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Zoila jeaniana praeclara DARK BEAUTY
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79.4 mm     Zuytdorp Cliffs, Western Austral     415,00 €
Item# 0003405107
FamilyCypraeidae
NameZoila jeaniana praeclara - DARK BEAUTY , Lorenz 2020
Size79.4 mm
LocalityZuytdorp Cliffs, Western Austral
NoteOutstanding subspecies specimen from the west coast of Australia featuring a desirable and dark dorsal botch, shimmering deep nacre gloss and a beautiful blue halo. The shell shows a moderate weight/size ratio, dark hued sharp contoured extremities, modestly tuberculated extremity margins and strong spotting of the columellar lateral wall. The specimen also displays a gleaming pitch-black base with well-developed aperture teeth. The praeclara was nabbed from a barrel sponge planted on a sand/rubble substrate by a expertly operated ROV at 85-90 meters, south of the Zuytdorp Cliffs, Western Australia in 2/2020. The specimen displays mid-dorsal wobble, a repaired mini-nick on the posterior columellar siphon channel and subnacre (glazed-over) blemish on the columellar lateral wall. Grade: F+++.
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Seller CountryAUSTRALIA
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Start Price400,00 €
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Bid history:
Keppel Bay (118) 410 €31-07-2024 > 13:13:552
MEI (422) 415 €25-07-2024 > 07:40:211