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Bul-alo

Common Words & Phrases OTHER PINOY SPEAK Trivia — 22 October 2011
Bul-alo

Known to the Visayan vernaculars as “bul-alo” the golden cowrie (Scientific Name: Lyncina Aurantium) is one of the rarest and most expensive seashells in the world. It belongs to the family Cypraedae or cowrie shells that include 200 different species that inhabit the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific between the Philippines and Malaysia.

 

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