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.

Created 15 July 2014
Updated 19 February 2015

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