Using cookies on shellauction.net:
Shellauction uses cookies only for technical reasons and to facilitate and speed up your site navigation.
By continuing to browse, you accept the use of cookies; if you do not wish to receive them please disable them or not navigate this website further.
More info Cookies on shellauction.net
Utilizzo dei cookies su shellauction.net:
Shellauction utilizza i cookies esclusivamente per ragioni tecniche e per facilitare e velocizzare la navigazione del sito.
Continuando a navigare accetti l'utilizzo dei cookies, se non desideri riceverli ti invitiamo a disabilitarli oppure a non navigare questo sito ulteriormente.
Altre informazioni sui Cookies di shellauction.net
Login Page Register to Buy... Shell Families - Fossils Links Contact Us
Go to ValeD's items Go to Cypraeidae (ARM)
Item Images
   
extra images
Item# 0003048706
FamilyCypraeidae
NameUmbilia armeniaca diprotodon - TOP, GIANT RARITY , Lorenz, F. & Beals, M., 2013
Size112.4 mm
LocalityPort Lincoln, SA
NoteUMBILIA ARMENIACA DIPROTODON (EX BRUNNEA) Giant size, live collected super rare, possibly even extinct, ssp. of the rarest Umbilia. Super mature, heavy (161gram) shell with well developed base and callus. Perfect terminals, no growth lines, nice, rich color. There are some invisible without magnification tiny blisters near anterior terminal. F+++/Gem-. Live collected by diver in 1996 at 30 meters in Thorny Passage off Port Lincoln - Great White Shark capital of Australia. There were no new specimens of U. diprotodon found in the last 25 years. I did 5 days of diving (2018) guided by expert diver collected majority of this specie, but I got zero result on the ground were this shell use to live. Possibly this ssp. extinct. Nearly impossible to get this specie in size over 110 mm. in any conditions in modern days.
SellerValeD (283) - Register to view Feedback
Seller CountryAUSTRALIA
Website   Dealer Website
Shipment/PaymentAvailable for registered users...
Currency of this itemUSD
Start Price7200,00 $ (approx. 6605,50 €)
Current Price7200,00 $ (approx. 6605,50 €) - no Bids  - Auction closed - 

            Click Here to Register

Bid Increments
RangeBid Increment
under 100 $1 $
from 100 to 200 $2 $
from 200 to 500 $5 $
from 500 to 1000 $10 $
over 1000 $25 $


End27-03-2024 > 21:30:00
shellauction.net time28-03-2024 > 19:29:59
Time left...
Go to ValeD's items
Go to Cypraeidae (ARM)


Bid history: