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Updated 4/28/2026

Family Cypraeidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Pustularia cicercula takahashii 

North Shore, Oahu, 30 feet

HAWAIIAN CHICK-PEA COWRY

Rare in rubble or caverns deeper than 10 feet.  Most are found empty or in beach drift.  It is more inflated and has narrower tips than Cypraea mauiensis.  Attains 1 inch, 25 mm.  An endemic Hawaiian member of the P. cicercula complex.  Formely known as Cypraea cicercula.