A 2 to 3" Cypraea Talpa shell

A Cypraea Talpa shell measuring 2 to 3 inches They are also known as the Mole Cowrie.

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CYPREA TALPA SHELL

Talparia talpa, common name the mole cowry or chocolate banded cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

This species have been found in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along East Africa (Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania), in the western Pacific (western Australia, Philippines), in Polynesia and Hawaii.

These cowries live on coral reef or in shallow lagoons in tropical intertidal and subtidal waters up to 99 feet deep. They can be found under ledges and in small coral caves at night, as Talpa start feeding at dusk.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha

Super family: Cypraeoidea

Family: Cypraeidae

Subfamily: Luriinae

Genus: Talparia

Species: T. talpa