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Zoila venusta episema
65.4 mm     Mandurah, Western Australia     400,00 €
Item# 0004272530
FamilyCypraeidae
NameZoila venusta episema , Iredale 1939
Size65.4 mm
LocalityMandurah, Western Australia
NoteBeautifully nacred, inflated, humped and uniquely pattered episema. the shell has an almost "golden look" including remarkable deep sandstone/bronze pigmented dorsal spotting with notable and beautifully arranged quasi-transverse banding. The shell exhibits perfect cream/tan extremities with a cream/light tan fringed base. Taken by Scuba diver Andrew Edinger at 10 meters off west Bouvard Reef, off Cape Bouvard, south of Mandurah, Western Australia in 1/2016. The specimen was discovered sitting on the north side of a ridge on a brown/white sponge on the side of a boulder. Original hand written data slip from Andrew included. The shell shows a light growth fold on the posterior ramp and another lessor/insignificant one on the anterior ramp. Grade: F+++.
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