One Cyprea Mauritiana shell measuring between 2 to 3 inches ******

One Cypraea Mauritiana measuring between 2 to 3 inches

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CYPREA MAURITIANA LINNAEUS

Mauritia Mauritiana, common names the humpback cowry, chocolate cowry, mourning cowry and Mauritius cowry, these are tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[

These are common cowries growing to an average of 2 to 3 inches in length, with a minimum size of 1.7 inches to a maximum size of about 5 inches.

The dorsum surface of these smooth and shiny cowries are generally dark brown, with distinct large yellowish or amber dots.

The edges of the dorsum and the base are completely dark brown.

The aperture is long and narrow, with several dark brown teeth and clear spacing.

In the living cowries the mantle is completely black, without sensorial papillae.

The Mauritiana Linnaeus are Indo-Pacific species, occurring in the Indian Ocean along South-East Africa and in the western Pacific Ocean (western and northern Australia, Malaysia, Philippines and Hawaii)

These cowries are mainly restricted to exposed habitats such as wave-washed basalt cliffs or breakwaters.

The Mauritia mauritiana lives in tropical low intertidal water, usually under rocks or in rocky crevices at a minimum depth of about 7 feet, but can be found in depths of 160 feet.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Littorinimorpha

Family: Cypraeidae

Genus: Mauritia

Species: M. mauritiana

Binomial name: Mauritia Mauritiana