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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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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

100,8 mm

F++/F+++

> 100 Euro

Xavier Pallarols › xavishells

16.05.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (SA)

Trawled by local fisherman, 100m deep. 2007

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

94,3 mm

F++

13,93 Euro

10.01.2010

Australia › Great Australia Bight (SA)

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Zoila thersites thersites

thersites thersites

68 mm

Gem

78,10 Euro

Kathryn Wright › cerysanne.123

09.12.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (SA)

A beautiful dark shell in gem condition

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Zoila jeaniana aurata

jeaniana aurata

75,4 mm

Gem-

> 100 Euro

Maria Demertzis › aegeanshells

27.01.2012

Australia › Great Australia Bight (SA)

Dived at 80-120 Feet. Sub-adult. Shell has beautiful glossy sheen, with nice cream margins. Hard species to find these days.

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Notocypraea comptonii comptonii

comptonii comptonii

22,1 mm

F+++

3,99 Euro

Gabriele Di Tanna › concyept

15.01.2010

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA)
No data, location estimatet

Nice color, very minor stress line. From old collection

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

80,5 mm

F+++

> 100 Euro

Maribeth Hammond & Rob Martinsen › californiashells

17.05.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA)

100-120 m. Dark flawless dorsum, salmon base, fleabite chip inside canal is only flaw

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

71,7 mm

F+/F++

35,40 Euro

Ken Shing Chang › kenshing

17.01.2007

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Deep water, July 2006

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

89 mm

F+/F++

31,53 Euro

Luciano Petruccioli › bealsi

20.01.2007

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Very nice pattern and color, small cips naturally recovered, one sand grain, taken GAB-S.Australia, from local dealer 2006

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

93 mm

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34,35 Euro

Ales Krejcir › 80pearlfish

18.05.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

91,15 mm

F++/Gem

76,74 Euro

Ettore Molteni › ilsiero

04.06.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

GREAT DARK ORANGE BASE. FANTASTIC BLOTCHES DARK PEACH COLOUR ON DORSUM. ORANGE CIRCLES NEAR SPIRAL (PICTURE VISIBLE). GLOBOSE!!! GREAT SHELL

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

85 mm

F++

17,47 Euro

Douglas Thorn › peristicta

06.07.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Trawled 100m. Unusual colour. Ex Coll. Doug Thorn

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

95,6 mm

F++/Gem

48,76 Euro

Douglas Thorn › peristicta

07.11.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Trawled, Outstanding

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

87,7 mm

F+++

54,46 Euro

Douglas Thorn › peristicta

07.11.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Trawled, couple of minor lines,outstanding

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Austrocypraea reevei reevei

reevei reevei

38,1 mm

F++

44,35 Euro

David Watts › wattsdave

06.04.2010

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)
No data, location estimatet

Has a line along the side of the dorsum. Great dorsum pattern on the specimen. Much better than normal for these.

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

78 mm

F+++

90,00 Euro

Kevin Monsecour › Kevin

24.02.2011

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

90-120 m deep. June 2005

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia armeniaca armeniaca

armeniaca armeniaca

98,1 mm

F+++

64,72 Euro

Douglas Thorn › peristicta

07.11.2009

Australia › Great Australia Bight (WA or SA)

Trawled, Outstanding

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Notocypraea piperita piperita

piperita piperita

20,5 mm

selected

10,16 Euro

Robert Marchiselli › florida_shell_co

11.10.2009

Australia (SA) (West Coast)

Outside edge of reef, low tide

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Zoila thersites contraria

thersites contraria

75 mm

good

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

31.05.2009

Australia (WA) › Culver Point
(90m)

Trawled. Both ends are really badly chipped. Looks superbe from the top. gd

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Notocypraea comptonii comptonii

comptonii comptonii

22,5 mm

Gem

7,59 Euro

Shea T. O‘Neill › pacificnightdiver

25.02.2007

Australia (WA) › Eucla

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Notocypraea comptonii comptonii

comptonii comptonii

21 mm

F++

18,00 Euro

Goncalo Rosa › www.atollseashells.com

08.06.2009

Australia (WA) › Eucla

By commercial abalone diver, under rock slaps on inshore reef platforms, May 2000

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