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 venusta roseopunctata (#4370)
F+++/Gem 70mm: Soft pinky gold tones with darker orange/gold spotting & pink terminals, a lovely piece!
Diver collected -Recherche Archipelago – South coast Western Australia.
Cypraea friendii kostini (#4364)
Gem- 68mm; A stunning large specimen, beautiful shape, colour & quality!
A very heavy, solid & mature specimen.
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 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 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…
Cypraea venusta (#4264)
F+++/Gem 64.9mm. This is a beautiful piece from the small inshore population of Munglinup Beach on the south coast of WA! Soft fleshy pink with darker orange spotting…
Cypraea friendii vercoi candida (#4073)
F+++ 76.4mm. Here we have a really lovely example of the the elusive candida form! Classic pale blue /grey colouration with darker banding visible, heavy & mature shell with perfect terminals & a shallow growth fault on the lower right side near margin. Collected by diver, south coast WA.
