Cowrie

Of gastropod and Cypraea.   May also be referred to as cowry.

Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.

This concept's ID is @1~9954

Contains

  • tiger cowrie 0 facts

    Cowrie whose shell is used for ornament.

  • money cowrie 0 facts

    Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts...