Black Cowry, Cypraeidae, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

A large tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigrisis), Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

A large red gorgonian sea fan and large tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigrisis), Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

A live conch shellfish looks out of its shell, Papua New Guinea.

Portrait of a man and wife with bone and cowry shell jewellery and decoration at a Sing-sing in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Pacific

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

Large Cowry Shell On Beach, Maui, Hawaii, United States Of America

Hawaii, Oahu, Young girl holding a sea Cowry Shell.

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

mole cowry cowry with mantle partially covering the shell at night underwater Hawaii

White Simnia on Sea Fan, Mediterranean Spain

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