Cowrie (early juvenile)

[Emma]

Hi Pierre,

I've had a look in Dr. Lorenz's "A Guide to Worldwide cowries", and on Plate 105 there are some Juvenile Cypraea tigris. By the shape of the lip, the banding and the whitish colouring of your specimen, my best guess is cypraea tigris. It's deffinetely not cy. vitellus, which is pictured on the same page.  And at 22mm, I think it might be too big for a bulla stage of a lynx, isabella or erosa.
I hope this information helps,

Best wishes,

Emma.