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Family Cypraeidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Cypraea cicercula takahashii 

North Shore, Oahu, 30 feet

HAWAIIAN CHICK-PEA COWRY

Rare in rubble or caverns deeper than 10 feet.  More inflated and extremities narrower than Cypraea mauiensis.  Attains 1/2 inch.  Endemic Hawaiian subspecies.