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Created 5/1/2021

Family Cypraeidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Cypraea (Naria) acicularis


Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, 10 feet

ATLANTIC YELLOW COWRY

Fairly common under rocks in shallow water.  Attains 1.5 inch.  South Florida to SE Brazil.  Formerly considered the West Atlantic form of Cypraea spurca.