Cypraea vitellus -Linne
Calf Cowrie
1.5-2" 5cm
are
$.40
- Shell: Plump, flecked with round white dots on ash to greyed yellow. Sides with lines over whitish base to teeth. A solid, ovate, or elliptical shell with a slightly convex base and somewhat bumpy margin. Teeth short and thick. Creamy brown with broad bands of darker brown, overlaid with porcelainlike spots. Margin faintly striped; base and teeth white, tinged with beige. teeth on outer lip thicker and more numerous than those opposite.
- Animal:
- Region: Indo-Pacific.
- Habitat: Under coral slabs.
- Notes:
Juvenile forms
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