Indian Ocean 2 ShL 1846
Cypraea punctata Brown-spotted cowry Western Central Pacific. 1771
Cypraea pyriformis Western Central Pacific 3.5 ShH 1824
Cypraea quadrimaculata Western Central Pacific 3.5 ShH 1824
Cypraea rabaulensis Western Central Pacific 2.5 ShH 1964
Cypraea saulae Saul's cowrie Western Central Pacific 1843
Cypraea schilderorum Schilder's cowrie Pacific Ocean. Tropical 4.5 SHL 1939
Cypraea spadicea Chestnut cowry Eastern Central Pacific 7.5 SHL 1836
Cypraea stolida Stolid cowrie Western Central Pacific 1758
Cypraea stollida Western Central Pacific 4 TL 1758
Cypraea surinamensis Western Central Pacific 4.1 DL 1811
Cypraea testudinaria Central Pacific. 1758
Cypraea tigris Tiger cowrie Indo-Pacific. 16 SHL 1758
Cypraea ursellus Little bear cowrie Western Central Pacific 1791
Cypraea valentia Prince cowrie Western Central Pacific 1811
Cypraea ventriculus Tummy cowrie Indo-Pacific. 7.5 SHL 1810
Cypraea walkeri Walker's cowrie Indo-West Pacific 1832
Cypraea xanthodon Western Pacific 3 ShL 1832
Cypraea zebra Measled cowry Western Central Atlantic 13.3 DL 1758
Cypraeovula algoensis Southeast Atlantic. 2.5 ShL 1825
Cypraeovula capensis South Africa. 3.5 ShL 1828
Cypraeovula castanea South Africa. 4 ShL 1868
Cypraeovula cohenae South Africa. 2.8 ShL 1965
Cypraeovula connelli South Africa. 2.6 ShL 1983
Cypraeovula coronata South Africa. 3 ShL 1930
Cypraeovula cruickshanki South Africa. 3 ShL 1972
Cypraeovula edentula South Africa. 2.5 ShL 1825
Cypraeovula fuscodentata South Africa. 4 ShL 1825
Cypraeovula fuscorubra South Africa. 4 ShL 1909
Cypraeovula immelmani South Africa. 3 ShL 2001
Cypraeovula iutsui South Africa. 3 ShL 1974
Erosaria albuginosa Eastern Central Pacific 2.5 ShL 1825
Erosaria beckii Beck's cowry Indo-Pacific 1.8 ShL 1836
Erosaria bernardi Polynesia. 1974
Erosaria boivinii Western Central Pacific 3.5 ShL 1843
Erosaria cernica Indo-Pacific. 3 ShL 1870
Erosaria citrina Western Indian Ocean 2.5 ShL 1825
Erosaria eburnea Ivory cowry Western Central Pacific 4 ShL 1824
Erosaria englerti Southeast Pacific 2.5 ShL 1965
Erosaria gangranosa Gangranous cowrie Indo-Pacific. 1814
Erosaria guttata Indo-West Pacific 6.5 ShL 1791
Erosaria helvola Southwest Pacific and Eas 1758
Erosaria labrolineata Indo-Pacific 2 ShL 1849
Erosaria lamarckii Western Indian Ocean 1825
Erosaria macandrewi Western Indian Ocean 2 ShL 1870
Erosaria marginalis Western Indian Ocean. 2.5 ShL 1827
Erosaria miliaris Miliaris cowrie Western Pacific Ocean. 5 ShL 1791
Erosaria nebrites Nebrite cowrie Western Indian Ocean 3.5 ShL 1888
Erosaria ocellata Northern Indian Ocean. 3 ShL 1758
Erosaria poraria Porous cowry Indo-Pacific. 2.5 ShL 1758
Erosaria thomasi Polynesia. 1.8 ShL 1865
Erosaria turdus Thrush cowry Western Indian Ocean and 1810
Erronea amralii Western Indian Ocean and 2021
Erronea angioyorum Southern India. 3.5 ShL 1978
Erronea barclayi Western Indian Ocean 2.5 ShL 1857
Erronea bregeriana Western Central Pacific 2.5 ShL 1868
Erronea corona Western Central Pacific 2021
Erronea cylindrica Western Central Pacific 4.5 ShL 1778
Erronea errones Indo-Pacific. 3.5 ShL 1758
Erronea felina Indian Ocean. 2 ShL 1791
Erronea fernandoi Western Central Pacific 2.5 ShL 1969
Erronea hungerfordi Western Pacific Ocean. 4 ShL 1888
Erronea listeri Pacific Ocean 1824
Erronea pallida Indo-West Pacific 3 ShL 1824
Erronea pulchella Indo-Pacific. 5 ShL 1823
Erronea pyriformis Pear-shaped cowrie Indo-Pacific 3.5 ShL 1824
Erronea subviridis Western Pacific Ocean 3.5 ShL 1835
Erronea succincta Western Pacific Ocean 1758
Erronea vredenburgi Indonesia. 3 ShL 1927
Erronea walkeri Indo-Pacific. 3.5 ShL 1832
Luria cinerea Western Atlantic. 3 ShL 1791
Luria isabella Isabella cowrie Western Pacific. 1758
Luria isabellamexicana Eastern Pacific Ocean. 3.5 ShL 1961
Luria lurida Cowries Mediterranean Sea. 1758
Luria pulchra Lamarck's cowrie Western Indian Ocean 1824
Luria tessellata Checkered cowry Eastern Central Pacific 1822
Lyncina aurantium Golden cowrie Pacific Ocean 11 ShL 1791
Lyncina broderipii Indian Ocean. 9 ShL 1832
Lyncina kuroharai Northwest Pacific. 7 ShL 1961
Lyncina leucodon White-toothed cowrie Indo-Pacific. 7.5 ShL 1828
Lyncina lynx Lynx cowrie Indo-Pacific. 9 SHL 1758
Lyncina nivosa Cloudy cowrie Indo-West Pacific 6 ShL 1827
Lyncina porteri Pacific Ocean. 6 ShL 1969
Lyncina reevei Reeve's cowrie Australia. 4 ShL 1832
Lyncina schilderorum Pacific Ocean. 4.5 ShL 1939
Lyncina sulcidentata Groove-toothed cowry Eastern Central Pacific 5 ShL 1824
Lyncina vitellus Pacific deer cowrie Indo-Pacific. 10 SHL 1758
Macrocypraea cervinetta Deer cowry Eastern Pacific 7.5 ShL 1843
Macrocypraea cervus Atlantic deer cowrie Western Central Atlantic 19 DL 1771
Macrocypraea zebra Measled cowrie Western Atlantic 13.3 DL 1758
Mauritia arabica Arabian cowrie Indo-Pacific. 10.5 SHL 1758
Mauritia depressa Depressed cowrie Indo-Pacific 6 ShH 1824
Mauritia grayana Western Indian Ocean 1930
Mauritia histrio History cowrie Indo-West Pacific 7 ShL 1791
Mauritia maculifera Reticulated cowrie Central Pacific. 10 SHL 1932
Mauritia mappa Indo-Pacific. 10 ShL 1758
Mauritia scurra Jester cowrie Indo-Pacific. 6 SHL 1791
Mauritia valentia Pacific Ocean. 9.5 ShL 1811
Melicerona felina Cat cowrie Indo-West Pacific. 1791
Monetaria annulus Gold ring cowrie Indo-Pacific. 4 SHL 1758
Monetaria caputdraconis Southeast Pacific 3.5 ShL 1888
Monetaria caputserpentis Indo-West Pacific. 1758
Monetaria obvelata Polynesia. 2.5 ShL 1810
Muracypraea donmoorei Western Atlantic. 7.5 DL 1979
Naria acicularis Atlantic yellow cowrie Western Atlantic. 3.1 NG 1791
Naria erosa Eroded cowrie Indo-Pacific 7.5 SHL 1758
Naria irrorata Eastern Central Pacific 1828
Naria ostergaardi Ostergaard's cowry Eastern Central Pacific 2 ShL 1921
Naria spurca Dirty cowry Western Atlantic and the 3 ShL 1758
Nesiocypraea hirasei Hirase's cowrite Pacific Ocean. 5 ShL 1913
Nesiocypraea langfordi Pacific Ocean. 6 ShL 1938
Nesiocypraea lisetae Indo-West Pacific. 1975
Nesiocypraea maricola Western Central Pacific 1976
Nesiocypraea midwayensis Western Pacific 2.5 ShL 1967
Nesiocypraea sakurai Pacific Ocean. 5.5 ShL 1970
Nesiocypraea teramachii Western Central Pacific 7.5 SHL 1938
Notadusta boucheti Western Central Pacific 2002
Notadusta katsuae Western Pacific 2.3 SHL 1960
Notadusta martini Western Central Pacific 2 ShH 1907
Notadusta musumea Western Pacific 2.5 ShL 1961
Notadusta omii Northwest Pacific 1.8 ShL 1998
Notocypraea piperita Australia. 2.5 ShL 1825
Nucleolaria granulata Granulated cowry Eastern Central Pacific 1862
Nucleolaria nucleus Indo-Pacific 2.8 ShL 1758
Ovatipsa chinensis Coloba cowrie Indo-Pacific. 5 ShH 1791
Ovatipsa coloba Indo-West Pacific 3.2 ShL 1888
Ovatipsa rashleighana Rashleigh's cowry Eastern Central Pacific 1888
Palmadusta androyensis Western Indian Ocean 1.7 ShL 1999
Palmadusta artuffeli Artufell's cowry Northwest Pacific 2.5 ShL 1876
Palmadusta asellus Little ass cowry Indo-Pacific 2.8 ShL 1758
Palmadusta contaminata Contaminated cowry Indo-Pacific 1.4 ShL 1832
Palmadusta diluculum Western Indian Ocean. 3 ShL 1845
Palmadusta lentiginosa Western Indian Ocean and 3 ShL 1825
Palmadusta saulae Western Pacific Ocean 3 ShL 1843
Palmadusta ziczac Zigzag cowry Indo-Pacific. 2 ShL 1758
Propustularia surinamensis Suriname cowrie Western Atlantic 4.1 DL 1811
Pseudozonaria robertsi Southeast Pacific 1906
Purpuradusta barbieri Eastern Central Pacific 1986
Purpuradusta gracilis Graceful cowry Indo-Pacific and the Medi 1849
Purpuradusta hammondae Western Central Pacific 2 ShH 1939
Purpuradusta minoridens Small-toothed cowry Indo-Pacific 1.7 ShL 1901
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Eastern Central Pacific 1999
Purpuradusta serrulifera Eastern Central Pacific 1.0 ShL 1938
Pustularia bistrinotata Indo-Pacific 2 ShL 1937
Pustularia childreni Indo-Pacific. 2.5 ShL 1825
Pustularia cicercula Chick-pea cowrie Central Pacific. 1758
Pustularia globulus Eastern Central Pacific 1758
Pustularia jandeprezi Western Central Pacific 1996
Pustularia keelingensis Western Central Pacific 1940
Pustularia margarita Pearl cowry Western Central Pacific. 1817
Pustularia mariae Pacific. 1.7 ShL 1927
Pustularia mauiensis Eastern Central Pacific 1967
Ransoniella fusula Western Central Pacific 2007
Ransoniella glandina Western Central Pacific 2007
Schilderia achatidea Mediterranean Sea. 1837
Siphocypraea mus Mouse cowrite Western Central Atlantic 5.5 ShL 1758
Staphylaea limacina Indo-Pacific 3 ShL 1810
Staphylaea nucleus Nucleus cowrie Pacific Ocean. 1758
Staphylaea semiplota Eastern Central Pacific 2 ShL 1845
Staphylaea staphylaea Grape cowrie Central Pacific. 1758
Talostolida latior Eastern Central Pacific 1888
Talostolida pellucens Central Pacific 1888
Talostolida teres Teres cowrie Indo-Pacific. 1791
Talparia cinerea Atlantic gray cowrie Western Central Atlantic 1791
Talparia exusta Western Indian Ocean 7.5 ShL 1832
Talparia talpa Mole cowrie Indo-Pacific. 10.5 SHL 1758



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