Tiger Cowrie, Tiger Cowrie shell
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: Indo-Pacific
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These specimens are Tiger Cowrie shells. Tiger Cowries are a large sea snail that live in reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The shells range in size from approximately 6 cm x 5 cm to 8 cm x 6 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 4
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Feb 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Indo-Pacific
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Cypraea tigris
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400076
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Cypraeidae
physicalDescription: label: Life Stage
content: Adult