Cypraeidae – the Cowries

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Annepona mariae Maria's cowry	Arestorides argus eyed cowry	Bistolida fuscomaculata dark-blotched cowry
Bistolida hirundo swallow cowry	Bistolida kieneri Kiener's cowry	Bistolida stolida Kwajalein stolid cowry
Bistolida ursellus little bear cowry	Callistocypraea aurantium golden cowry	Chelycypraea testudinaria tortoise cowry
Cribrarula cribraria sieve cowry	Cribrarula gaskoini Gaskoin's cowry	Cribrarula gaspardi pale sieve cowry
Cryptocypraea dillwyni Dillwyn's cowry	Cypraea tigris tiger cowry	Erronea caurica caurica cowry
Erronea errones (Pohnpei) Erroneous cowry	Ipsa childreni Children's cowry	Leporicypraea mappa map cowry
Luria isabella Isabella cowry	Lyncina carneola carnelian cowry	Lyncina leviathan leviathan cowry
Lyncina propinqua neighboring cowry	Lyncina lynx lynx cowry	Lyncina schilderorum Schilders' cowry
Lyncina ventriculus ventriculus cowry	Lyncina vitellus deer cowry	Mauritia arabica Arabian cowry
Mauritia depressa depressed cowry	Mauritia eglantina eglantine cowry	Mauritia maculifera reticulated cowry
Mauritia mauritiana humpback cowry	Mauritia scurra jester cowry	Melicerona listeri Lister's cowry
Monetaria annulus gold ringer cowry	Monetaria caputserpentis brownie	Monetaria moneta money cowry
Naria beckii Beck's cowry	Naria cernica cernica cowry	Naria erosa eroded cowry
Naria helvola Honey cowry or strawberry	Naria irrorata irrorata cowry	Naria labrolineata labrolineata cowry
Naria poraria Porous cowry or grape	Nucleolaria nucleus nucleus cowry	Ovatipsa chinensis Chinese cowry
Palmadusta asellus asellus cowry	Palmadusta clandestina clandestine cowry	Palmadusta lutea lutea cowry
Palmadusta ziczac zigzag cowry	Purpuradusta fimbriata fringed cowry	Purpuradusta microdon micro-tooth cowry
Purpuradusta minoridens small-tooth cowry	Pustularia bistrinotata orange chick-pea cowry	Pustularia cicercula chick-pea cowry
Pustularia globulus globular chick-pea cowry	Pustularia margarita margarita chick-pea cowry	Ransoniella martini Martin's cowry
Ransoniella punctata punctate cowry	Staphylaea limacina limacina cowry	Staphylaea staphylaea staphylaea cowry
Talostolida pellucens pellucens cowry	Talostolida teres tapering cowry	Talparia talpa mole cowry

A few cowries from other areas

Anilao, Philippines	Bali, Indonesia	Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Solomon Islands	Pohnpei, Caroline Islands	Hawaiian Islands
Sea of Cortez, Mexico	California, USA

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