For instance, for a cowrie of the species Cypraea langfordi caught off Taiwan, the price might be NT $ 10,000, but for those caught off the coast of California, which are much less common, the price might be NT $ 60,000.
例如同是蘭福寶螺，台灣海域產的一顆價值一萬元台幣，而美國加州亞種因為數量稀少，價值則在 6 萬元台幣之譜。