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Updated 9/29/2025

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Talostolida pellucens pellucens

Sand Is., Oahu, 10 feet, 29 mm

 



Oahu
(Padgett Carpenter collection)

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, rubble, or within caverns.  Dark spots are not visible when viewed from below, and callous is only present on the outer lip.  Attains 1.8 inches, 45 mm.  South Africa to Hawaii and Clipperton Island.  Formerly known in Hawaii as Cypraea teres, and Cypraea alisonae is a synonym.