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Zoila venusta primoidea Rarely Offered !!!

69.3 mm Augusta, WA 200,00 €

Item

# 0004073967

Family

Cypraeidae

Name

Zoila venusta primoidea - Rarely Offered !!! , Gatliff, 1916

Size

69.3 mm

Locality

Augusta, WA

Note

Over the past ten years or so, when we have been collecting in deep water on the edge of the continental shelf off the lower west coast, we have run across a form of venusta that is quite different. I have used the name "primoidea" as it is my opinion they are the descendants of an ancient venusta that was probable to parent to the modern venusta. They consistently have tan spotted dorsums often with strong mantle lines and grayish sides. They have very prominent pinched siphons and have narrow apertures with fairly fine teeth. They are quite different to all other venusta including typical bakeri. Collected by ROV in December 2025 crawling on sand among sponges in 205 metres of water south of Augusta. Graded Fine as it has been mauled by a champagne crab at some point in it's life. The shell has re-glazed and healed the damage. These shells are very uncommon and we do not get many quality shells. Many we find are damaged by attempted crab and fish predication. Over the years we have collected very limited numbers of this form. Started at 200 euro so we could post four photos.

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