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Updated 4/22/2023

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Cypraea (Talparia) talpa

Juvenile, North Shore, Oahu, 30 feet

 


North Oahu, 73mm

North Oahu, 20 feet

 
 
   
   

MOLE COWRY

Rare in Hawaii under dead coral or in deep crevices at any depth, common elsewhere.  Attains 4 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.