OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Shell

MEDIAObject

COLLECTIONNepean Historical Society

REG NO.1053

HISTORY

Found on Sorrento beaches - reasonably common - often faded in colour

DESCRIPTION

Brown cowrie - Hotocypraca Augusta
Family: Cypraeidae ( Cowries)
Ornge-brown shell - tooth lipped - often faded in colour

KEYWORDS

Natural history / conchology / shells / Reed, Sydney / Sorrento