References & Links

Links

For further information on cowries, visit Neville Coleman's world of water: http://www.nevillecoleman.com.au/underwater-marine-life-journal/nature-in-focus/cowry-shells-of-the-indo---pacific.aspx

Bibliography

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Coleman, N 2003, 2002 Sea Shells: Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Mollusca, Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic.

Coleman, N 2008, Neville Coleman's World of Water: Cowry Shells of the Indo-Pacific, viewed 22/10/2012, <http://www.nevillecoleman.com.au/underwater-marine-life-journal/nature-in-focus/cowry-shells-of-the-indo---pacific.aspx>.

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Wilson, BR & Gillett, K 1979, A field guide to Australian shells : prosobranch gastropods; illustrating and describing 700 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters, Reed, Sydney.
 

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The Polistes Corporation 2012, Global Mapper: Cypraea xanthodon, viewed 22 October 2012, <http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Cypraea+xanthodon>