A live Cypraea caputserpentis L., Cowry, at East Lagoon, Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.


A live Cypraea caputserpentis L., Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural always cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae. The word "cowry" is also often used to refer to the shells of these snails.


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