Cypraeidae – the Cowries

Annepona mariae Maria's cowry	Bistolida goodallii fuscomaculata dark-blotched Goodall's cowry	Bistolida hirundo swallow cowry
Bistolida kieneri Kiener's cowry	Bistolida stolida kwajaleinensis Kwajalein stolid cowry	Bistolida ursellus little bear cowry
Chelycypraea testudinaria tortoise cowry	Cribrarula cribraria sieve cowry	Cribrarula gaspardi pale sieve cowry
Cribrarula taitae Tait's cowry	Cryptocypraea dillwyni Dillwyn's cowry	Cypraea tigris tiger cowry
Erosaria beckii Beck's cowry	Erosaria cernica cernica cowry	Erosaria erosa eroded cowry
Erosaria helvola strawberry	Erosaria labrolineata labrolineata cowry	Erosaria poraria grape
Erronea caurica caurica cowry	Ipsa childreni Children's cowry	Leporicypraea mappa map cowry
Luria gilvella gilvella cowry	Luria isabella Isabella cowry	Lyncina argus eyed cowry
Lyncina aurantium golden cowry	Lyncina carneola carnelian cowry	Lyncina leviathan leviathan cowry
Lyncina lynx lynx cowry	Lyncina schilderorum Schilders' cowry	Lyncina ventriculus ventriculus cowry
Lyncina vitellus deer cowry	Mauritia arabica Arabian cowry	Mauritia depressa depressed cowry
Mauritia eglantina eglantine cowry	Mauritia maculifera reticulated cowry	Mauritia mauritiana humpback cowry
Mauritia scurra jester cowry	Melicerona felina kitten cowry	Monetaria annulus gold ringer cowry
Monetaria caputserpentis brownie	Monetaria moneta money cowry	Naria irrorata irrorata cowry
Notadusta martini Martin's cowry	Notadusta punctata punctate cowry	Nucleolaria nucleus nucleus cowry
Ovatipsa chinensis Chinese cowry	Palmadusta asellus asellus cowry	Palmadusta clandestina clandestine cowry
Palmadusta johnsonorum Johnsons' cowry	Palmadusta ziczac zigzag cowry	Purpuradusta fimbriata fringed cowry
Purpuradusta microdon micro-tooth cowry	Purpuradusta minoridens small-tooth cowry	Pustularia bistrinotata orange chick-pea cowry
Pustularia cicercula chick-pea cowry	Pustularia globulus globular chick-pea cowry	Pustularia margarita margarita chick-pea cowry
Staphlaea limacina limacina cowry	Staphlaea staphlaea staphlaea cowry	Talostolida pellucens pellucens cowry
Talostolida teres tapering cowry	Talparia talpa mole cowry

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