ordered values of Length or by ordered values of an aspect ratio, such as the Len.÷Wid. (L:W), Len.÷Hgt. (L:H), Wid.÷Hgt. (W:H), and a 'shape' parameter, "Q" ( Q = L÷{W+H} ). ("Q" was devised in seeking one value combining Len., Wid., & Hgt. that is not skewed by absolute shell size.)
| (Fair Warning: there are more than 5,300 different images in this database, up to 60 images per page!) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Dimensions in inches ("), weights in grams (g); images in these pages were reduced to ¼-size (25%) of the primary images.
| To see a ‘family portrait’ of the entire Cypraea teres Database, CLICK HERE...
| and to see five specimens of Cypraea cernica taken from Hawaiian waters, click here.
| Why has Cypraea rashleighana vanished... and where did it go? Click here to read an article about newly found features on C. teres that may be related to this situation. |
What colors are these cowries, anyway?! Click here for several images of one cowry (TER873) taken under various lighting conditions. |
I said that I wouldn't,... but I did! I updated my final status of "44 years" of Hawaiian Shell News posted in 2004 on a commercial web site, click here.
| Click here for my explanations of the various angles chosen for these database images.
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