CYPRAEIDAE / Cypraea tigris
 


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Cypraea tigris  Linnaeus, 1758
Collected while diving between 5 to 10 meters deep
on muddy sand; Pemba Island, Tanzania, East Africa;
November 2011
ID 9939: 90.4 mm, stone overglaze
 anterior & posterior stone overglaze,
dorsum brown stripe
solid & heavy specimen

29.00 €