Black Cowry, Cypraeidae, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Dancer wearing hat decorated with cowrie shells, Djemma el Fna, Marrakech (Marrakesh), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Cowrie shell money and terracota coins from Sri Vijaya period in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with hornbill feather with tiger teeth necklaces and cowrie shell aprons, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga lady wearing conch shell earings dancing, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) at night, Short drop-off, Palau, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris) at night, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Egg cowrie, Similan Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tiger Cowrie (Cyprae tigris), shell with mantle retracted, Rurutu, French Polynesia Underwater.

Cowrie.

Fiji, Allied cowry (Aclyvolva lanceolata) on whip coral.

Brown-Tipped Spindel Cowrie (Pellasimnia brunneiterma) on sea fan, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

White Simnia on Sea Fan, Mediterranean Spain