Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Half-Swimmer Cowry
Staphylaea semiplota
Half-Swimmer Cowry
Category: Cowries
Scientific Name: Staphylaea semiplota
Size: Up to 0.75 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Cypraeidae (Family)
     └Staphylaea (Genus)

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