COWRIES

 

Cyp. argus contrastriata - 82mm, Gem-,Tanzania. BIG!! beauty with great spotting and underlying bands. Beautiful specimen. $25 sold

Cyp. argus - 95.5mm, F+++, New Guinea. $80

BIG!!!

Cyp. argus - 85mm, F+++, New Guinea. $30

Cyp. argus rariocelata - 78mm, F+++, New Guinea. This specimen is an uncommon form with almost closed large brown eyes. $40

 

Cyp. argus rariocelata - 73mm, Gem, New Guinea. $40
Cyp. argus ventricosa - 59mm, Gem, New Guinea. Beaut little dwarf specimen with clear bright eyes and prominent banding. $20

Cyp. argus ventricosa - 51.5mm, Gem, New Guinea. $30

SUPER DWARF!!!!!

Cyp. argus ventricosa - 55.5mm, Gem-, New Guinea. $30

LITTLE BEAUTY!!!!!

Cyp. argus ventricosa - 61.5mm, Gem-, New Guinea. $20
Cyp. leucodon - 79mm, F+++, Philippines. $750 sold
Cyp. leucodon - 76.9mm, F+++, Philippines. Beautiful clear spotting. $650

Cyp. tigris - 101mm, F+++, Tonga. Big beauty, with great mauve background color and blurred spotting with caloused margins. $20

SEE TIGRIS PAGE top of page 1. - 120 MORE BEAUTIES AVAILABLE!!!

Cyp. tigris - 97.5mm, Gem-, Tonga. $15. The mauve background is not shown to perfection in these 2 specimens, coloring is darker.

Cyp. mappa rosea - 72mm, F+++, Tanzania. Has a melanistic overglaze.$200

SEE 'mappa' page top of page 1. for 36 more specimens.

Cyp. mappa panerythra - 64mm, F++, Philippines. Has pink overglaze.$25

Cyp. mappa mappa panerythra - 73.5mm, Gem-, Philippines. Beautiful specimen with bright pink base and light pink overglaze. $50

Cyp. patherina - 84mm, Gem-, Egypt. BIG!! specimen, great color with mauve/gray coloring around the black spots. Looks like a tigris in this photo $50

SEE PANTHERINA PAGE top of page 1. - 80 specimens in stock.

Cyp. patherina - 80.7mm, Gem, Egypt. Beautiful color, blurred spotting, pink ends. $50
Cyp. patherina - 80.2mm, Gem, Djibouti. Beautiful color also with pattern changes above and below dorsum line - blurred blotching above, clear spotting below, pink ends and margin. $50
Cyp. patherina - 82mm, F+++, Egypt. Beautiful mauve under color, blurred spotting. $50
Cyp. patherina - 72.5mm, Gem, Sudant. Orange margin spotting. $30

Cyp. patherina (dwarf) - 48.6mm, Gem-, Djibouti. Little beauty of unusual color with reddy/orange spotted margins and pink ends $50

BEAUT LITTLE DWARF!!!!

Cypraea mauritiana - 84mm, F+++, New Guinea. $12

BIG!!!

Cypraea mauritiana - 66.2mm, F+++, New Guinea. $8

Cypraea mauritiana - 67.5mm, F+++, New Guinea. $12

BEAUT CLEAR SPOTS!!

Cypraea mauritiana - 59.5mm, F+++, New Guinea. $15

SCRAMBLED PATTERN!!!

Cypraea mauritiana calxequina - 79mm, F+++, Philippines. $10
Cypraea mauritiana - 60.4mm, F+++, Vanuatu. Beaut little dwarf specimen, very dark color. $15

Cypraea mauritiana(dwarf) - 50mm, Gem, New Guinea. Again beautiful little specimens from the same location, normally 90-100mm. $15

DWARF!!!

Cyp. talpa - 90.5mm, F++(no scars), Philippines. Nicely banded, golden specimen. $40

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Cyp. talpa - 65mm, F+++, Marquesas Is.Beautiful banding. $10
Cyp. talpa - 65.2mm, F+++, Reunion.Beautiful banding. $8

Cyp. vitellus - 66.75mm, F+++, Zanzibar. $8

BIG!!!

Cyp. vitellus - 58.5mm, Gem-, Philippines. Very high patterned margins. $4

Cyp. vitellus - 67mm, Gem, Philippines. Unusual spotting - pink/mauve instead of white.$20 sold

UNUSUAL!!!!

Cyp. vitellus - 61mm, F+++, Hawaii. $25

RARE LOCALITY!!!!

Cyp. vitellus - 48.25mm, Gem-, Great Barrier Reef. $3

Cyp. vitellus - 53.5mm, F++, Southern Queensland. Another unusual specimen with dark brown dorsum and very vague under spotting. Overglazed and very heavy. Only has minor flaws. $40

kurohari LOOK ALIKE!!!!!

Cyp. vitellus - 53.5mm, F++, Queensland. Minor faults.Heavy, toothless. $40
Cyp. vitellus (dama look alike) - 49.2mm, F+++, North Queensland. Pink base also. $12

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