Cypraeidae A-E

Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum brown color with cream, beige spots and mantle line, blue terminals and canals. Black, tones of brown margins and base with white teeth. Taken on tide pool at night. Anakena Beach, Easter Isl. (Isla de Pascua), Chile 1970

Cypraea depressa Gray 1824 Outstanding! F+++ 33,7 mm. Very beautiful. Chocolate/brown color with white, cream spots and mantle line. Hyper callosus blue, cream, white color margins and base with black, brown spots and brown teeth. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under coral slabs. Piti Reef, Guam, Micronesia 1970s

Cypraea cylindrica Born 1778 Outstanding! Gem 32 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum pale bluish color background with brown, beige blotches, marks and dots, blackish, brown terminal marks. White, pale blue color margins and base with few brown spots. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo 1969

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Gorgeous Banded Superb!Gem 20,7 mm. Very beautiful special form from central Brazil. Cream and pale beige color bands with blackish, brown dots. Cream color base and margins with black densely dots. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead corals. Off Ponta do Corumabu, Bahia, Brazil 2023