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Created 7/3/2024

Family Cypraeidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervus





Key West, Florida, 4 feet
   

ATLANTIC DEER COWRY

Locally common on shaded vertical walls and pilings in shallow water.  The largest cowry, attaining 8 inches, but most are normally half that.  South Florida and the Bahamas.