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Zoila kostini Northern Leeman Form !!!
69.6 mm     Leeman, Western Australia     205,00 €
Item# 0003679461
FamilyCypraeidae
NameZoila kostini - Northern Leeman Form !!! , Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2007
Size69.6 mm
LocalityLeeman, Western Australia
NoteOver the past ten years I have had a desire to collect friendii on the continental shelf west of Geraldton to study the inter-grade between aurata and kostini. Until February 2023 we had only found one live specimen in 200 metres of water west 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 that are the species food source. 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 mostly china white bases. They are quite vercoi like. Perhaps 70% kostini and 30% aurata is an apt description but I have decided to refer to them as "leemanesis". We collected this specimen from 195 metres west of Leeman whilst relocating our vessel from Geraldton to Perth during September 2024. It is a dead collected specimen with some nacre loss and a 4mm wide hole in it's posterior columnar side. This is indicated by a green arrow in the photos. This was almost certainly due to a close encounter with a champagne crab. These crabs are large with very powerful claws and the bad habit of crushing shells to eat the animal or hermit crab occupant.
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Start Price1,00 €
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Bid history:
uverdmann (290) 1 €23-04-2025 > 22:24:131
orepaul87 (132) 2 €24-04-2025 > 00:10:042
Jeffonese (842) 42 €24-04-2025 > 18:13:234
Jeffonese (842) 72 €24-04-2025 > 18:13:385
spondy62 (80) 72 €24-04-2025 > 08:20:183
Steffel (199) 74 €26-04-2025 > 18:34:177
Jeffonese (842) 102 €24-04-2025 > 18:13:506
deeps (111) 200 €30-04-2025 > 14:39:199
Harvey (96) 200 €28-04-2025 > 05:32:478
Ragpit (214) 205 €30-04-2025 > 16:53:0110