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 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…
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 friendii kostini (#4904)
GEM 66.4mm: A stunning piece, extremely heavy & solid shell (even for kostini!) beautiful shape & colour…
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 venusta roseopunctata GOLD (#4841)
F+++ 77.2mm: Here we have a very attractive, large inflated piece with orange/gold spotting over a pale pink/apricot coloured dorsum! Collected by diver, Recherche Archipelago, south coast west Australia.