Description

Cypraea
Other Mollusc
Pleistocene
2 miles north of Schedwan Golden Beach Hotel, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt

30mm complete cowrie.

Cypraea is a genus of cowrie, a predatory marine gastropod (sea snail).  It dates back to the Cretaceous and still lives today.

There are seashell collectors who specialize in cowries and some fossil shell collectors specialize in them as well.