Grouping
Size relative
Name
Size
Condition¹
Paid
Vendor
Date of Receipt
Location¹
Description¹
Notes
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16.02.2008
caurica samoensis 29,5 mm F++ 38,97 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 16.02.2008 Samoan Islands › American Samoa › Tutuila Island Found on reef at 2-3 meters, 1999 - caurica samoensis 01
28.03.2008
decipiens decipiens 54 mm - 32,01 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 28.03.2008 Australia (WA) › Broome Taken on sponge in pearl shell beds, 15m - decipiens decipiens 06
decipiens decipiens 52,9 mm - 32,01 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 28.03.2008 Australia (WA) › Broome Taken on sponge in pearl shell beds, 15m - decipiens decipiens 05
decipiens decipiens 51,1 mm - 32,01 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 28.03.2008 Australia (WA) › Broome Taken on sponge in pearl shell beds, 15m - decipiens decipiens 04
20.10.2009
jeaniana aurata 81,9 mm F++ > 100 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 20.10.2009 Australia (WA) › Shark Bay Here is a wonderful beauty of a Cypraea jeaniana aurata from Australia. This shell is not collected anymore and only comes from old collections. Trawled by fishermen at 150 meters, off Shark Bay, Western Australia, 1981. The size is large at 81.9mm and this specimen has a nice humped dorsum. It is F++ due to one small well healed scar near the spire.I tried to take several pictures of this area so that you can see the mark. The shell has no chips, cracks, or narce lifts - jeaniana aurata 01
07.11.2010
rosselli rosselli 51,8 mm F++ > 100 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Australia (WA) › Fremantle Taken by diver on sponge at 95 feet. Tiny canal chip - rosselli rosselli 08
melwardi melwardi 22,5 mm Gem 36,58 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Australia (WA) › North West Cape Taken by diver at 10 meters on reef. March 1990 - melwardi melwardi 01
depressa depressa 30 mm Gem 7,32 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Tuamotu Archipelago › Takaroa (Taaroa, Tiokea) Atoll Found under coral rocks at low tide - depressa depressa 06
declivis declivis 22 mm Gem 32,93 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Australia (SA) › Port MacDonnell Found under rocks at low tide - declivis declivis 04
c. catholicorum 15,5 mm Gem 25,61 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Solomon Islands › Shortland Island Taken by diver at 40 feet under rocks. Ex Al & Eva Fox Collection - catholicorum catholicorum 05
c. caputserpentis • 29,1 mm Gem 18,29 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Tuamotu Archipelago › Takaroa (Taaroa, Tiokea) Atoll Found under coral rocks at low tide - caputserpentis caputserpentis 05
capricornica capricornica 63,6 mm F++ > 100 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Australia (QLD) › Capricorn and Bunker Group › Lady Musgrave Island east Trawled by fishermen at 150 fathoms. A super nice live taken beauty, perfect dorsum, just a few mud inclusions along one side & between a few teeth which is typical of this species. Hard to get these shells now! - capricornica capricornica 05
bellatrix bellatrix 18,2 mm Gem 10,98 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Marquesas Islands › Nuku Hiva Island Taken by diver at night in 20 feet. July 2000 - bellatrix bellatrix 02
a. aequinoctialis 45,5 mm Fine 91,45 Euro Randy L. Allamand › rallamand 07.11.2010 Panama › Gobernadora Island Found under rock at low tide. A live taken GIANT shell with several narce blisters & water spots on the dorsum. This shell looks nicer in hand than how it shows in the pictures. A very rare species now that is no longer being found most likely due to habitat pollution. - aequinoctialis aequinoctialis 02
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