Plate 6 

 COWRIES 



a. Atlantic Yellow Cowrie, Cypraea spurca acicularis Gmelin, 1 inch 



(Florida and the West Indies), p. 180. 



b. Chestnut Cowrie, Cypraea spadicea Swainson, 2 inches (Southern 



California), p. 181. 



c. Atlantic Gray Cowrie, Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1 inch (Southeastern 



Florida and the West Indies), p. 180. 



d. Measled Cowrie, Cypraea zebra Linne, 3 inches (Southeastern Florida 



and the West Indies), p. 180. 



e. Mouse Cowrie, Cypraea mus Linne, 2 inches (Sotithern Caribbean), 



p. 181. 



f. Atlantic Deer Cowrie, Cypraea cervus Linne, 4 inches (South half 



of Florida and Cuba), p. 180. 



g. Young stage of the Atlantic Deer Cowrie before the outer lip has 



become thickened and reinforced with teeth, p. 180. 



