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List #1526

Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 331072
Species: Cypraea camelopardalis Perry, 1811
Location: Egypt
Description: F+, CURIOUS SPECIMEN! STRANGE SHAPE WITH WIDE APERTURE! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON) - WAS 100.00
Size: 60.3mm
Price: $45.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 332315
Species: Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
Location: Philippines
Description: FREAK SPECIMEN FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 30mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 338677
Species: Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, ROSTRATED! THE BASE LOOKS LIKE A ROSTRATED STOLIDA! EX.COLL. PETER STIMPSON (CON)
Size: 31.6mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 339980
Species: Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
Location: Madagascar
Description: FREAK CRAZY SPECIMEN FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! YOU MUST SEE THAT! (CON)
Size: 28.5mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 330190
Species: Cypraea caurica longior Iredale, 1935
Location: N.Caledonia
Description: F+++, SMALL WORLD RECORD SIZE SPECIMEN FOR MELANISTIC FORM! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON) - WAS 40.00
Size: 27.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 318838
Species: Cypraea cf. cribraria L., 1758
Location: Philippines
Description: F+, VERY CURIOUS DEEP WATER SPECIMEN! HAS SOME SMALL DOTS ON THE EXTERNAL LIP LIKE GANTERI! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON) - WAS 150.00
Size: 28.3mm
Price: $90.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 326728
Species: Cypraea cf. depressa Gray, 1824
Location: India
Description: F+, VERY STRANGE SPECIMEN! VERY SPECIAL SHELL SOLD BY FELIX LORENZ TO PETER STIMPSON! (CON) - WAS 100.00
Size: 25mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 330153
Species: Cypraea chinensis amiges Melvill & Standen, 1904
Location: Hawaii
Description: F+++, NICE SPECIMEN WITH STRANGE SHAPE! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON) - WAS 50.00
Size: 35.4mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 327206
Species: Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis Lorenz & Hubert, 1993
Location: Brasil
Description: F++, MONSTER FORMER WORLD RECORD SIZE SPECIMEN! IMPRESSIVE! WE HAD SOLD IT TO A FRENCH DEALER IN PARIS IN 2000 AND HE HAD SOLD TO PETER STIMPSON WITH OUR LABEL!! (CON) - WAS 60.00
Size: 36.4mm
Price: $45.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 339369
Species: Cypraea depressa dispersa Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939
Location: India
Description: F+++, VERY UNUSUAL SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1976! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! LOOKS LIKE HYBRID! IT IS THE REAL SMALL WORLD RECORD SIZE (CON) - WAS 140.00
Size: 27.1mm
Price: $80.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 368306
Species: Cypraea eburnea Barnes, 1824
Location: Fiji
Description: F+, RARE OVERCASTING! FIRST TIME WE HAVE FOR SALE - EX.COLL. PETER STIMPSON (CON) - WAS 100.00
Size: 41mm
Price: $45.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 341078
Species: Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, WONDERFUL OVERCASTING SPECIMEN! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (THE WHITE DOTS ARE FLASH REFLECTIONS) (CON)
Size: 61.2mm
Price: $28.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 341079
Species: Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, SUPERB RUSTY SPECIMEN!! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON) - WAS 60.00
Size: 59.3mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 326152
Species: Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw, 1909
Location: S.Africa
Description: F++, IMMACULATA FORM! SUPERB SPECIMEN FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON)
Size: 32.9mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 324567
Species: Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw, 1909
Location: S.Africa
Description: F++, UNUSUAL DWARF AND ELONGATED SPECIMEN! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON)
Size: 28.5mm
Price: $45.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 294929
Species: Cypraea geographica maresinica Lorenz, 2017
Location: Philippines
Description: F+, FORMER SMALL WORLD RECORD SIZE FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON)
Size: 48.6mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 339208
Species: Cypraea grayana Schilder, 1930
Location: Oman
Description: F+, FABULOUS RARE RUSTY FORM FOUND BY DON BOSCH IN 1996!! EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A SMALL DEFECT ON THE TOP IT IS AN OUTSTANDING SHELL!! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION (CON)- WAS 120.00
Size: 46mm
Price: $70.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 320163
Species: Cypraea guttata azumai (Schilder, 1960)
Location: Japan
Description: F++, RARE JAPANESE SPECIMEN! FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON) - WAS 45.00
Size: 42.1mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 376003
Species: Cypraea helvola hawaiiensis Melvill, 1888
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, THICK BASE, HAND-PICKED BY BUNNIE COOK IN 1975 - ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LABEL INCLUDED
Size: 17mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362087
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: China
Description: F++, CREAM COLORED BASE, NICE PATTERNS! FROM ZHEJIANG
Size: 31.4mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362088
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: China
Description: F++, CREAM COLORED BASE, NICE PATTERNS! FROM ZHEJIANG
Size: 33.3mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362089
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: China
Description: F++, CREAM COLORED BASE, NICE PATTERNS! FROM ZHEJIANG
Size: 35mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362090
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: China
Description: F++, CREAM COLORED BASE, NICE PATTERNS! FROM ZHEJIANG
Size: 35.9mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 377471
Species: Cypraea isabella controversa Gray, 1824
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, SET OF 3 GREAT SUPER SLENDER DWARF FORM FROM THE BIG ISLAND! VERY ORNAMENTED!
Size: 17mm up
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 377472
Species: Cypraea isabella controversa Gray, 1824
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, SET OF 3 GREAT SUPER SLENDER DWARF FORM FROM THE BIG ISLAND! VERY ORNAMENTED!
Size: 17mm up
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 377473
Species: Cypraea isabella controversa Gray, 1824
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, SET OF 3 GREAT SUPER SLENDER DWARF FORM FROM THE BIG ISLAND! VERY ORNAMENTED!
Size: 17mm up
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 377474
Species: Cypraea isabella controversa Gray, 1824
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, SET OF 3 GREAT SUPER SLENDER DWARF FORM FROM THE BIG ISLAND! VERY ORNAMENTED!
Size: 17mm up
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 377476
Species: Cypraea isabella controversa Gray, 1824
Location: Hawaii
Description: Gem, SET OF 3 GREAT SUPER SLENDER DWARF FORM FROM THE BIG ISLAND! VERY ORNAMENTED!
Size: 17mm up
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 376005
Species: Cypraea isabella gilvella Lorenz, 2002
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, RARE SUBSPECIES! HARD TO GET FROM SOLOMON! SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY IAIN GOWER, AN AUSTRALIAN WHO BECAME A SHELL DEALER IN 1960s AND 1970s! (CON)
Size: 26.6mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 376006
Species: Cypraea isabella gilvella Lorenz, 2002
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, RARE SUBSPECIES! HARD TO GET FROM SOLOMON! SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY IAIN GOWER, AN AUSTRALIAN WHO BECAME A SHELL DEALER IN 1960s AND 1970s! (CON)
Size: 26.7mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 376007
Species: Cypraea isabella gilvella Lorenz, 2002
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, RARE SUBSPECIES! HARD TO GET FROM SOLOMON! SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY IAIN GOWER, AN AUSTRALIAN WHO BECAME A SHELL DEALER IN 1960s AND 1970s! (CON)
Size: 28.8mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 376010
Species: Cypraea isabella gilvella Lorenz, 2002
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, RARE SUBSPECIES! HARD TO GET FROM SOLOMON! SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY IAIN GOWER, AN AUSTRALIAN WHO BECAME A SHELL DEALER IN 1960s AND 1970s! (CON)
Size: 29mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 386862
Species: Cypraea lamarckii redimita (Melvill, 1888)
Location: Myanmar
Description: F+++, BEAUTIFUL SHINY SPECIMEN FROM BURMA! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 33mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 386863
Species: Cypraea lamarckii redimita (Melvill, 1888)
Location: Myanmar
Description: F+++, BEAUTIFUL SHINY SPECIMEN FROM BURMA! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 36.9mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 138570
Species: Cypraea lynx L., 1758
Location: Socotra Is.
Description: F+, GREAT FRESH SPECIMEN FOR RARE LOCALITY!
Size: 34mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 138571
Species: Cypraea lynx L., 1758
Location: Socotra Is.
Description: F+, GREAT FRESH SPECIMEN FOR RARE LOCALITY!
Size: 35.1mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 365361
Species: Cypraea mauritiana L., 1758
Location: Kwajalein
Description: F+, FIRST TIME WE HAVE FROM KWAJALEIN! COLLECTED BY MAJOR JACK LOOMIS IN 1956 - EX.COLL. VIRGINIA LEE (CON)
Size: 67.5mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 327209
Species: Cypraea ovum Gmelin, 1791
Location: Philippines
Description: FREAK! YOU MUST SEE THIS UNIQUE FABULOUS SPECIMEN FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION! (CON) - WAS 70.00
Size: 27mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 369595
Species: Cypraea petitiana Crosse, 1872
Location: Senegal
Description: F+++, FANTASTIC! UNIQUE DWARF SPECIMEN! (CON)
Size: 20.5mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 345560
Species: Cypraea pyrum nigromarginata Deprez & Govaert, 2009
Location: Spain
Description: F+, RARE FORM FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN IN ATLANTIC SIDE! LIVES ON ROUGH SEA AND NEVER GEM! EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE!
Size: 26.6mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 345561
Species: Cypraea pyrum nigromarginata Deprez & Govaert, 2009
Location: Spain
Description: F+, RARE FORM FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN IN ATLANTIC SIDE! LIVES ON ROUGH SEA AND NEVER GEM! EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE!
Size: 27.3mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 345563
Species: Cypraea pyrum nigromarginata Deprez & Govaert, 2009
Location: Spain
Description: F+, RARE FORM FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN IN ATLANTIC SIDE! LIVES ON ROUGH SEA AND NEVER GEM! EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE!
Size: 30.6mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 363994
Species: Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824
Location: Australia
Description: F++, A PAIR FROM VIRGINIA LEE´S COLLECTION - NOTHING RARE, BUT CAME FROM MAXWELL SMITH´S COLLECTION (1888-1961). SMITH DESCRIBED SEVERAL SPECIES AND HAD OTHERS NAMED AFTER HIM - EVEN A GENUS, MAXWELLIA! ORIGINAL LABEL INCLUDED (CON)
Size: 17-19mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362100
Species: Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Location: Australia
Description: Gem, GREAT! VERY SPECIAL SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY HOMER RHODE IN 1998!
Size: 29.8mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 362101
Species: Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Location: Australia
Description: Gem, GREAT! VERY SPECIAL SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY HOMER RHODE IN 1998!
Size: 31mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 366430
Species: Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Location: Australia
Description: F++, LARGE & INFLATED! BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS!
Size: 28.6mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 327192
Species: Cypraea teres elatensis Heiman & Mienes, 2002
Location: Red Sea
Description: F+, HUGE SPECIMEN FROM PETER STIMPSON COLLECTION - CURIOUS SHELL WITH SMALL RED-ORANGE DOTS ON THE APERTURE (CON) - WAS 150.00
Size: 42.5mm
Price: $80.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 353595
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F++, FANTASTIC SOLID AND HEAVY SMALL SPECIMEN! FOUND BY GIANNIS KAPLANIDIS IN TIOMAN ISLAND!!
Size: 75.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 378003
Species: Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder, 1924
Location: Brasil
Description: F++, SUPERB SPECIMEN! COLLECTED OFF RIO DE JANEIRO!
Size: 65.8mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 378019
Species: Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder, 1924
Location: Brasil
Description: F++, SUPERB SPECIMEN! COLLECTED OFF RIO DE JANEIRO!
Size: 71.3mm
Price: $25.00

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