Auction 3-7 April 2011
Cypraeidae


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Cypraeidae 147

Cypraea alfredensis (Schilder & Schilder 1929) Outstanding!  F++ 21,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum blue color background with dark brown blotch and brown dots. Margins and base cream and blue color with brown spots and beige dots, violet canals. Has few slightly irregularities, growth lines and defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15 m. Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2009 $60.00

Cypraea algoensis (Gray 1825) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach color background with orange/beige marks. Callosus margins and base white color with brown and few sky/blue spots. Has few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 36 m. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 2009 $28.00

Cypraea algoensis (Gray 1825) Outstanding Large Bicolor!  F+++ 24,2 mm. Very beautiful bicolor. Dorsum columellar side banded grayish/beige and labial side peach color background with light orange/brown dots. Callosus margins and base white color with brown, beige and blackish spots. Has slightly growth lines almost invisible doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 36 m. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 2009 $36.00

Cypraea annettae (Dall 1909) Outstanding!  F+++ 37 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with attractive tones of brown and beige marks. Beige, yellowish, pale orange color margins and base with brown and soft grayish spots. Has a small bite on the base and few micro defects doesn't  detract from it's overall beauty. Dredged at 40 feet. Cocos Isl. Costa Rica 2010 $13.00

Cypraea annulus freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++ 18,1 mm. Very beautiful freak conical shape, extended tip and distorted aperture. Dorsum cream color with reddish/orange ring. Margins and base cream/white color. Has few slightly defects doesn't  detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2004 $8.00

Cypraea annulus rostrate (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F++ 20,6 mm. Very beautiful, well rostrate. Pale bluish color with yellow flashing, almost without ring. Margins and base grayish/white color. Has irregularities dose an a nick on the posterior labial extremity not detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2006 $22.00

Cypraea arabica asiatica dwarf Schilder & Schilder 1939 Exceptional relief margin!  F++ 44,1 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue color background with reddish/brown pattern. Callosus yellowish/cream margin with black strongly relief spots, bluish and yellowish and orange/brick teeth. Has a slightly growth scar and few micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected under stone and dead coral shallow water. Freedom beach, Patong Bay, Phuket 2000 $10.00

Cypraea arabica asiatica dwarf Schilder & Schilder 1939 Exceptional Sky/blue margin!  F+++/Gem 49,9 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue and grayish color bands background with brown pattern. Callosus sky/blue margin and base with blue marks, black relief and brown spots, orange/brown teeth. Has a small slightly defect on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected under stone and dead coral shallow water. Coral beach, Patong Bay, Phuket 1997 $10.00

Cypraea arabica dwarf cf. contraria (Linnaeus 1758) Exceptional Sky/blue!  F+ 42,6 mm. Very beautiful, globulus and exceptional. Sky/blue juvenile color background with unusual beige, dark gray and brown pattern. White margin and base with blackish/brown and beige spots yellowish flashing and brown teeth. Has growth scars and a small chip on the anterior canal. Palawan 2007 $50.00

Cypraea arabica dwarf (Linne 1758) Exceptional Blackish/blue margins and base!  F++ 36,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream color background with blackish and dark brown pattern. Callosus blackish/blue margin and base with black spots, brick teeth. Has a small healed growth scar on the dorsum, few micro defects and nicks on the  anterior terminals doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008 $18.00

Cypraea arabica hypercallosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F++ 55,5 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream and grayish/beige color background with dark brown pattern. Hypercallosa blue margin with blackish and beige relief spots, cream and yellowish/beige base with brown teeth. Has healed growth scars on the right side, few micro defects and nicks on the  anterior terminals doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Davao 2008 $10.00

Cypraea arabica niger & rostrate (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++ 65,7 mm. Very beautiful enough niger & rostrate. Dorsum black color mostly on the sides with yellowish/beige marks on the center and orange flashing on the sides. Enough rostrate yellowish/cream color margins and base with blue marks and gray, brick, brown spots. Has slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Off Great Keppel Isl. Qld. Australia 1972 $250.00

Cypraea arabica (Linne 1758) Outstanding Yellow!  F++/F+++ 60,6 mm. Very beautiful high glossy. Dorsum yellow color background with reddish/brown pattern. Callosus cream and pale yellow color margins and base with brown, blue, gray, orange/brick spots and marks, orange/brown teeth. Has tinny spots on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, a healed chip on the columellar anterior terminal. Coron Isl. Palawan 2006 $20.00

Cypraea arabicula (Lamarck 1811) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 23,9 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue and cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, blue mantle line. Callosus violet color margins with large blackish, blue spots and dots, yellowish base. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-15 feet in rocks. Cocos Isl. Costa Rica 2008 $6.00

Cypraea arabicula (Lamarck 1811) Gorgeous Large! Gem 27,4 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue and cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, blue mantle line. Callosus peach color margins with large blackish spots and dots, yellowish base. Dived night at 5-10 feet. Coiba Isl. Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2010 $8.00

Cypraea arabicula (Lamarck 1811) Gorgeous Relief margin!  F+++/Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue and cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern,. Callosus dark peach and cream color margins with relief large gray, bluish spots and dots, yellowish base. The posterior columellar extremity has small defects. Dived night at 5-10 feet. Coiba Isl. Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2010 $8.00

Cypraea argus contrastriata (Perry 1811) Outstanding!  F++ 80 mm. Large and very beautiful superb pattern. Dorsum yellowish color with bluish/gray bands and attractive clear orange/brown rings. Margins and base cream and pale beige color with blackish/brown basal blotches and beige teeth. Has slightly growth marks, defects, irregularities, micro defects and nicks on the anterior terminals doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Tanzania 2004 $14.00

Cypraea armeniaca (Verco 1912) Gorgeous!  F++ 86 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/orange, pale grayish and cream/white color with brown spots. Yellowish/peach, cream color margins and base with few soft orange spots. Has two medium and some very small sand grains, small scratches and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 160 m. Off Great Australian Bight, South Australia 2010 $20.00 BID $20.00 spyros BID $35.00 spyros BID $38.00 afrijoe BID $42.00 afrijoe BID $45.00 spyros

Cypraea armeniaca (Verco 1912) Gorgeous Large!  F++ 100 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange and cream/white color with orange marks and spots. Cream, pale peach margins and base with orange spots. Has spiral irregularities, a small group of heavy sand grains on the columellar margin and another light on the base also few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 160 m. Off Great Australian Bight, South Australia 2010 $24.00 BID $24.00 spyros

Cypraea bistrinotata keelingensis Schilder & Schilder 1940 Outstanding!  Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful. Nodulose, yellow/orange color with reddish blotches. Orange/yellow margins and base with soft pale beige basal blotches and teeth. Palawan Isl. 2007 $7.00

Cypraea boivinii f. cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Bluish/violet!  F+++ 28,6 mm.  Large and very beautiful. Pale bluish/violet color with pale mauve/blue and white spots. Hyper callosus white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2006 $6.00

Cypraea boivinii f. cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Pinkish/violet! F+++ 28,5 mm.  Large and very beautiful. Pinkish/violet color with bluish/mauve and brown spots. Hyper callosus white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2007 $6.00

Cypraea boivinii f. cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Gorgeous Sky/blue Large!  F+++/Gem 30,7 mm. Very beautiful and inflated. Sky/blue color with mauve/blue spots and white ocellata spots, pale beige blotch and mantle line. Hyper callosus white margins and base. Has micro defects. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000 $8.00 

Cypraea capensis (Gray 1828) Outstanding!  Gem 28,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum Yellowish/beige color background with tones of brown blotch, marks and dots. Margins and base yellowish/beige and white color to the aperture with beige teeth. Dived at 12 m. Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2009 $18.00 BID $18.00 VO

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Elongate Light! F++ 57,1 mm. Large and very beautiful. Pale grayish and reddish color banded dorsum Yellowish/beige relief margins and base with yellowish dots and dark lavender aperture. Has irregularities, slightly defects and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $10.00

Cypraea carneola dwarf (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 26,2 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish/honey and beige color banded dorsum with bluish ring. Beige margins and base with yellowish dots and dark lavender aperture. Has few micro defects. Cebu 2007 $8.00

Cypraea carneola dwarf freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++ 22,8 mm. Very beautiful freak dark, slim and distorted. Honey and beige color banded dorsum with unusual dark prune ring. Dark and light beige margins and base with yellowish dots and dark lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2007 $14.00

Cypraea caurica dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic! Gem 28,6 mm. Very beautiful, heavy and exceptional. Cream color background with yellowish/beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus peach/cream margins and base with attractive relief black and brown spots, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Has few micro defects. Phuket 1999 $9.00

Cypraea caurica (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large!  F+++/Gem 47,2 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Bluish/cream color background with soft bands, dark brown marks and tones of brown dots. Callosus pinkish/cream and white relief margins and base with bluish/gray and brown spots, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Has few micro defects. Cebu 2008 $6.00

Cypraea cernica viridicolor (Cate 1962) Outstanding!  Gem 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/honey color with cream/white spots. Callosus white margins and base with blackish, brick and brown spots. Has a very small slightly scratch on the dorsum and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Found by diver at 60 feet under slabs. Cervantees, West Australia 2010 $25.00

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf (Kiener 1843) Outstanding!  F+++ 54 mm. The color of the image is not too correct. Very beautiful. Honey color with grayish bands, attractive clear bluish/white and cream spots, bluish mantle line. Margins and base bluish/gray and beige color with white spots, brown teeth. Has micro defects. Dived night at 10-20 feet in dead coral. Las Perlas Isl. Gulf of Panama, West Panama 2009 $10.00

Cypraea cervinetta (Kiener 1843) Gorgeous Honey!  F+++ 57,8 mm. Very beautiful. Honey color with grayish bands, attractive large clear bluish/white spots and bluish mantle line. Margins and base grayish and beige color with cream/white spots, orange/brick basal blotch, blackish and brown teeth. Has few slightly growth defects and a nick doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 10-15 feet under rocks. Cocos Isl. Costa Rica 2009 $10.00

Cypraea cervinetta (Kiener 1843) Outstanding Large!  F++ 79,7 mm. The color of the image is not too correct. Very beautiful. Yellowish/honey color with dark grayish bands, clear bluish/white spots and bluish mantle line. Margins and base grayish and bluish color with white spots, orange/beige and mauve basal blotch, blackish and brown teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark, a line and few irregularities on the dorsum and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 20-25 feet in rock. Coiba Isl. Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2006 $10.00

Cypraea cervinetta (Kiener 1843) Gorgeous Ocellata spots!  F+++/Gem 66,6 mm. Very beautiful with unusual ocellata spots. Honey color with grayish bands, attractive unusual clear cream/white and bluish center ocellata spots, bluish mantle line. Margins and base grayish and beige color with white and blue ocellata spots, prune basal blotch, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-15 feet under rocks. Cocos Isl. Costa Rica 2010 $21.00 BID $21.00 Marbores

Cypraea chinensis dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Lilliput!  F+++/Gem 28,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/honey color with attractive cream marks. Cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange aperture with cream teeth. Has few micro defects on the base. Noknokan Isl. North Bohol 2008 $7.00

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Extra large!  F+++ 44 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive honey/beige marks. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and reddish aperture. Has few micro defects and a nick. Cebu 2007 $6.00

Cypraea cicercula takahashii Moretzsohn 2007 Outstanding!  F++ 13,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with soft beige dorsal spots and brown marginal spots. The posterior labial terminal ridge is damaged. Dived night at 45 feet inside coral. North Shore, Hawaii 2010 $10.00 BID $10.00 afrijoe

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Outstanding!  F++ 25,9 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and beige color bands with few blackish dots. Cream and grayish color margins and base with few blackish dots. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum and a slightly growth defect on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived night at 5-10 feet in reef. San Blas Isl. Caribbean, Panama 2010 $14.00

Cypraea comptonii Gray 1847  F+/F++ 22,3 mm. Very nice. Caramel color with soft brown marks and few dots. Yellowish and white color margins and base with brown and gray spots. Has growth marks and defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Found on reef at low tide at night. Streaky Bay, South Australia 2010 $6.00

Cypraea contaminata (Sowerby 1832) Outstanding!  Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/beige color with orange/brown large blotch and few soft dots. Cream/white margins and base with brown spots. Cebu 1998 $8.00

Cypraea contaminata (Sowerby 1832) Outstanding Extra large!  F+++ 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Light bluish/gray and cream/white color bands with dark brown blotch and soft beige dots. Callosus white margins and base with blackish and brown spots. Has few small slightly defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 1998 $12.00

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark Orange/brown!  Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. Dark orange/brown color with large clear milky/white spots. Callosus white margins and base. Palawan 2008 $7.00

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Exceptional!  F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful with exceptional ocellata spotting. Dark chocolate//brown color with ocellata white spots with brown marks. Callosus white margins and base with pale pinkish basal blotch. Has few micro defects and a nick. Palawan 2007 $12.00

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Extra large!  F+++/Gem 33,4 mm. Very beautiful. The color of the image is not too correct. Orange/brown color with clear large cream/white spots. Callosus relief white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Palawan 2010 $10.00

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Globulus Orange/brown!  F+++/Gem 31,1 mm. Very beautiful. Orange/brown color with clear large milky/white spots. Callosus white margins and base with pale pinkish basal blotch. Has few slightly scratches on the base doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $8.00

Cypraea cribraria Niger & Rostrate (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++ 20,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum all over dark brown color with soft yellowish spots. White margins and base. The anterior columellar extremity and the canal are little shorter due a healed damage in nature not too important. Prony, New Caledonia 1980 $50.00

Cypraea cribraria rostrate (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Rare marginal spots!  Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful, slightly rostrate margins and terminals. Dark orange/brown color with milky/white large spots. Rostrate white margins and base with beige marginal spots that rarely appear to this species. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2008 $16.00

Cypraea dayritiana Cate 1963 Outstanding!  Gem 17,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale greenish color with pale blue flashing, beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus cream/white color margins and base. Coron Isl. Palawan 2008 $7.00 BID $7.00 uchinokun

Cypraea edentula (Gray 1825) Outstanding!  F+++ 17,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum pinkish color background with orange/beige dots. Margins and base cream/white color with brown and blackish spots, beige canals. Has slightly growth lines almost invisible doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 12 m. Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2009 $12.00

Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Outstanding Greenish Overglaze!  F+++ 62 mm. Very nice. Greenish color overglaze with soft grayish pattern. Margins and base yellowish/green color with gray and brown spots. Has few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal ridge. Cebu 2000 $10.00

Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Gorgeous Sky/blue!  F++/F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue color with attractive reddish/brown pattern. Margins and base grayish/beige color with bluish, black and brown spots. Has slightly irregularities and a nick doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008 $8.00

Cypraea erosa freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding Greenish/Orange! F++/F+++ 26,7 mm. Very beautiful, open mouth. Unusual greenish, yellowish and orange color with cream/white spots, right side spotless. Margins and base cream/white color with few beige dots. Has slightly irregularities and a sand grain dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $10.00

Cypraea erosa hypercallosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Giant!  F++/F+++ 45,2 mm. Very beautiful, heavy and exceptional. Pale yellowish and greenish color with pale beige marks and white spots. Hyper callosus relief white color margins and base with blue marginal mark, beige dots and lines. Has slightly irregularities, a very small scratch on the dorsum and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $10.00

Cypraea errones freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++ 34,4 mm. Very beautiful open mouth and almost teethless and exceptional color labial margin. Sky/blue color with Beige/brown marks and dots. Exceptional blackish, beige and prune color labial margin and lip. Base cream color with beige dots. Has slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $10.00

Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Outstanding!  F+++ 28,1 mm. The color of the image is not too correct, the original is darker. Very beautiful. Dark orange/brown color with clear milky/white and pale yellowish spots. Callosus white margins and base. Has two very small healed bites and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15 m. on reef under rocks. Rottnest Isl. South West Australia 2010 $40.00

Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Ocellata spots!  Gem 29,8 mm. The color of the image is not too correct, the original is darker. Very beautiful. Yellowish/brown and reddish/brown color with large milky/white ocellata spots. Callosus white margins and base with few beige and brown marginal spots that rarely appear to this species. Dived at 60 feet on sponge. Rottnest Isl. South West Australia 2009 $60.00

Cypraea friendii dwarf (Gray 1831) Gorgeous Gerontic!  F+++ 55 mm. Very beautiful exceptional heavy gerontic. Dorsum pale bluish and cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige spots and marks. Callosus cream/white unusual color margins with blackish, beige and brown spots, base tones of brown color with blue mark, white teeth and aperture. Has a slightly irregularity on the labial side and a small chip on the posterior labial extremity doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 12-15 m. on sponge. Dunsborough, South West Australia 2010 $40.00

Cypraea fuscorubra (Shaw 1909) Outstanding Dark!  F++ 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum bluish color background with yellowish/beige and dark brown marks. Callosus margins and base cream/white and dark mauve/brown color over the margins and the tails, caramel and pale yellow teeth. Has very small bites, few sand grains and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 36 m. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa 2009 $22.00

Cypraea globulus sphaeridium Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous! Gem 20,8 mm. The color on the image is not too correct. Very beautiful. Orange color with mauve spots. Orange margins and base with mauve spots and mauve/brown basal blotches, brown teeth, orange tails with brown marks. Palawan 2008 $6.00

Cypraea globulus sphaeridium Schilder & Schilder 1938 Exceptional Yellowish/orange!  F+++ 20,6 mm. Large and very beautiful, exceptional very large black basal blotches. Yellowish/orange color with mauve spots. Orange margins and base with blackish spots, very large black basal blotches, brown teeth, orange tails with blackish/gray marks. Has small slightly scratches on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $8.00

Cypraea guttata dwarf form bicallosa Raybaudi 1985 Awesome!  F+++/Gem 47,8 mm. Very beautiful Bohol form. Deep orange color with milky/white clear large and many small spots. Callosus white margins and base with brown transverse ribs, brown teeth, blackish/brown basal blotches. Has few slightly undulations. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2007 $80.00

Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi 1978 Gorgeous Southern form! Gem 44,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with milky/white clear large and small spots. Callosus cream margins and base with orange/brown transverse ribs, brown teeth and basal blotches. Trawled at 80-120 m. South of Phuket to Indonesia 1998 $60.00

Cypraea hirasei Roberts 1913 Outstanding!  F++/F+++ 47,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum rich cream color with attractive brown mark, beige pattern and bands. Cream/white margin and base with beige spots, pale mauve tale canals. Has slightly irregularities and a slightly malformation on the columellar side of the dorsum dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Bohol 2007 $150.00

Cypraea labrolineata deep water color f. (Gaskoin 1849) Superb Dark!  Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dark brown and blackish color sides with clear yellowish/cream spots and mantle line. White margins and base with beige and brown spots. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008 $9.00

Cypraea labrolineata (Gaskoin 1849) Outstanding Honey!  F+++/Gem 20,7 mm. Very beautiful. Honey color with clear cream/white spots and yellowish mantle line. White margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots. Has a micro defect. Cebu 2007 $6.00

Cypraea labrolineata (Gaskoin 1849) Outstanding Olive! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful. Olive color with clear bluish/white spots and bluish mantle line. White margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots. Cebu 2007 $6.00

Cypraea lamarckii (Gray 1825) Outstanding!  F+++ 42,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/honey color with white, brown spots and few grayish ocellata spots, pale bluish mantle line. White margins and base with tones of light orange/brown spots. Has few very small bite scratches on part of the dorsum almost invisible without magnification and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zanzibar 2008 $6.00

Cypraea limacina (Lamarck 1810) Gorgeous Bluish!  Gem 26,5 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color with white nodules. Callosus white color margins and base with yellowish/orange lines, orange/brick terminals. Negros Isl. 2008 $6.00

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F++ 28,9 mm. Very beautiful. Honey/beige color with cream/beige bands. Cream and white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly irregularities, micro defects and a nick on the terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From fisherman. Greece 1978 $14.00

Cypraea lutea (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding!  F+++ 17,7 mm. Very beautiful. Olive/green color with light reddish/brown spots, white bands and orange  terminals. Margins and base deep orange color with black spots and white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango Isl. Cebu 2008 $4.00

Cypraea lynx dwarf freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput!  F+++/Gem 21,8 mm. Very beautiful freak shape. Yellowish color background with brown and beige spots and dots. Hyper callosus white color margins and base with black and brown spots, orange/red teeth. Palawan 2008 $12.00

Cypraea maculifera (Schilder 1932) Gorgeous Large!  F+++ 70,6 mm. Very beautiful, high glossy. Brown color background with attractive bluish, beige, cream and white pattern. Callosus sky/blue and cream color margins and base with blackish and brown spots, small mauve basal blotch, blackish and brown teeth. Has few small defects on the base and micro defects on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived night at 45 feet in rock crevices. North Shore, Hawaii 2010 $40.00

Cypraea mappa freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Cream/Brown!  F+++ 68 mm. Very beautiful freak mantle line and pattern. Dorsum cream color background with bluish and pale mauve flashing, attractive brown freak pattern and mantle line. Cream color margins and base with brown spots, pale yellow/orange teeth, and white terminals. Has slightly irregularities dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2007 $15.00

Cypraea mappa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Cream/Violet!  F+++ 74 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive light orange/brown pattern, clear mantle line and spots. Callosus violet color margins and base with brown and brick marks, white aperture with pale yellow teeth and purple terminals. Has micro defects and few nicks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2007 $12.00

Cypraea mappa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large Globulus!  F+++ 88 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern, clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream and white color margins and base with brown and beige spots and orange teeth. Has few slightly irregularities and a nick on the anterior canal dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2007 $15.00

Cypraea mappa sp. (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Exceptional teeth!  F++ 73,7 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional unique specimen with sparse large strong orange teeth. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern, clear grayish/cream mantle line and spots, blue marks over the margins. Callosus light cream color margins and base with brown and beige spots, sparse large strong orange teeth. Has a healed growth mark on the dorsum, slightly scratches on some part of the margin and base, few micro defects and a small chip on the anterior columellar terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Philippines 2007 $200.00

Cypraea mappa viridis (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous Exceptional!  F++/F+++ 70,5 mm. Very beautiful bicolor with unusual mantle line. Part of the dorsum cream and part mustard color background with attractive dark brown pattern and marks, unusual cream clear mantle line with two branch till the margin. Margins and base pale lavender and cream color with blue flashing, brown, beige marks and spots, pale mauve basal blotch, yellow/orange teeth. Has few slightly irregularities, a small healed slightly growth mark and a bite mark on the labial side doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Nocnocan Isl. North Bohol 2008 $40.00

Cypraea mappa viridis dwarf hypercallosa (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous Gerontic Exceptional!  F++ 51,7 mm. Very beautiful and very exceptional unique specimen because is very heavy gerontic, hypercallosa and has very unusual for this area red teeth like mappa geographica that found in East Africa. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear mantle line, blue flashing over the margins. Rare for this species heavy hypercallosa cream color margins and base with brown and blackish spots, beige basal blotch, red teeth, pale mauve terminals. Has 4 healed fish bite marks on the dorsum and near the anterior terminal not so easy visible, few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Bohol 2008 $70.00

Cypraea margarita (Dillwyn 1817) Superb Large!  Gem 17,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with soft beige dots. Balabac Isl. Palawan 2007 $14.00

Cypraea martini (Schepman 1907) Outstanding!  Gem 13,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish/cream color with soft beige dots. Callosus cream margins and base with brown and black spots, brown teeth. Camotes Sea 2007 $12.00

Cypraea miliaris dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding Hyper callosus!  Gem 23,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Yellowish color with cream/white spots and pale bluish mantle line. Hyper callosus white margins and base. Leyte Isl. 2006 $8.00

Cypraea moneta x annulus hybrid dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Hypercallosa!  Gem 17,4 mm. Very beautiful and unusual. Yellow and greenish color with orange annulus ring. Hyper callosus and heavy knobbed cream/white color margins and base with white aperture and teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998 $12.00

Cypraea moneta freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Open mouth!  F++ 18,3 mm. Very beautiful extreme freak open mouth with extended very large labial margin. Yellow color with green marks. Margins and base pale yellow and cream color. Has irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2007 $10.00

Cypraea moneta (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow!  F+++ 27,2 mm. Very beautiful special color. Yellow color with greenish flashing. Callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Samar 2008 $4.00

Cypraea mus bicornis Sowerby 1870 Gorgeous!  F++/F+++ 56,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive grayish/beige pattern and dark brown, black, blue central spots and marks, white mantle line and corn. Light beige margins and base with soft grayish/beige spots and marks, small orange basal blotch, black and tones of brown teeth. Has micro defects, a growth mark, defects and nick on the anterior extremities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 10-20 feet under dead coral. The Roques Venezuela 2010 $60.00

Cypraea mus donmoorei Petuch 1979 Outstanding!  F++ 42,1 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive grayish/beige pattern and dark brown, black, blue central spots and marks, cream mantle line and blue flashing. Beige margins and base with soft grayish/beige spots and marks, orange and brown basal blotch, blackish and brown teeth. Is not too glossy and has slightly growth marks and small defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken from shrimp boats at 20-30 feet. The Roques Venezuela 2010 $20.00

Cypraea mus tristensis Petuch 1987 Gorgeous Cornuta!  F+++ 56,1 mm. Very beautiful with spoon like anterior extremities and a corn on the dorsum. White and yellowish/cream color background with attractive blue flashing, chocolate and grayish/beige pattern, dark brown, blackish central spots and marks, white mantle line and corn. White, beige margins and base with grayish/beige spots and marks, orange basal blotch, black, beige and brown teeth. Has micro defects and a very small nick on the labial anterior extremity doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken from shrimp boats at 40-60 feet. The Roques Venezuela 2010 $75.00

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Outstanding Small form!  F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Honey color with orange/brown marks, bluish and white spots, yellowish mantle line. Callosus cream and white color margins and base with blackish blotches, brown spots and basal lines. Has few micro defects. Found under dead corals at shallow water, Somalia 2010 $6.00

Cypraea nucleus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous!  Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color with yellowish lines and over line ocellata cream/white strong nodules, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus yellowish color margins and base with pale orange/beige lines. Siasi, Sulu Sea 2008 $6.00

Cypraea nucleus freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous!  F+++/Gem 23,7 mm. Large and very beautiful, distorted base and aperture. Pale bluish color with yellowish nodules, orange/brick dots and lines. Callosus yellowish color margins and base with orange/beige lines. Siasi, Sulu Sea 2007 $10.00

Cypraea ocellata (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 26,9 mm. Very beautiful. Brick/orange color with pale bluish mantle line, attractive black ocellata and cream/white spots. Callosus cream color margins and base with light orange/brown, pale mauve/beige spots and lines. Has a small nick. Karachi 1998 $8.00

Cypraea onyx (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Sky/blue!  F+++ 38,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum sky/blue and yellowish/brick color on the sides with brown, yellowish, beige and grayish mantle line. Margins and base black color. Has few micro defects and two nicks. Nuknukan Isl. North Bohol 2008 $7.00

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Blue ring!  F+++ 30,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Dorsum greenish and mustard color soft bands with sky/blue ring and tones of brown marks and dots. Callosus margins and base peach and cream color with yellow/orange teeth and peach terminals. Has few small slightly defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $12.00

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark!  F+++ 30,1 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum greenish color with tones of brown dots. Margins and base prune and pale beige color, orange among the teeth. Has slightly irregularities (undulations) and a small bite on the base doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $6.00

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding Dark Green Banded!  F+++ 29,5 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum dark green and mustard color bands with tones of brown dots. Margins and base purplish, caramel, yellowish/cream, beige and pale yellow/orange color among the teeth. Has slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $7.00

Cypraea ovum dwarf ssp. nov. (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous!  F+++/Gem 21,8 mm. Newly discovered population according Dr. Felix Lorenz. Very beautiful. Dorsum bluish color with light brown blotch and beige dots. Callosus cream/white color margins and base with pale yellow teeth, pale yellowish terminals. Has a healed slightly growth defect on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected under stone and dead coral shallow water. Sapi Isl. Kota Kinabalu, Borneo 1997 $25.00

Cypraea pellisserpentis Lorenz 1999 Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with attractive pale bluish spots. White margins and base with beige and brown spots. Has few micro defects. Madagascar 2007 $55.00

Cypraea piperita (Gray 1825) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with attractive yellowish/beige pattern. White margins and base with brown and beige spots. Has micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Found on reef at low tide. Esperance, South West Australia 2009 $10.00

Cypraea poraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark Large!  Gem 18,5 mm. Very beautiful. Mauve and beige color background with cream and dark mauve ocellata spots. Callosus lilac margins and base, white teeth and aperture. Samar 2007 $6.00

Cypraea pyriformis (Gray 1824) Outstanding Bluish!  F+++ 25,4 mm. Very beautiful special color. Bluish color with grayish blotches and orange/beige dots. Yellowish/cream margins and base with brown spots and dark brown teeth. Has few slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $10.00

Cypraea pyriformis dwarf (Gray 1824) Outstanding!  Gem 23,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale sky/blue color background with yellowish/beige dots and light brown blotches. White margins and base with soft beige and grayish spots, brown columellar teeth. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $7.00

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Exceptional Banded!  F+++/Gem 31,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream/white, pale bluish and beige color bands with soft sparsely orange/beige pattern. Margin and base orange color with cream/white teeth. Has micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From fisherman. Greece 1978 $18.00

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Exceptional Ringed Spotted margins!  F+++/Gem 33,7 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional unique specimen. Dorsum yellowish, cream and tones of light brown color attractive pattern with unusual darker reddish/brown ring. Margins  grayish/beige and orange color till the dorsum with soft grayish spots that rarely appear in this species. Base orange color with with strong white teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From fisherman. Greece 1978 $50.00

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Globulus!  F+++ 38,5 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish and cream/white color background with yellowish/beige and orange/brown pattern. Orange color margins and base with cream/white teeth. Has few small slightly defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From fisherman. Greece 1978 $8.00

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Yellow margin!  F++/F+++ 36,6 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Yellowish and cream color with grayish bands, yellowish/beige and brown marks, columellar side of the dorsum almost don't have pattern. Unusual pale yellow and orange color margins and base. Has two slightly growth lines near the labial margin and few micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From fisherman. Greece 1978 $16.00

Cypraea robertsi (Hidalgo 1906) Outstanding!  F+++/Gem 25,1 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color background with light orange/brown, grayish marks and dots. Peach, cream color margins and base with blackish and gray spots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-20 feet. Cocos Isl. Costa Rica 2006 $6.00

Cypraea robertsi dwarf (Hidalgo 1906) Outstanding!  F++/F+++ 16,5 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with brown marks and dots. Callosus peach color margins with blackish spots, cream base. Has a growth line on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived night at 10-20 feet. Las Perlas Isl. Gulf of Panama, West Panama 2010 $7.00

Cypraea saulae (Gaskoin 1843) Gorgeous Cream!  F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive tones of brown blotches and dots. Milky/white margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots, pale yellow/orange teeth and terminals. Has few micro defects. Davao 2008 $8.00

Cypraea saulae (Gaskoin 1843) Gorgeous Sky/blue!  F+++/Gem 23 mm. Not large but very beautiful special color. Sky/blue color with attractive chocolate/brown blotches and dots. Callosus white margins and base with black, beige and brown spots, pale yellow/orange teeth and terminals. Has few micro defects. Davao 2008 $10.00 BID $10.00 afrijoe

Cypraea semiplota Mighels 1845 Outstanding Large!  Gem 16,6 mm. Very beautiful. Caramel color with cream/white spots. White and pale lavender color margins and base with orange teeth, canals and terminals. Taken in black sponges at 15 m. by dive. Ewa side, Pear Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii 1993 $45.00

Cypraea staphylaea (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Grayish/Beige!  Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish and beige color with attractive strong white nodules, orange/brown terminals. Cream/white margins and base with orange lines and teeth. Samar Isl. 2008 $5.00

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Ice/blue!  Gem 21,4 mm. Small but very beautiful. Ice/blue color with attractive chocolate, brown large blotches and dots. Cream/white margins and base with brick/brow marks and soft beige dots. Palawan 2010 $6.00

Cypraea sulcidentata Gray 1824 Outstanding!  F++/F+++ 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Globulus, honey and pale bluish color banded dorsum. Pale yellowish/beige margins and base with strong teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under dead corals at 25-30 m. by dive. Ewa Beach, W. Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1984 $25.00

Cypraea teres (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous!  F+++/Gem 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with attractive tones of brown and beige dots and dark brown blotches. Callosus cream and white margins and base with bluish/gray and brown spots, violet flashing. Has few micro defects. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998 $5.00

Cypraea teres (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Hyper callosus!  F+++/Gem 33,2 mm. Very beautiful slightly rostrate. Pale greenish color background with attractive mauve, brown, beige marks and dots Hyper callosus cream/white margins and base with bluish/gray relief spots. Has few micro defects. Camotes Sea 2008 $10.00

Cypraea testudinaria dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous!  F+++/Gem 80,3 mm. Very beautiful special color and high glossy. Black, chocolate/brown, cream and beige color with white dots and few blue flashing. Bluish, beige and caramel color margins and base with white dots, blackish, beige and brown spots. Has few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008 $12.00

Cypraea testudinaria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Globulus Extra large! F+++ 127,4 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish, brown and beige color with white dots. Grayish and caramel color margins and base with white dots, beige and brown spots. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008 $25.00

Cypraea testudinaria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++/Gem 84,4 mm. Very beautiful, exceptional coloration and glossy. Dorsum bluish/mauve and cream color with brown marks and spots, white dots. Exceptional cream color margins and base with white dots, orange/beige and brown spots. Has few micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2007 $30.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Bluish/gray!  F+++/Gem 66,7 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Bluish/gray color background with bright orange mantle line and black spots. Callosus white margins and base with blue flashing, black and soft beige spots. Has few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Bohol 2007 $15.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Bicolor!  F+++ 67,9 mm. Very beautiful. Center of the dorsum cream color background with brown spots, the sides cream and blue with black spots. White margins and base  with black and brown spots, blue flashing. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $20.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Margins!  F++/F+++ 75,5 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional blue margin. Blue and orange color background with black marks and spots. Exceptional sky/blue and white margins and base with black spots and brown basal blotches. Has slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $20.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Swirly spots!  F+++/Gem 79,9 mm. Very beautiful with unusual swirly spots. Blue color background with orange/brick mantle line, unusual swirly black large spots. White margins and base with blue flashing, black, brick, blue and brown spots. Has few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008 $20.00

Cypraea tigris cf. contraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous!  F++/F+++ 82,7 mm. Very beautiful and interesting. Dorsum blue and cream color juvenile background like contraria with spiral chocolate/brown spots. White margins and base with blackish/brown and reddish/brown spots, blue flashing. Has few healed slightly growth defects and irregularities dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2004 $40.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Exceptional Black blotches!  F+++ 67,4 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish and brick color background with black spots. White margins and base  with exceptional black blotches on columellar side, brown, brick spots and blue flashing. Has a defect on the base dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $20.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Mauve!  F+++ 82,6 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Mauve color background with orange and blue flashing, bright orange mantle line, densely small brown and black spots. White margins and base with blue flashing, black, sky/blue and soft beige spots, blue marked terminals. Has very small slightly scratches almost invisible without magnification and few micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Bohol 2008 $15.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White!  F++/F+++ 96 mm. Very beautiful. Milky/white color background with light blue marks, tones of brown spots, yellowish mantle line. White margins and base with brown and blue spots. Has slightly scratches almost invisible without magnification and micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Tanzania 2004 $10.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/Black! F+++ 83,6 mm. Very beautiful special color and unusual pattern. Yellow color background with attractive blackish marks and spots, blue and orange/brown flashing. White margins and base with blackish and brick/brown spots, blue and orange flashing. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $50.00

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellowish/Black!  F++/F+++ 85,9 mm. Very beautiful special color and pattern. Yellowish and caramel color background with brick mantle line, black large marks only few spots. White margins and base with blackish and brown spots, blue flashing, yellowish/beige and blue basal marks. Has slightly irregularities (undulations) and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $20.00

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Banded!  F++/F+++ 58,4 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional Yellow color background with brown spots and darker color background with black spots and blue flashing bands. White margins and base with black, blue and brown spots. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2008 $44.00

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Bicolor!  F+++/Gem 52,2 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellow and from the mantle line till the margin bluish/mauve color background with blue flashing, yellow and chocolate mantle line, large black spots. White margins and base with black, soft gray and brown spots, blue marked terminals. Has few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $15.00

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Exceptional Margins! F++/F+++ 55,9 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional with large margins. Yellowish color background with black spots and blue flashing. Exceptional large white margins till the dorsum and base with blue flashing, black, orange/beige and brown small sparse spots. Has slightly irregularities doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008 $25.00

Cypraea tigris dwarf freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Multicolor!  F++/F+++ 61,1 mm. Very beautiful. Center of the dorsum pale bluish color background with small chocolate spots and blue marks, labial side light peach color background with blue flashing and large black spots, columellar side cream/white color background with blue flashing and large black spots. White margins and base with black, soft beige and gray spots, blue terminals. Has growth lines (undulations) and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Palawan 2007 $20.00

Cypraea tigris freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Exceptional!  F++ 65,6 mm. Very beautiful exceptional freak flat with teethless colorful labial lip and margin. Honey and cream/white color background with brown and blackish spots, blue flashing. Exceptional blue and cream color labial margin and base, teethless lip with black, brown spots and marks till the aperture, cream/white columellar base with bluish basal marks. Has a freak growth line and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, the columellar terminal is little broken. Noknokan Isl. North Bohol 2008 $25.00

Cypraea tigris freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Wrinkled!  F++ 82,7 mm. Very beautiful, exceptional unique freak with heavy wrinkled dorsum, margins and base. Sky/blue, peach and yellowish color background with black spots and marks. White margins and base with blue flashing, black, brown and grayish spots, blue and brown basal blotch. Has sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008 $250.00

Cypraea tigris freak (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/Blue!  F++/F+++ 80,2 mm. Very beautiful freak flat with teethless labial lip, exceptional blue base color. Yellow color background with attractive yellow mantle line, blackish spots, blue and orange/beige flashing. Unusual blue and white margins and base with blackish and brick/brown spots. Has slightly irregularities and the freak heavy growth line dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Cebu 2006 $20.00

Cypraea tigris gerontic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Globulus Bluish!  F++/F+++ 87,1 mm. Very beautiful and very heavy. Sky/blue and cream color background with attractive densely blackish, orange and tones of brown small spots and marks. Callosus white margins and base with beige and brown spots. Has slightly scratches almost invisible without magnification and micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Tanzania 2004 $20.00

Cypraea tigris niger (Linne 1758) Gorgeous!  F++ 63,7 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Big part of the dorsum jet black niger color other parts tones of orange and white to the sides with a large blue blotch, large black spots and blue flashing on the sides. White margins and base with black, soft gray, orange/beige, sky/blue and brown spots. Has a healed growth mark on the labial side, few small defects and sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2007 $75.00

Cypraea turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder 1938 Outstanding!  F+++ 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish color with attractive beige and chocolate/brown spots. Callosus white color margins and base with beige with grayish spots. Has few micro defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty, slightly dull columellar margin. Karachi 1998 $8.00

Cypraea ursellus (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding!  Gem 11,2 mm. Very beautiful. Note the fused anterior columellar teeth. Blue and cream color with brown blotch and orange/brown dots. White margins and base with brown spots. Samar Isl. 2006 $12.00 BID $12.00 sdw9870

Cypraea vitellus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Relief spots Large! F++/F+++ 63,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of brown color white white relief spots and beige dots, bluish mantle line. Margins and base pinkish/cream and white color with white spots. Has slightly irregularities and small defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2006 $8.00

Cypraea vitellus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Unusual Banded!  F++/F+++ 64 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/cream and orange/beige color bands on the center of the dorsum and brown on the sides with slightly relief white clear spots. Margins cream/beige color with white spots, base cream/white color. Has slightly irregularities and and growth defects, few healed bids on the base and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Bohol 2006 $12.00

Cypraea walkeri Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous!  F+++/Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with beige and grayish marks, beige dots. Margins and base yellowish color with brown and bluish spots, lavender aperture. Masbate 2008 $6.00

Cypraea zebra dwarf (Linne 1758) Outstanding!  F+++ 57,4 mm. Very beautiful. Honey color with grayish/brown bands cream/white and pale bluish spots. Beige color margins and base with white and brown with cream/white over line ocellata spots, grayish basal blotches and brown teeth. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Night diving at 20 feet in dead coral. San Blas Isl. Caribbean, Panama 2008 $15.00

Cypraea zebra dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput!  F++ 35,2 mm. Very beautiful with extended tip and unusual pattern. Yellowish/honey color with grayish, brown marks and bands, cream spots. Honey, cream color margins and base with light blue and white spots few are ocellata, dark brown teeth. Has few micro defects and a small drill hole near the tip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived night at 10-15 feet in dead coral. San Blas Isl. Caribbean, Panama 2010 $16.00

Cypraea zebra (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large Honey!  F++/F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful. Honey color with soft grayish bands bluish/white and cream/white spots. Cream and beige color margins and base with beige and brown with cream over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has a slightly irregularity, few micro defects and chip on the columellar anterior terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 10-20 feet in dead coral. San Blas Isl. Caribbean, Panama 2008 $20.00

Cypraea ziczac (Linne 1758) Outstanding Unusual Yellow!  Gem 14 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with unusual attractive beige and cream/white pattern, brown spots over the terminals. Margins and base orange color with blackish and brown spots. Masbate 2007 $4.00

Cypraea ziczac (Linne 1758) Outstanding Yellow!  Gem 15,9 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with attractive beige and cream/white typical ziczac pattern, brown spots over the terminals. Margins and base yellow/orange color with black and brown spots. Masbate 2007 $4.00
 

 

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