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Created 5/1/2021

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Cypraea (Mauritia) arabica


Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 6 feet
   

ARABIAN COWRY

Common in rough shallow water in under large slabs, extremely rare in Hawaii.  Attains 4 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia.