Cypraea chiapponii #2 18.9mm Shell Specimen from Philippines

Get free shipping for your entire order when you buy any 3 shells at the same time. GEM! Cypraea chiapponii 18.9mm, Lorenz 1999, GORGEOUS BEAUTY from Philippines. Found by a diver in 60 feet of water under rubble, Bongao Island, Philippines, 2020. I know I have mentioned that high tide rubble line just full of small, bleached-out cowries about the

size of this one on that small beach at Kwajalein, but wow, it is amazing how many rare cowries I must have been looking through and seeing without realizing it! Cribraria comma, clandestina, childreni, mariae, martini, globulus, and now, chiapponii. huh. And the number of different varieties of chick-pea cowries, now that hurts, to think that amongst all of those little bleached out chick-peas, I was actually looking at the occasional GEM chiapponii without knowing it, ouch! . Anyhow, as the photos show, this is a gorgeous pastel-colored GEM that would look terrific sitting on your shelf! The perfect shell for a first-class collection. As for normal disclaimers, we do the best we can with photos, but

color is tricky, especially since cell phone cameras automatically lean towards flesh-tone coloring, (that's why so many of the photos of shells on eBay show up with more orange than is really there, the camera changes the color, and damm if I can figure out how to stop that from happening, but I try, honest!As for feedback, as your know, sellers live and die by the feedback you leaved, (please leave fives!) so if you have a problem, just let me know! After all, I'm retired, and all messages go directly to my phone, so unless I'm out shell collecting I will get back to you pronto-like!Shell collecting! Now there's a phrase that brings smiles to your eyes, doesn't it!Anyhow, if you have read this far, you have my apologies and best wishes from those of us at IslandShells323. And don't forget, Home is where your collection is! GEM! Cypraea chiapponii 18.9mm, Lorenz 1999, GORGEOUS BEAUTY from Philippines Buy 3 or more shells, get free shipping promotion---This promotion applies to any 3 shells bought at the same time, but unfortunately, this is a promotion we are doing, not eBay, so, we have to refund the shipping after you the buy 3 shells! If you have questions, we are here to answer them!Free shipping limitations---Please note, free shipping applies only to USA destinations.International sales---We use eBay's Global Shipping Program, eBay calculates the shipping and taxes, not us, and due to the pandemic, at this time eBay does not ship to everywhere, sorry. Please ask us if you have any questions.