One Wart Cowry Shell measuring 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches ******

One Wart Cowry Shell, measuring 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches.

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Calpurnus Verrucosus common name Wart Cowry

Wart Cowries species dwell in the tropical seas of South East Africa, in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the waters along Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Red Sea, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

REF: Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries

Wart Cowries grow on average from 1/3 to 1 1/2 inches. These cowries are pure white, smooth and ovate, the base is flat and wide. The anterior and posterior extremities have a slight purple coloration, with a yellow circle at the edge of a depressed pustule (hence the Latin name of this species, verrucosus ). The mantle of the living cowries is white and completely covered by small brown spots. The foot is white with dark dots and can be extended widely around the base of the shell.

REF: Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries

Living cowries are active during daylight under soft corals, sponges and rocks in shallow to deep waters at a depth of 66 to depths of 165 feet. They feed on the polyps of Leather Corals (Sacrophyton and Lobophytum species, Alcyoniidae). This species is also active at night, when they spread their mantles on the top of the soft coral and start grazing on the polyps.

REF: Cate, C. N. 1973 - A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha

Super family: Cypraeoidea

Family: Ovulidae

Genus: Calpurnus

Species: C. verrucosus

Binomial name: Calpurnus verrucosus

(Linnaeus, 1758