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Updated 9/29/2025

Family Cypraeidae

CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Talostolida pellucens pellucens

Sand Is., Oahu, 10 feet, 29mm

 



Oahu.  @ Padgett Carpenter

100 ft. Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet

 

 

Juvenile, Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4 feet

Sand Island, Oahu, 12 feet

 

Puako, Hawaii

 

ALISON'S COWRY

Fairly common on red sponge in dead coral heads, under slabs, and caverns.  Lacks dark spots on base, calloused only on outer lip.  Attains 2.5 inches.  Hawaii and the Central Pacific.  Formerly reported from Hawaii as Cypraea teres and Cypraea alisonae.