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| Item | # 0004272886 |
| Family | Cypraeidae |
| Name | Talparia talpa f. lutani - KANNER COLLECTED , Bridges 2015 |
| Size | 66.7 mm |
| Locality | Tuamotus, French Polynesia |
| Note | An unusual beauty from the western Pacific. The shell features classic talpa golden brown banding on a sparkling dorsum nacre, The talpa displays high raised pitch black margins transitioning into chocolate brown lateral walls. The shell features pitch black/mocha brown extremities, perfect siphons and a clean, high gloss peanut/chocolate brown base. There are some subtle color gradient lines on the dorsum combined with finer growth lines. The shell was collected by the late/great Scuba diver Paul Kanner on a night dive while crawling on reef boulders at 10 meters on the northwest side of Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotus, French Polynesia in 10/2001. The specimen exhibits two shallow growth folds on the posterior ramp moving across the dorsum and a mini-wobble on the labral mid-lateral wall. Hand written data tag from Paul included. Grade: F++. |
| Seller | Seashell Trader (418) - Register to view Feedback |
| Seller Country | AUSTRALIA |
| Shipment / PaymentShip. / Paym. | Available for registered users... |
| Curr. of this item |  EURO |
| Start Price | 1,00 € |
| Current Price | 1,00 € - offered by goldcoastcowrie - You must be registered to make your offer -
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| Bid IncrementsBid Incr. |
| Range | Bid Increment |
| under 100 € | 1 € |
| from 100 to 200 € | 2 € |
| from 200 to 500 € | 5 € |
| from 500 to 1000 € | 10 € |
| over 1000 € | 25 € |
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| End | 30-09-2026 > 21:30:00 |
| shellauction.net timeServer time | 25-09-2026 > 08:42:11 |
| Time left | 5 days, 12 hours, 47 min |
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