money cowrie

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money cowrie - cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa

cowrie, cowry - any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

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annulus is very popularly also called as money cowrie and named Monetaria annulus [34,36].

Phenetic Relationship Study of Gold Ring Cowry, Cypraea Annulus (Gastropods: Cypraeidae) in Mollucas Islands Based on Shell Morphological

In later years of the 19th century, undoubtedly because of their close resemblance to elk teeth, and their ready availability from traders, "money cowrie" shells came into wide spread use across the Plains and Plateau.