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
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 strawberry
Naria irrorata irrorata cowry	Naria labrolineata labrolineata cowry	Naria poraria 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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