Finding place:

Brisbane Area

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Australia
Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia oriettae oriettae

oriettae oriettae

63,7 mm

F++

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

18.07.2009

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay
Dealer wrote Moreton Bay. I think it is the same

150-180 m. 2005. Very dark. Slight crack in anterior

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oriettae oriettae 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Palmadusta humphreysii humphreysii

humphreysii humphreysii

17,9 mm

Gem

15,89 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

19.02.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay

Low tide under small rocks

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humphreysii humphreysii 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Mauritia histrio histrio

histrio histrio

53,8 mm

Gem

8,37 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

15.01.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay

Among small rocks

* wrong location

histrio histrio 01

 
Cypraeidae Cypraea Cribrarula cribraria cribraria

cribraria cribraria

25,04 mm

F+++

27,14 Euro

Cillan Chan

27.02.2010

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay
Dealer wrote also Stradbroke Island (S)

RARE species, slightly dull base and dorsum. Dredged

was sold as gravida

gravida gravida 01

 
Cypraeidae Cypraea Erosaria (a-h) cernica viridicolor

cernica viridicolor

24,9 mm

Gem

20,48 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

02.10.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay
Brisbane Bat?

On low reef in grass

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cernica viridicolor 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Erosaria (a-h) cernica cernica

cernica cernica

26 mm

F+

3,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

27.02.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay
Dealer wrote Moreton Bay. I think it is the same

chip on posterior canal, Quuensland, Australia

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cernica cernica 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Purpuradusta minoridens minoridens

minoridens minoridens

10,3 mm

Gem

3,82 Euro

Anthony St. John › conepoint

06.11.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Amity Point

Under rock associated with black sponge. Dived up from 12 metres /// August 2002 /// THIS SHELL IS UNTYPICAL OF THE SPECIES. IT HAS AN ORANGE-YELLOW ZIGZAG PATTERN

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minoridens minoridens 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Palmadusta humphreysii humphreysii

humphreysii humphreysii

16,2 mm

Gem

6,62 Euro

Anthony St. John › conepoint

06.11.2007

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Amity Point

August, 2002 /// Under dead coral associated with black sponge. Dived up from 10 to 12 metres

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humphreysii humphreysii 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Lyncina vitellus vitellus

vitellus vitellus

60 mm

n.a.

10,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Myora Reef

Intertidally.

No. 508: Lyncina vitellus f. orcina... ...€ 10

vitellus vitellus 18

Cypraeidae Cypraea Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina

staphylaea consobrina

19,2 mm

n.a.

7,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Myora Reef

Intertidally.

No. 447: Staphylaea staphylaea consobrina f. descripta... ...€ 7

staphylaea consobrina 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Purpuradusta hammondae hammondae

hammondae hammondae

15,2 mm

Gem

15,43 Euro

Douglas Thorn › peristicta

07.11.2009

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Myora Reef

Low Tide

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hammondae hammondae 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Purpuradusta gracilis macula

gracilis macula

20,8 mm

n.a.

4,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Myora Reef

Muddy reef, under rocks.

No. 211: Purpuradusta gracilis macula... ...€ 4

gracilis macula 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Erosaria (a-h) erosa chlorizans

erosa chlorizans

31 mm

gem

5,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

08.11.2010

Australia (QLD) › Brisbane Bay › Myora Reef

In muddy intertidal

No. 171: Erosaria erosa f. purissima... ...€ 5

erosa erosa 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Austrasiatica langfordi moretonensis

langfordi moretonensis

61,3 mm

F+++

> 100 Euro

Maria Demertzis › aegeanshells

30.07.2010

Australia (QLD) › Musc Is. (?)

Trawled. Sub Adult specimen. Nice pattern. Good money value for this

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langfordi moretonensis 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia oriettae oriettae

oriettae oriettae

65 mm

Gem-

> 100 Euro

Paul Southgate › veliger

23.03.2011

Australia (QLD) › Moreton Bay › Point Cartwright
evtl. ein paar km suedlicher

GEM- Lovely fresh specimen of this seldom offered species. Trawled off Point Cartright, Moreton Bay. Hard to get so fresh and in this condition.

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oriettae oriettae 02

 
 
 
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