FAMILY SPECIES LOCALITY SIZE QUALITY EURO
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea albuginosa, Gray 1825 Colombia 13mm Gem-, glossy, slender, small, Isla Malpelo 18
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea androyensis, Blücher & Lorenz 1999 Madagascar 14mm+ Dead, low gloss, brown to dark brown 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea androyensis, Blücher & Lorenz 1999 Madagascar 14mm+ Dead, some gloss, brown to dark brown, look F+/Gem 20
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Austr./N.Cal. 20mm+ F+/Gem, Cape York, Ile Ouen 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Indonesia 13mm+ F+/Gem, Irian Jaya, Ambon. 1,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Maurit. 17mm+ F+/Gem, Anse de la Rade 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin 1758 Philippines 12,5mm- F+/Gem, cute dwarfs 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 15mm+ F+, attractive freaks 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 15mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 17mm F+, attractive freak 25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 17mm+ F+/Gem-, cream dorsum, no yellow circle 9,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea annulus, Lin. 1758 Zanz./S.Afr. 16mm+ F+/Gem, Zanzibar, Natal 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabica gibba, Coen 1949 Thailand 58mm F+, dorsal blister, grey-brown pattern, heavy 46
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabica immanis, Sch & Sch 1939 Madagascar 40mm+ F+/Gem-, different patterns & dorsums, heavy, nice 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabica immanis, Sch & Sch 1939 Madagascar 76mm+ F+/Gem-, large, dark, brown base 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabica, Lin. 1758 Indonesia 45mm+ F+, young, pale, Borneo 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabica, Lin. 1758 Micronesia 54mm Gem, dark, beautiful 9
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea arabicula, Lamarck 1819 Cocos I. 17mm+ Gem-/Gem, dark, glossy 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea argus contrastriata, Perry 1811 Indian O. 53mm+ F+/Gem-, typical specimens, dorsal stresslines, Comores, Seychelles, Tanzania. 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea argus contrastriata, Perry 1811 Madagascar 52mm+ F+/Gem-, pale to dark dorsums 14
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea argus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 62mm+ F+/Gem-, typical specimens, dorsal stresslines 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea argus, Lin. 1758 timor 64mm F+/Gem-, typical specimen, dorsal stresslines 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea asellus, Lin.1758 Madagascar 12mm+ F+/Gem, glossy dark brown to black 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea asellus, Lin.1758 Philippines 14mm+ F+/Gem, attractive 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea asellus, Lin. 1758 Sri Lanka 13mm+ F+/Gem, small stresslines, paler than from other localities 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea aurantium, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 91mm+ F+, fine dorsal growthline 85
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea aurantium, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 96mm+ F+, fine dorsal growthline, large. 125
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Marquesas 13mm+ F, beige, broad. Nuku Hiva. 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Mozambique 14,5mm+ Dead, still glossy, pale, off Maputo. 13
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Okinawa 11mm+ F+, beige-brown, slender 14
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Philippines 12mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, dark 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Philippines 14mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, pale to dark dorsums 20
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea beckii, Gaskoin 1836 Tanzania 11,4mm Dead, still glossy, beige, Mbudya Island. 9
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea bistrinotata, Schilder & Schilder 1937 Philippines 16mm+ F+/Gem, typical glossy specimens. Mactan, Samar, Siasi. 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea boucheti, Lorenz 2002 Philippines 16,7mm F+, glossy, subadult 80
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea boucheti, Lorenz 2002 Philippines 16mm+ Dead, still glossy, collectable. 40
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea boucheti, Lorenz 2002 Philippines 18mm+ F+, glossy, minor defects 300
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea bouteti, Burgess & Arnette 1981 Tuamotu 44mm+ F/F+, glossy, dorsal flaws 24
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea broderipii, Sowerby 1832 South Africa 89mm Gem-, faint dorsal stresslines, glossy, heavy 2000
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea camelopardalis, Perry 1811 Ethiopia 41mm+ F+, dorsal irregularities, normal patterns 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea camelopardalis, Perry 1811 Ethiopia 64mm F/F+, dorsal growthlines, very reduced pattern 30
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 Austr./N.Cal. 23mm+ F+/Gem, different localities 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 China 26mm+ F+/Gem, different colours of base, Sanya. 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pacific 22mm+ F+/Gem, Moorea, Zanzibar, Madagascar 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pacific 30mm+ F+/Gem, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Madagascar 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 Japan 30mm+ F+/Gem, broad 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caputserpentis, Lin. 1758 Solomon I. 30mm+ F+, broad 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea carneola crassa, Gmelin 1791 Red & ArabianSea 19mm+ F/F+, slender to broad, Egypt, Israel, Oman. 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea carneola crassa, Gmelin 1791 Red Sea 41mm+ F+, slender to broad, Egypt. 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea carneola, Lin. 1758 Ind./Pac. O. 23mm+ F+, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Phil., N. Cal., Thailand, Mozamb., Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar. 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica corrosa, Gronovius 1781 Sri Lanka 23mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, pale to dark dorsums, calloused 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica elongata, Perry 1811 Madagascar 30mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, typical specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica elongata, Perry 1811 Madagascar 40mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, typical specimens 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica elongata, Perry 1811 Madagascar 41mm Gem, glossy, dark 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica, Lin. 1758 China 28mm+ F+/Gem, different patterns, Sanya. 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica, Lin. 1758 Philippines 35mm+ F+/Gem, different patterns 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata, Röding 1798 Red Sea/Ind. O. 24mm+ F+/Gem, Dubai, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt, pale to dark dorsums 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Cocos I. 72mm+ F+/Gem-, glossy, stresslines, dark to pale patterns, dark base 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Cocos I. 81mm+ F+/Gem-, glossy, stresslines, dark to pale patterns, dark base 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Cocos I. 93mm+ F+, glossy, stresslines, pale patterns, dark base, x-large 25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Ecuador 47mm+ F+, purplish brown or brown base 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Ecuador/Pan. 51mm+ F+/Gem-, typical specimens 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Galapagos 39mm- F+, brown base. Dwarfs. 7,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cervinetta, Kiener 1843 Panama 45mm+ F+/Gem-, glossy with a purplish-grey base 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea chinensis, Gmelin 1791 Pacific O. 25mm+ F+/Gem, Solomon I., Okinawa, Philippines 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cicercula lienardi, Jousseaume 1874 Mozambique 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy honey brown 7,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cicercula, Lin. 1758 Philippines 14mm Gem-/Gem, typical glossy specimens. Mactan. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cicercula, Lin. 1758 Philippines 21mm Gem, glossy, large. 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cinerea, Gmelin 1791 Florida 21mm+ F+/Gem-, different patterns 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea citrina, Gray 1825 Madagascar 16mm+ F+/Gem-, interrupted dorsal patterns 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina candida, Pease 1865 Australia 15mm+ F+/Gem, glossy specimens 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina candida, Pease 1865 New Caledonia 13mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, Baie des Citrons 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina, Lin. 1758 India 13mm Gem-/Gem, typical glossy specimens 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina, Lin. 1758 Philippines 12mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina, Lin. 1758 Philippines 17mm+ Gem-/Gem, large 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina, Lin. 1758 Thailand 13mm+ F+/Gem, typical glossy specimens 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina passerina, Melvill 1888 Madagascar 17mm+ F+/Gem, typical glossy specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina passerina, Melvill 1888 Mozambique 18mm+ F+/Gem, typical glossy specimens 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea clandestina passerina, Melvill 1888 Tanzania 18mm+ F+/Gem, typical glossy specimens 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea contaminata, Sowerby 1832 Philippines 12mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, grey - brown. 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea contaminata, Sowerby 1832 Thailand 11mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cribraria cribraria, Lin. 1758 Philippines 26mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, pale to dark dorsums 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cribraria cribraria, Lin. 1758 Philippines 30mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, pale to dark dorsums, large 12
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cylindrica, Born 1778 Pacific O. 25mm+ F+/Gem, different patterns, Philippines, Guam, Japan. 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cylindrica lenella, Iredale 1939 Australia 21mm+ F+/Gem, blueish-green, nice 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea cylindrica sowerbyana, Schilder 1932 Australia 24mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea dayritiana, Cate 1963 Philippines 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, from Palawan 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea depressa, Gray 1824 Indo/Pacif. 31mm+ F+/Gem, India, Laccadives, Okinawa, Fiji, Tuamotu, Micronesia, Tahiti. 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea diluculum, Reeve 1845 Comores 15mm+ F+/Gem, rather pale 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea diluculum, Reeve 1845 Madagascar 17mm+ F+/Gem, rather pale 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea diluculum, Reeve 1845 Mozambique 20mm+ F+/Gem, rather pale 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea diluculum, Reeve 1845 Tanzania 15mm+ F+/Gem, different patterns, Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam 1,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea eglantina, Duclos 1833 Indo/Pacif. 44mm+ F+/Gem, Solomon, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea eglantina, Duclos 1833 Philippines 56mm+ F+/Gem-, green-grey overglaze 7,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea erosa, Lin. 1758 Madagascar 28mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens. 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea erosa, Lin. 1758 Madagascar 29mm+ Gem-/Gem, = form similis, no ocellated spots, fading marginal blotch 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea erosa, Lin. 1758 Madagascar 32mm+ Gem-/Gem, very dark, resembling C. nebrites. 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones bimaculata, Gray 1824 Sri Lanka 24mm Gem, brown-green dorsum 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones bimaculata, Gray 1824 Thailand 19mm+ F+/Gem, blue-grey dorsums 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones caerulescens, Schröter 1804 Pacific O. 17mm+ F+/Gem, New Caledonia, Palau, Guadalcanal. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones coxi, Brazier 1872 Australia 21mm+ F+Gem, nice green-blue, with dorsal blotch 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones, Lin. 1758 Australia 20mm+ F+/Gem, Queensland, Capricorn Reef & Cooktown. 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones, Lin. 1758 Pacific O. 17mm+ F+/Gem, Philippines, China, Okinawa, Indonesia, Cambodia. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea errones, Lin. 1758 Thailand 20mm+ F+/Gem, glossy green-brown 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea esontropia francescoi, Lorenz 2002 Madagascar 12mm+ Gem-, glossy, pale to dark dorsums 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea esontropia francescoi, Lorenz 2002 Madagascar 14mm+ F+/Gem-, glossy, pale to dark dorsums 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea esontropia francescoi, Lorenz 2002 Madagascar 18mm+ Gem-, glossy, dark, attractive 25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea exusta, Sowerby 1834 Ethiopia 58mm F+, typical glossy dark brown specimen 130
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea felina fabula, Kiener 1843 Oman 17mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, dark 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea felina, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 14mm+ Gem, glossy 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea felina, Gmelin1791 Indian O. 16mm+ F+/Gem, Zanzibar, S. Africa, Somalia, Mozambique, Yemen, Madagascar 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fernandoi, Cate 1969 Philippines 18mm+ F+, juveniles - subadults 55
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fernandoi, Cate 1969 Philippines 18mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy specimens, good quality 200
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata durbanensis,Sch. &Sch. 1938 S.E. Africa 11mm+ F+/Gem, Zanzibar, Madagascar, S. Africa, Mozambique 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata, Gmelin 1791 Indo/Pacific 11mm+ F+/Gem, Philippines, 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata quasigracilis, Lorenz 1989 Zanzibar 14mm+ F+/Gem, greyish dorsums 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata, Mighels 1845 Marquesas 12mm+ Gem-/Gem, high gloss, dark grey-brown, attractive 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata, Mighels 1845 Pacific O. 9mm+ F+/Gem, Tuamotu, W. Samoa, Hawaii. 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea fimbriata unifasciata, Mighels 1845 Philippines 9mm+ Gem, distinct dorsal band, no marginal spotting 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea globulus, Lin. 1758 Thailand 19mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy orange-brown 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea globulus sphaeridium, S. & S. 1938 E. Malaysia 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, dark & glossy, nice 7
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis gracilis, Gaskoin 1849 Australia 15mm+ F+/Gem, Darwin, uncommon locality. 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis gracilis, Gaskoin 1849 Indo/Pacific 10mm+ F+/Gem, Japan, Sri Lanka, Guam, Thailand 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis gracilis, Gaskoin 1849 Philippines 12mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis macula, Angas 1867 Australia 14mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis macula, Angas 1867 Solomon I. 12mm+ Gem-, blueish grey, a few small brown flecks & dots 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea gracilis notata, Gill 1858 Red Sea/Indian O. 12mm+ F+/Gem, Djibouti, Tanzania, Egypt, Oman 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea grayana, Schilder 1930 Arab Peninsula 45mm+ F+/Gem-, typical glossy specimens, Oman - Yemen 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea guttata, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 49mm+ Gem-, glossy, mature 70
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea guttata, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 55mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy 90
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea hammondae dampierensis, S.&C Australia 12mm+ F+/Gem, see Lorenz pl.57, fig. 25-27 7,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea hammondae raysummersi, S.1960 Philippines 11mm+ F+/Gem, glossy cream-brown 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola argella, Melvill 1888 Indian Ocean 19mm+ F+/Gem, different dorsal patterns. Tanzania, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mozamb. 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola argella, Melvill 1888 South Africa 19mm+ F+/Gem, close to L. Pl. 83, fig. 11-12. Durban. 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola argella, Melvill 1888 Zanzibar 21mm+ F+/Gem, glossy grey dorsum with brown spots, lavender extremities 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola callista, Shaw 1909 Marquesas 18mm+ Gem-/Gem, greyish dorsums, white tips. 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola, Lin. 1758 China 21mm+ F+/Gem, pale or dark dorsums. Haynandao I. 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola, Lin. 1758 Indo-Pacific 14mm+ F+/Gem, pale or dark dorsums. Sol. I., Taiwan, Indonesia, Vanuatu. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola, Lin. 1758 Philippines 14mm+ F+/Gem, dark or pale dorsum, most are over 17mm. 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea helvola, Lin. 1758 Vietnam 22mm+ F+/Gem, dark dorsums 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea histrio, Gmelin 1791 Madagascar 43mm+ F+/Gem, attractive dark & glossy specimens 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea histrio, Gmelin 1791 Zanzibar 69mm F+, sligtly darker than average, small dorsal growthline 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea irrorata, Gray 1828 Marquesas 9mm+ F+/Gem, glossy pale to dark grey backgrounds 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea isabella lekalekana, Ladd 1934 New Caledonia 21mm+ F+, faint dorsal growthline 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea isabella lekalekana, Ladd 1934 New Caledonia 32mm+ Gem-, typical specimens 20
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea isabella, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pacific 18mm+ F+/Gem, Zanzibar, Philippines, Egypt, China, Kenya, Madagascar 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea isabella, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pacific 30mm+ F+/Gem, Zanzibar, Thailand, Egypt, Philippines, Madagascar 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri depriesteri, Sch. 1933 Philippines 13mm+ F+/Gem, glossy attractive blue-cream dorsums 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri depriesteri, Schilder 1933 Australia 10mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 3,
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri depriesteri, Schilder 1933 New Caledonia 12mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri depriesteri, Schilder 1933 New Caledonia 17mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens. Large. 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri depriesteri, Schilder 1933 Solomon I. 11mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri, Hidalgo 1906 Moz./Madag. 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, green-blue clouds interrupted by yellow. Mozambique - Madagascar. 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea kieneri, Hidalgo 1906 Tanzania 17mm+ F+/Gem, slightly paler, Dar Es Salaam 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea labrolineata, Gaskoin 1849 Philippines 12mm+ F+/Gem, pale & dark forms, most are over 16mm. 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea labrolineata, Gaskoin 1849 Philippines 20mm+ Gem-/Gem, pale & dark dorsums, large. 4,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea labrolineata, Gaskoin 1849 Solomon I. 12mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens. Guadalcanal. 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea labrolineata, Gaskoin 1849 Vietnam 14mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens. Nha Trang. 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lamarckii fainzilberi, L. & H. 1993 Tanzania 24,7mm Gem-, glossy & dark. some purple interstices. 160
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea langfordi, Kuroda 1938 Philippines 53mm F+/Gem-, dark & glossy, slight marginal deformation 325
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea leucodon, Broderip 1828 Philippines 70mm F, dark dorsum, rather diffused spotting, freakish indented on right side 650
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea limacina interstincta, Wood 1828 Madagascar 20mm+ F+/Gem, glossy greyish-brown dorsums 3,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea limacina interstincta, Wood 1828 Mozambique 20mm+ F+/Gem, glossy greyish-brown dorsums 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea limacina interstincta, Wood 1828 Tanzania 20mm+ F+/Gem, glossy grey to brown dorsums 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea limacina, Lam 1810 Vietnam 23mm+ F+/Gem, glossy greyish dorsums 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea limacina, Lamarck 1810 Philippines 17mm+ F+/Gem, pale to dark glossy dorsums 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lisetae maricola, Cate 1976 Philippines 12mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy cream-beige 175
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea listeri, Gray 1825 Indonesia 15mm+ F+/Gem, brown to blue-grey dorsums 7
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea listeri, Gray 1825 Madagascar 10mm+ F+/Gem, dark, glossy, small specimens 4,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea listeri, Gray 1825 Sri Lanka 12mm+ F+/Gem, typical to dark specimens 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lutea, Gmelin 1791 New Caledonia 15mm+ F+/Gem, glossy pale specimens 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lutea, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 11mm+ F+/Gem, cute. 0,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lutea, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 16mm+ F+/Gem, fresh & glossy, some are over 20mm. 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lutea, Gmelin 1791 Solomon I. 16mm F+/Gem, glossy pale specimen 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lynx, Lin. 1758 Madagascar 34mm+ F+/Gem, pale to dark dorsums 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lynx, Lin. 1758 Philippines 33mm Gem, pale dorsum, calloused 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea lynx, Lin. 1758 Philippines 38mm+ Gem-/Gem, dark dorsums, calloused 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea mappa, Lin. 1758 Philippines 65mm+ Gem-, glossy, different patterns 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea mappa, Lin. 1758 Philippines 72mm Gem-, glossy, elongate, nice freak 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea mappa, Lin. 1758 Taiwan 70mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical glossy specimens 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea margarita, Dillwyn 1817 Guam 12mm+ F+/Gem, high gloss 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea margarita, Dillwyn 1817 Philippines 13mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical glossy specimens 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea martini, Schepman 1907 New Caledonia 17mm Gem, see Lorenz Pl 68fig 23-27, large 70
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea martini, Schepman 1907 Philippines 12mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, typical specimens 30
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea martini, Schepman 1907 Philippines 13mm+ F+, glossy, stresslines or rather young 22
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea martini, Schepman 1907 Philippines 13mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy & dark specimens 35
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea microdon, Gray 1828 Philippines 9mm+ F+/Gem, glossy with nice purple tips 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea microdon, Gray 1828 Solomon I. 10mm F+/Gem, typical specimens, Ata’a. 4,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea miliaris, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 32mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea miliaris, Gmelin 1791 S.China Sea 30mm+ F+, blueish-green dorsums. 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea miliaris, Gmelin 1791 Singapore 30mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea miliaris, Gmelin 1791 Taiwan 42,4mm Gem-, fat & heavy 4,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea moneta, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pac. 12mm+ F+/Gem, variations in colour & shape. Indonesia, Solomon I., S. Africa. 1,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea moneta, Lin. 1758 Indo/Pac. 18mm+ F+/Gem, variations in colour & shape, China, S.A., Austr., Mald., Sol. I., Sri L., Mada 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea moneta, Lin. 1758 Philippines 14mm+ F+/Gem, bright yellow-green 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Japan 20mm Gem, rather dark, glossy 3,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin 1758 Mozambique 19mm+ Gem-/Gem, attractive. 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 New Caledonia 15mm+ F+/Gem, pale to dark specimens, glossy 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 P.N.G. 19mm Gem, glossy 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy cream to grey-brown 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Solomon I. 14mm+ F+/Gem, pale & dark specimens 1,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Sri Lanka 19mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Tahiti 14mm+ F+/Gem, low gloss, dark specimens 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus, Lin. 1758 Tuamotu 13mm+ F+/Gem, low gloss, rather dark 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis, G. 1791 Madagascar 17mm+ Gem-, typical specimens 2,
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis, G. 1791 Tanzania 22mm+ Gem-, rather glossy 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea obvelata, Lamarck 1810 Marquesas 18mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, typical specimens. 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea obvelata, Lamarck 1810 Society I. 20mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens. Tahiti & Huahine 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ocellata, Lin. 1758 India 24mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ocellata, Lin. 1758 Oman 23mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ocellata, Lin. 1758 Pakistan 23mm+ F+/Gem, rather dark 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ocellata, Lin. 1758 Sri Lanka 21mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea onyx, Lin. 1758 Pacific O. 30mm+ F+, typical specimens, Flores, Cebu, Strait of Malacca 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea oryzaeformis, Lorenz & Sterba 1999 Marquesas 9mm+ Dead, glossy white, 5 interrupted pale brown bands & dots, fresh dead 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ovum, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 28mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy greenish dorsums, orange teeth 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea oweni vasta, Sch. & Sch. 1938 Mozambique 14mm+ Gem, typical specimens, nice & glossy 30
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea oweni vasta, Sch. & Sch. 1938 Mozambique 16mm Gem, typical specimen, nice, base fully white 40
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pallidula, Gaskoin 1849 Philippines 18mm+ F+/Gem, see L. Pl 72 fig 19-21 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pallidula, Gaskoin 1849 Thailand 20mm+ F+/Gem, rather greyish blue, Gulf of Thailand 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pantherina, Solander in L. 1786 Egypt 84mm+ Gem-, dark brown & blue spots, orange spots on margins 40
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea poraria, Lin. 1758 Guam 13mm Gem-, glossy, rather pale dorsum. Neye Island. 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea poraria, Lin. 1758 Malaysia 13mm+ F+/Gem, glossy, purple brown dorsums. Penang. 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea poraria, Lin. 1758 New Caledonia 16mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, rather pale dorsums. 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea poraria, Lin. 1758 Philippines 17mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy lavender base, pale to dark dorsums 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea poraria, Lin. 1758 Vietnam 15mm+ F+/Gem, high gloss, very dark dorsums, deep lavender base 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea propinqua, Garrett 1879 Pacific O. 22mm+ F+, slender to broad, Moorea, tonga, Solomon I., Tuamotu, New Caledonia, Nuku Hiva. 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchella aliguayensis, V. H. & D. 2002 Philippines 31mm Gem-, large dark brown blotch, large & beautiful 35
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchella, Swainson 1823 Taiwan 31mm+ F+/Gem, rather small dark brown dorsal flecks 15
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchra, Gray 1824 Djibouti 48mm F+, dark, pink base, stresslines 25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchra, Gray 1824 Egypt 39mm F+, pale, white base, dorsal growthline 14
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchra, Gray 1824 Ethiopia 45mm F+, pale, pink base, dorsal growthline 24
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pulchra, Gray 1824 Oman 41mm F+, dark, pink base, dorsal growthline 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea punctata berinii, Dautzenberg 1906 Zanzibar 14mm+ F+/Gem, typical blotched tips 3,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea punctata, Lin. 1771 Djibouti 12mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea punctata, Lin. 1771 Madagascar 12mm F+, darker than average 2,25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea punctata, Lin. 1771 New Caledonia 12mm Gem, pale variety 2,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea punctata, Lin 1771 Philippines 10mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea pyriformis, Gray 1824 Australia 20mm Gem-, glossy, Queensland 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea robertsi, Hidalgo 1906 Ecuador 16mm+ F+/Gem, very dark & glossy 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea robertsi, Hidalgo 1906 Galapagos 23mm+ F+/Gem, in general a little bit less dark than the W. American ones 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea robertsi, Hidalgo 1906 Panama 20mm+ F+/Gem, dark & glossy 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea saulae, Gaskoin 1843 Philippines 18mm+ F+/Gem, Masbate form & brighter Bantaya & N. Cebu form. 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea saulae, Gaskoin 1843 Philippines 25mm+ Gem-/Gem, typical specimens from Masbate, see Lorenz Pl 66 fig 1 & 3 13
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea saulae, Gaskoin 1843 Samoa 19mm F+, large dark brown dorsal blotch, grwthline 11
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea saulae, Gaskoin 1843 Taiwan 23mm Gem-, small brown dorsal fleck. 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea scurra, Gmelin 1791 Madagascar 31mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, pale to dark dorsums 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea scurra, Gmelin 1791 Mozambique 34mm+ Gem-/Gem, glossy, fresh 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea consobrina, Garrett 1879 Huahine 10mm Gem, glossy grey dorsum, orange tips 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea laevigata, Dautz. 1932 Madagascar 13mm+ F+/Gem, glossy dark grey to brown dorsums 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea laevigata, Dautz. 1932 Sri Lanka 10mm+ F+/Gem, glossy dark grey to brown dorsums 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea, Lin. 1758 Japan 17mm+ F+/Gem, brown to grey dorsums, no further data available 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea, Lin. 1758 Philippines 19mm+ F+/Gem, brown to grey dorsums 1,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea staphylaea, Lin. 1758 Solomon I. 14mm F+/Gem, greyish dorsum 1,75
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea stercoraria rattus, Lamarck 1810 Ghana 56mm+ F+, glossy, blisters, stresslines, 2001. 25
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea stolida diauges, Melvill 1888 Zanzibar 25mm Gem, see L. Pl 79 fig 36, only sparse spotting 40
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea stolida diauges, Melvill 1888 Zanzibar/Pemba 27mm+ F+/Gem-, glossy blue-grey dorsums, dorsal stresslines 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea stolida, Lin. 1758 Philippines 23mm+ Gem-/Gem, large chocolate brown blotch on grey 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea stolida, Lin. 1758 Philippines 25mm+ Gem-/Gem, large chocolate brown blotch on grey. 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea talpa, Lin. 1758 Maldives 49mm F+, faint dorsal growthline, Ari Atoll 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea talpa, Lin. 1758 Thailand 61mm F+, dorsal growthline, blackish base 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea talpa, Lin. 1758 Tonga 67mm F+, faint dorsal irregularities, pale 7
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea talpa, Lin. 1758 Zanzibar 65mm F+, dorsal stresslines, dark 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea teres alveolus, Tapparone & C. 1882 Tanzania 28mm+ F+/Gem, pale, see Lorenz N.W.C. 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea teres, Gmelin 1791 Japan 24mm+ F+/Gem, Okinawa 4
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea teres, Gmelin 1791 New Caledonia 32mm+ F+, Loyalty Islands. 5,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea teres, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 20mm+ F+/Gem, pale to dark 1
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea teres, Gmelin 1791 Philippines 31mm+ F+/Gem, rather dark 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea testudinaria, Lin. 1758 New Caledonia 100mm F+, dorsal stresslines, dark 16
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea testudinaria, Lin. 1758 Zanzibar 126mm F+, dorsal stresslines, large cream areas, X-large. 24
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ventriculus, Lamarck 1810 Tuamotu 44mm F+, typical dorsal flaws 12
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea venusta episema, Iredale 1939 Australia 72,9mm F+, dark brown with high blue-grey margins 140
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus dama, Perry 181 Madagascar 56mm Gem, glossy dark brown dorsum, pale pink base 10
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 Australia 61mm F+, tiny dorsal scratches, Queensland 12
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 New Caledonia 38mm+ F+/Gem-, typical specimens 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 Philippines 39mm F/F+, distorted freak, no pattern on 70% of dorsum 5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 South Africa 41mm Gem-, high margins, Natal 6
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 Tahiti 43mm Gem-, high margins 8
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 Taiwan 41mm+ F+/Gem-, typical specimens 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea vitellus, Lin. 1758 Zanzibar 62mm F+, dorsal scratches, pale bands 9
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea walkeri, Sowerby 1832 Philippines 24mm+ F+/Gem, purple teeth, very nice 2
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea walkeri, Sowerby 1832 Philippines 29mm+ F+/Gem, purple teeth, very nice and large 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea xanthodon, Sowerby 1835 Australia 20mm+ F+/Gem, green-grey dorsums 3
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea xanthodon, Sowerby 1835 Australia 31mm+ F+/Gem, green-grey dorsums 4,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ziczac, Lin. 1758 Philippines 15mm+ F+/Gem, different patterns and colours, attractive 2,5
CYPRAEIDAE Cypraea ziczac, Lin. 1758 Thailand 15mm+ F+/Gem, typical specimens, Phuket. 3