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CYPRAEIDAE (GENERAL) A-H

Pricelist Cypraeidae Part 1,  updated 03-06-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837

Form & Locality:

Description:

Grading:

 Prices in AUD

Spain

under 32mm, small - rare in this size

F++/GEM

 $ 35.00

Spain

32-40mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Spain

40-45mm,

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

form inopinata, Senegal

28-32mm, hard to get from here

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791

Florida

under 18mm, heavy orange shells

GEM

 $ 8.00

Florida

18-20mm, heavy orange shells

GEM

 $ 10.00

Florida

over 20mm, heavy orange shells

GEM

 $ 12.00

Bahamas

over 20mm, paler than Florida shells

GEM

 $ 12.00

Puerto Rico

15-17mm, rare dwarf form

GEM

 $ 8.00

subspecies sanctaehelenae, St Helena

15-20mm, distinct South Atlantic form

F++

currently sold out

subspecies sanctaehelenae, St Helena

over 20mm, large, distinct South Atlantic form

F++

currently sold out

Cypraea albuginosa Gray, 1825

Mexico

under 20mm, small but typical

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Mexico

20-24mm, purple with white base

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Mexico

over 24mm, purple with white base - large & spectacular

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Galapagos Is

20-24mm, hard to get from this location

F++/GEM

 $ 35.00

Cypraea alfredensis Schilder & Schilder, 1929

South Africa

29mm, dead, with some pattern

Good

 $ 12.00

Cypraea algoensis Gray, 1825

South Africa

20-24mm, pale and fine spots

F++/GEM

 $ 45.00

South Africa

20-30mm, speckled dorsum

F++

 $ 120.00

form sanfancisca, South Africa

18-20mm, heavily calloused form, dead but colourful and good

dead

 $ 10.00

Cypraea alisonae Burgess, 1983

Western Australia

20-25mm, small for species

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Western Australia

25-30mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Western Australia

over 30mm, very large for species, heavily callused margins

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Hawaii

30-34mm, large and spectacular

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Cypraea amphithales Melville, 1888

South Africa

25-27mm, dead on beach

Good

 $ 50.00

Cypraea androyensis Blocher & Lorenz, 1999

Madagascar

10-15mm, dark chocolate brown, dead but polished

Good

 $8.00

Madagascar

15-18mm, dark chocolate brown, dead but polished

Good

 $ 12.00

Cypraea angelicae Clover, 1974

Gabon

under 24mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $ 55.00

Gabon

under 22mm, typical

F+/F++

 $ 35.00

Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791

South Australia

20-24mm, typical purple brown form

F++

 $ 12.00

South Australia

over 24mm, larger sizes

F++

 $ 20.00

form molleri, South Australia

Currently sold out

 N/A

Currently sold out

South Australia

25-30mm, larger sizes

F+/F++

 $ 55.00

subspecies subcarnea South Australia

22-25mm, entirely white form

F++/GEM

 $ 60.00

South Australia

22-25mm, entirely white form

F+/F++

 $ 45.00

Cypraea angioyorum Biraghi, 1978

India

20-30mm, hard to get now

F++

 $ 50.00

India

20-30mm, with growth line, hard to get now

F+

 $ 40.00

Cypraea annettae Dall, 1909

Mexico

under 30mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Mexico

30-35mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $ 7.00

Mexico

over 35mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Mexico

over 38mm, dark mottled brown

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

subspecies aequinoctalis, Panama

33mm, pale banded

GEM

currently sold out

Galapagos Is.

35-40mm, dark chocolate coloured shells, rare now

F++

 $ 175.00

Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

25-30mm, some with blue dorsum

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

form noumeensis, Fiji

20-25mm, typical for species

GEM

 $ 3.00

Queensland, Australia

24mm, albino shell

F++/GEM

 $ 24.00

form scutellum, Israel

15-20mm, pale blue dorsum

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

New Caledonia

20-25mm, interesting variety

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Zanzibar, Africa

20-25mm, interesting variety

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Tanzania, Africa

22-25mm, dramatic extreme rostration, a localised deformity producing superb shells

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758

Papua New Guinea

45-50mm, typical, but nice dark shells

GEM

 $ 3.00

Solomon Islands

45-55mm, unusual location

GEM

 $ 4.00

Queensland, Australia

55-60mm, typical

GEM

 $ 4.00

South China Sea

60-70mm, massive dark shells, often from shipwrecks

GEM

 $ 12.00

South China Sea

over 70mm, massive dark shells, often from shipwrecks

GEM

 $ 20.00

subspecies asiatica, India

55-60mm, nice inflated shells

GEM

 $ 3.00

subspecies asiatica, Thailand

40-50mm, callused shells

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

subspecies asiatica, Sri Lanka

30-35mm, variable dwarf sized shells

GEM

 $ 3.00

subspecies immanis, Mauritius

65-75mm, spectacular blotched pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form immanis, East Africa

65-75mm, dark spectacular sp.

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form immanis, East Africa

65-75mm, variable pattern

F+/F++

 $ 3.00

form westralis, Western Australia

50-60mm, was called brunnescens

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Cypraea arabicula Lamarck, 1810

Mexico

18mm, tiny dwarf specimens

GEM

 $ 10.00

Mexico

18-20mm, small but fully mature

GEM

$ 4.00

Mexico

20-25mm, typical size 

GEM

 $ 6.00

Mexico

over 25mm, large for this species

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758

Philippines

80-90mm, large shells with small eyes

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form contrastriata, East Africa

55-65mm, large eyes

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form contrastriata, East Africa

60-80mm, large eyes

F+/F++

 $ 6.00

form ventricosa, Fiji

55-65mm, small eyes

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

New Caledonia

65-68mm, busy pattern

F++

 $ 12.00

Cypraea armeniaca Verco, 1912

form westralis, Western Australia

under 85mm, darker than typical form

F+/F++

 $ 55.00

form westralis, Western Australia

85-95mm, dark form with orange base

F+/F++

 $ 75.00

form westralis, Western Australia

over 100mm, dark form with orange base

F+/F++

 $ 125.00

form westralis, Western Australia

under 85mm, darker than typical form

F++/GEM

 $ 100.00

form westralis, Western Australia

85-95mm, dark form with orange base

F++/GEM

 $ 140.00

form westralis, Western Australia

over 100mm, dark form with orange base

F++/GEM

 $ 230.00

South Australia

under 85mm, orange-yellow

F+/F++

$ 50.00

South Australia

85-95mm, orange - yellow

F+/F++

 $ 65.00

South Australia

under 85mm, orange - yellow

F++/GEM

 $ 95.00

South Australia

85-95mm, orange - yellow

F++/GEM

 $ 120.00

South Australia

95-100mm, orange - yellow

F++/GEM

 $ 130.00

South Australia

over 100mm, orange - yellow

F++/GEM

 $ 190.00

form brunnea, South Australia

95-110mm, dark shells

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Cypraea artuffeli Jousseaume, 1876

Japan

15-16mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 4.00

Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758

form bitaeniata, Solomon Islands

13-15mm, with some yellow on dorsum

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form latefasciata, Queensland, Australia

15-18mm, very trunCate,

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

form vespacea, Philippines

13-15mm, distinct bands, typical

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

Cypraea astaryi Schilder, 1971

Marquesas Islands

under 10mm, small and typical

GEM

 $ 35.00

Marquesas Islands

10-12mm, typical

GEM

 $ 45.00

Marquesas Islands

over 12mm, very striking shell Rare this size

GEM

 $ 60.00

Cypraea aurantium Gmelin, 1791

Philippines

80-89mm

F++/GEM

 $ 140.00

Philippines

90-100mm

F++/GEM

 $ 180.00

Philippines

over 100mm

F++/GEM

 $ 240.00

Cypraea barclayi Reeve, 1857

South Africa

22-25mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 50.00

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836

Okinawa

over 12mm, large shell, rare location

GEM

 $ 20.00

Guam

8-9mm, small local form

GEM

 $ 12.00

Solomon Islands

9-11mm, pacific form, rare

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Nicobar Islands

8-9mm, very rare Indian Ocean form

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder, 1937

Philippines

over 15mm, dark orange and dark base spots

GEM

 $ 5.00

Oman

15-18mm, dark dorsal blotch

GEM

 $ 6.00

East Africa

19mm, dark with white callus dorsally

GEM

 $ 6.00

subspecies mediocris, Tahiti

12-15mm, nice, orange shells

GEM

 $ 10.00

Solomon Islands

12-15mm, darker shells

GEM

 $ 8.00

Tuamotu

12-14mm, banded shells

GEM

 $ 10.00

Queensland, Australia

14mm, small

F+

 $ 6.00

Western Australia

18-20mm, hard to get from WA

GEM

 $ 10.00

Cypraea boivini Kiener, 1843

Bali

18-20mm, tiny dwarf from shipwreck location

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Central Pacific

under 25mm, typical

GEM

 $ 3.00

Central Pacific

over 25mm, typical

GEM

 $ 5.00

Japan

under 25mm, typical form

GEM

 $ 3.00

Japan

over 25mm, very large

GEM

 $ 6.00

Cypraea bregeriana Crosse, 1868

New Caledonia

20-24mm, rare locality

GEM

 $ 10.00

Solomon Islands

18-22mm, smaller orange shells

GEM

 $ 30.00

Cypraea brevidentata Sowerby, 1870

Western Australia

under 20mm, very rare as GEM

F+/F++

 $ 50.00

Western Australia

over 20mm, dark blue grey

F+/F++

 $ 65.00

form fluctuans, Queensland

20-25mm, grey with central blotch

F++

 $ 45.00

form fluctuans, Queensland

20-25mm, grey with central blotch

F+/F++

 $ 30.00

Cypraea broderipi Sowerby, 1832

Mauritius

83mm, southern pale form with single growth line on left of dorsum

F+

 currently sold out

Cypraea camelopardalis Perry, 1811

Red Sea

under 40mm, elongate form

F+/F++

 $ 30.00

Red Sea

40-50mm, typical shells

F+/F++

 $ 50.00

Red Sea

40-50mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $ 85.00

Red Sea

over 50mm, rare this size

F+/F++

 $ 95.00

Ethiopia

42mm, no dorsal spots

F+/F++

 $ 55.00

Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828

South Africa

25-28mm, dead shells

GOOD

 $ 3.00

South Africa

28-32mm, alive and heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $ 30.00

Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill, 1888

Easter Island

under 26mm, typical shells

GEM

 $ 4.00

Easter Island

26-30mm, typical shells

GEM

 $ 6.00

Easter Island

over 30mm, very large for species

GEM

 $ 12.00

Easter Island

over 35mm, giant shells  for species

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758

Cocos Island

33-35mm, large

GEM

 $ 2.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, typical form

GEM

 $ 3.00

Tanzania, Africa

25-30mm, distinct black base with white teeth

GEM

 $ 2.00

form argentata, Fiji

25-30mm,  fine spots

GEM

 $ 4.00

subspecies caputhophidii, Hawaii

20-25mm, humped and oval

GEM

 $ 4.00

subspecies kenyonae, W Australia

30-35mm, very variable form from WA

GEM

 $ 3.00

Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

40-45mm, large and heavy shell

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Queensland, Australia

25-30mm, small, but typical

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Indonesia

30-40mm, lovely dark fresh shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form bouteti, Tahiti

40-60mm, large foe this rare form

F+/F++

 $ 10.00

form bouteti, Tahiti

60-70mm, heavy and very large

F+

 $ 20.00

subspecies  propingua, Marquesas

23-25mm, Polynesian form

F++

 $ 8.00

form sowerbyii, Mauritius

25-30mm, very purple teeth

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Cypraea catholicorum Schilder & Schilder, 1938

Vanuatu

10-12mm

GEM

 $ 20.00

Solomon Islands

10-13mm, typical  with white spots on yellow background

GEM

 $ 25.00

Solomon Islands

13-15mm, typical with white spots on yellow background

GEM

 $ 30.00

Solomon Islands

over 15mm, giant for species

GEM

 $ 35.00

Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758

India

35-40mm, nice and dark with large lateral spots 

GEM

 $ 3.00

Philippines

35-40mm

GEM

 $ 3.00

form blaesa, W. Australia

35-45mm, very variable

GEM

 $ 3.00

form coprosa, Sri Lanka

30-35mm, very heavy marginal callus

F++

 $ 6.00

subspecies elongata, East Africa

35-40mm, small lateral spots

GEM

 $ 3.00

form longior, Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, large, typical specimens

GEM

 $ 5.00

form obscurata, Solomon Islands

30-35mm, heavy marginal callus

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Indonesia

35-40mm, dark shells with heavy marginal callus

GEM

 $ 4.00

subspecies quinquefasciata, Somalia

30-35mm, dark marginal spotting

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

form niger, Queensland, Australia

35-40mm, longior form, part niger

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

form hyper-rostrate, New Caledonia

43mm, heavy and callused

F+/F++

 $ 50.00

form rostrate-niger, New Caledonia

38-45mm, 20% dark tan / chocolate coloured

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

form rostrate-niger, New Caledonia

38-45mm, 20-50% dark tan / chocolate coloured

F++/GEM

 $ 35.00

Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870

Mauritius

17-20mm, deep orange shell

GEM

 $ 35.00

Reunion Island

20-25mm, broad with pale orange dorsum

GEM

 $ 40.00

form ogasawarensis, Okinawa

under 20mm, typical for this rare form

GEM

 $ 25.00

form ogasawarensis, Okinawa

over 20mm, typical and rare

GEM

 $ 30.00

form tomlini, Philippines

20mm, broad and orange

GEM

 $ 25.00

New Caledonia

20-22mm, rare from this location

GEM

 $ 30.00

subspecies viridicolor, Western Australia

15-20mm, tan/green colours, fully adult

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

subspecies viridicolor, Western Australia

20-25mm, can vary in colour

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Western Australia

over 25mm, often heavy margins

F++/GEM