Cypraeidae A-E

Cypraea arabica cf. contraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Humped Exceptional pattern! F+++ 52,4 mm. Very beautiful, heavy and exceptional unique specimen. Sky/blue, brown, beige color attractive juvenile pattern and extended tip. Pale beige, cream, pale bluish color base and margins with brown, beige large spots, pale beige teeth. Has irregularities on the columellar side and a micro defect on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow ...

Cypraea cervus (Linne 1771) Gorgeous! F+++ 94,6 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Chocolate/brown color background with amazing cream, bluish/white clear spots and grayish mantle line. Margins and base tones of dark beige and blue/black color with bluish/white, cream spots, blue aperture and brown teeth. Has a healed slightly growth marks on the labial side and small nicks on the anterior terminal ridges doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Florida 1974

Cypraea arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,3 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, cream color background with attractive extended tip, dark brown pattern and gray marks. Callosus beige, cream color margins with blackish, brown, gray, beige spots. Base grayish and prune color with blackish spots, brown teeth. Has few micro defects. From my personal collection. Vipingo North Cost, Kenya 1976