★ JUMBO SIZE ★ Ipsa childreni (Cypraea childreni) – 27 mm – Perfect GEM quality Skeleton - cypraea childreni gray - 0 mm - 0 mm - 27 mm- Non-CITES species - (1)
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Specimen Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) from Mauritius, 27 mm jumbo size, GEM quality, original authenticity, year 1982, not a CITES-listed species.
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Product Description & Scientific Data
Scientific name: Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) – formerly Cypraea childreni.
Common name: Shrunken-head Cowry or Rib-headed Cowry (engl. Children's Cowry).
Quality grade: GEM (absolutely flawless collector condition; glossy enamel-like surface, perfectly preserved ribbing without any wear, knife-sharp outer lip and undamaged ends).
Size: 27 mm – large specimen! While standard pieces typically measure around 18–20 mm, this 27 mm cowry stands out as a true giant form (Jumbo / Big Size).
Morphology: Unique within cowries: The shell is covered along the entire dorsum and base with fine, raised, transverse ribs (ridges) that end in the sharp teeth of the aperture. The coloration is typically warm golden-yellow to light brown.
Family: Cypraeidae (cowries).
Origin & Habitat
Geographic origin: Indo-Pacific (the distribution is widespread and ranges from East Africa/Mauritius through the Philippines and Melanesia to Hawaii and Polynesia).
Habitat: A cryptic-living species. It hides by day in deep, narrow crevices and caves of living coral reefs, usually at depths of 10 to over 30 meters. Since living animals are rarely found and most often only empty shells are recovered from reef rubble, flawless GEM pieces are very rare
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SKU - Oberdiek - Cypraea childreni Gray 100
TAGS: Krebs Muschel Schnecken Maritim Nautic Nautisch Nautilus Meer Wasser Sammlung
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We are specialists in the sale of mussels and snails from collection solutions. We get most of these from Germany.
We offer very special pieces for sale here that we do not offer on our website.
Translated by Google TranslateProduct Description & Scientific Data
Scientific name: Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) – formerly Cypraea childreni.
Common name: Shrunken-head Cowry or Rib-headed Cowry (engl. Children's Cowry).
Quality grade: GEM (absolutely flawless collector condition; glossy enamel-like surface, perfectly preserved ribbing without any wear, knife-sharp outer lip and undamaged ends).
Size: 27 mm – large specimen! While standard pieces typically measure around 18–20 mm, this 27 mm cowry stands out as a true giant form (Jumbo / Big Size).
Morphology: Unique within cowries: The shell is covered along the entire dorsum and base with fine, raised, transverse ribs (ridges) that end in the sharp teeth of the aperture. The coloration is typically warm golden-yellow to light brown.
Family: Cypraeidae (cowries).
Origin & Habitat
Geographic origin: Indo-Pacific (the distribution is widespread and ranges from East Africa/Mauritius through the Philippines and Melanesia to Hawaii and Polynesia).
Habitat: A cryptic-living species. It hides by day in deep, narrow crevices and caves of living coral reefs, usually at depths of 10 to over 30 meters. Since living animals are rarely found and most often only empty shells are recovered from reef rubble, flawless GEM pieces are very rare
Sale and shipping via DHL only within the EU
SKU - Oberdiek - Cypraea childreni Gray 100
TAGS: Krebs Muschel Schnecken Maritim Nautic Nautisch Nautilus Meer Wasser Sammlung
Seller's Story
We are specialists in the sale of mussels and snails from collection solutions. We get most of these from Germany.
We offer very special pieces for sale here that we do not offer on our website.
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Era
After 2000
Specimen
★ JUMBO SIZE ★ Ipsa childreni (Cypraea childreni) – 27 mm – Perfect GEM quality
Scientific name
cypraea childreni gray
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Mauritius
CITES relevancy
Non-CITES species
Condition
Good condition
Year
1982
Weight
0 g
Depth
27 mm
Height
0 mm
Width
0 mm
Authenticity
Original/official
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