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.
 
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).
 
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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