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English name: Mole Cowrie 53mm. Very common sea snail in the Indo Pacific. Taken off shore, Olango Island, Central Visayas, Philippines
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Philippines, Central Visayas, collected 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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United States, Florida, off Ocean Ridge, under rock rubble, by SCUBA diving, at 18 m depth, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Brazil, northern Brazil, ex coll. J. Trausel. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Eritrea, Shimali al Ba?ri al A?mar, Dahlak Archipelago, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Eritrea, Shimali al Ba?ri al A?mar, Dahlak Archipelago, Difnee, collected May 1974, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Panama, Veraguas, Isla Cebaco, at 1.8-3 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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United States, Hawaii, collected 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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Australia, Western Australia, Carnac Island, ex coll. J. Trausel. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
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[syn. Cypraea tessellata]Leho or Checkered cowryIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (also Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines)Chun's Reef, Oahu mid-1970'sDorsal view
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8427760806/in/photolist-...The Hawaiian name in general for cowries is leho. Early Hawaiians used larger leho to lure hee (octopus) to capture. Smaller leho were used in lei work.Please note: I do not collect or trade sea shells any longer. For me, the value of the animal is far greater than the shell it possess.
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[syn. Cypraea tessellata]Leho or Checkered cowryIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (also Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines)Chun's Reef, Oahu mid-1970'sThe Hawaiian name in general for cowries is leho. Early Hawaiians used larger leho to lure hee (octopus) to capture. Smaller leho were used in lei work.Please note: I do not collect or trade sea shells any longer. For me, the value of the animal is far greater than the shell it possess.
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Roxas, Mimaropa, Philippines
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Coast, Kenya
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Family: CypraeidaeSize: 45 mmOrigin: West Africa, the MediterraneanPhoto: U.Schmidt 2008
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Scientific name: Luria cinerea
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Scientific name: Luria cinerea