ID for this cowrie snail?

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I just picked up 4 cowrie snails at my LFS, and they were labelled as money cowries, which 2 of the 4 are, but they said the other 2 were some other species of cowrie.
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The one on the left here is unknown, the one on the right is a money cowrie. Anyone seen these before? They apparently came on the same shipment as the money cowrie.
 

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The one on the left here is unknown, the one on the right is a money cowrie
Actually, I think the one on the left is a Money Cowrie (Monetaria moneta), and the one on the right is something else, probably a Gold Ring Cowrie/Ringed Money Cowrie (Monetaria annulus).
 
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Actually, I think the one on the left is a Money Cowrie (Monetaria moneta), and the one on the right is something else, probably a Gold Ring Cowrie/Ringed Money Cowrie (Monetaria annulus).
Oh hey I think you're right. I'll bet money cowries are getting mislabelled a lot then
 

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