cylindrica sowerbyana

32,2 mm

Gem

5,59 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

02.10.2007

Australia (QLD) › Cairns

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xanthodon xanthodon

27 mm

Gem

8,40 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

18.10.2009

Australia (QLD) › Cairns

Found off Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef low tide

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erosa erosa

30,2 mm

Gem

6,76 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

19.02.2007

Australia (QLD) › Cairns

Low tide under small rocks

I have some doubts. Is perhaps nebrites with false data-slip. If Australia is right, then nebrites is impossible

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eburnea eburnea

41 mm

Gem

26,80 Euro

Jean-Luc Sicot › fossilamat

04.12.2011

Australia (QLD) › Cooktown

Très belle , bonne taille , totalement blanche ( pas une tache ) . Cooktown , Nord Est Australie 2007

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brevidentata fluctuans

23 mm

n.a.

25,63 Euro

Pete Krull › sheller23

08.11.2009

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

Low tide

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brevidentata fluctuans

21,5 mm

F+++/Gem

43,00 Euro

Andrew McNaughton › andod2h

26.04.2011

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

A very nice globose specimen with fat blotch (normally more isolated), nice cool blue colour.

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brevidentata fluctuans

25 mm

F++

20,00 Euro

Douglas Thorn › Doug Thorn

27.01.2012

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

Low Tide

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eburnea eburnea

25,9 mm

F++

25,00 Euro

Douglas Thorn › Doug Thorn

27.01.2012

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

Low Tide, minor sandgrains

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hirundo rouxi

18 mm

gem

10,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

Snorkeling at 1-2 m, under coral slabs.

No. 237c: Bistolida hirundo rouxi... ...€ 10

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quadrimaculata thielei

21 mm

Gem

2,78 Euro

Anthony St. John › conepoint

06.11.2007

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

September, 1994 /// Under rubble in shallow sub-littoral zone. Snorkeling to 1 metre

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quadrimaculata thielei 01

xanthodon xanthodon

23 mm

F++/Gem

3,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

27.02.2007

Australia (QLD) › Dingo Beach

Under rocks at low tide

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hungerfordi coucomi

38 mm

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32,43 Euro

Zhao Yifan › shellshomecn

28.02.2008

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Half Moon Reef

Trawled in 240 meters Off Half Moon Reef Swain Reefs Queensland 2006.

* perhaps another ssp. - Thank you for your help Riccardo

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capricornica capricornica

62 mm

F+++

70,16 Euro

Cillan Chan

26.02.2011

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Hixson Cay

Dark beauty, RARE live taken, growth scar in dorsum, slightly dull base. Australia. Queensland. SE of Swain Reefs. Trawled 210-220m Off Hixon Cay.

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capricornica capricornica

63,3 mm

F+/Gem

> 100 Euro

Randy Bridges › www.rbridges.com

06.04.2010

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Swans Reef

Trawled off 150 meters. Heavy and mature shell. Exceptional quality

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capricornica capricornica

55,79 mm

F+++/GEM

33,77 Euro

Willy Van Damme › willykauri

15.11.2009

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Swans Reef

Lightweight inflated capricornica from 100 meters of depth near Swans Reef. F+++ because still somewhat juvenile

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capricornica capricornica

62 mm

F+

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

20.09.2007

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Swans Reef

Pretty shell with a healed bitemark on dorsum, not really influencing the beauty. Good color, strongly rostrated ends. 67,2, 70-90m

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capricornica capricornica

74 mm

n.a.

52,38 Euro

Paul Southgate › veliger

29.04.2011

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Swain Reefs

Superficially it looks like a very nice specimen but on closer inspection I am not happy with it.

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capricornica capricornica

59 mm

F++

22,33 Euro

Natalie Lim › singshellcollector85

10.12.2007

Australia (QLD) › Great Barrier Reef › Swans Reef

180-210m trawled in 2003. Slight damage on base near anterior extremity

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hirasei hirasei

44,7 mm

Gem

> 100 Euro

Luca Magliaro › shellsfrombrasil

25.02.2011

Australia (QLD) › Innisfail › Banana Island Bananas Island ? ++++ fundort noch eintragen

Very nice specimen from an uncommon locality! Fantastic pattern with a large blotch. Extra quality!

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moneta moneta •

22 mm

n.a.

0,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

05.11.2009

Australia (QLD) › Kurrimine Beach

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Geschenk

moneta moneta 20

errones coxi

27,9 mm

F++

3,39 Euro

Robert Marchiselli › florida_shell_co

11.10.2009

Australia (QLD) › Mackay

Under coral, rock slabs -dark specimen

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bistrinotata mediocris

18 mm

Fine+

2,20 Euro

Nick Rogers › rogers_earthworks

30.12.2008

Australia (QLD) › Mackay

Attractive, honey-brown specimen. Found by a diver, at night, crawling on live coral, in 10-12 meters of water. Dec. 1985

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walkeri continens

22 mm

F++/Gem

5,60 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

31.05.2009

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Sarina Beach

Interdidally under rocks among barnacles. Paler and more pyriform shells.

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clandestina candida

17 mm

n.a.

5,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

Shallow reef.

No. 113a: Palmadusta clandestina candida... ...€ 5

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subviridis subviridis

26,5 mm

gem

7,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

In vital reef under coral slabs 1m.

No. 456a: Erronea subviridis subviridis... ...€ 7

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clandestina candida

21 mm

n.a.

0,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

Shallow reef.

No. 113a: Palmadusta clandestina candida... ...€ 5 /// Geschenk

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pyriformis pyriformis •

30,3 mm

n.a.

6,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

Intertidally under rocks.

No. 411: Erronea pyriformis smithi... ...€ 6

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pyriformis pyriformis •

26 mm

n.a.

0,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

03.07.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

Intertidally under rocks.

Geschenk

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pyriformis pyriformis •

33 mm

f+/gem

5,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

03.07.2010

Australia (QLD) › Mackay › Shoal Point

Intertidally under rocks.

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miliaris miliaris •

26 mm

n.a.

10,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Princess Charlotte Bay

Trawled 40 m.

No. 343a: Erosaria miliaris miliaris f. diversa... ...€ 10

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eglantina eglantina •

69 mm

n.a.

7,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Stanage Bay

Snorkeling at 2 m under large coral slabs

No. 163a: Mauritia eglantina f. courturieri... ...€ 7

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caurica caurica

31 mm

F++

1,54 Euro

Lyle K. Therriault › carolinasheller

21.01.2007

Australia (QLD) › Stanage Bay

At low tide under slab. This is a very nice specimen Cypraea caurica, it is some sort of form, very odd, very ovate in shape, thick squat margins and a very nice color and pattern

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