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Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Land Shells

TUAMOTU

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CYPRAEIDAE from Tuamotu

ID Shell: 339382
Species: Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F+, THE ORIGINAL LABEL SHOWS IT AS C. THOMASI (?) AND IT WAS DREDGED BY RESEARCH VESSEL PELE IN 1967! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 9.1mm
Price: $25.00
Offered in our list: 13i25

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ID Shell: 339383
Species: Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F+, THE ORIGINAL LABEL SHOWS IT AS C. THOMASI (?) AND IT WAS DREDGED BY RESEARCH VESSEL PELE IN 1967! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 10.2mm
Price: $25.00
Offered in our list: 13i25

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ID Shell: 383181
Species: Cypraea caputserpentis argentata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, GREAT SPECIMEN!! WHITE DORSUM!! VERY SPECIAL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 28.8mm
Price: $25.00
Offered in our list: 0626

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ID Shell: 388330
Species: Cypraea depressa gillei Jousseaume, 1893
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, SPECIAL POLYNESIAN FORM! FOUND IN THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!!
Size: 34.7mm
Price: $40.00
Offered in our list: 1826

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ID Shell: 379226
Species: Cypraea dillwyni F. A. Schilder, 1922
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F+, VERY RARE! COLLECTED IN 1980s, HARD TO GET! EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK
Size: 12mm
Price: $60.00
Offered in our list: 1926

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ID Shell: 387331
Species: Cypraea dillwyni F. A. Schilder, 1922
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F+++, RARE! VERY NICE SPECIMEN, SHINY, COLLECTED IN 1980s, EX.COLL. MIKE HART
Size: 11.1mm
Price: $180.00
Offered in our list: 1626

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ID Shell: 383135
Species: Cypraea irrorata Gray, 1828
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, BLUISH SHELL! RED DOTS! LIVE-TAKEN SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 8.9mm
Price: $20.00
Offered in our list: 0626

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ID Shell: 384423
Species: Cypraea leviathan bouteti C. M. Burgess & Arnette, 1981
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, VERY UNCOMMON! SLENDER ELONGATED SHELL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1989!
Size: 41.1mm
Price: $30.00
Offered in our list: 0826

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ID Shell: 385133
Species: Cypraea leviathan bouteti C. M. Burgess & Arnette, 1981
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, VERY UNCOMMON! SOLID SLENDER ELONGATED BANDED SHELL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1972!
Size: 42.3mm
Price: $30.00
Offered in our list: 1026

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ID Shell: 389584
Species: Cypraea leviathan bouteti C. M. Burgess & Arnette, 1981
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, VERY UNCOMMON! SOLID SLENDER ELONGATED BANDED SHELL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1972!
Size: 40mm
Price: $20.00
Offered in our list: 2026

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ID Shell: 382042
Species: Cypraea maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, YOU MUST SEE THIS SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! IT IS VERY UNUSUAL!
Size: 44.2mm
Price: $20.00
Offered in our list: 1826

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ID Shell: 340059
Species: Cypraea moneta L., 1758
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, FLAT SPECIMEN WITH SPECIAL SHAPE! THE ORIGINAL LABEL SHOWS AS C.MONETA HARRISI! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 24.3mm
Price: $7.00
Offered in our list: 4423

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ID Shell: 340060
Species: Cypraea moneta L., 1758
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F++, FLAT SPECIMEN WITH SPECIAL SHAPE! THE ORIGINAL LABEL SHOWS AS C.MONETA HARRISI! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 25.3mm
Price: $7.00
Offered in our list: 4423

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ID Shell: 352706
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL, COLLECTED IN 1960s! FAT SIDES, SUNKEN CENTER!
Size: 18.3mm
Price: $10.00
Offered in our list: 3924

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ID Shell: 352707
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL, COLLECTED IN 1960s! FAT SIDES, SUNKEN CENTER!
Size: 18.3mm
Price: $10.00
Offered in our list: 3924

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ID Shell: 352708
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL, COLLECTED IN 1960s! FAT SIDES, SUNKEN CENTER!
Size: 19mm
Price: $10.00
Offered in our list: 3924

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ID Shell: 352709
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL, COLLECTED IN 1960s! FAT SIDES, SUNKEN CENTER!
Size: 19.2mm
Price: $10.00
Offered in our list: 3924

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ID Shell: 352711
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL, COLLECTED IN 1960s! FAT SIDES, SUNKEN CENTER!
Size: 20.4mm
Price: $10.00
Offered in our list: 3924

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ID Shell: 328649
Species: Cypraea obvelata nubilis Sullioti, 1924
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, GIANT SPECIMEN! VERY SPECIAL FROM ANAA ATOLL! FOUND IN 1960!
Size: 20.5mm
Price: $8.00
Offered in our list: 1523

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ID Shell: 326587
Species: Cypraea obvelata perrieri (Rochebrune, 1884)
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, SMALL WORLD RECORD SIZE! FABULOUS TUAMOTU FORM! NO ORANGE RING! SPECIAL! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION!! (CON)
Size: 12.3mm
Price: $35.00
Offered in our list: 13i25

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ID Shell: 342385
Species: Cypraea poraria L., 1758
Location: Tuamotu
Description: F+, REGISTERED WORLD RECORD FOR SMALL DILLWYNI, BUT IT IS A PORARIA - STILL RECORD FOR SMALL! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 7.9mm
Price: $60.00
Offered in our list: 19i24

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ID Shell: 331748
Species: Cypraea punctata trizonata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
Location: Tuamotu
Description: Gem, EXTREMELY RARE UNSPOTTED VARIATION! SPECIAL DWARF SPECIMEN! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON)
Size: 12.6mm
Price: $30.00
Offered in our list: 44i24

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