Purchased in

2010-10

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
upload : 2010-10-19
Cypraeidae Cypraea Zoila (other) venusta roseopunctata

venusta roseopunctata

72,5 mm

F++/F+++

> 100 Euro

Gabe A. Banfi › ifnabseashells

03.10.2010

Australia (WA) › Albany

In 26m on blue sponge reef. Beautiful specimen, coffee/cream dorsum with blotches of soft browns. Measuring 73mm. and is near F++/F+++ with several small coral scrathes. GEM canals.

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venusta roseopunctata 08

upload : 2010-12-14
Cypraeidae Cypraea Cribrarula pellisserpentis pellisserpentis

p. pellisserpentis

17,7 mm

F+++/Gem

20,50 Euro

Annie Alberro › croidusudcoquillage

12.10.2010

Madagascar › Taolagnaro › Fort Dauphin

2007. Pêchée vivante - superbe dorsum "peau de serpent" - devenue hyper rare depuis deux ans. SUPERBE!

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pellisserpentis pellisserpentis 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Leporicypraea mappa rosea

mappa rosea

63 mm

F++/F+++

12,04 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Mauritius

Collected by diver under coral slab 12-15m. Ex LRM Collection

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mappa rosea 08

Cypraeidae Cypraea Leporicypraea mappa rosea

mappa rosea

68,9 mm

F++/F+++

12,04 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Madagascar › Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
Ramena?

Scuba diver 5-8m under coral slabs. 2008

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mappa rosea 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Leporicypraea mappa rosea

mappa rosea

57,4 mm

F++/F+++

12,04 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

La Reunion › Grande Anse

Collected by scuba diver at 5m off Grande Anse

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mappa rosea 06

Cypraeidae Cypraea Mauritia histrio histrio

histrio histrio

57,86 mm

F+++/Gem

10,83 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

La Reunion

Diver collected. 2m. Super shell, great quality. Perfect pattern with a nice mantle line and dense marginal spotting. Super.

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histrio histrio 08

Cypraeidae Cypraea Mauritia eglantina eglantina

eglantina eglantina

62,58 mm

Gem-

7,22 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Australia (WA) › Broome

Magic shell from Broome. 18-22m. 2009. Simply a superb shell, one of the best eglantina i have seen. Wonderful pattern, nice mantle line, dense marginal spotting, just super all round!!

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eglantina eglantina 13

upload : 2010-12-22
Cypraeidae Cypraea Erosaria (i-t) miliaris miliaris

miliaris miliaris

35,66 mm

Gem-

2,17 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Australia (WA) › Broome

Collected by pearl diver. 18-22m. 2009. Strong callous margins

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miliaris miliaris 09

Cypraeidae Cypraea Contradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi

hungerfordi hungerfordi

32 mm

F++/F+++

16,00 Euro

Jianju Wu › shellajiao

28.10.2010

Taiwan (North)

UNIQUE

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hungerfordi hungerfordi 13

Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia hesitata hesitata

hesitata hesitata

93,7 mm

F+++/Gem

36,10 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Australia (Victoria) › Lakes Entrance

Trawled 90-120m. Lovely pattern and colour on this good sized hesitata. Hard to fault, beautiful shell

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hesitata hesitata 10

Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

83,82 mm

F+++

32,50 Euro

Dave Delaine › 859daved

25.10.2010

Australia › Great Australia Bight (SA)

Trawled 120-130m. July 2010. Really nice dark colour on this South Aussie armeniaca. Not a big one but is one for the colour suite.

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armeniaca armeniaca 14

 
 
 
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