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 (#5003)
F+++/Gem 76.2mm: Nicely speckled dorsum with lots of blue, jet black base & margins & a lovely tapering shape!
Cypraea friendii vercoi (#4993)
Gem- 77.5mm: This one is extra nice! Broad colourful base with chestnut & black patterns over the dorsum…
Cypraea friendii vercoi (#4987)
F+++/Gem 73mm: Fresh, dark beauty! Nice bulbous shape & some lovely flashes of colour on the dorsum!
Cypraea friendii vercoi/friendii?! (#4982)
Gem- 69.5mm: A very attractive & interesting specimen from the south west corner of WA! Lovely slender shape, perhaps a hybrid variant of vercoi & friendii? Lots of pale blue over the dorsum with the darker zig zag (candida) banding visible also & a pale base. Collected by diver – deep water.
Cypraea friendii friendii (#4976)
Gem- 75.4mm: Classic slender form with chocolate spotting!!! By diver – Bunbury SW Australia.
Cypraea friendii insulata (#4970)
F+++/Gem 83.8mm: Lovely dark patterned specimen! Collected by diver – Hopetoun Sth coast WA.
Cypraea rosselli rosselli (#4967)
F+++/Gem 43mm: A lovely little rosselli specimen from the north west! Heavy & mature with sharply angled margins & classic colours! Diver collected from deep water..
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 jeaniana thalamega (#4943)
Gem- 77.2mm: Spectacular piece!!!…Superb dorsal colours & patterns, white margins with blue frosting and black spots & black base with nice orange highlights at terminals…
Cypraea venusta episema (#4936)
Gem- 78.5mm: A superb large example from the Geographe Bay population! Specimens of this size are rarely found today & this is one very impressive piece…