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 (#4987)
F+++/Gem 73mm: Fresh, dark beauty! Nice bulbous shape & some lovely flashes of colour on the dorsum!
Cypraea friendii friendii (#4976)
Gem- 75.4mm: Classic slender form with chocolate spotting!!! By diver – Bunbury SW Australia.
Cypraea friendii friendii DWARF (#4955)
F+++/Gem 49.8mm: A genuine rarity today, particularly below the magic 50mm threshold! A very special little shell…Collected by diver 1-2m on sponge/sea grass, Dunsborough WA.
Cypraea venusta episema (#4931)
F+++/Gem 79.5mm: Here we have a beautiful & impressively large specimen from the shallow water, Geographe Bay population! Exceedingly rare approaching the 80mm size range today…Large dark spots & the classic slender Geographe Bay shape.
Cypraea marginata ketyana bataviensis (#4892)
F+++/Gem 52.4mm: An exceptionally attractive example of this rare form! Lovely dorsal pattern & colour, broad, heavy base also with very nice colour & pattern…
Cypraea friendii insulata (#4582)
F+++/Gem 89.1mm Beautiful big “old school” insulata with the classic broad, flattened & calloused base! Diver collected in shallow water – Israelite Bay- South coast WA
Cypraea venusta roseoimmaculata (Rare colour variant) (#4522)
F+++/Gem 71.7mm/ A stunning & exceptionally rare colour variation of this beautiful Zoila! Not the typical classic pink, but a lovely creamy yellowish tone with faintly darker lateral banding over the dorsum. By diver, Recherche Archipelago, south coast of WA.
Cypraea friendii insulata (#4427)
F+++/Gem 85.4mm: A beautiful, classic insulata, nicely flanged margins & colour! Masons Bay south coast WA.
Amoria damonii (#3144)
F+++/Gem 89.2mm. Spectacular large specimen & a very difficult species to find & collect today in any size & particularly of this quality! These very select pieces were collected from a number of remote & interesting locations in north western Australia with some lovely variations in colour & pattern…
Amoria damonii (#3138)
F+++/Gem 89.4mm. Spectacular large specimen & a very difficult species to find & collect today in any size & particularly of this quality! These very select pieces were collected from a number of remote & interesting locations in north western Australia with some lovely variations in colour & pattern…