THE SHELLS
Enjoy browsing through these pages for a variety of select quality specimen seashells, I hope you find something interesting...
Zoila Exceptional - POR Volutidae Strombidae Turbinidae Cypraeidae Muricidae Various Conidae Bivalves Haliotidae Pectinidae Ranellidae
Cypraea friendii vercoi lentiginosa (#4346)
Gem 66mm: Easily one of the very best examples of this rare form that I have handled in recent times! Superb quality & all the classic hallmarks of the form. Collected by diver in deep water off Eclipse Island, south coast of WA…
Cypraea friendii kostini (#4339)
Gem- 59mm: This is a stunning little piece, creamy white & completely devoid of all dorsal pattern! Some light gold colour at terminals & gold spotting around margins with a white base! Solid, heavy & mature, one of the nicest I have seen.
Cypraea friendii vercoi candida (#4329)
F++/F+++ 74.2mm. Beautiful fresh blue/grey colour with strong lateral banding, cream margins with goldy coloured spots & terminals! A nice sized shell, no chips or algae etc, it does have the dorsal growth line but shows exceptionally well…
Cypraea eludens (#4323)
F+++/Gem 68.4mm. A spectacular & large dark heavy & mature shell with classic blue dorsal halo & lovely base colours to boot!!!
Cypraea friendii vercoi GOLDEN FORM (#4314)
F++/F+++ 72.8mm. Here we have a rather lovely example of the very rare Golden/orange colour form of vercoi! It has several small faults but colour is lovely & it presents extremely well…Collected by diver, south coast of Western Australia…
Cypraea friendii kostini (#4306)
F+++ 64.5mm Creamy white with fine peppery speckles over the dorsum, a beautiful heavy & solid piece! Just a couple of well glossed & discreet single layer fish bite imperfections…
Altivasum flindersi (#4299)
F+++ 180mm. An impressive large, freshly dead collected piece with excellent heavy mature lip, nicely spined, clean & with lovely colour all the way to the fine spire tip…I rarely see them so large & in such nice condition.
Cypraea jeaniana aurata (#4293)
Gem- 79mm. A beautiful classic aurata! Timeless…Deep water NW Australia.
Cypraea rosselli f. abrolhosensis (#4284)
F++/F+++ 60.5mm. A large & spectacular specimen from this elusive population! Several natural imperfections but terminals perfect…A very impressive piece!
Cypraea thersites (#4269)
F+++/Gem 100.7mm. GIANT! One of the largest thersites specimens I have seen in many many years…Collected by diver from Thorny Passage South Australia in 1994! Exceptionally rare this size today…