Cypraeidae
Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)
Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)
Mauritia histrio is a nocturnal tropical sea snail found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans with distinctively marked large shells.
Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cribrarula cribraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cribrarula cribraria is a recognizable cowry found across the Indo-Pacific in shallow intertidal coral habitats
Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
Talostolida pellucens is a species of cowry sea snail in Cypraeidae found in the Mascarene Basin, with two recognized subspecies.
Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
Talostolida teres is a common cowrie species with variable shells, found across the Indo-Pacific and intertidal rocky shore habitats.
Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
Bistolida kieneri is a common small cowry found in shallow tropical Indo-West Pacific seas, active at dawn and dusk.
Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida stolida is an uncommon species of cowrie found across Indian and Pacific Ocean coral reefs.
Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida hirundo is a species of marine cowry sea snail found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.
Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Palmadusta asellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Palmadusta asellus is a small cowry species with banded shells found across parts of the Indian Ocean.
Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
Palmadusta clandestina is a small cowry that defends itself with secreted sulphuric acid, found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)
Palmadusta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)
Palmadusta ziczac is a common small cowrie found across the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific in reef habitats.
Palmadusta humphreyii (J.E.Gray, 1825)
Palmadusta humphreyii (J.E.Gray, 1825)
Palmadusta humphreyii is an uncommon endemic cowrie found in East Africa and the Western Pacific, living on shallow coral reefs.
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Ovatipsa chinensis, the Chinese cowry, is a cowry species found in Indian and Central Pacific intertidal waters.
Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea errones is a common species of cowry found across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, living in shallow tropical tidal waters.
Erronea cylindrica (Born, 1778)
Erronea cylindrica (Born, 1778)
Erronea cylindrica is a species of cowrie found across tropical Indo-Pacific waters, feeding nocturnally on reef invertebrates and algae.
Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea caurica is a species of cowrie found across the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.
Erronea onyx (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea onyx (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erronea onyx is a common cowrie species found across the Indian and Pacific Oceans that feeds on algae and coral polyps.
Erronea pallida (J.E.Gray, 1824)
Erronea pallida (J.E.Gray, 1824)
Erronea pallida is a species with distinct shell coloration, found in intertidal muddy waters across parts of the Indo-Pacific.
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Purpuradusta gracilis is a species with 14.9 mm maximum shell length, distributed in European waters and the Indian Ocean.
Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
Purpuradusta fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791)
Purpuradusta fimbriata is a species with 7–21 mm shells found in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean off Japan.
Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)
Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)
Purpuradusta minoridens is a cowrie species with distinctively marked shells, found across Indo-Pacific regions.
Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Ransoniella punctata is a small species with spotted shells, found in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Australia, and Vanuatu.
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina vitellus is a common cowry species found across the Indo-Pacific that lives on tropical coral reefs.
Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina carneola is a species of cowrie with defined size, shape, color patterns, and a documented western Indian Ocean distribution.
Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina lynx (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina lynx is a common species of cowrie found across the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific, feeding mainly on sponges.
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