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Updated 4/29/2026

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Erronea errones



Philippines, 30 mm




Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet


ERRONEOUS or WANDERING COWRY

Common under dead coral or rocks in shallow water, but only collected a few times in Hawaii.  Some populations have a dark blotch on dorsum.  Attains 1.8 inches, 45 mm.  Tanzania to Samoa, and waifs to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Cypraea errones.