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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 Linné, 3 inches (Southeastern Florida and the West Indies), p. 180.
e. Mouse Cowrie, Cypraea mus Linné, 2 inches (Southern Caribbean), p. 181.
f. Atlantic Deer Cowrie, Cypraea cervus Linné, 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.