28 The Rear Admiral Jerrold M. Michael Collection Donated by Mrs. Jerrold Michael, son Josh and daughter Clair
Lot 74 Lot 75 Mammal Volute Silklike Volute Livonia mammilla (G. B.Sowerby I, 1844) Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951 182.2 mm 90.5 mm Victoria, Australia Queensland, Australia Sub-adult specimen of this hard to get shell
Lot 77 Two Volutes (no data) Beautiful Volute Cymbiola pulchra (Sowerby I, 1825) 51.1 mm, Australia Lot 76 Deshayes’s Volute Cymbiola deshayesi (Reeve, 1854) Brazilian Volute 73.4 mm, New Caledonia Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811) 111.9 mm Uruguay
Lot 78 Three Australian Amoria Volutes Wavy Volute (2 shells) Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804) Gray’s Volute Amoria 71.9mm; 87mm Victoria, Australia grayi Ludbrook, 1953 68.1mm no data
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Lot 80 Two Australian Volutes Snowy Volute Yellow Volute Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804) Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791) 78.8 mm Lot 79 76.5 mm Barry Clark’s Volute Fusivoluta clarkei Rehder, 1969 80.1mm Lot 81 Durban, South Africa De Marco’s Volute Voluta demarcoi Olsson, 1965 88.1 mm Honduras Lot 82 From old collections only in recent years; Panther Cowrie Few newly collected speci- Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 mens on the market. 71.4 mm Gulf of Aden
Histrio Cowrie, Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) Gray’s Cowrie, Mauritia grayana Schilder, 1930 53.8 mm; Australia; few available in recent years 62 mm; Israel; few shells from this region availa- ble in recent years Lot 83 6 Mauritia Cowries Eglantine Cowrie; Maurita eglantina (Duclos, 1833) Depressed Cowrie, Mauritia depressa 55.4 mm (J. E. Gray, 1824) 45mm
(2) Arabian Cowrie; Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) 52.5mm; 44.2mm
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74.1 mm Philippines 65.5 65.5 mm Zanzibar form alga 77.2mm Hawaii Lot 85 Map Cowrie 3 shells Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) Lot 84 Two Cowries Giraffe Cowrie Lyncina camelopardalis (Perry, 1811) 55 mm; Red Sea Pacific Deer Cowrie Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) 74.9 mm; Tahiti
Lot 87 Hawaiian Tiger Cowrie Cypraea tigris schilderiana C. N. Cate, 1961 113.7mm, Hawaii 80mm Cape Verde Islands, very large One of the “must have” Hawaiian shells are jumbo sized Tiger Cowries. As the size increases the scarcity increases. Specimens in excess of 127mm (5 inches) are very rare.
63.7mm Senegal, cloudy over-glaze Lot 88 Lot 86 Teulere’s Cowie Barycypraea teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846) Rat Cowrie (2 shells) 50.8mm Trona stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Masira Island, Oman
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Lot 89 Eyed Cowrie (2 shells) Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758) 72.1mm; 71mm Thailand
Lot 90 Turtle Cowrie Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 113.4mm; Hawaii The exterior of the shells of the species are covered in tiny white specks. Lot 91 Great Spotted Cowrie (2 shells) Perisserosa guttata (Gmelin, 1791) 53.3mm; 59.6mm
Lot 93 Wonder Cowrie (very large) Umbilia hesitata (Iredale, 1916) 105.9mm West Australia
Lot 92 Atlantic Deer Cowrie (very large) Lot 94 Macrocypraea cervus (Linnaeus, 1771) Deceptive Cowrie 126.2mm Zoila decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1880) Mayport, Florida 53.3mm Largest species of cowrie in the world West Australia
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Lot 95 Venusta Cowrie Lot 96 Zoila venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1847) Friend’s Cowrie 65.9mm Zoila friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) West Australia 80.5mm West Australia
Lot 97 Lot 98 Rossell’s Cowrie Prince Cowrie, very large, fresh dead collected Zoila rosseli Cotton, 1948 Leporicypraea valentia (Perry, 1811) 47.3mm 90.2mm West Australia Philippines Possibly a great opportunity to add a very good representative of this rare and often expensive shell to your collection without breaking the bank
Lot 99 Golden Cowrie Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) 93.6mm Fiji
It is an unusual collecting locality. The vast majority of specimens on the market are from the Philippines.
There are small dull areas scattered across the dorsum, but still presents very well.
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Lot 100 Pacific Trumpet Triton 3 shell growth series Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758) 125.5mm; 235mm; 311mm
Lot 101 Australian False Trumpet Set of Two (one large and one juvenile) Syninx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) 223mm; 485mm (19 1/8”) juvenile - w/op Australia
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