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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae cowries

Genus: Cypraea

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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea albuginosa
[Albugine cowrie]

Photo by Grist, John and Maria

Cypraea angustata
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Cypraea annettae
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea arabicula
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea argus
[Eyed cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea asellus
[Asellus cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea beckii
[Beck's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea bistrinotata
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea boivinii
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Photo by FAO

Cypraea bouteti
[Boutet's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea caputserpentis
[Serpent's head cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea carneola
[Carnelian cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea caurica
[Dragon cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea cernica
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Cypraea cervinetta
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Cypraea cervus
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea childreni
[Children's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea cinerea
[Gray cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea clandestina
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Cypraea contaminata
[Contaminated cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea cylindrica
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea dayritiana
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No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm ShL

Cypraea decipiens
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No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL

Cypraea declivis
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Photo by Mitel, Cédric

Cypraea eglantina
[Eglantine cowrie]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea errones
[Wandering cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea fimbriata
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea globulus
[Globular cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea goodalli
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea guttata
[Great spotted cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea helvola
[Small silvery honey cowry]

No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm ShH

Cypraea hirasei
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Cypraea hirundo
[Swallow cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea irrorata
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea isabella
[Isabelle cowrie]

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Cypraea isabellamexicana
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea labrolineata
[Yellow-tinted cowry]

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Cypraea langfordi
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea leviathan
[Monster cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea limacina
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea lutea
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Photo by Mitel, Cédric

Cypraea mappa
[Map cowrie]

No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm TL

Cypraea maraie
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea mariae
[Marie's cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Cypraea mauritiana
[Humpback cowrie]

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Cypraea microdon
[Tiny-teeth cowry]

No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL

Cypraea milliaris
[Milliaris cowrie]

No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm DL

Cypraea mus
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea nigropunctata
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea obvelata
[Walled cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea onyx
[Onyx cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea ovum
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Cypraea pallidula
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea poraria
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea porteri
[Porter's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea pulchella
[Beautiful cowrie]

No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm ShL

Cypraea pulicaria
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea punctata
[Brown-spotted cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea pyriformis
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Cypraea quadrimaculata
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea rabaulensis
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea saulae
[Saul's cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Cypraea schilderorum
[Schilder's cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea spadicea
[Chestnut cowry]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea stolida
[Stolid cowrie]

No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL

Cypraea stollida
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No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL

Cypraea surinamensis
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No picture found

Cypraea testudinaria
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Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Cypraea tigris
[Tiger cowrie]

No picture found

Cypraea ursellus
[Little bear cowrie]

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Cypraea valentia
[Prince cowrie]

Photo by FAO

Cypraea ventriculus
[Tummy cowrie]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea walkeri
[Walker's cowrie]

No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL

Cypraea xanthodon
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Cypraea zebra
[Measled cowry]

Scientific Name Cypraea albuginosa Cypraea angustata Cypraea annettae Cypraea arabicula Cypraea argus Cypraea asellus Cypraea beckii Cypraea bistrinotata Cypraea boivinii Cypraea bouteti Cypraea caputserpentis Cypraea carneola Cypraea caurica Cypraea cernica Cypraea cervinetta Cypraea cervus Cypraea childreni Cypraea cinerea Cypraea clandestina Cypraea contaminata Cypraea cylindrica Cypraea dayritiana Cypraea decipiens Cypraea declivis Cypraea eglantina Cypraea errones Cypraea fimbriata Cypraea globulus Cypraea goodalli Cypraea guttata Cypraea helvola Cypraea hirasei Cypraea hirundo Cypraea irrorata Cypraea isabella Cypraea isabellamexicana Cypraea labrolineata Cypraea langfordi Cypraea leviathan Cypraea limacina Cypraea lutea Cypraea mappa Cypraea maraie Cypraea mariae Cypraea mauritiana Cypraea microdon Cypraea milliaris Cypraea mus Cypraea nigropunctata Cypraea obvelata Cypraea onyx Cypraea ovum Cypraea pallidula Cypraea poraria Cypraea porteri Cypraea pulchella Cypraea pulicaria Cypraea punctata Cypraea pyriformis Cypraea quadrimaculata Cypraea rabaulensis Cypraea saulae Cypraea schilderorum Cypraea spadicea Cypraea stolida Cypraea stollida Cypraea surinamensis Cypraea testudinaria Cypraea tigris Cypraea ursellus Cypraea valentia Cypraea ventriculus Cypraea walkeri Cypraea xanthodon Cypraea zebra	English Name Albugine cowrie Asellus cowrie Beautiful cowrie Beck's cowrie Boutet's cowrie Brown-spotted cowry Carnelian cowrie Chestnut cowry Children's cowrie Contaminated cowrie Dragon cowrie Eglantine cowrie Eyed cowrie Globular cowrie Gray cowry Great spotted cowrie Humpback cowrie Isabelle cowrie Little bear cowrie Map cowrie Marie's cowrie Measled cowry Milliaris cowrie Monster cowrie Onyx cowrie Porter's cowrie Prince cowrie Saul's cowrie Schilder's cowrie Serpent's head cowrie Small silvery honey cowry Stolid cowrie Swallow cowrie Tiger cowrie Tiny-teeth cowry Tummy cowrie Walker's cowrie Walled cowrie Wandering cowrie Yellow-tinted cowry	Distribution Central Pacific Central Pacific. Eastern Central Pacific Eastern Indian Ocean Eastern Pacific Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific. Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific. Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean. Pacific Ocean. Tropical Southeast Pacific Southwest Pacific Western Central Atlantic Western Central Pacific Western Central Pacific. Western Indian Ocean Western Pacific Western Pacific.	Max. Length 1.5 ShH 2 ShH 2 ShL 2 TL 2.5 ShH 2.5 ShL 3 ShL 3.5 ShH 3.5 SHL 4 TL 4.1 DL 4.4 DL 4.5 ShH 4.5 SHL 5 TL 5.5 ShL 5.7 SHL 6 ShH 6.7 DL 7 ShH 7 SHL 7.5 SHL 8.5 SHL 9 SHL 9.5 SHL 10 SHL 11.5 SHL 13 SHL 13.3 DL 16 SHL 19 DL	Year 1758 1767 1771 1778 1791 1810 1811 1823 1824 1825 1828 1832 1833 1836 1843 1846 1849 1870 1880 1893 1909 1913 1927 1937 1939 1961 1964 1966 1973 1981

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