Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Sieve Cowry
Cribrarula cribraria
Sieve Cowry
Category: Cowries
Scientific Name: Cribrarula cribraria
Synonyms: Cypraea cribraria
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (4 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Cypraeidae (Family)
     └Cribrarula (Genus)

Gastropods
Cowries

Sieve Cowry

Gaskoin's Cowry

Tiger Cowry

Map Cowry

Leviathan Cowry

Pacific Deer Cowry

Reticulated Cowry

Humpback Cowry

Half-Swimmer Cowry



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