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What is a Cypraea?
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Any proposal of sale, purchase, exchange is welcomed!
Please contact
me if you are interested in any of the following shells:
| Species |
Grade |
Measures |
Provenience |
$ |
Note |
|
| achatidaea |
f++ |
34/38mm |
Senegal |
8 |
- |
|
| acicularis |
f++/gem |
17/19mm |
mexico |
5 |
- |
|
| albuginosa |
f++/gem |
19/23mm |
Panama |
5 |
- |
|
| angustata |
f++/gem |
24/26mm |
Australia |
8 |
- |
|
| annattae |
f++/gem |
36/37mm |
Panama |
3 |
- |
|
| annulus |
f++/gem |
14/24mm |
5 different localities |
5 |
price for 10 pcs. selection |
|
| arabicula |
f++/gem |
20/23mm |
Mexico |
3 |
- |
|
| artufelli |
f++ |
14,5mm |
Japan |
37 |
- |
|
| asellus |
f++/gem |
14/20mm |
Thail./Philip. |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| aurantium |
f++ |
94/98mm |
Philippines |
69 |
few stress line |
|
| beckii |
f++/gem |
11/13mm |
Philippines |
9 |
dark color |
|
| bistrinotata |
f++/gem |
18/19mm |
Thailand/Philippines |
2 |
- |
|
| boivinii |
f++/gem |
19/27mm |
Philippines |
2 |
low tide |
|
| boivinii |
f++/gem |
28/32mm |
Philippines |
3 |
dived -5/7mt. |
|
| boivinii cuatoni |
f++/gem |
25/28mm |
Philippines |
11 |
dived -5/7mt. |
|
| bregeriana |
f++/gem |
20/22mm |
New Caledonia |
5 |
- |
|
| caputdragonis |
f++/gem |
23/30mm |
Eastern Is. |
3 |
|
|
| caputserpentis |
f++/gem |
25/35mm |
5 different localities |
4 |
price for 10 pcs. selection |
|
| caurica |
f++/gem |
30/42mm |
Madagascar/Reunion |
3 |
interesting - price
for 4 pcs. selection |
| chinensis |
f++/gem |
35/38mm |
Philippines |
2 |
- |
|
| chinensis variolaria |
f++/gem |
30/35mm |
Zanzibar |
2 |
- |
|
| cicercula |
f++/gem |
16/20mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
2 |
- |
|
| clandestina |
f++/gem |
12/20mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
3 |
price for 5 pcs. selection |
|
| clandestina passerina |
f++/gem |
12/18mm |
Zanzibar |
3 |
price for 5 pcs. selection |
|
| coloba gregori |
f++/gem |
20/24mm |
Thailand |
8 |
hard to get now |
|
| comptonii |
f++ |
21/22mm |
Australia |
8 |
- |
|
| contaminata |
f++/gem |
10/14mm |
Philippines |
3 |
dark color |
|
| coxeni |
f++/gem |
22/24mm |
Solomon Is. |
6 |
- |
|
| cribraria |
f++/gem |
23/30mm |
Malay./Philipp./Thail. |
5 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| declivis |
f++/f+++ |
23mm |
Australia |
42 |
hard to get now |
|
| diliculum |
f++/gem |
25/27mm |
Zanzibar |
2 |
- |
|
| eburnea |
f++/gem |
36,50mm |
Nuova Caledonia |
29 |
- |
|
| eglantina griseoviridis |
f++/gem |
50/60mm |
Philippines |
5 |
good color |
|
| erosa |
f++/gem |
30/40mm |
Madagascar/Reunion |
3 |
price for 4 pcs. selection |
|
| erythraensis |
f++/f+++ |
17/21mm |
Somalia |
5 |
- |
|
| exusta |
f+/f++ |
56/61mm |
Somalia |
75 |
few growth line |
|
| felina |
f++/gem |
11/17mm |
Philippines / Thailand |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| felina
fabula |
f++/gem |
15/16mm |
Golfo Oman |
3 |
- |
|
| fernandoi |
f++/gem |
20/21mm |
Philippines |
80 |
rare species |
|
| fimbriata |
f++/gem |
10/13mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| fimbriata durbanensis |
f++/gem |
12/15mm |
Zanzibar |
2 |
- |
|
| gangranosa |
f++/gem |
14/21mm |
Thailand |
4 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| gangranosa reentsii |
f++/gem |
17/21mm |
Thailand |
2 |
- |
|
| gaskoini |
f++/gem |
18/20mm |
Hawaii |
21 |
- |
|
| gaskoini |
f++/gem |
up 23mm |
Hawaii |
40 |
- |
|
| globulus |
f++/gem |
20/21mm |
Thailand |
9 |
|
|
| goodalli |
f++/gem |
9,8mm |
New Caledonia |
29 |
- |
|
| gracilis |
f++/gem |
12/15mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| gracilis macula |
f++/gem |
17/19mm |
Australia |
2 |
|
|
| granulata |
f++/gem |
21/22mm |
Hawaii |
19 |
- |
|
| granulata |
f++/gem |
up24mm |
Hawaii |
24 |
- |
|
| hammondae raysummersi |
f++/gem |
11/13mm |
Philippines |
4 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| helvola |
f++/gem |
18/25mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
3 |
price for 4 pcs. selection |
|
| helvola argella |
f++/gem |
18/25mm |
Zanzibar |
2 |
price for 2 pcs. selection |
|
| hesitata |
f++ |
94,65mm |
Australia |
19 |
very good pattern |
|
| humphraesyii |
f++/gem |
17,50mm |
New Caledonia |
6 |
- |
|
| irrorata |
f++ |
8,5/9mm |
Tuamotu |
5 |
- |
|
| kieneri |
f++/gem |
14/15mm |
Madagascar |
1 |
- |
|
| kieneri depreisteri |
f++/gem |
12/17mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
3 |
price for 5 pcs. selection |
|
| lamarckii |
f++/gem |
35/42mm |
Madacascar |
4 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| lamarckii red.phuketensis |
f++/gem |
29/32mm |
Thailand |
8 |
deltoid form |
|
| lamarckii redimita |
f++/gem |
32/36mm |
Thailand |
3 |
- |
|
| listeri |
f++/gem |
12/15mm |
Australia |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| luchuana |
f++/gem |
17/18mm |
Japan |
5 |
- |
|
| lurida pulchroides |
f++ |
up 29mm |
Capo Verde |
8 |
dark color |
|
| lurida pulchroides minima |
f++ |
25/27mm |
Capo Verde |
8 |
dark color |
|
| lutea |
f++/gem |
12/20mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
4 |
price for 4 pcs. selection |
|
| macandrewi |
f++/f+++ |
12,50mm |
Red Sea |
37 |
hard to get now |
|
| maculifera |
f++/gem |
60/65mm |
Hawaii |
10 |
- |
|
| mappa panerythra |
f++/f+++ |
74mm |
Philippines |
8 |
- |
|
| marginalis |
f++/f+++ |
up25mm |
Somalia |
10 |
very good pattern |
|
| mariae |
f++/gem |
13/14mm |
New Caledonia |
40 |
very good color |
|
| microdon |
f++/gem |
9/10mm |
Philippines |
2 |
- |
|
| miliaris |
f++/gem |
45mm |
Philippines |
3 |
very good pattern |
|
| miliaris dawrf |
f++/gem |
23/29mm |
Thailand |
3 |
- |
|
| moneta |
f++/gem |
15/25mm |
5 different localities |
6 |
price for 10 pcs. selection |
|
| moneta |
f++/gem |
30/35mm |
Philippines |
2 |
good color |
|
| nebrites |
f++/gem |
32/33mm |
Red Sea |
4 |
- |
|
| nucleus |
f++/gem |
15/18mm |
Philippines |
2 |
- |
|
| obvelata |
f++/gem |
19/22mm |
Cook Is. |
3 |
- |
|
| ocellata |
f++/gem |
23/29mm |
India |
2 |
- |
|
| oweni vasta |
f++/gem |
15/17mm |
Madagascar |
24 |
- |
|
| pallidula |
f++/gem |
19/21mm |
Philippines |
1 |
- |
|
| picta |
f++/gem |
19/20mm |
Capo Verde |
8 |
dark color |
|
| picta |
f++/gem |
22/23mm |
Capo Verde |
10 |
dark color |
|
| picta |
f++/gem |
25/27mm |
Capo Verde |
15 |
dark color |
|
| poraria |
f++/gem |
15/21mm |
Philippines |
3 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| punctata berinii |
f++/gem |
15/17mm |
Madagascar |
4 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
|
| pyriformis |
f++/gem |
23/26mm |
Philippines |
3 |
- |
|
| quadrimaculata |
f++/f+++ |
18/25mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
5 |
price for 4 pcs. selection |
|
| quadrimaculata |
f++/gem |
up 30mm |
Philippines |
3 |
- |
|
| sanguinolenta |
f++/gem |
22/23mm |
Gabon |
12 |
- |
|
| saulae |
f++/gem |
20/23mm |
Philippines |
10 |
very good pattern |
|
| saulae |
f++/gem |
up 25mm |
Philippines |
12 |
very good pattern |
|
| spurca verdensium |
f++/gem |
20/24mm |
Capo Verde |
5 |
very good pattern |
|
| stolida |
f++/gem |
24/29mm |
Philippines |
10 |
price 2 pcs. selection |
|
| thersites |
f++/gem |
67mm |
Australia |
48 |
dark base |
|
| vredemburgi |
f++/gem |
25/26mm |
Indonesia |
29 |
- |
|
| walkeri |
f++/gem |
28/30mm |
Philippines |
3 |
interesting shell |
|
| walkeri surabajensis |
f++/gem |
23/25mm |
Philippines |
4 |
interesting shell |
|
| zic zac |
f++/gem |
15/17mm |
Philippines/Thailand |
5 |
price for 3 pcs. selection |
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