The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants.

by Louis Figuier

Fig. 256. Cypræa capensis (Gray).

Figs. 257 and 258. Cypræa testudinaria (Linnæus).

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Figs. 259 and 260. Cypræa nucleus (Linnæus).

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Fig. 261. Cypræa pantherina (Sol.).

The Madagascar Cowrie, Cypræa Madagascariensis (Fig. 255), and the Granular Cowrie, Cypræa nucleus (Figs. 259 and 260), are beautifully marked species, having the general appearance of the Cowrie.