Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Tiger cowry, 100mm

We saw several of these in shallow water at Tulamben. Most were in rocky reefs, but the one pictured below was exposed on a black sandy slope at Pura Segara. We saw it on both day and night dives at this spot in June 2014.

This shell had a rough patch.

Interestingly, on a subsequent trip in November 2014, we saw a different Cypraea tigris (below) in nearly the same spot that the one above had been five months earlier.

The one below was in a rocky ledge at night at Melasti.

At Batuniti.

The shells in the two photos below were about a half meter from each other at night at Kwanji.

This one was tucked under some Xenia soft coral during the day at Padangbai.

Created 15 July 2014
Updated 18 December 2022

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