Schilderia

achatidea

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Name
Size
Condition¹
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Date of Receipt
Location¹
Description¹
Notes
ID
petilirostris petilirostris
Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia petilirostris petilirostris

petilirostris petilirostris

58 mm

F

> 100 Euro

Felix Lorenz › www.cowries.info

20.09.2007

Australia (QLD) › Capricorn and Bunker Group › Lady Musgrave Island

Subadult, very inflated. Delightful little bubble. Growth-line on side, not visible from dorsal view. 100m

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia petilirostris petilirostris

petilirostris petilirostris

74,3 mm

F++

90,50 Euro

Cillan Chan

16.07.2009

Australia (QLD) › Capricorn and Bunker Group › Lady Musgrave Island

Live taken, growth line in dorsum, posterior canal chipped and smoothed. Trawled 120 fathoms.

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Cypraeidae Cypraea Umbilia petilirostris petilirostris

petilirostris petilirostris

68,88 mm

F+/F++

52,03 Euro

Cillan Chan

27.02.2010

Australia (QLD) › Capricorn and Bunker Group › Fitzroy Reef

Trawled in 240-250m. May 2008. Live taken, small defect in base and dorsum, still a nice specimen.

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Darragh 2002

Meyer 2005: Species 

Lorenz 2009: Species 

 
 
armeniacaoriettaecapricornicahesitata petilirostrisThe living species of the Genus Umbilia › Lorenz

 

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