It could be hard to rule out the possibility of something managing to attach itself while a shell was alive, even on smooth-shelled taxa that presumably have the mantle covering the shell much of the time. I have a fossil Aurinia with medium-sized barnacles attached to the dorsal side. The barnacles are largely covered by additional shell deposits, so they obviously settled while the snail was alive. However, Aurinia is not quite so glossy as a Cypraea, and the photos of live volutes usually have more shell exposed than do live cypraeids.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
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