Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Cypraeidae

Cypraea tigris

Linnaeus, 1758
Shell: medium, ovate to pyriform, ranging from 68-87 mm. Teeth: 20 to 24 columellar teeth; 21 to 23 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous. Exterior colour white, overlaid with variably sized diffuse spots in various shades of black, blue brown; base white with spotting beginning on the margins; mantle line distinct.


Specimens

Mudjimba Island,  Australia
 Size: 80.44mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected on rocky reef at 12-15m by diver.
Gould Reef, Queensland,  Australia
 Size: 91.84mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from in hole in coral on coral reef by hand [low tide]. Collected by Robert Ellis 17/8/2001
Naru Wall,  Solomon Islands
 Size: 81mm    Collected: 1998
In 5m of water on coral reef. Also found parts of shell which had been smashed by some animal???¢m
Karikana I,  Solomon Islands
 Size: 85.96mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected on reef under rock overhang in 7m of water by diver.
Madang,  Papua New Guinea
 Size: 87.92mm    Collected: 1973
No data.
Uman Island,  Chuuk State
 Size: 71.83mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from from hull of ship under overhand at 12m by diver.
Man Friday Resort,  Fiji
 Size: 71.96mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from coral reef in 3m of water by snorkeler .

Vava' u,  Tonga
 Size: 68.4mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.
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