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| Item | # 0003331706 |
| Family | Cypraeidae |
| Name | Zoila friendii kostini - Leemanesis - New Form !! , Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2007 |
| Size | 63.8 mm |
| Locality | Leeman, 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 recently 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
March 2024 we had some
success finding a number of
specimens, west south west 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
can be quite vercoi like in
shape. Perhaps 70% kostini
and 30% aurata is an apt
description. I have decided to
refer to them as "leemanensis".
This is appropriate in my view
as this form is found off Leeman
and extends from Jurien Bay to
the Abrolhos Islands. This
specimen was ROV collected from 205 metres of water
west of Leeman in
February 2024. The shell has a
coarse gold spotted dorsum
and prominent gold trimmed
siphons with a clean white base. It has had a close encounter with a fish when it was young resulting in dorsal growth irregularity. Graded Fine + |
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| Start Price | 1,00 € |
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