COWRIES

 

Cyp. pulchra - 48mm, Gem, Red Sea. $60
Cyp. pulchra - 42.7mm, F+++, Red Sea. $30

Cyp. pulchra minima - 31.5mm, F+++, Red Sea. Beaut fresh specimens. $15

DWARF SPECIMENS!!!

Cyp. pulchra minima - 27mm, Gem, Red Sea. Nice dark color. $20
Cyp. chinensis - 38.2mm, Gem, Philippines. Lovely specimen with beaut mauve margin spots. $10

Cyp. chinensis - 38mm, Gem, Philippines. $10

JUMBO SIZE, UNUSUAL COLOR!!!

Cyp. chinensis - 42mm, F+++, Philippines. $12

BIG!!!

Cyp. chinensis - 46mm, F+++, Philippines. $20

JUMBO SIZE!!!

Cyp. chinensis amiges - 31mm, Gem, New Guinea. Purple spotted pattern almost to top of dorsum on columellar side. $20

UNCOMMON LOCATION!!!

Cyp. chinensis amiges - 34mm, Gem, New Guinea. Light colored specimen with high mauve margin spotting.$25 sold
Cyp. chinensis amiges - 36mm, Gem, New Caledonia. $30
Cyp. chinensis amiges - 34mm, Gem, New Caledonia. $25

Cyp. chinensis amiges - 33mm, Gem, New Caledonia. $30 sold

BEAUTIFUL MARGIN SPOTTING!!!

Cyp. chinensis amiges - 32mm, Gem, New Caledonia. $20
Cyp. chinensis amiges - 33.5mm, Gem, New Caledonia. $20
Cyp. chinensis amiges - 32mm, Gem, New Guinea. $12
Cyp. chinensis violacea - 37mm, Gem, Tanzania. $10
Cyp. chinensis violacea - 27.2mm, Gem, Tanzania. Beautiful little specimen. $8

Cyp. chinensis violacea - 27mm, Gem, Tanzania. Abnormally wide labral margin. $40 sold

UNUSUAL, BEAUTY!!!!

Cyp. chinensis variolaria - 33.7mm, Gem, Tanzania. Beautiful purple spotted calloused margin. Special specimen. $15.

Cyp. chinensis variolaria - 33mm, Gem, Tanzania. Beautiful purple spotted calloused margin. Special specimen. $15.

A BEAUTY!!!

Cyp. chinensis variolaria - 32.7mm, Gem, Zanzibar. Beautiful purple spotted calloused margin. Special specimen. $10.

Cyp. chinensis variolaria - 32mm, Gem, Tanzania. Unusual inflated form. $10

Cyp. chinensis variolaria - 40.5mm, Gem, Zanzibar. Unusual elongated form. $30

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Cyp. chinensis whitworthi - 40.6mm, Gem, Western Australia. $15

Cyp. chinensis somaliana - 30.7mm, Gem, Somaliland. Thick calloused margin and nice dark dorsum pattern with fine margin spotting. $250. sold

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!!

Cyp. chinensis somaliana - 33mm, F+++, Somaliland. Big specimen, deltoidal shape with nice calloused margin spotting. $150.

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Cyp. chinensis somaliana - 29.2mm, Gem, Somaliland. Thick calloused margin with nice purple margin spotting. $250. sold

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!!

Cyp. chinensis somaliana - 27mm, F+++, Somaliland. Deltoidal shape with nice calloused margin spotting and apricot colored base. $150.

Cyp. chinensis somaliana - 31.9mm, Gem, Somaliland. Deltoidal shape with calloused margins and nice purple margin spotting. $350.

SPECIAL DARK SPECIMEN!!!

Cyp. chinensis sydneyensis - 41.75mm, Gem-, Moreton Bay, Brisbane. $15 sold

RARE LOCATION!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 36mm, Gem, Marquesas Is. Typical shape from this location - big, depressed, deltoidal. This has a black color band across the dorsum. $12

DARK BEAUTIES!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 36mm, Gem, Marquesas Is. Flared margins with black color band also. $12
Cyp. caputserpentis - 37.9mm, Gem, Tanzania. Nice star burst dorsum pattern. $5
Cyp. caputserpentis - 30.7mm, Gem, Kavieng, New Guinea. Unusual light brown margin skirt. $6 sold
Cyp. caputserpentis - 31.6mm, Gem, New Guinea. Dorsum off alignment. $7
Cyp. caputserpentis - 30.7mm, Gem, New Guinea. Black band over dorsum. $6
Cyp. caputserpentis - 32.5mm, Gem, New Guinea. High margins and depressed. $6

Cyp. caputserpentis - 27.5mm, Gem, New Guinea. $5

LITTLE BEAUTY!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 32.5mm, Gem, New Guinea. Big deltoidal specimen (almost round), species from this location (Kavieng) tend to be dwarf forms. $8

BIG!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 25mm, Gem, New Guinea. Depressed. $6

DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 25.8mm, Gem, New Guinea. Humped. $5

BEAUT LITTLE DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 26.6mm, Gem, New Guinea. $5

DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 25mm, Gem, New Guinea. $5

DARK LITTLE DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 25mm, Gem, New Guinea. Blurred pattern. $5

DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 17.5mm, Gem, New Guinea. Comparison with normal sized specimen. $20

SUPER DWARF!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 34mm, Gem, Sri Lanka. Depressed with high black margin banding. $8

Cyp. caputserpentis - 25.5mm, Gem, Queensland. Melanistic specimens. $20

MELANISTIC!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis - 26.3mm, Gem, New Caledonia. Unusual specimens with cream margins. $20

UNUSUAL!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis set - 23-37mm, Gem. $20

SIZE COMPARISON SET!!!

Cyp. caputserpentis kenyonae - 36.4mm, Gem, Western Australia. $8
Cyp. caputserpentis kenyonae - 36mm, Gem, Western Australia. $8

Cyp. caputanguis - 39mm, Gem, Southern Queensland. $8 sold

DARK BLACK SPECIMENS!!!

Cyp. caputanguis - 34mm, Gem, Southern Queensland. Humped dorsum. $6

Cyp. caputanguis - 36.4mm, Dead collected (perfect except for drill hole in base), Northern New South Wales. $4

Cyp. caputanguis - 37.6mm, Gem, Northern New South Wales. The pattern on these is like star bursts in the night sky. $8

BIG!!!

Cyp. caputanguis - 36.6mm, Gem, Southern Queensland. Nice dark specimen.$8
Cyp. caputanguis - 35mm, Gem, Southern Queensland. Nice dark specimen. $8

Cyp. caputanguis - 36mm, Gem, Southern Queensland. Nicely humped, typical of this species. $8

Cyp. caputanguis - 34mm, Gem, New South Wales. Nicely humped, typical of this species. $8

A CONSTELLATION OF STAR BURSTS!!!

Cyp. caputanguis - 35mm, Gem, New South Wales. Nicely humped, typical of this species. $8
Cyp. caputanguis - 30.2mm, Dead collected (perfect except for drill hole in base), Southern Queensland. Dark little beauty. $4

Cyp. caputanguis - 28mm, F+++, Southern Queensland. Dark little beauty. $8

VERY DARK SPECIMEN!!!

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