Cypraeidae
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Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries, is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.
Image: Cypraea talpa (alive)
Image: Different cowries
Apertural view of a shell of Nucleolaria granulata
Neobernaya spadicea
Cowrie
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Cowrie or cowry (pl. cowries) is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Cowrie
Cowrie (Cypraea chinensis) with fully extended mantle
Shells of various species of cowrie; all but one have their anterior ends pointing towards the top of this image.
Cowrie shells