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Created 1/25/2025

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Arestorides argus

Mentawai Islands, Indonesia

 

  
   
   

EYED or ARGUS COWRY

Uncommon in crevices or under slabs in shallow water.  Attains 4.7 inches, 120 mm.  East Africa to Samoa and the Line Islands.  Formerly known as Cypraea argus.