Zigzag Cowrie, Zigzag Cowrie
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: Oceania Region (NZ, Australia, Samoa, Fiji, Micronesia, Melanesia)
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 Zigzag Cowrie shells from Australia.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 7
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Oct 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Australia, Australia
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: Palmadusta ziczac
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO35567
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Littorinimorpha, Cypraeidae