Live cowrie

I was so excited to see this live cowrie on the rock seawall at Maunalua Bay.   Watched it for a couple minutes as it got submerged again and again, until it moved a couple inches up the rock and disappeared into a crevice.  It was so beautiful, about 4-inches long.  You can just make out the feelers of the snail inside.   They generally feed at nite, eating algae and seaweed, so maybe this one was just thirsty  . . .    Think it might be a Hawaiian Tiger Cowrie, but they are supposed to have a pale base shell which this one doesn't.    Someone might know  . . . ?


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