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Common under coral
slbs at any depth. The shape, color, and pattern is highly
variable, which has led to proliferation of subspecies and varieties
based upon geography, with Red Sea and Indian Ocean forms allocated to
Leporicypraea geographica and L. rosea. Attains
4 inches, 102 mm. Red Sea to Okinawa and French Polynesia,
excluding Hawaii.
Formerly known as Cypraea mappa. |