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Updated 4/28/2026

Family Cypraeidae

CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Lyncina schilderorum

Makaha, Oahu, 25 feet, 30 mm

 

SCHILDER'S COWRY

Uncommon under dead coral or within crevices deeper than 20 feet.  Shell thick and depressed with a rounded base fading to white with short fine teeth, and a striated callous extends halfway across the dorsum.  Hybridizes with the Groove-toothed cowry.  Attains 1.8 inches, 45 mm.  Okinawa to Fiji, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.  Formerly known as Cypraea schilderorum.