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Q: Cowry shells ( or cowrie ) , are marine snails of the family Cypraeidae .
A:
Cowrie or cowry ( plural cowries ) is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae , the cowries .