Top shells
Lyncina kuroharai - (Kuroda and Habe, 1961)
Taiwan. NET. Near Tiao-Yu-Tai Island. August 2018.
F++ / 44mm
#24716
Small growth line at anterior terminal.
480.00 EUR
Mauritia grayana - Schilder, 1930
Egypt. NE. Suez. Ras Sedr. Dived at 20m.
F++ / 65mm
#24180
Completely covered in rusty orange overcast.
140.00 EUR
Tonna allium - (Dillwyn, 1817)
Philippines. Gigantes islands. In between Gigante Sur and Gigante Norte. Dived at ca 50m. November 2004.
F++ / 92mm
#24348
scalariform freak specimen
25.00 EUR
Palmulacypraea boucheti - Lorenz, 2002
Taiwan. Peng-Hui island. Trawled at ca 200m. May 2018.
F+++ / 18mm
#23989
live-taken. Very nice high dark blotch on left margin.
280.00 EUR
Tropidauchenis fuchsi - Gredler, 1884
China. GuangXi province. Zhuang. Zizhqu. Guilin. April 2004.
F++ / 30mm
#23856
Superb colour: dark band near upper sutures, penultimate whorl with paler band at mid-whorl.
40.00 EUR
Conus gloriamaris - Chemnitz, 1778
Philippines. Bohol. In tangle nets at ca 180m. 1993.
F++ / 136mm
#23669
Very large. So-called 'golden form'.
185.00 EUR
Umbilia armeniacea andreyi - Lorenz and Beals, 2012
Australia. WA. Augusta. By ROV at 230m. 2016.
F++ / 73mm
#23547
live-taken! Tiny imperfection on mid-dorsum. Typical colours.
2200.00 EUR
Zoila eludens eludens - Raybaudi, 1991
Australia. WA. Exmouth. Murion Island. Dived on sponges at 35-40m. 2017.
F+++ / 64mm
#23546
high dorsum. Very intense pattern.
1200.00 EUR
Zoila rosselli raywalkeri - Lorenz, 2013
Australia. SWA. Windy Harbour. By ROV at ca 120m. 2017.
F+ / 51mm
#23544
Typical bright orange colouration of the base, dorsum with a large paler area. Still very glossy and no real defects, but fresh-dead.
4500.00 EUR
Conus jourdani - da Motta, 1984
St Helena. Flagstaff Bay. Dived at ca 15m.
F+ / 24mm
#23407
live-taken, but with small growth line on back and small chips in lip.
650.00 EUR
Tonna dolium - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Philippines. Palawan. From fishermen. April 2010.
F+ / 121mm
#22981
Freak specimen with almost flat spire and strongly angulated shoulders. From Palawan.
40.00 EUR
Tonna sulcosa - Born, 1778
Philippines. Masbate Island. July 2005.
F+ / 99mm
#22194
A colour freak: uniformly brown.
20.00 EUR
Cypraea (Zoila) raywalkeri - Lorenz, 2011
Australia. SA. Windy Harbour.
F+ / 49mm
#21783
Some waterstains. Very rare species, often faked(baked satiata), but this the real thing! Incredible colour, even in a Zoila.
4300.00 EUR
Conus lecourtorum - Lorenz, 2011
Mauritius. St Brandon Shoal. Lunch Island. In coral rubble in shallow water. June 2015.
F/F+ / 12mm
#21780
Endemic rarity. Lip chipped. Hardly ever available due to very restricted accessibility to the area.
400.00 EUR
Bursa verrucosa - Sowerby, 1825
New Zealand. NENZ. Kermadec Islands. Dived on granite boulders at 20-30m. July 2009.
F+ / 33mm
#20903
w/o. Some erosion on back and upper spire.
220.00 EUR