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South Africa
Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

15,6 mm

F++

16,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m, RARE dwarf size

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edentula edentula 10

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

27 mm

F+++/Gem

21,90 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

09.06.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver in 18-20m. very dark dorsal blotch

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capensis capensis 06

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

26 mm

F+++/Gem

12,80 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m

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capensis capensis 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

31,5 mm

F+++/Gem

16,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m

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capensis capensis 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

30,5 mm

F+++/Gem

16,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

In 18-20m

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capensis capensis 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) castanea latebrosa

castanea latebrosa

30,8 mm

good

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

03.07.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Seal Point

Jeffreysbay area, dredged at 90-100m. 2006

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castanea latebrosa 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

29,3 mm

F+++/Gem

14,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

27.02.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver in 18-20m depth

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capensis capensis 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

20 mm

F++

15,19 Euro

Shea T. O‘Neill › pacificnightdiver

25.02.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
Philips Reef (?)

Diver under rocks on reef. 18-25m.

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edentula edentula 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

22 mm

F++

7,20 Euro

Paula J. Russell › shellmama

18.10.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

THIS IS A NICE UNCOMMON SPECIMEN. DECENT SIZE, F++ CONDITION. (TYPICAL MINOR DORSAL FLAWS.) COMES WITH FULL COLLECTION DATA. THE SPECIMENS PICTURED ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEMS FROM WHICH YOU ARE BUYING

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edentula edentula 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

18,6 mm

F+++

10,20 Euro

Paula J. Russell › shellmama

18.10.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver on reef in 15m. BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN. ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION AS THEY ARE OFTEN PLAGUED WITH UNSIGHTLY GROWTH LINES

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edentula edentula 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

20,5 mm

Gem

16,70 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

09.01.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
No data, Algoa Bay is my estimation

Found among small rocks intertidal.

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edentula edentula 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

20 mm

F++/+++

12,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m

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edentula edentula 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

27,9 mm

gem

26,97 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

03.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
No data, Algoa Bay is my estimation

Nice shell nice color. Huge blotch

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capensis capensis 08

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

18,6 mm

F+++

12,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m

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edentula edentula 09

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

32,33 mm

Gem

28,98 Euro

David Sharpe › bestshells

14.09.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
No data, Algoa Bay is my estimation

Taken on coral reef 10-15m

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fuscodentata sphaerica 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

21,8 mm

F++/+++

51,72 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

26.11.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver in 18-20m depth

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alfredensis alfredensis 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

23 mm

Fine+

27,60 Euro

Nick Rogers › rogers_earthworks

16.12.2008

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Live taken by a diver, in 25-30 meters of water, on a low reef. 1999. A nicely colored specimen, has nice contrast

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alfredensis alfredensis 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

25,3 mm

F++

81,31 Euro

Robert Marchiselli › florida_shell_co

11.10.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Live collected in cray traps at 100 Meters 11/02 ----Purplish-brown, tan, globose, UNUSUAL specimens, RARE shell

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fuscodentata sphaerica 06

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

31 mm

n.a.

40,55 Euro

Navarat Bunpaparkhon › navahandmade

16.09.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
No data, Algoa Bay is my estimation

80m

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fuscodentata sphaerica 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

19,4 mm

F+++

12,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver under rocks in 18-20m, RARE dwarf size

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edentula edentula 08

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

22 mm

F+++

50,72 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

09.06.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Diver in 18-20m

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alfredensis alfredensis 08

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

22,8 mm

F+++/gem

63,04 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

03.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay
No data, Algoa Bay is my estimation

The markings are very distinct and special

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alfredensis alfredensis 09

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

20,1 mm

n.a.

36,70 Euro

Cillan Chan

14.08.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Superb. Scuba at 18m.

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alfredensis alfredensis 12

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

21,16 mm

F++/F+++

25,32 Euro

Cillan Chan

22.04.2011

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

Growth scars, slightly dull dorsum. RARE now. Diver in 18-20m.

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alfredensis alfredensis 13

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

22 mm

F++

28,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

21.02.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay

18-20m

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alfredensis alfredensis 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea z z z

z z

28,89 mm

F

15,00 Euro

Mike Hart

22.05.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Hougham Park

Fine beach, RARE representative

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amphitales amphitales 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis gorda

capensis gorda

29 mm

Gem

77,00 Euro

Luca Magliaro › jacksdream

24.02.2011

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

Excellent rare shell, gem quality! Heavy & thick flared base. Take by a scuba at near 15 m deep

capensis gorda 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

24 mm

Gem

94,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

Fresh Exceptional Purple, Scuba live, 12m.

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alfredensis alfredensis 10

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

20,91 mm

F+++/Gem

42,14 Euro

Cillan Chan

07.09.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

very nice dark blotch, minor scars in dorsum. Scuba at 15m

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alfredensis alfredensis 11

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

29,7 mm

F++/Gem

20,00 Euro

Bianca Wittkowski › www.oceanzone.de

03.07.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

By scuba diver at 15m under rocks and sponges

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capensis capensis 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

30,8 mm

F+++/Gem

20,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

Scuba live at 12-15m

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capensis capensis 11

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

29,5 mm

F+++/Gem

19,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

Scuba live at 12-15m

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capensis capensis 10

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) edentula edentula

edentula edentula

17 mm

Gem

47,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › Algoa Bay › Port Elizabeth

Scuba live at 12-15m

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edentula edentula 12

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

21,8 mm

selected

> 100 Euro

Guido T. Poppe › www.conchology.be

02.01.2008

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Dredged 90 m deep

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algoensis permarginata 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) iutsui iutsui

iutsui iutsui

28,2 mm

F+

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

18.07.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Off 125m. From Lobster Trap. Sphaerical form. Dark mottled, good size. Micro-hole in side

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iutsui iutsui 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

30 mm

F+++

40,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraea

25.11.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

dredged in 65m, rare now

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fuscodentata sphaerica 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

21,5 mm

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36,68 Euro

Otto Borchert › bortektoo

24.05.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Found among rocks and coral rubble.

* I have fixed my initially wrong determination (alfredensis alfredensis)

alfredensis alfredensis 07

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata fuscodentata

f. fuscodentata

27,2 mm

Gem

90,00 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

22.08.2011

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

By diver at 30 m.

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fuscodentata fuscodentata 06

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

22,2 mm

F+++

26,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraeaman

27.02.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Dredged in 65m

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algoensis permarginata 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) coronata gabriellii

coronata gabriellii

28 mm

see descr.

50,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraea

30.07.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Diver in 40m, crabbed, very rare

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coronata gabriellii 01

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) castanea castanea

castanea castanea

36 mm

n.a.

> 100 Euro

Brian Hayes › www.algoabayshells.co.za

06.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Dived on reef at 40m. Fresh dead, full gloss, small drill hole, still a very rare shell

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castanea castanea 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) iutsui iutsui

iutsui iutsui

24 mm

F

> 100 Euro

Mike Els › africana

30.07.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Live taken strongly patterned heavy beauty, partially healed dorsal tooth mark, fine growth scars. F. Live taken in lobster traps in deep water (<150m)

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iutsui iutsui 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) alfredensis alfredensis

alfredensis alfredensis

23 mm

Gem

75,00 Euro

Gisela Müller › gisela9344

19.10.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis

Authentisches Exemplar der kleinen und seltenen Kolonie von Cape St. Fancis vom Kap von Südafrika. Ein Endemismus, der seit 1929 bekannt ist und von Schilder beschrieben wurde. In jeder Hinsicht herausragendes Exemplar von absoluter Perfektion und großer Schönheit, blaugrau und ohne die mindeste Unregelmäßigkeit, sehr dicker Wulst und voll ausgewachsen, groß und attraktiv, keinerlei Zahnung, was ja arttypisch ist. Eine museale Schönheit und anderen Angeboten weit überlegen.

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alfredensis alfredensis 02

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) castanea castanea

castanea castanea

33,7 mm

F

11,24 Euro

Mike Hart

07.09.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Cape St. Francis › Seal Point

crabbed, defect in dorsum, glossy gone, VERY RARE now, for study.

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castanea castanea 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

21 mm

Fine+ to Gem

36,00 Euro

Nick Rogers › rogers_earthworks

30.12.2008

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

Live taken, by dredging in 80 meters of water.1995. A wonderful shell!!!!

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algoensis permarginata 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

21,33 mm

F+++

89,00 Euro

Bianca Wittkowski › www.oceanzone.de

14.10.2008

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

Healed scars in dorsum, minor sand inclusion in base

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algoensis permarginata 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) capensis capensis

capensis capensis

27,5 mm

F+++

51,00 Euro

Rene Sänger › keulnator

09.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay
Jeffrey's Bay to Natal

20m deep

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capensis capensis 09

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (a-c) algoensis permarginata

algoensis permarginata

17,6 mm

F+++/Gem

36,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

Dredged live at 65m

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algoensis permarginata 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata fuscodentata

f. fuscodentata

35 mm

F++

11,92 Euro

Ken Shing Chang › kenshing

23.07.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay
No data, Jeffrey's Bay is my estimation

Dorsum scar. May 2009. Deep water.

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fuscodentata fuscodentata 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata fuscodentata

f. fuscodentata

34 mm

F+++

20,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraea

25.11.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

diver in 25m

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fuscodentata fuscodentata 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata fuscodentata

f. fuscodentata

23 mm

n.a

5,00 Euro

Alan D. Seccombe › cypraea

25.11.2010

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

dead collected, dorsum stained black, interesting

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fuscodentata fuscodentata 05

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

30,31 mm

Gem

36,81 Euro

Ettore Molteni › ilsiero

04.06.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

GREAT VERY DARK PATTERN. GREAT SHELL. RARE IN THEESE CONDITIONS

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fuscodentata sphaerica 03

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata sphaerica

fuscodentata sphaerica

31,5 mm

F+++

21,00 Euro

Dick Carter › www.jbayshells.com

14.08.2009

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

Dredged live at 70m

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fuscodentata sphaerica 04

Cypraeidae Cypraea Cypraeovula (e-v) fuscodentata fuscodentata

f. fuscodentata

34,4 mm

F++

12,95 Euro

Alexander Dechant › mineraliendefoss

28.02.2007

South Africa › Eastern Cape (W) › St. Francis Bay › Jeffrey's Bay

oberfläche leicht stumpf, keine macken

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fuscodentata fuscodentata 01

 
 
 
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