Top shells
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
Cypraea capensis profundorum - Seccombe, 2003
South Africa. East London. Dredged at 80m. August 2014.
F+++ / 24mm
#18951
120.00 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
Conus stupa - Kuroda, 1956
Taiwan. NT. Near Tiao-Yu-Tai Island. Trawled at 150-200m. November 2016
F+ / 78.2mm
#20901
tiny chip in lipe and small growth line.
550.00 EUR
Conus stupa - Kuroda, 1956
Taiwan. NT. Near Tortoise Island. Trawled at 150-200m. November 2016
F+ / 95.6mm
#20900
small line and proto imperfect. Large.
850.00 EUR
Chicoreus aculeatus - Lamarck, 1811
South Africa. Natal. South Coast. Dredged at ca 100m. June 2009.
F++ / 41mm
#20329
Almost never available from this locality!
60.00 EUR
Cymbiola cymbiola - (Gmelin, 1971)
Indonesia. EI. Tanimbar island. On muddy sand at 15-25m. May 2006.
F+ / 76mm
#19143
dark form.
180.00 EUR
Mirapecten yaroni - Dijkstra and Knudsen, 1998
Egypt. S Sinai. Dived at ca 25m.
F++ / 38mm
#19523
salmon/red-coloured specimen. Very nice!
45.00 EUR