(specimenshells@yahoo.com)Schooner Specimen Shells
Updated November 19, 2008.
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$2 Cypraea lots annulata, arabica, arabicula, assellus, bistrionata, boivini, caputserpensis, carneola, caurica, caurica longior, chinensis, circerula, clandestina, cribraria, cribraria orientalis, cylindrica (ever notice how many cowries start with C??), diluculum, erosa, errones, fimbriata, gangranosa, gracilis, gracilis fm maculata, helvola, helvola hawaiiensis, hirundo, isabella, keineri, labrolineata, lamarki, limacina, lutea, lynx, minoridens, moneta, nebrites, nucleus, ovum, obveolata, ocellata, pallidula, poraira, pyriformis, quadrimaculata, staphylae, sublaevis (only 2), talpa (small) teres (Solomon Is.), turdus, vittellus, xanthodon, ziczac. |
(specimenshells@yahoo.com)EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE.......30553B...(1)...Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837.....43.7mm. F+++. BIGGIE!...Senegal...$33 (1 available)
NEW PRICE...30553...(4)...Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837....38 to 41mm. F+++. With dorsums well mottled in cinnamon brown on creamy tan...Senegal..SPECIAL!!..$18 firm (4 available)
1837....23105...(2)...Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837....31 to ...34mm. F++ to Gem. White nearly toothless base & lovely brown speckled dorsum...Mauritania...$20 (2 available)
....33112...(1)...Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837....41mm. F++. Heavily brown speckled dorsum on this big, fully mature specimen...Senegal...$22 (1 available)
....18547...(1)...Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791...23 to 25mm. F++/G. Plump flesh-toned beauties (sounds almost erotic!)...Australia..$7 (1 available)
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....31695...(1)...Cypraea annettae Dall, 1909....31mm. F+ high. Nice starter specimen...Mexico...$4 (1 available)
...214...(2)...Cypraea annettae Dall, 1909 ...28-33mm F++ - GEM. Contrasting PAIRS! W.Mexico ...$5 (2 available)
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NEW...34775...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....22mm. F+. Highly unusual all creamy yellow colour form. ID by supplier...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE......34084...(2)...Cypraea cf. annulus Linne, 1758....19mm. F++. STRANGE!! With dorsal glaze & rostrate, ventrally reflected tips...Tanzania...$55 (2 available)
....19912...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....11.5mm. F++. Doll-sized ring!!..Zanzibar...$12 (1 available)
...33391...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....17.5mm. F+. Highly rostrate dwarfish little freak specimen with tips so stretched they are beaked...Tanzania...$75 (1 available)
....30726...(set)...Cypraea annulus/moneta freaks....14 to 22mm. F/F+. 5 piece set-more freaks than the Addams family! Interesting assortment of developmental freak forms...Philippines...$22/set (1 set available)
...19972A...(pair)...Cypraea annulus (dorsum) Linne, 1758.(ventrum)....25 & 26mm. F++. SUPERFREAK pair! One is the famous "fish-tailed" annulus, while the other is a good variation of it, with thicker callous....Zanzibar...$45/pr (1 pair available)
....7746...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...19mm. Gem. FREAK! Not really sure how to describe this one: Lorenz reportedly called it a form of melanism, but it is not dark. It has a creamy overcasting, with a light orange stripe down the center, and no ring. DEFINITELY different...Australia...$19 (1 available)
....32821...(pair)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....19, 21mm. . Odd pair of injury freak forms. One oddly humped, the other with apex & shape similar to Cryptospira in Marginellidae...Philippines...$12/pair (1 pair available)
....32551...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....22mm. F++. Unusual colour form, with orange ringed pinkish tan dorsum...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....32552...(5)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....20 to 24mm. F++. Albino specimens, creamy white with blue-white dorsum...Philippines...$10 (5 available)
....30728...(1)...Cypraea annulus freak....22.5mm. F+. With monstrous lateral bulge...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....27727...(3)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...14 to 19mm. F+ high. Distinctly ROSTRATE dwarfs!...Philippines...$35 (3 available)
....27728...(10)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...13 to 25mm. F++. More different freaks than an old-time circus side-show tent! Hunchbacks, fat ladies & dwarves, Oh my!...Philippines...$20 ea. or set sets of 3 for $50 (10 available)
....29340...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....19mm. F+. Bizarre & unique freak, without posterior canal & with exposed apex, giving it a strong similarity to some Marginellidae...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
....29341...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....14mm. F++. Fascinating freakish dwarf, in pastel orange pink, & with dorsum humped relatively higher than mauritiana...Philippines...$22 (1 available)
....27508...(pair)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....20 & 22mm. F++. NICE pair of interesting Bluish-white albinistic beasties without the gold ring... one quite blue the other much creamier..New Caledonia...$25/pair (pair available)
....20628...(3)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...18 to 25mm. F++ to Gem. 4 piece sets show a variety of features (size, banding, ring strength & colour)...Transkei...$6/set (3 sets available)
....20629...(6)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...21 to 25mm. F++ to Gem. Singles of this heavy based East African form...Transkei...$2 (6 available)
....2956...(6)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758... 23-25mm. F++. Mild-mannered freaks, for mild money - Rostratism on a budget!! ..Zanzibar...$7 (6 available)
....20215...(2)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....14mm. F+. Interesting juveniles (ID by mantle) shows shell before development of teeth & dorsal ring...Indonesia...$3 for both (2 available)
....18548...(1pair)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758...20 to 24mm. F++/G. One normal (with blueish dorsum) the other "albino" with orange ring on a cream coloured back...Sri Lanka...$10 (1 available)
....19943...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758..11.8mm. F++. Smaller than your average ring-cowrie......Zanzibar...$5 (1 available)
....33392...(1)...Cypraea annulus Linne, 1758....16.5mm. F++. Rostrate dwarf specimen with beaked ends...Tanzania...$40 (1 available)
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....28732...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758...42mm. F++. Fascinating melanistic dwarf specimen, not severely involved with the forces of darkness, but well on its way! ...Solomon Islands...$23 (1 available)
...32616...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....49 mm. F++. Magnificent melanistic margins! Lateral spots completely replaced with solid black edge band...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....32553...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....36mm. F++. Odd little specimen, dwarfish & with hints of melanism...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....32613...(3)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....48 to 50mm. F++. Unusually globose specimens from Palawan, with heavy, callus base & margins & big, blurred marginal spots...Philippines...$3 (3 available)
....32614...(pair)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....55mm. F+, F++. Wonderfully extreme light & dark pair, one heavily marked & spotted in darkest brown, the other patterned in cinnamon red...Philippines...$7/pair (1 pair available)
....32615...(3)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....41 to 45mm. F++. Hey, Doc, don't Sneeze(y) at these nice dwarf specimens. That's all 7, folks!...Philippines...$3 (3 available)
....32617...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....42mm. F+. STRANGELY melanistic, with chestnut brown dorsum & thick marginal callus so black it almost looks painted on...Philippines...$16 (1 available)
....32618...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....43mm. F+. Odd injury freak with corrugated & faintly banded dorsum...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....31999...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....44mm. F+. Freak with skewed apperture & dorsal pattern disturbances...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....30991...(2)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....59 to 61mm. F+++. Dark, fully developed specimens...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
....30307...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....52mm. F++. Great specimen of the typical form...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....28081...(4)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....45 to 52mm. F++. Good, very dark examples...Philippines...$3 (4 available)
....29572...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....55mm. F+++. Large, with great pattern & mature, heavy base...Djibouti...$4 (1 available)
....26340...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....52mm. F++. Odd freak, fully adult, with solid base & full teeth but a retained juvenile dorsal pattern...Tanzania...$14 (1 available)
....25836...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758...52mm. F++. Good sized example with solid, callused base...Tanzania...$4 (1 available)
....24600...(2)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758...41 to 43mm. F++. Strange little freaks, with bent or twisted appertures...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....4786...(1)...Cypraea arabica L, 1758..55mm. F++ solid. FREAK! - of the Squashed variety. Zanzibar...$10 (1 available)
....22192...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linneus, 1758....55mm. F++. Freak! Nicely twisted: a good, solid freak...India..$25 (1 available)
....24442...(1)...Cypraea cf arabica Linne, 1758....56mm. F+++. Interesting pattern freak, with a different design on either side of the sulcus...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....22887...(1)...Cypraea cf arabica Linne, 1758....50mm. F++. NICE Freak! At least 30 degree twist to posterior end. Talk about leftist leanings! Also, has an unusually "open" pattern, similar to scurra...India...$17 (1 available)
....22957...(2)...Cypraea arabica Linne, 1758....30mm. F++. Cute fully formed adult dwarves...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
...22191...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linneus, 1758....41mm. F+ high. ULTRAFREAK!!!!!! This is one of the strangest cowrie specimens i've ever seen: it almost appears to be tied in a knot!!...India...$200 (negotiable) (1 available)
....7011...(1)...Cypraea arabica asiatica Schilder & Schilder, 1939....29.5mm. F++. SKINNY! Very thin chap - quite unusual if I do say so myself!...Indonesia...$8 (1 available)
....5574...(1pr)...Cypraea arabica immanis Sch & Sch, 1939 ...66 to 68mm. gem-. Good, solid pairs, showing NICE variation: quite pleasant.... Madagascar...$14 (1 pair available)
....30306...(1)...Cypraea arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder, 1939....73mm. F+++. Solid, heavy & dark based virtually immaculate example...Madagascar...$27 (1 available)
....30306A...(1)...Cypraea arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder, 1939....82mm. F+++. Huge, super dark (semi-melanistic?) monster with oddly canted sulcus line. One of a kind...Madagascar...$50 firm! (1 available)
....22183...(1)...Cypraea arabica cf immanus Linne, 1758....67mm. F++. Interesting, dark, fresh specimen with well caloused base...Transkei, South Africa...$15 (1 available)
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retained for photo...Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1819...33mm...West Panama...retained for photo
....32094...(+)...Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1811....24 to 26mm. F++. Lovely little fully adult specimens. with pale, broad bases & dark mottled dorsums (dorsi?)...Panama...$5/pair (6 pairs available)
....31198...(7)...Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1819....26 to 28mm. F+++. Beautifully brown speckled backs & creamy bases...Peru...$4 (7 available)
....25570...(1)...Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1819....27mm. F++. Lovely mature specimens with heavy base, dark lateral spots & richly patterned backs...Costa Rica...$4 (1 available)
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NEW...35732...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758....75mm. F++. Nice, big, barrel shaped specimen with fine pattern of smaller than average rings......Philippines...$10 (1 available)
NEW...34703...set...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758 (#73)....66 to 78mm. F+/F++. Nice 5 piece study set, showing a good variety of spot sizes, densities & banding patterns...Philippines...$25/set oversize cyps. (1 available)
....16343...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758...65 - 68mm. F++. Good, clean, mid-sized typical patterned examples (Almost sounds like a used car!)..Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....16344...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758...72mm. F++. Odd "blurred" spot pattern on a good sized specimen..Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....28872...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758....67mm. F++. Hundreds and hundreds of little spots!! A delight....Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....29845...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758....77mm. F++. Good sized example with slightly banded dorsum & well spotted base...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....20337...(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758....71mm. F+. Mildly melanistic, with brown bands overlayed on the dorsum. Fully adult...Philippines...$16 (1 available)
....5905....(1)...Cypraea argus Linne, 1758 ..61mm. F+ . ULTRA-TWISTED freak - from an injury that obviously nearly killed the critter: a real survivor!!...Indonesia..$10 (1 available)
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EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE.......35128...(1)...Cypraea armeniaca Verco, 1912....84mm. F++. Amazing orange colour form. This is so orange that as I was unwrapping it and it still had a layer or two of tissue paper I briefly thought "why is our Australian guy sending us a C. aurantium?"!...Australia...$250 (1 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE.......34350A..(1)..Cypraea armeniaca Gray, 1831....81mm. F++. Exeptional spotting on this specimen - would make a delightful addition to any armeniaca assemblage!!...Australia...$130 (1 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE ...PRICE....20856...(1)...Cypraea armeniaca westralis Raybaudi, 1980....78mm. F+++. Delightful pattern, glorious peach-pink base. Exquisite & rare!...Australia...$180 (1 available)
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Cypraea aurantium Gmelin is a tricky species to get high quality specimens of. Many of these are exemplary!!
....33419...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....90mm. F++. Fat, fresh, fully adult examples...Philippines...$140 (1 available)
....33420...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....87mm. F++. Lovely specimen with fully adult base & virtually flawless dorsum...Philippines...$135 (1 available)
....31152...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....91mm. F++ solid. Rich orange, fully mature & practically perfect example. Slight spalling of posterior callus in no way detracts (heck, it took me a couple of minutes to even find it!)...Philippines...$145 (1 available)
NOTE: The sight of so many nice aurantium all in a row is almost enough to make one's head spin!!
....28616...(2)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....84, 85mm. F++ nicely. With nice, clean dorsums & well developed teeth & base...Philippines...$120 (2 available)
....31016A...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1798....101.5mm. F++. Deligtuful, size-large specimen...Philippines...$150 (1 available)
....31692...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....95mm. F++. Glorious, globose, top quality specimen with heavy, well callused base...Philippines...$150 (1 available)
....31693...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....89mm. F++. Fresh beauty with unblemished dorsum and basal callus extending nicely onto the sides...Philippines...$125 (1 available)
....31374...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....99mm. F++ high - nice!!. Big, fat & fresh, unusual for its lack of orange on the posterior teeth...Philippines...$170 (1 available)
....31375...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....98mm. F++. Fresh, large & solidly mature specimens...Philippines...$160 (1 available)
....31376...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....96mm. F++. Good sized, dark based example with hints of lavender & just a tiny dorsal dimple...Philippines...$150 (1 available)
....31377...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....94mm. F++. Fresh & fat, with one small dorsal pit...Philippines...$145 (1 available)
....31372...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....101mm. F+ high. Nice & big, with only one little blemish that is more than offset by the price!!...Philippines...$105 (1 available)
....31373...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....100mm. F+ high. Large & lovely, with just a few wrinkles on the anterior dorsum...Philippines...$95 (1 available)
....31691...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....87mm. F+ high. Interesting injury freak of this collectors' favorite, flattened on the dorsum like an under-risen loaf of bread...Philippines...$100 (1 available)
....30434...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....88mm. F+ high. Displays striped pattern (faint but distinct) - like an overgrown carneola. Fresh, dark orange dorsum & teeth, with creamy tan base...Philippines...$70 (1 available)
....31017...(4)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1798....96 to 99mm. F+ high. Good, solid, fully developed & freshly coloured specimens at a special price...Philippines...$50 firm: worth the ticket for certain!! (4 available)
....31153...(1)...Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791....87mm. F+. Lovely specimen at a reduced price due to a very slight lateral discolouration or fading: a real McDeal!!...Philippines...$60 (1 available)
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...34154...(1)....Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836....14mm. F++. Big beckii stries again!!.....Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....27511...(1)...Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836....11mm. Gem....Okinawa...$12 (1 available)
....32872...(1)...Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836....13mm. F++. DARK & Delightful miniature Cowrie with white specks & brown spots on a tan dorsum...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
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NEW...35211...(2)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....20mm. F++. Large for the species, with tips intact......Philippines...$4 (2 available)
...30988...(3)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....21 to 22mm. F++. Large, fat amber coloured globes with brown specks & spots...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
...29846...(3)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....18 to 21mm. F++. Rich orange-tan with brown spots & specks. Fat beauties...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
...29846...(3)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....18 to 21mm. F++. Rich orange-tan with brown spots & specks. Fat beauties...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
...33836...pr...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....21 & 22mm. F++. Pair of big examples, one yellowish with brown markings, the other a solid orange...Philippines...$9/pair (1 pair available)
....26786...(3)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1938....15 to 18mm. F++. Not mediocre at all!! Straw coloured body with tan spots & lightly pustulose sides...Solomon Islands...$9 (3 available)
....32554...(1)...Cypaea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....18, 19mm. F++. Large, well inflated examples with 4 orange basal spots...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....30988...(3)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....21 to 22mm. F++. Large, fat amber coloured globes with brown specks & spots...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
....28188...(1)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....16mm. F++. Unusually light tan colour phase...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....27510...(1)...Cypraea bistronotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937....16mm. Gem. Would French cafe waiters' writings be bistro notation?... New Caledonia...$3 (1 available)
NEW...34351...(1)...Cypraea bistronotata keelingensis Schilder & Schilder, 1940....19mm. F++. Light orange colour form with minimal brown basal spotting...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....23530...(1)...Cypraea bistronotata fm. mediocris Schilder & Schilder, 1938....15 to 16mm. F+++. Paler than the nominate form, nearly cream with orange-tan spots...Solomons...$5 (1 available)
....19544...(2)...Cypraea bistronotata mediocris Schilder & Schilder, 1938....13 to 15mm. F++. Pastel orange with a few brown dorsal specks but no basal spots...Solomon Islands...$3 (2 available)
....18567...(2)...Cypraea bistronotata mediocris Sch. & Sch., 1938....17 to 18mm. F++/G. Definitely not mediocre!! Good size for form. Pastel orange with brown spots & specks...Solomon Islands...$4 (2 available)
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...33835...set...Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....27 to 30mm. F++. Mooooove over.....Good, big, 4 piece set showing variability of spot density & sulcus line strength...Philippines...$9/set (1 set available)
...34088...(1)....Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....32.8mm. F+ solid. No bull - this is a giant example of this common cowrie, about as big as they get...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
...34089...(1)....Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....30mm. F++. Large example : this one puts the "cow" back into "cowrie", with heavily brown spotted dorsum...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
...34090...set...Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....24 to 28mm. F+++. Cow now, not so brown cowrei....8 piece set shows the subtle range of colours & patterns of this species...Philippines...$15/set (1 set available)
...33684..set...Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....25 to 26 mm. Gem. BOFFO cow-cowrie set!! Large, with unusual patterns - quite the thing!!...Philippines...$12/set (1 set available)
....31083...(2)...Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843....27mm. F++. Fairly large for the species...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
....32583...(1)...Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843....32mm. F++. Huge example of this pretty but common species...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....30990...(7)...Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....23 to 29mm. F+++/Gem. Good examples with strong basal callus, some with brown sulcus line...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....27587...(1)...Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843....21mm. F++. Highly unusual pink tinted dorsum...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....26450...(2)...Cypraea boivinii Kiener, 1843....27mm. F++. Fully mature, with heavy, white basal callous...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
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....30944...(2)...Cypraea capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993....27 to 28mm. F+ high. Fine examples with textured & brown spotted dorsum but said to be crabbed...South Africa...$12 (2 available)
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...35519...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....20mm. F++. Cute little dwarf snake-head ...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
...31781...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....31mm. F++. Oddly twisted freak with offset posterior canal possibly due to injury...Thailand...$4 (1 available)
sold...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....23 to 29mm. F+/F++. 7 piece slightly freaky set with 3 darker than average examples (reduced dorsal spotting) 2 lighter than usual due to incomplete dorsal pattern formation, one with actually white dorsal glaze & a double humped injury freak...Philippines...retained for photo
....32620...(3)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....26 to 27mm. F++. Neat darker than average specimens due to lack of th e usual large white dorsal spots...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
....32621...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....27mm. F++. Interesting injury freak, with twisted lip, "squashed" appearance & dorsal ridges...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....32586...(pair)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....20 & ...34mm. F++. Neat Mutt & Jeff pair, one dimunitive & one jumbo specimen...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
...32555...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....37mm. F++. Huge, heavy, wide based specimen...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....19910...(pr)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758..37 & 35mm. Gem. Lovely large pair: different patterns, and one has a sulcus while the other doesn't....Indonesia...$11 (1 pair available)
....31997...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....25mm. F++. Bizarre injury freak has dent in one margin & gap in pattern...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
....31998...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....20mm. F++. Freaky dwarf specimen with dorsal hump a la miniature mauritiana...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....29573....(1)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....30mm. F++. With odd, degenerate dorsal pattern & shape closer to the Hawaiian caputophidii form...Djibouti...$5 (1 available)
....16634...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758....38mm. Gem. Biggie!!..India...$8 (1 available)
....22772...(set)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758....32 to 35mm. F++. 3 piece set, dark & heavy bases & a variety of spot patterns...Philippines...$5/set (1 available)
....23074...(sets)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758....28 - ...34mm. F++. HIGH contrast sets of 5: represents the species well!!...Indonesia....$9 (5 sets available)
....7720...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758..35mm. F++. Quite odd, blurred-out pattern on one side: definitely of interest!...Vietnam...$10 (1 available)
....6328...(pair)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758..33 & 35mm. F++ solid. HIGH-IMPACT pair....One has a crooked, ultra-clear sulcus, while the other is domineeringly "classic": great display...Zanzibar...$10/pair (1 pair available)
....5937...(1)...Cypraea caputserpentsis Linne, 1758...32mm. F++. FREAK! Has a genuine "fold" in its base (a crease in its bottom?? shades of Plumbers' Butt!)...Indonesia...$10 (1 available)
....17416...(set)...Cypraea caputserpentis Linne, 1758...30 - 32mm. F++. Nice little 3 piece set shows various spot patterns..Philippines...$5/set ( 1 set available)
....29215...(6)...Cypraea caputserpentis caputophidi Schilder, 1927....22 to 25mm. F++. Cute little guys with different shape & spot pattern than the nominate form...Hawaii...$4 (6 available)
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....29553...(1)...Cypraea carneola Linne, 1758....46mm. F++. Large, super dark brown banded specimen with vivid, deep purple teeth (too much blueberry pie?)...Djibouti...$7 (1 available)
....32574...(pair)...Cypraea carneola Linne, 1758....57 & 61mm. F+/F++. Nice big colour pair, one banded in deep rosy pink, the other pastel orange & slightly ridged...Philippines...$20/pair (1 pair available)
....29554...(5)...Cypraea carneola (forma?) Linne, 1758....41 to 46mm. F++. Big, dark & well matured, possibly an East African form, with coffee brown as opposed to typical rosy orange banding...Djibouti...$6 (5 available)
....23409...(1)...Cypraea carneola Linne, 1758....27mm. F++. Lots of alternating light & dark bands of gray-pink..Zanzibar..$4 (1 available)
....29915...(set)...Cypraea carneola propinqua Gerret, 1879....23, 30 & ...34mm. F++. 3 piece growth series (not really a growth series as they are all fully adult), smaller & darker coloured than the nominate form...Philippines...$25/set (1 set available)
....32577...(3)...Cypraea carneola propinqua Garrett, 1879....20 to 25mm. F+/F++. Neat little specimens of this dwarf form...Philippines...$7 (3 available)
....28734...(8)...Cypraea carneola fm. propinqua Gerrett, 1879....27 to 32mm. F++. Dark orange-red backs on these dwarf form specimens...Solomon Islands...$5 (8 available)
....24731...(3)...Cypraea carneola propinqua Garrett, 1879....27 to 29mm. F++. Normals...Zanzibar...$5 (3 available)
....6351...(3)...Cypraea carneola propinqua Garrett, 1879 ...22 - 23mm F++ solid/Gem. Zanzibar...$7 (3 available)
....6352....(3)...Cypraea carneola propinqua Garrett, 1879 ...19 - 20mm F++ solid. Really uncommon from the big Z...Zanzibar...$5 (3 available)
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NEW...34747...(3)...Cypraea caurica elongata Perry, 1811....45 to 50mm. F++. Good big examples with pastel orange between the teeth...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
...33984...(3)...Cypraea caurica Linne, 1758....38mm. F++. Nice, solid examples with strong columellar teeth & a scattering of dark lateral spots. Supplier says it's form bicallosa but that is a form of guttata...Thailand...$3 (3 available)
....24443...(1)...Cypraea caurica Linne, 1758...43mm. Gem. Perfect example of the species...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....22961...(1)...Cypraea caurica Linne, 1758....50mm. F++. Giant, well developed specimen, with big brown dorsal spot...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....19974...(1)...Cypraea caurica Linne, 1758....50mm. Gem. Dark-banded, REALLY nice specimen ...Zanzibar...$8 (1 available)
....5556...(set)...Cypraea caurica Linne, 1758...45 - 48mm. F++. 4 piece set of big ones! ..Solomons...$15/set (1 set available)
NEW...34747...(3)...Cypraea caurica elongata Perry, 1811....45 to 50mm. F++. Good big examples with pastel orange between the teeth...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....26204A...(2 pair)...Cypraea caurica fm. elongata Perry, 1811....46 to 48mm. F++. Big, EXTREME contrast-pairs: one with no banding at all, one with excellent, sharp bands...Zanzibar...$22 (2 pairs available)
....30995...(1)...Cypraea caurica elongata Perry, 1811....47mm. F+++. BIGGIE!! Elongate cylinder with wide apperture & well spaced teeth...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....6336...(1)...Cypraea caurica elongata Perry, 1811..42mm. Gem. Good-sized, well-banded. ...Zanzibar...$6 (1 available)
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....27384...(1)...Cypraea cernica viridicolor Cate, 1962....23mm. F++ solid. Large (for species) with heavy, broadly calloused base & greenish-tan tinted dorsum...West Australia...$45 (1 available)
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NEW...34578...(2)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....66mm. F++. Fresh, dark, fully adult examples with strong dorsal spotting...Peru...$7 (2 available)
NEW...34577...(1)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....70, 72mm. F++. Big examples, solidly adult, heavily spotted & with dark brown teeth...Peru...$10 (1 available)
NEW...34579...(2)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....56, 58mm. F++. Interesting specimens, well grown & with fully developed brown base & apertural teeth but with retained gray banded dorsums...Peru...$5 (2 available)
...34213...(2)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843.... 75, 77mm. F++. Good, big specimens with long brown teeth & no occelated side spots...Panama...$10 (2 available)
...34214...(1)....Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843.... 70mm. F++. Nice fat example with brown teeth & finely white speckled margins...Panama...$6 (1 available)
...34239...(2)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....47, 51mm. F++. Fully adult but slightly size challenged. - Ross says not to say "small" (...Ian does the "pre-listings" and I do the "fine tuning" afterwards)...Panama...$5 (2 available)
....32943...(1)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....79mm. F (dead). Huge example, though fresh dead (a few serpulid worm tubes) but dorsum still with gloss...Peru...$8 (1 available)
...31697...(1)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....49 mm. F++. With distinct sulcus & dark brown teeth...Panama...$5 (1 available)
....32945...(set)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....61 to 71mm. F+/F++. Unusual 4 piece set shows development from first teeth to full maturity...Peru...$13/set (1 set available)
....32098...(6 prs.)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....48 to 60mm. F++. Great, slightly size challenged, yet fully adult examples...Panama...$4 or a pair for $7 (6 prs. available)
....31201...(2)...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....64, 65mm. F+. Interesting examples of pattern development, with fully formed lip & teeth, but completely unspotted, gray banded dorsum & sides...Peru...$5 (2 available)
sold...Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843....70, 72mm. F++. Big examples, solidly adult, heavily spotted & with dark brown teeth...Peru...retained for photo
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....33349...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....104mm. F+. Decent ex col example, structurally mature but still with a hint of juvenile dorsal pattern...Florida...$20 (1 available)
....33350...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....105mm. F+. Prime specimen, well developed & with excellent anterior end, but with just a hint of juvenile dorsal pattern & a healed hole on the back...Florida...$20 (1 available)
....30363..(1)....Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....73mm. F+++. Interesting True dwarf specimen, fully mature & well spotted, with no sign of juvenile pattern...Florida...$30 (1 available)
....29582...(2)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....110mm. F+ nicely. Good sized example with natural repair on posterior lateral lip. Other lateral display is outstanding, however!!...Florida...$30 (2 available)
....29583...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....100 to 105mm. F+ high to almost F++ (and yes i realize i'm splitting hairs..). Great examples with fully spotted backs & fully developed teeth & ends...Florida...$27 (1 available) Oversize
....29584...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....107mm. F++. Unusual dorsal pattern, partly juvenile banded & with blurred spotting...Florida...$28 (1 available)
....29586A...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....100+mm. F++. Good specimens...Florida..$20 (1 available) Oversize
....29587...(pair)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....95 & 100mm. F++. Sweet extreme pair, one rich dark brown, the other light tan, both fully adult, yet with different spotting patterns...Florida...$48/pair (1 pair available)
....29588...(pair)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....91 & 92mm. F+ high. Nice fully adult pair, in light & dark shades of brown, with different spot patterns...Florida...$40/pair (1 pair available)
....29589...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....90 to 93mm. F++. Mid-sized examples, yet with fully adult features...Florida...$19 (1 available) Oversize
....29590...(4)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....84 to 86mm. F+ high: good quality for this normally rough species. Completely adult pattern & dentition on these compact versions...Florida...$14 (4 available)
....29592...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....86mm. F+. Unusual specimen, heavily clouded a la griseoformis. The White Stag of deer cowries...Florida...$14 (1 available)
....29593...(set)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....83 to 85mm. F+ nicely. Neat 3 piece set showing a nice variety of dorsal spotting patterns...Florida...$38/set (1 set available)
....29594...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....68mm. F++. Fascinating fully adult dwarf specimen. The Dik-dik of deer cowries (see, the Dik-dik is the smallest of deer species, get it!)...Florida...$40 (1 available)
....29595...(1set)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....90 to 115mm. F+. 4 piece set selected to look like this species shell gets smaller as it matures (the largest is actually late bulla stage.) Unusual & interesting series...Florida...$40/set (1 set of 4 available)
....29596...(set)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....82 to 88mm. F+. 3 piece growth set, from first teeth, to first spots, to full adult. Good Cypraea development series...Florida...$32/set (1 set available)
....29585...(1)...Cypraea cervus Linne, 1758....102mm. F+. With unusual white clouding similar to that seen on the griseoformis form of arabica. Believed to be an environmental or pollution effect...Florida...$20 (1 available)
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....31414...(1)...Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825....17 to 19mm. F++. Fine examples of this neat, dorsally ribbed species...Saipan...$15 (1 available)
....31416...(1)...Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825....21 to 23mm. F+ high. On the large size for this species, looking live taken...Saipan...$10 (1 available)
....31417...(3)...Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825....18 to 20mm. F+. With great data, one or two minor flaws, though fresh dead...Saipan...$6 (3 available)
....31418...(5)...Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825....20 to 23mm. F+. Good sized, fresh dead examples, with excellent data...Saipan...$7 (5 available)
...34093...pr...Cypraea chinensis....32 & 28mm. F++. Comparison pair, one of the nominate form from the Philippines & one of the violacea Rous, 1905 form from Mozambique with more intense purple marginal spotting...Indo-Pacific...$5/pair (1 pair available)
....33499...(1)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....25mm. F++. Freaky little dwarf unit with melanistic blotch on the back that makes it look like a cross with C. cribraria!...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....32578...(set)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....42 to 44mm. F++. nice 4-set of large, lovely and diverse specimens...Philippines...$10/set (1 set available)
....32624...(pair)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....26 & 27mm. F++. Neat dwarf pair, one with brown mottled dorsum, the other light blueish with a few brown markings...Philippines...$6/pair (1 pair available)
....32503...(1)...Cypraea chinensis fm. variolaria Lamarck, 1810....41mm. F++. Big example of this East African form with orange teeth & purple lateral spots...Tanzania...$22 skidoo (1 available)
...25838...set...Cypraea chinensis fm violacea Rous, 1905....29 to 32mm. Gem. Excellent set of 4, showing variation in pattern and lateral spotting...Tanzania...$19/set (1 set available)
....32969...(2)...Cypraea chinensis violacea Rous, 1905....41 to 44mm. F++. Monster specimens of this lovely lavender spotted East African form...Zanzibar...$11 (2 available)
....32183...(set)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....30 to 36mm. F++. 5 piece pattern variation set showing a range of dorsal pattern intensities...Philippines...$12/set (1 set available)
....5918...(1)...Cypraea chinensis L, 1758....35.5mm. F++. FREAK! Looks like something took a BITE out of this guy's teeth! (but he grew them back later, the dent remaining)....Indonesia...$10 (1 available)
....22061...(1)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....44mm. F++. Nice large typical specimen...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....22062...(3)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....40 to 42mm. Gem. Big, perfect examples...Philippines...$7 (3 available)
....22063...(3)...Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791....38mm. Gem. Lavender spots & orange "gums"...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
....6315...(1)...Cypraea chinensis variolaria Lamark, 1810...27mm. Gem. Normal-sized adult...Zanzibar...$7 (1 available)
...25838...(4)...Cypraea chinensis fm violacea Rous, 1905....29 to 32mm. Gem. Pretty form, with orange teeth & dark purple marginal spots...Tanzania...$5 (4 available)
....30433...(4)...Cypraea chinensis fm. violacea Rous, 1905....20 to 22mm. F++. Delightful dwarf specimens, heavily spotted with deep purple...Djibouti...$5 (4 available)
....28657...(pair)...Cypraea chinensis violacea Rous, 1905....32 & 38mm. F++. Good developmental pair, one barely adult, the other with dark purple spots, heavy base & orange teeth...Tanzania...$6/pair (1 pair available)
....18831...(1)...Cypraea chinensis fm. violacea Rous, 1905....32 to 36mm. F++. Profusely punctuated in purple! Marginal spots extend halfway up dorsum, And they are large for the form...Zanzibar...$4 (1 available)
....20482...(1)...Cypraea chinensis violacea Rous, 1905....23mm. F+++. Cute little dwarf example...Zanzibar...$3 (1 available)
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...30724...(2)...Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791....21 to 24mm. F++. Typical examples with black speckled margins...Guadeloupe...$5 (2 available)
....25571...(1)...Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis Lorenz & Hubert, 1993....27mm. F++. Big for form, with "ash" spots spreading over entire dorsum...Brazil...$6 (1 available)
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NEW...35068...(1)...Cypraea cicercula Linne, 1758....18mm. F++. Smooth, light yellow-tan, with well beaked extremities...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
...34155...(2)...Cypraea cicercula Linne, 1758....21mm. F++. Big specimens of this small, bright orange-yellow species with finely pustulose sides...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
...33685...(4)...Cypraea cicercula Linne, 1758....17 to 20mm. F++. Like a bad blind date (fat & pustulose all over!)...Philippines...$4 (4 available)
....23412...(2)...Cypraea cicercula Linne, 1758....14 to 16mm. F++. Finely pustulose backs & neat extended tips..Zanzibar..$5 (2 available)
....31782...(4)...Cypraea cicercula lienardi Jousseaume, 1874....17 to 20mm. F++. "Rare subspecies" according to supplier, with paler colour than the nominate form & neatly pustulose backs...Thailand...$7 (4 available)
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....31780...(1)...Cypraea clandestina Linne, 1758....11mm. F++. Totally adult dwarf specimen...Thailand...$6 (1 available)
....5600...(1)...Cypraea clandestina Linne, 1758...18mm. F++. Nice, typical...Langford Island....$4 (1 available)
sold...Cypraea clandestina Linne, 1758....19 to 20mm. F++. 3 broad pinkish brown dorsal bands. Large for locality...Zanzibar...retained for photo
....31864...(5)...Cypraea clandestina candida Pease, 1865....15 to 19mm. F+. Southwest Pacific form of the species...Guadalcanal...$3 for 2 (5 available)
....31865...(1)...Cypraea clandestina monillaria Lamarck, 1810....17, 19mm. F++. Good specimens of this scarce form...Japan...$5 (1 available)
....6362...(2)...Cypraea clandestina passerina Melvill, 1888...20mm. F++ solid. Great size for this form...Zanzibar..$10 (2 available)
....18832...(4)...Cypraea clandestina fm. passerina Melvill, 1888....16 to 19mm. Gem. White with pinkish-plum bands. Bown zig-zag lines of the typical form are nearly absent...Zanzibar...$3 (4 available)
....6364....(1)...Cypraea clandestina passerina Melvill, 1888...18mm. F++ solid. Good, normal guys... Zanzibar...$5 (1 available
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NEW...34875...set...Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832....10 to 13mm. F++. Contamination never looked so good!! Neat 3 piece set shows variation of dorsal blotch size...Thailand...$18/set (1 set available)
...28189...(1)...Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832....13 mm. F++. Very dark specimen. Blue-gray nearly as dark as the brown dorsal blotch...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....17418...(2)...Cypraea contaminata Sowerby, 1832....11mm. Gem. Contaminate your collection again! Purple-gray dorsum with brown blotch & basal specks...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
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...35520...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....18mm. F++. Dwarf deep-water form from Masbate Island - cute, intereesting!...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
NEW...35406...set...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....24 to 26mm. F++. Nice 3 piece set shows subtle but distinct spot & pattern variations......Philippines...$5/set (1 set available
...34159...(4)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....30 to 32mm. F+++. Jumbo specimens of this attractively-spotted cowrie...Philippines...$8 (4 available)
NEW...34796...(7)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....23 to 26mm. F++. Selected high grade larger specimens...Philippines...$4 (7 available)
...34160...(1)....Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....28mm. F++. Mild-mannered medium-melanism on this superb shell - expressed as partial doubling & darkening of dorsal pattern...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....33468...(pr)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....27mm. F++. Interesting large pair, one with twice the dorsal spot density of the other...Philippines...$8/pair (1 available)
....33470...(set)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....22 to 29mm. F++. GREAT 9 piece set shows a range of adult sizes & spot patterns...Philippines...$24/set (1 set available)
....30072...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....26mm. F++. Unusual for its broken dorsal pattern & multiple sized spots...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....33353...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....31mm. F++. Big specimen with dense spotted dorsal pattern & thick lateral callus...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....32420...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....31mm. F++. Jumbo specimen, typically well spotted...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....30993...(4)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....29 to 31mm. F++. Big, boldly spotted specimens...Philippines...$5 (4 available)
....32352...(pair)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....16 to 17mm. F++. Neat pair shows high & low extremes of spot density. Probably named forms!...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
....27618...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....32mm. F++. Nice big, typically-patterned specimen...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....27619...(3)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758...31 to 33mm. F++. Odd enough!! Confused, semi-melanistic, large specimens, darker than usual & with smeared or disturbed spot patterns ...Philippines...$8 (3 available)
....28991...(1)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758....30mm. F++. Excellent "pre-melanistic" specimen: darker than usual....Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....20347A...(set)...Cypraea cribraria Linne, 1758...23 to 25mm. F+ to F++. 3 patterns on this nice little set of 3...Philippines...$9/set (1 available)
...27853...(1)....Cypraea cribraria fm. comma Perry, 1811....21 mm. F++. Ex pisces with degenerate dorsal pattern...South Africa...$5 (1 available)
....23414...(1)...Cypraea cribraria comma Perry, 1811....20mm. F++. Dark red-brown dorsum with variable sized white dots..Zanzibar..$8 (1 available)
SPECIAL!!...20217...(8)...Cypraea cribraria comma Perry, 1811...15 to 18mm. F++. Cute little dwarf form specimens from Zanzibar...$7 firm (8 available)
....20218...(1)...Cypraea cribraria zadela Linne, 1758...27 to 29mm. F++. Excellent, well spotted specimens...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....32185...(1)...Cypraea cribraria (possibly zadela - i'm really not certain) Linne, 1758....30, 31mm. F++. Large specimen with slight pattern doubling at the labral margin...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....32776...(1)...Cypraea cribraria zadela Iredale, 1939 ....32mm. F++. Jumbo examples with variably sized spots...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....25574...(1)...Cypraea cribraraia rottnestensis Raybaudi, 1987....28mm. F++. Distinguished by its multiple sizes of dorsal spots...Australia...$85 (1 available)
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....27518...(1)...Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778....23mm. F++. Mildly melanistic & slightly rostrate... New Caledonia...$25 (1 available)
....18553A...(1)...Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778....31mm. Gem. Big brown dorsal blotch (partial melanism?)...Australia...$6 (1 available)
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NEW...34659...(2)...Cypraea depressa Gray, 1824....34mm. F++. Good, solid, fully adult examples...Philippines...$4 (2 available)
....23539...(2)...Cypraea depressa Gray, 1824....29 & 33mm. F+++. Heavy, with marginal callous & brown toothed white base...Cocos Islands...$8 (2 available)
....32556...(1)...Cypraea depressa.Gray, 1824.....33 to 39mm. F++. Good, solidly mature examples with wide, callused base & dark marinal spotting...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....7739...(1)...Cypraea depressa Gray, 1824....31mm. F++. FREAK! Fully adult, but margins scarcely calloused, and with odd dark blotches on the base: quite unusual...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....22194...(1)...Cypraea cf depressa Gray, 1824....38mm. F+. Unusual example with very dark, possibly melanistic dorsum & odd anterior end due to healed injury...Indo-Pacific...$9 (1 available)
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....30945...(3)...Cypraea edentula nahoonensis Lorenz, 1989....23 to 27mm. F+ high. Toothless as Grampa's grin, with brown freckled backs & spotted lips...South Africa..SPECIAL....$15 (3 available)
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....32609...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....71mm. F++. Jumbo specimen with margins finely spotted with gray...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
...32611...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....46mm. F++. Neatly elongate yet still dwarf specimen with all adult features...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....32610...(2)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....61, 62mm. F++. Good sized typically patterned examples, marginally speckled in dark gray...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....30501...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....55mm. F++. Good sized solid specimen with faint greenish-gray glaze...Indonesia...$10 (1 available)
....31867...(2)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....47, 55mm. F++. Good, solid specimens with fully mature base & teeth...Okinawa...$4 (2 available)
....23244...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....61mm. F++. At the risk of sounding like a weather forcast, "lightly overcasted" - an interesting, completely natural, pale golden-tan form...Philippines...$13 (1 available)
....4030...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....44mm. F++ solid. Mild-mannered melanism, rostrate...New Caladonia...$30 (1 available)
....17879...(1)...Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833....55mm. F++. Lovely green glazed specimen...Philippines...$8 1 available)
....30992...(1)...Cypraea eglantina griseofformis Duclos....51mm. F++. Fully developed example of the form, with gray-green glaze over entire dorsal pattern...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....22067...(4)...Cypraea eglantina grieseofformis Duclos, 1833....58 to 64mm. F++. Greenish-gray glaze over a barely discernable typical pattern...Philippines...$8 (4 available)
....17878...(2)...Cypraea eglantina grieseofformis Duclos, 1833....62, 63mm. F++. The lovely green-glazed form...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....18069...(3)...Cypraea eglantina fm. griseoformis Duclos....46 to 55mm. F++. So heavily glazed the typical pattern is almost obliterated...Philippines..$7 (3 available)
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....30437...(1)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758....18mm. F++. Totally adult & totally tiny dwarf specimen...Djibouti...$9 (1 available)
....32557...(4)...Cypraea errosa Linne, 1758....30 to 32mm. F++. Good sized specimens with strong brown lateral spots...Philippines...$3 (4 available)
....29574...(1)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758....36mm. F++. Fully mature, with thickly calloused base...Djibouti...$4 (1 available)
....25835...(2)...Cypraea erosa Linne,1758....40 to 42mm. F++. BIG dark spotted specimens ...Tanzania...$9 (2 available)
....23417...(2)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758....32 to 33mm. F+/F++. Reportedly subfossil, it is almost too shiny. Maybe a light colour form?...Zanzibar...$10 (2 available)
....23136A...(set)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758....30 to 35mm. F+++. Set of 5 variations from the Seyshelles...$10 (1 set available)
....20635...(1)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758...32mm. Unusual sub-fossil. Looks a bit pale but fine otherwise, it it apparently from a terrestrial site...Madagascar..$7 (1 available)
...20487...(1)...Cypraea erosa chlorizans Melvill, 1888....33 to 36mm. F+++. Nice examples, solid & with lateral callous well marked with brown dashes...Zanzibar...$4 (1 available)
....20488...(1)...Cypraea erosa Linne, 1758....21mm. F++. Tiny full adult...Zanzibar...$3 (1 available)
....31934...(3)...Cypraea erosa chlorizans Melvill, 1888....21 to 25mm. F++. Dwarf but solidly mature, with callus base & extended labral teeth...Papua New Guinea...$4 (3 available)
....30435...(+)...Cypraea erosa cf. similis Gmelin, 1791....27 to 33mm. F++. With brown lined base & bold lateral spots...Djibouti...$5 (10 available)
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...33985...(1)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758....36mm. F++. Jumbo example with prominent dorsal banding...Thailand...$8 (1 available)
....28658...(1)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758...27mm. F++. "Toasted" and elongate - the next best thing to niger and rostrate!!...Australia...$25 (1 available)
....32413...(1)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758B (#27)....32mm. F++. large for the species, with widely spaced labral teeth...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....3303...(1)...Cypraea errones Linne...24.5mm. F++. Toasted!! Early-stage melanism with a large black blotch in the center, slightly rostrate : quite unusual for the species, and the locality...Queensland...$27 (1 available)
....20863...(pair)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758....23 & 35mm. F++. Niger/rostrate pair. One niger, the other, rostrate...Australia...$45/pair (1 pair available)
....20633...(set)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758....30 to 35mm. F+/F++ to F++. 4 piece sets show variations of shade & banding...Philippines...$5/set (1 available)
....16774...(3)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758...17.5mm. Gem. Dwarf form. blue-gray banded backs with brown specks & a dorsal blotch...Australia...$5 (3 available)
....4097...(1)...Cypraea errones Linne, 1758...17 - 30mm. F++ solid to Gem. Study set of 18...Okinawa...$15/set (1 set available)
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....18555...(pair)...Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791...14, 17mm. F++. One of pair is sub-adult to show development of pattern & teeth...Sri Lanka...$3/pair (1 pair available)
....31869...(2)...Cypraea felina fabula Kiener, 1843....16, 17mm. F++. Great, dark examples of this Middle Eastern form...Oman...$5 (2 available)
...34091...(1)....Cypraea felina melvilli Hidalgo, 1906....19mm. F++. West Pacific variety of this brown speckled species...Taiwan...$3 (1 available)
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....18838...(3)...Cypraea fimbriata fm. durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938...15 to 17mm. Gem. Gray-tan with broken brown dorsal band & purple tips...Zanzibar...$5 (3 available)
....25842...(9)...Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938....14 to 16mm. F++. Deep purple tips & brown speckled dorsal bands. East African form...Tanzania...$4 (9 available)
....23545...(5)...Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938....13 to 14mm. F+++. Cute! cream & tan with deep purple tips...South Africa...$5 (5 available)
....19514...(4)...Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938....13 to 16mm. F++/Gem. Nice specimens, gray with tan band & brown end spots...Zanzibar...$4 (4 available)
....23064...(set)...Cypraea fimbriata marmorata Schroter, 1804....13 to 14mm. Gem. Great sets of 3 contrasting variations...Okinawa...$4/set (1 set available)
...34092...(5)...Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata Mighels, 1845....12 to16mm. F++. Say "Aloha" to these fine examples of the form...Hawaii...$4 (5 available)
....6375...(1)...Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata Mighels, 1845..11.5mm. F++ solid...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
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NEW...34864...(1)...Cypraea fuscodentata Gray, 1825....35mm. F++. Fully developed specimen with long brown lip teeth...South Africa...$45 (1 available)
....30947...(1)...Cypraea fuscodentata Gray, 1825.....33, 35mm. F+ high. Decent specimens, though apparently crabbed & with mild loss of gloss on the sides. Great starters...South Africa...$10 (1 available)
....31844...(1)...Cypraea fuscodentata Gray, 1825....37mm. F+ high. Heavily mature, dark toothed base & big for the species...South Africa...$20 (1 available)
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NEW...34865...(1)...Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw, 1909....35mm. F++. Great example with wonderfully thickened basal callus...South Africa...$35 (1 available)
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....30856...(4)...Cypraea gaskoini Reeve, 1846....16 to 19mm. F++. Pretty endemic species resembles a miniature guttata from the top, with distinct white spots on bright orange background...Hawaii...$25 (4 available)
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NEW...35415...(3)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....19 to 20mm. F++ (ok, they're actually gem but who's counting - besides, you can find a flaw on ANYTHING if you look hard enough - and gem is perfect!!) Highly inflated & large for the specie, cinnamon with brown speckles......Philippines...$5 (3 available)
...33687...(5)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....19 to 20mm. F++. Fresh, fat & dark orange, with 4 ventral spots...Philippines...$5 (5 available)
....20582...(2)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758...13 to 14mm. Gem. Plump, pastel orange with tiny brown spots...Zanzibar...$7 (2 available)
....31328...(2)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....19, 20mm. F++. Big, burnt orange & inflated, with lots of brown spots...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
....27522...(2)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....11 to 14mm. F++ solid. Similar to C. cicercula but with smooth, non-pustulose dorsum... New Caledonia...$5 (2 available)
....23085...(3)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....19.5 - 20mm. F+++ to Gem. BIG, lovely globular cowries...Philippines...$9 (3 available)
....23087...(4)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....18 - 19mm. F+++ to Gem. Good-sized, excellent specimens...Philippines...$9 (4 available)
....23088...(set)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....17 - 18mm. F+++ to Gem. Nice set of 3, one is normal, one has very pronounced labral spotting, and one is very dark....Philippines...$20/set (1 set available)
....23089...(5)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....17 - 18mm. F+++ to Gem. Dark, fresh specimens at a great price!!...Philippines...$6.5 (5 available)
....6358...(1)...Cypraea globulus forma. ??....14mm. Gem. OK - this one has me completely stumped: it sure looks like a globulus to me, but it has 4 distinct spots on its base, which is an amber color....Zanzibar...$25 (1 available)
....33311...(4)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....17 to 19mm. F++. Spherical & well beaked, in orange-tan with brown spots...Philippines...$5 (4 available)
...29116...(1)...Cypraea globulus Linne, 1758....21, 22mm. Gem. Fresh, dark giants!...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
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NEW...34708...set...Cypraea gracilis Gaskoin, 1849....9 to 19mm. F++. Great 12 piece study set, all adult yet in a huge size range, also showing a variety of patterns...Philippines...$15/set (1 set available)
....32002...(1)...Cypraea cf. gracilis Gaskoin, 1839....22mm. F+. Freak with oddly humped dorsum & displaced base...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....31870...(3)...Cypraea gracilis japonica Schilder, 1931....14 to 15mm. F++. Endemic form with reduced dorsal markings...Japan...$5 (3 available)
....33355...(3)...Cypraea gracilis fm. japonica Schilder, 1931....12 to 16mm. F++. Blue gray backs with a small dorsal spot & fine brown marginal dots...Japan...$4 (3 available)
....23546...(2)...Cypraea gracilis macula Angas, 1867....18 to 20mm. F+++. In this form the brown markings coalesce on the dorsum to form a spot similar to C. stolida...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....1374....(2)...Cypraea gracilis macula Angas, 1867...15 - 16mm. Gem. Cream with blue-gray back & brown dorsal blotch..Philippines..$2 (2 available)
....31935...(2)...Cypraea gracilis notata Gill, 1858....13mm. F++. Blue-gray with brown spotted base & dorsal band...Ethiopia...$6 (2 available)
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....29214...(2)...Cypraea granulata Pease, 1862....31, 35mm. F+++. Giant sized creamy-tan specimens of this endemic. Pease buy one! ..Hawaii...$35 (2 available)
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....31485...(1)...Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791....54mm. F+++. Gorgeous dark specimen, with dark brown base and lateral stripes and with deep orange, lightly spotted dorsum...Philippines...$125 (1 available)
....17882...(1)...Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791....56mm. F++. Nice dark specimen at a nice light price...Philippines...$110 (1 available)
....17880A...(1)...Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791....46.0mm. F++. Dwarf!! FoFor the nominate (ie, the one in the Pacific Ocean) form, this is tiny!!..Philippines...$120 (1 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE.......34468...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....63mm. F++. Huge specimen of this different form, more inflated & less brown striped than the surinensis form...South China Sea...$250 (1 available)
NEW...34470...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....56mm. F+. Wonderfully inflated, with well spotted dorsum & white marginal callus. One tiny pin hole...South China Sea...$20 (1 available)
NEW...34473...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....55mm. F++. Odd, slightly pear shaped specimen, with dorsum more tan than orange, very lightly spotted & with big white lateral callus...South China Sea...$50 (1 available)
NEW...34474...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....47.5mm. F++. Unusual example with very different patterns on either side of the strong, bent sulcus line...South China Sea...$55 (1 available)
NEW...34475...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....55mm. F++. Totally classic, with boldly spotted dorsum, lightly striped base & big white lateral callus...South China Sea...$50 (1 available)
NEW...34476...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....50mm. F++. Interesting example, with dark brown base, striped lateral callus & neat bifurcated sulcus...South China Sea...$50 (1 available)
NEW...34477...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....47mm. F++. Fully adult & boldly polka-dotted semi-dwarf...South China Sea...$110 (1 available)
NEW...34478...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....43mm. F++. Classic patterned, fully adult dwarf, inflated & callused & with bold dorsal spots on dark orange...South China Sea...$100 (1 available)
NEW...34354...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. azumai Schilder, 1960....53mm. F++. Good sized but very slightly immature patterned specimen. An interesting shell which shows development of basal markings & dorsal spotting...East China Sea...$50 (1 available)
NEW...34355...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. azumai Schilder, 1960....45mm. F++. Nice example of this form with reduced dorsal spotting & brown teeth & basal spot...East China Sea...$90 (1 available)
...34469...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....59mm. F+++. Large lovely, with white margins & orange dorsum with a few big spots...South China Sea...$190 (1 available)
...34470...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....56mm. F+. Wonderfully inflated, with well spotted dorsum & white marginal callus. One tiny pin hole...South China Sea...$70 (1 available)
...34471...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....56mm. F+++. Interesting specimen with strong lateral markings & odd dent in the middle of the lip...South China Sea...$160 (1 available)
...34472...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....55mm. F++. Lovely deep orange example with strong sulcus line...South China Sea...$130 (1 available)
...34473...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....55mm. F++. Odd, slightly pear shaped specimen, with dorsum more tan than orange, very lightly spotted & with big white lateral callus...South China Sea...$135 (1 available)
...34474...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....47.5mm. F++. Unusual example with very different patterns on either side of the strong, bent sulcus line...South China Sea...$145 (1 available)
...34475...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....55mm. F+++. Totally classic, with boldly spotted dorsum, lightly striped base & big white lateral callus...South China Sea...$125 (1 available)
...34476...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....50mm. F++. Interesting example, with large, nearly spot-free area, striped lateral callus & neat bifurcated sulcus...South China Sea...$135 (1 available)
...34477...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....47mm. F++. Fully adult & boldly polka-dotted semi-dwarf...South China Sea...$120 firm (1 available)
...34478...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....43mm. F++. Classic patterned, fully adult dwarf, inflated & callused & with bold dorsal spots on dark orange...South China Sea...$200 (1 available)
....33582...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....53mm. F+. Great example of this differently spotted form with complete adult features...Japan...$175 (1 available)
....27729...(2)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1930...52, 53mm. F++ high . With deeper apricot orange & fewer spots than the nominate form, these are richly coloured examples of this rare form...South China Sea...$165 - a good price (2 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE......34418...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....60.5mm. Gem-. Delightful, huge specimen! Fat, very finely spotted & deep brown tiger stripped callus margins...Thailand...$250 firm (1 available)
NEW...34419...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....58mm. Gem-. Glorious specimen: much larger spots than normal, wonderful pattern and great size: this is a WINNER!! ...Thailand...$250 (1 available)
NEW...34420...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....54 to 55mm. Gem-. Large lovlies, with finely speckled dorsum & dark brown tiger striped base & margins...Thailand...$190 (1 available)
NEW...34421...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....52 to 53mm. Gem-. Big, brown based beauties with finely speckled apricot orange backs...Thailand...$180 (1 available)
NEW...34422...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....50 to 51mm. Gem-. Gorgeous, average sized, fully adult examples of this regional form ...Thailand...$170 (1 available)
NEW...34423...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....44 to 47mm. Gem-. Totally adult specimens of this beautifully fine spotted local form...Thailand...$125 (1 available)
@NEW...34424...(2)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....39 to 41mm. Gem-. Sweet smaller specimens, still totally adult (perhaps even semi-dwarf)...Thailand...$95 (2 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE......34461...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....55mm. F++. Delightful specimen!! Finely spotted, like stars in a peach coloured sky, with strong brown lateral lines...Thailand...$200 (1 available)
NEW...34465...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....51mm. F++. Absolutely classic! With deep brown tiger striped base & sides & fine spotted deep orange dorsum...Thailand...$180 (1 available)
NEW...34466...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....50mm. F++. Wonderfully callused margins with long tiger stripes & finely speckled dorsum...Thailand...$100 (1 available)
NEW...34467...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....45mm. F++. Fully adult semi-dwarf specimen with totally classic pattern...Thailand...$105 (1 available)
EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE......34022...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....48, 50mm. Gem. Flawless, dark-colored fully adult specimens with long brown marginal lines extended almost onto the dorsum & finer spots than the nominate form...Thailand...$150 firm (1 available)
...34465...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....51mm. F+++. Absolutely classic! With deep brown tiger striped base & sides & fine spotted deep orange dorsum...Thailand...$145 (1 available)
@...34466...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....50mm. F+++. Wonderfully callused margins with long tiger stripes & finely speckled dorsum...Thailand...$140 (1 available)
...34467...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....45mm. F+++. Fully adult semi-dwarf specimen with totally classic pattern...Thailand...$110 (1 available)
@....32222...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....52mm. F+++. Great example, with distinct sulcus & ultra fine dorsal spotting...Thailand...$145 (1 available)
....32223...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....47mm. F+++. Beautiful specimen with all the classic features of this form...Thailand...$105 (1 available)
....32225...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....44mm. F+ high. Interesting specimen with odd 3 way sulcus...Thailand...$100 (1 available)
@....32226...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....41mm. F+. Lovely little discount specimen, very fresh dead & with slight dulling of gloss on one side, but otherwise very good...Thailand...$35 (1 available)
...31784...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....54 mm. Gem. Globose, dark orange with lots of white spots & dark brown striped base...Thailand...$270 (1 available
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....33356...(1)...Cypraea hammondae Iredale, 1939....12mm. F++. Cream to tan with brown spotted tips & dorsal band...Australia...$12 (1 available)
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NEW...34797...(1)...Cypraea helvola Linne, 1758....13mm. F++. Amazingly small dwarf specimen, fully adult...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....27524...(1)...Cypraea helvola fm. callista Shaw, 1909....19mm. F++ solid. Light colour phase form with nearly unspotted white dorsum & orange base...Polynesia...$6 (1 available)