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Just a few of our New Additions (for more, please look at our price-list) Click on any of the pictures to view an enlarged version. Prices are in US $ and in Euros. |
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for the home page : http://algoabayshells.co.za/ Updated on : 3 November 2009 |
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| These are just a few of our new shells. Many more are on our price-list, so please check it out !! |
Bursidae
; Cassidae ; Conidae
; Cypraeidae,
Fasciolariidae
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Cypraea
thersites contraria F+ , 68mm, live-taken Off Port Lincoln, .W. Australia Trawled at 100m This form is so very rare... there are some soft growth lines, but very hard to get now. |
$ 1200 (Є 799) | |
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Cypraea
volvens
SPECIAL Gem , 20mm, live-taken Port Alfred, South Africa Dredged at 120m Super specimen ! Very rare ! Delicate spotting ... only one ! |
$ 1250- | |
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Cypraea
leucodon
SPECIAL F+ , 82mm, looks live-taken Cebu, Philippines Ex tangle nets at 100m. Still very rare.. Has dorsal growth mark, but special price ! |
$ 450 (Є 300) | |
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Harpa
gracilis
SPECIAL Gem , 22mm, live-taken Atoll de Napuka, Tuamotu Dived on sand at 15m Very Rare live-taken!!!! Found in 1997.. from old collection. Seldom offered live. |
$ 745 (Є 497) | |
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Cypraea
armeniaca
SPECIAL F++ , 88mm, live-taken Great Australian Bight, Sth. Australia Trawled at 180m. Lovely large yellow dorsal blotch |
$ 80 (Є 54) | |
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Cypraea
azurea
SPECIAL F++ , 28mm, live-taken Broome, W. Australia Dived on reef at 10m Super specimen ! Very LARGE !!! |
$ 60 (Є 40) | |
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Conus
barthelemyi
SPECIAL F+ , 61mm, live-taken Reunion Dived on reef at 30m Very dark orange, nice spotting !!! |
$ 30 (Є 20) | |
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Volutoci\onus
bednalli
SPECIAL F++ , 97mm, live-taken off Thursday Is., N. Australia Trawled at 60m. Classic rarity ! Superb pattern !!! |
$ 95 (Є 64) | |
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Cypraea
castanea castanea SPECIAL F , 35mm , dead-taken Cape St. Francis, S. Africa Dived on reef at 40m VERY rare !! Even dead-taken. Has 1 small drill-hole - still has some gloss ! |
$ 75 (Є 50) | |
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Cypraea
cervus
SPECIAL F+ , 115mm, live-taken Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA Dived at 20m on reef Very Large, small nick in anterior canal ! |
$ 40 (Є 27) | |
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Cypraea
stolida clavicola |
$ 50 (Є 33) | |
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Cypraea
marginata consueta SPECIAL Gem- , 60mm, live-taken Off Carnac Is., SW Australia Dived on sponge at 14m. Very dark spotting, Exceptional colour and quality !! |
$ 145 (Є 97) | |
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Cypraea
coronata debruini SPECIAL F++ , 31mm, live-taken Hout Bay, South Africa Dived on reef at 35m Habitat now protected... nice spotting ! Beautiful pattern and basal teeth. |
$ 80 (Є 53) | |
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Cypraea
erosa (Dwarf)
SPECIAL Gem , 18mm, live-taken Fiji On coral reef at night, 1-2m Superb specimen.. !! Very small !!! |
$ 30 (Є20) | |
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Marginella
floccata
SPECIAL F+ , 24mm, live-taken Port Alfred , South Africa Dredged at 100m. Dark, deep-water specimen.. very rare.! |
$ 20 (Є13) | |
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Chicoreus
florifer F++, 48mm, live-taken , w/o Tarpum Bay, Bahamas Dived on reef at 15m. Very rare "black" form - only from Bahamas |
$ 75 (Є 50) | |
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Cypraea
friendii friendii Gem- , 86mm, live-taken Binningup, S.W. Australia Dived on sponge reef at26m Fantastic quality and dark spotting. |
$ 85 (Є 57) | |
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Cypraea
grayana
SPECIAL F++ , 46mm, Live-taken from Quram beach, Muscat, Oman from ship-wreck Very rare - yellow form !! |
$ 35 (Є23) | |
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Cypraea
coloba greegori
SPECIAL
F++ , 24mm, live-taken Kor Bon Is, Phuket, Thailand Dived on reef at 30 m Uncommon sub-species. |
$ 20 (Є 13) | |
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Cypraea hesitata
hesitata SPECIAL F++ , 93mm, live--taken Victoria, Australia Trawled at 180m. Exceptional colour and quality !! |
$ 60 (Є 40) | |
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Cypraea
hesitata howelli
SPECIAL F++, 90mm, live-taken Victoria, Australia Trawled at 150m. Very rare sub-species...... |
$ 95 (Є 64) | |
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Cypraea
stolida kwajaleinensis SPECIAL F++ 26mm, live-taken North Loi Is. , Kwajalein Dived under rocks at 5-15m Rare sub-species... very beautiful markings... |
$ 110 (Є 73) | |
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Cypraea
fuscodentata grohorum SPECIAL F+ , 29mm, live-taken Buffels Bay, Sape Town, S. Africa Dived on sponge at 15-25m Habitat now protected.. very hard to obtain.......... |
$ 25 (Є 17) | |
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Cypraea oweni oweni
SPECIAL Gem- , 16mm, live-taken Mahebourg, Mauritius Dived on coral at 3m at night. Super rare sub-species....more so than oweni vasta. Seldom offered... Only 1 . |
$ 250 (Є165) | |
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Cypraea porteri
SPECIAL Gem , 49mm, live-taken Bohol, Philippines Ex tangle nets at 100m Very dark and beautiful... rare in this condition !! |
$ 250 (Є 165) | |
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Siphocypraea problematica
SPECIAL F+ , 50mm, fossil Sarasota , Florida, USA APAC fossil pits Rare in this quality - full gloss !!!!!! |
$ 60 (Є 40) | |
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Cypraea stolida rubiginosa Gem , 25mm, live-taken Laccadive Is., India Dived at 2-5m under dead coral. Gorgeous blotching ! Very rare !!!! |
$ 50 (Є 33) | |
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Cypraea thersites
SPECIAL F++ , 66mm, live-taken Freemantle, W. Australia Dived on reef at 30m. Gorgeous dark margins...... |
$ 30 (Є 20) | |
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Cypraea friendii
vercoi
SPECIAL |
$ 150 (100) | |
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Fake Cypraea carneola..... Did you guess correctly ?