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Zoila friendii kostini Northern Form !!! Image Not Available66.1 mm Dongara, WA 265,00 €  |
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| Item | # 0003189602 |
| Family | Cypraeidae |
| Name | Zoila friendii kostini - Northern Form !!! , Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2007 |
| Size | 66.1 mm |
| Locality | Dongara, WA |
| Note | Over the past ten
years I have had a
desire to collect
friendii on the
continental shelf
west of Geraldton
to study the intergrade
between
aurata and kostini.
Until our last trip
we had only found
one live specimen
in 200 metres of water east of the
Abrolhos Islands.
The reason for the
difficulty in doing
this has been
exceptionally
strong currents in
the area and our
inability to find
sponge beds. In
February 2023 we
had some success
finding a number of
specimens west
southwest of
Dongara and to the
southwest of
Geraldton. The
shells we found
were different to
both kostini and
aurata. They were
consistently larger
than southern
kostini, more
colorful with coarse
spotting not unlike
aurata, and less
rounded with mostly
china white base.
They are quite
vercoi like. Perhaps
70% kostini and
30% aurata is an
apt description but I
have decided to
refer to them as
"Northern Kostini".
This specimen is a
crabbed shell we
found in 205
metres of water
west south west of Dongara
in February 2023.
The shell is typical
of the northern
form being large,
with a coarse tan
spotted dorsum
and prominent siphons, the anterior has a small chip. It
has minor nacre
loss due to
abrasion. Fine++ |
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| Start Price | 1,00 € |
| Current Price | 265,00 € - offered by aart - Auction closed -
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| End | 29-11-2023 > 21:30:00 |
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