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benicypraea · Posted: 07.01.2010, 00:37 Post subject: Photos of Zoila thersites thersites

Hello again:

Just for enjoy. Several pictures of one nice but not black thersites thersites gem from Stansbury, Saint Vincent Gulf, South Australia, collected by diver on sponges in 1995.
Still very fresh and glossy!
Regards,
Beni Cool

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Cowry collector (officially) from 1994 to the present day. I like all kind of cowries, but especially N&R, Zoila and color series in common species.
I also like Conidae and Mediterranean seashells.

Notocypraea · Posted: 08.01.2010, 06:06 Post subject:

G'day,

always a nice species to have in your collection and always a thrill for me to see whilst diving!
to add to your data...
Stansbury is on the Yorke Peninisula (Gulf St Vincent), South Australia

The third picture shows me that your shell is a young adult. Really mature adults have fully black lower sides and cream/ white and black base. No sign of brown etc near the aperture.

Very hard to find this species in anything approaching gem condition from my experience!

Nice shell.

Rgds,
Simon

benicypraea · Posted: 08.01.2010, 17:30 Post subject:

Thanks Simon, for your comments...
I really didn´t know what the shell is a young adult! I really believed it was a mature one...
I will take a look of the mature specimens pictured in the A.S.C.
Regards,
Beni Cool

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Cowry collector (officially) from 1994 to the present day. I like all kind of cowries, but especially N&R, Zoila and color series in common species.
I also like Conidae and Mediterranean seashells.

PVDB · Posted: 09.01.2010, 11:23 Post subject: PVDB - for Beni and Simon

Nice pictures all of them - always nice to share

Altough Simon is absolutely correct that the thersites is a young adult, it is still to be considered adult.
In the future we will add to our data: hatchling, very young bulla,wel formed bulla,transition from bulla to subadult, young subadult,well formed subadult and so on.
An interesting point that could confirm adulthood : was this shell sexually mature? f.i. found on egg cluster or in the presence of a partner?
I remain by my eternal position: a cypraea addict needs large, extended numbers of the same species, from every place possible and altough I never took a living subadult cypraea myself, I have several in my collection.

For me this thersites is to be considered adult, let it indeed be a young adult.

BBG fro PVDB.

benicypraea · Posted: 09.01.2010, 12:00 Post subject:

Thanks for your comment, too, dear PVDB.
As always, your comments are apreciated.
Regards,
Beni Cool

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Cowry collector (officially) from 1994 to the present day. I like all kind of cowries, but especially N&R, Zoila and color series in common species.
I also like Conidae and Mediterranean seashells.

RBS5 · Posted: 19.02.2010, 16:54 Post subject:

beni-

That is a beautiful thersites. Bravo.

Rex

Stolida Boy · Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Posts: 52

I like it Beni!!
SB

benicypraea · Posted: 19.02.2010, 19:52 Post subject:

Thank you, Rex & SB! Auf den Arm nehmen

Regards,
Beni Cool

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Cowry collector (officially) from 1994 to the present day. I like all kind of cowries, but especially N&R, Zoila and color series in common species.
I also like Conidae and Mediterranean seashells.

felix · Posted: 23.02.2010, 10:18 Post subject:

Fully adult in my opinion.

benicypraea · Posted: 23.02.2010, 16:58 Post subject:

Hello all:

Thanks for all comments about this nice specimen!
Regards,
Beni Cool

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Cowry collector (officially) from 1994 to the present day. I like all kind of cowries, but especially N&R, Zoila and color series in common species.
I also like Conidae and Mediterranean seashells.

Photos of Zoila thersites thersites