Ivory Cowrie, Pure White Cowrie, Ivory Cowry
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: South Pacific Ocean
label: Region
content: Pacific Ocean Region
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: Cowrie (or cowry) is the common name for the family Cypraeidae, a group of sea snails. Cowrie shells have been used as currency, in jewelry making, and for decorative purposes in multiple cultures and across several continents. While other shells have also been utilized as currency, the cowrie has been the shell most frequently used for this purpose. These specimens are Ivory Cowrie shells from the South Pacific Ocean. This species of cowrie is pure white in color and is often used for jewelry.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: South Pacific Ocean
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: Erosaria eburnea
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO35983
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Cypraeidae