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Notocypraea subcarnea TASMANIAN TROPHY
28.4 mm     Bruny Island, SE Tasmania     1125,00 €
Item# 0004127940
FamilyCypraeidae
NameNotocypraea subcarnea - TASMANIAN TROPHY , Beddome 1896
Size28.4 mm
LocalityBruny Island, SE Tasmania
NoteThe rare Notocypraea subcarnea was first described by Beddome in 1896. Please refer to Lorenz's textbook; COWRIES A Guide to the Gastropod Family Cypraeidae Vol 1 Page 421. Images can be viewed on plate 172, page 352 & 353, Vol 2. The is a trophy specimen exhibiting great colour with beautiful spotting and actually live collected. Exceptional examples of the species are normally found dead and generally flawed to some degree with growth lines or nacre inclusions due to the rough environment they inhabit. This is a rare opportunity to own a very rare specimen of Cypraea that is absent from nearly all and even the most advanced Cypraea collections internationally. The shell displays excellent nacre gloss, perfect extremities and base, The large female specimen was captured by Scuba diver at 18-20 meters under a large growth encrusted dolerite rock on a silty reef system in the D’Entreacasteux Channel, North Bruny Island, South Eastern Tasmania in 3/2015. The shell is modestly growthy (typical for allshells of this species) with a negligible crease of the mid-labral lateral wall. Grade: F+++/GEM minus.
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Start Price205,00 €
Current Price1125,00 € - offered by GKS  - Auction closed - 

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GKS (149) 205 €23-04-2026 > 00:29:101
Plus1sec (61) 210 €23-04-2026 > 01:54:522
conchsearch (239) 215 €24-04-2026 > 07:27:513
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GKS (149) 1125 €29-04-2026 > 21:29:4722