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Updated 4/28/2026

Family Cypraeidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Annepona mariae



Guam
(David Lum collection)

 
   

MARIA'S COWRY

Rarely found alive within narrow crevices deeper than 30 feet, typically collected empty in sand or rubble.  Attains 0.8 inch, 21 mm.  Philippines to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Cypraea mariae.