A 1" Cypraea Teres shell

A Cypraea Teres shell measuring approximately 1-inch, These shells are part of the cowry family, known for their smooth, glossy surfaces and beautiful patterns.

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CYPREA TERES

Talostolida Teres, common name the tapering cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

The shells of these common cowries grow to an average of 1 to 1 1/4 inches in length, minimum size of an adult Teres 1/3 of an inch and a maximum size of 1.7 inches.

They very in pattern and color.

The shape may be cylindrical or sub-cylindrical. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish, greenish or pale brown, with irregular dark brown patches, sometimes forming two-three transversal bands.

Their surface can be grey-greenish.

The margins are white or pale brown, with some dark dots and a pronounced labial callus.

The base is white or pinkish with fine short teeth.

The living cowries mantle is orange-reddish, with white sensorial papillae.

Mantle and foot are well developed, with external antennae.

This species and the subspecies are found in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and South Africa (Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania) and in Western and Eastern Pacific Ocean along Western Australia, Philippines and Hawaii.

The Teres cowries live on rocks or under corals in the intertidal zone.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

clade: Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha

Super family: Cypraeoidea

Family: Cypraeidae

Genus: Talostolida

Species: T. teres