Tiger Egg Cowry

Q: Where can you find Tiger Egg Cowry?

Tiger Egg Cowry can be found in: Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Malaysia East, Taiwan, Australia North, Malaysia West, Vanuatu, Brunei, Myanmar, Australia, India, Japan South, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Australia East, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Palau, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Fiji, Thailand.

Cuspivolva tigris

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Cuspivolva tigris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Description

The adult size is about 1.5 cm length. The shell is yellow to orange and as an oblong shape marked with lateral fine grooves. The mantle can cover entirely the shell and its colour is yellowish to orange with lateral lines outlined with white. The foot has the colouration as the mantle with small black dots.