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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kasawari, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=MolluscaClass=Gastropodaunranked clade=Caenogastropodaclade=Hypsogastropodaclade=LittorinimorphaSuperfamily=CypraeoideaFamily=OvulidaeSubfamily=OvulinaeGenus=VolvaSpecies=habeiBinomial name=Volva habei ID by Shadowshador(Flickr)Common name=False Cowry
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These sea snails have a snow white shell, which is covered by a black mantle that you can see in this photo. If the cowrie is disturbed it can retract these skin flaps into the underside of the shell, exposing the white. You can see a faint white slit at the top of the animal; this is where the two halves of the mantle meet.
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Kasawari, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Coast, Kenya
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