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Updated 9/28/2025

Family Cypraeidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Lyncina vitellus



Pearl Harbor, Oahu. @ Padgett Carpenter

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 2 feet, 41mm

 

Harbor, Midway Atoll, 10 feet

 


Kahe Point, Oahu, 15 feet
   

 CALF COWRY

Rare in murky bays and harbors of Hawaii but common elsewhere.  Thick shell with fine striations visible on the side.  Attains 3 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Cypraea vitellus.