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Zoila friendii friendii

90.3 mm Cervantes, Perth, WA 1,00 €

Item

# 0004098959

Family

Cypraeidae

Name

Zoila friendii friendii , J.E. Gray 1831

Size

90.3 mm

Locality

Cervantes, Perth, WA

Note

Phenomenally patterned and colored specimen with nude/cream/ sienna brown/black/lateral walls with intense spotting. The shell exudes a wonderfully black/brown maculated dorsum with extended longitudinal windows of blue/grey primary hues in the middle in a wide dorsal line. The shell is wide laterally, has a russet brown and hyper-glazed base. The shell displays modest rostration, phenomenal dark and wondrous lateral wall spotting. Taken by Scuba diver at 20 meters off Cervantes, north of Perth, Western Australia in 4/2019 while grazing on a reef sponge. The shell displays three beautifully glazed gastropod self-repaired interior channel chips; two on the posterior extremity and one on the anterior extremity. Hard to see in images. Grade: F++/F+++.

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