Top shells
Zoila orientalis raybaudii - Lorenz, 2002
Australia. SA. Port Lincoln. Dived at 18-25m. January 2006.
F++ / 58.6mm
#31692
Not 100% smooth due to groth layers. Strongly inflated, very nice spotting.
650.00 EUR
Naria helvola helvola x citrina citrina
South Africa. Natal. Richards Bay. February 2003.
F++ / 25mm
#31197
Strong teeth and margins like helvola, mantle line and pattern like citrina.
25.00 EUR
Staphylaea semiplota - (Mighels, 1845)
Hawaiian islands. Pearl Harbor. Dived under coral at 15m. August 1975.
F++ / 19mm
#30652
Rusty orange-brown, no spots.
65.00 EUR
Paradusta barclayi barclayi - (Reeve, 1857)
South Africa. S Natal. Protea Shoal. Dredged on reef at 45m. April 2004.
F++ / 25mm
#30626
live-taken
400.00 EUR
Cryptocypraea dillwyni - (Schilder, 1922)
French Polynesia. Tuamotu islands. Fakarava. May 1999.
F+++ / 11.8mm
#29539
Live-taken. Superb shell.
130.00 EUR
Bistolida nanostraca - Lorenz and Chiapponi, 2005
Cargados Carajos Shoals (St Brandon Rocks). 1-2m deep.
F+++ / 14mm
#29523
Pale speicmen with very fine spots on margins. From an almost inaccessible area.
700.00 EUR
Archivolva alexbrowni - Lorenz, 2012
Egypt. Hurghada. Giftun Island. Dived at 20m. 2012.
F+++ / 18mm
#29522
elegant, elongate species. Rare.
250.00 EUR
Erronea fernandoi - Cate, 1969
Philippines. Samar. Calbayog area. Dived at 25m. December 1998.
F++ / 28.9mm
#29406
Pale specimen with rusty dorsal blotch. Rare! Big specimen
550.00 EUR
Zoila thersites thersites fma atrata - Sulliotti, 1924
Australia. SA. Edithburgh. On sponges at 8-10m. May 2007.
F+++ / 66.4mm
#29403
very dark specimen.
250.00 EUR
Zoila thersites thersites fma atrata - Sulliiotti, 1924
Australia. SA. Pine Point. Dived at 20-25m. 1980.
F+++ / 73mm
#25571
Densely spotted with dark reddish brown overcast. Looks a bit 'flattened', hence wider than the average.
280.00 EUR
Zoila perlae - Lopez and Chiang, 1975
Australia. WA. W of Onlow. On sponge at 82m. 2017.
F++ / 40mm
#28929
Small latreral spot close to base. Nice greenish grey colour.
1650.00 EUR
Barycypraea fultoni fultoni - (Sowerby, 1903)
South Africa. Natal. Ramsgate. Dredged at 90m. 2017.
F++ / 60mm
#26901
Live-taken, very slender specimen with a very beautiful pattern. Shell slightly unequelly rounded. One tiny imperfection in the columellar callus, probably a repelled octopus attack.
6500.00 EUR
Cypraeovula volvens - Fazzini and Bergonzoni, 2004
South Africa. Port Alfred. Dredged. March 2018.
F+ / 23mm
#26675
Two tiny attempts to octopus hole: one on the base and one on the edge of the margin. Very rare species.
1000.00 EUR
Zoila rosselli latistoma - Lorenz, 2002
Australia. Albany. Two People's Bay. Dived at 25-30m. July 2009.
F++ / 52mm
#26596
Very dark. 'Blurry', wavy edges.
450.00 EUR
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