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13  : armeniaca ( Verco 1912 ) -  91,1 mm - ( Umbilia ) - very rare
14  : armeniaca ( Verco 1912 ) -  111 mm - ( Umbilia ) - very rare - ex word record
64  : beckii ( Gaskoin 1836 ) -  12,3 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Taiohae,Nuku Hiva - Marquesas - founded by Robert Lance , april 1988 - rare now 
65  : beckii ( Gaskoin 1836 ) -  13,3 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Ua Pou - Marquesas - april 1995 - rare now 
66  : beckii ( Gaskoin 1836 ) -  15,6 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Marquesas  - rare now 
69  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 10,5 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée / found by Zizzo at - 50 m ,external reef - Tahiti - French Polynesia
70  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 12,9 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Tahiti - French Polynesia
82  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 13 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Tahiti - French Polynesia
83  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 14 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée morte à - 54m par Zizzo - Arue,Tahiti - French Polynesia - 1992
68  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 14,8 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée / found by Zizzo at - 50 m -Arue, Tahiti - French Polynesia
71  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 15,9 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée / found by JP Renaud at - 50 m -Arue, Tahiti - French Polynesia
67  : bernardi ( Richard 1974 ) - 16,5 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Tahiti - French Polynesia
02  : broderipii ( Sowerby 1832 ) -  85,4 mm - ( Lyncina ) - rare
03  : broderipii f. somalica ( Raybaudi 1981 ) - 72,9 mm - Modagiscio, Somalia - ( Lyncina ) - rare
01  : broderipii f. somalica ( Raybaudi 1981 ) - 95,5 mm -  big size - Somalia - ( Lyncina ) - rare 
98  : cumingii astaryi ( Schilder 1971 ) - 10 mm -  World mini size record - Marquesas - ( Cribarula) - moderately rare
99  : cumingii astaryi ( Schilder 1971 ) - 17,2 mm - Marquesas - ( Cribarula) - moderately rare
100: cumingii astaryi ( Schilder 1971 ) - 20,5 mm - Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas - ( Cribarula) - 25/30 m under rock - jan 1992 - moderately rare
101: cumingii astaryi ( Schilder 1971 ) - 20,9 mm - Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas - ( Cribarula) - found by Xavier Curvat - 1992 - moderately rare
102: cumingii astaryi ( Schilder 1971 ) - 23,8 mm - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas - ( Cribarula)  - moderately rare
55  : decipiens f.albino ( Smith 1880 ) - 57,2 mm - ( Zoila ) - Onslow, NW. Australia - rare form  - trawled 80 fanthoms summer 1980
93  : dillwyni ( Schilder 1922 ) - 11,6 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée vivante / found alive by Zizzo - Pirae,Tahiti - French Polynesia
94  : dillwyni ( Schilder 1922 ) - 11,9 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée vivante / found alive by Zizzo - Arue,Tahiti - French Polynesia
95  : dillwyni ( Schilder 1922 ) - 12,1 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Marquesas record - French Polynesia
96  : dillwyni ( Schilder 1922 ) - 13,2 mm - ( Erosaria )   - 40 m autour d'un massif de corail - Pirae,Tahiti - French Polynesia
97  : dillwyni ( Schilder 1922 ) - 15,7 mm - ( Erosaria )   Tuamotu record - French Polynesia
54  : eludens ( Raybaudi 1991 ) - 68,6 mm - ( Zoila ) - Exmouth, Australia - rare 
118: friendii friendii ( Gray 1830 ) - 101,2 mm - ( Zoila ) - Freemantle, W.Australia ,  -10 m on yellow sponge - 1991
120: friendii friendii ( Gray 1830 ) - 101,7 mm - ( Zoila ) - Garden island, W.Australia  - 1993
12  : fultoni fultoni ( Sowerby 1903 ) - 61 mm - NorthernTranskei - South Africa - (Barycypraea ) - very rare
11  : fultoni fultoni ( Sowerby 1903 ) - 71,5 mm - Mozambique - (Barycypraea ) - very rare
10  : fultoni amorimi ( Raybaudi 1989 ) - 81,9 mm - by trawlers at -150 m - South of Mozambique  channel- ( Barycypraea ) - rare
09  : fultoni massieri ( Lorenz 1991 ) - 85,3 mm - by trawlers at -120 m - Mozambique - ( Barycypraea ) - rare
75  : goodallii goodallii ( Sowerby 1832 ) - 8,5 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - French Polynesia
76  : goodallii goodallii ( Sowerby 1832 ) - 12,7 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Pirae,Tahiti - French Polynesia
74  : goodallii goodallii ( Sowerby 1832 ) - 14,7 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - pêchée de jour sur le récif sous un corail - Faie, Huanine - French Polynesia
73  : goodallii goodallii ( Sowerby 1832 ) - 16,3 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - pêchée vivante - Tuamotu - French Polynesia - Tuamotu record
72  : goodallii goodallii ( Sowerby 1832 ) - 17,3 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - pêchée / found by JP Lefort  on reef  -1 m ,Tefarerii ,Huahine - Polynesia -1994 - record
77  : goodallii fuscomaculata ( Pease 1865 ) - 10,8 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Arue , Tahiti - French Polynesia - rare
78  : goodallii fuscomaculata ( Pease 1865 ) - 13 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Arue , Tahiti - French Polynesia - rare
79  : goodallii fuscomaculata ( Pease 1865 ) - 13,9 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Punui, Tahiti - French Polynesia - rare
80  : goodallii fuscomaculata ( Pease 1865 ) - 14 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Marquesas - F.Polynesia - rare
81  : goodallii fuscomaculata ( Pease 1865 ) - 14,7 mm - ( Blasicrura ) - Marquesas - F.Polynesia - rare - Marquesas record
108: granulata cassiaui ( Burgess 1965 ) - 17,9 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Marquesas - F.Polynesia - rare 
109: granulata cassiaui ( Burgess 1965 ) - 20,5 mm - ( Erosaria ) - pêchée / found by O.Simonet - Nuku Hiva, Marquesas - F.Polynesia - rare
110: granulata cassiaui ( Burgess 1965 ) - 24 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Marquesas - F.Polynesia - rare 
111: granulata cassiaui ( Burgess 1965 ) - 27,5 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Taiohae, NUku Hiva, Marquesas - Polynesia - - 25 m sous rochers/ under rocks - rare 
112: granulata cassiaui ( Burgess 1965 ) - 30,2 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Ua Pou, Marquesas - French Polynesia - pêchée morte / found dead in 1994 - rare 
103: granulata granulata ( Pease 1862 ) - 28,9 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Hawaii - uncommon
104: granulata granulata ( Pease 1862 ) - 33,1 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Hawaii - uncommon
105: granulata granulata ( Pease 1862 ) - 33,3 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Oahu, Hawaii - uncommon
106: granulata granulata ( Pease 1862 ) - 33,6 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Makaha, Hawaii - ( - 90 pieds / feet under coral ) - uncommon
107: granulata granulata ( Pease 1862 ) - 33,8 mm - ( Erosaria ) - Makaha, Hawaii - ( - 25 pieds / feet under coral ) - uncommon
18  : guttata guttata ( Gmelin 1791 ) - 58,6 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Bohol Isl, Philippines - moderately rare - gem
19  : guttata guttata "bicallosa" ( Gmelin 1791 ) - 62,5 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - South Mindanao, Philippines - moderately rare - gem
17  : guttata guttata  ( Gmelin 1791 ) - 65,2 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Cebut Isl, Philippines - moderately rare
16  : guttata guttata  ( Gmelin 1791 ) - 68,3 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Cebut Isl, Philippines - moderately rare
15  : guttata guttata f.azumai ( Schilder 1960 ) - 65 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Taiwan - Trawled - moderately rare - World Record
20  : guttata surinensis ( Raybaudi 1978 ) - 45,5 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Thailand - rare 
21  : guttata surinensis ( Raybaudi 1978 ) - 48,8 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Thailand , Phuket- rare , 1993
22  : guttata surinensis ( Raybaudi 1978 ) - 49,5 mm - ( Perisserosa ) - Thailand , Phuket- rare , 1993
31  : hirasei ( Roberts 1913 ) - 47,3 mm - ( Nesiocypraea ) - Japan - gem - rare
32  : hirasei ( Roberts 1913 ) - 52,2 mm - ( Nesiocypraea ) - East of China sea - rare
33  : hirasei f. queenslandica " HOLOTYPE " ( Schilder 1966 ) - 56,7 mm - ( Nesiocypraea ) -Cap Moreton - Queensland - Australia - rare
37  : jeaniana aurata ( Raybaudi 1979 ) - 92 mm - ( Zoila ) - Onslow, West Australia - by trawlers 1976 - rare
41  : jeaniana f.sherylae ( Raybaudi 1990 ) - 46,2 mm ( Zoila ) - Shark Beach, Australia - rare ,beautiful dwarf specimen - 1995
57  : jeaniana f.sherylae ( Raybaudi 1990 ) - 70,9 mm ( Zoila ) - Australia - rare - sept 1993
42  : ketyana ketyana ( Raybaudi 1978 ) - 47,1 mm ( Zoila ) - W. Australia - gem, very rare
49  : ketyana ketyana f.hypermarginata ( Raybaudi 1993 ) - 48,7 mm ( Zoila ) - by diver  -33m / Carnavon, sw. Australia - rare
24  : langfordi lanfordi ( Kuroda 1938 ) - 54,8 mm - ( Nesiocypraea ) - n.east of Taiwan - rare
25  : langfordi lanfordi ( Kuroda 1938 ) - 59,3 mm - ( Nesiocypraea ) - Japan - rare
26  : langfordi moretonensis ( Schilder 1965 ) - 56,4 mm ( Nesiocypraea ) - Cap Moreton, Australia - by trawlers  at  -150 m - very rare
04  : leucodon leucodon ( Broderip 1828 ) - 90,9 mm - Balut Isl, Philippines  - ( Lyncina ) - rare
05  : leucodon f. tenuidon ( Lorenz 1999 ) - 63,8 mm - Thailand - ( Lyncina ) - very rare
113: mariae ( Schilder 1927 ) - 11,5 mm - ( Annepona ) -Arue, Tahiti - F.Polynesia
114: mariae ( Schilder 1927 ) - 14,3 mm - ( Annepona ) - Tuamotu - F.Polynesia
115: mariae ( Schilder 1927 ) - 15,1 mm - ( Annepona ) - Pirae, Tahiti - F.Polynesia
116: mariae ( Schilder 1927 ) - 15,35 mm - ( Annepona ) - Baie de Matavai, Mahina - Tahiti - F.Polynesia
117: mariae ( Schilder 1927 ) - 17,1 mm - ( Annepona ) - Tuamotu - F.Polynesia - Tuamotu record
50  : marginata albanyensis ( Raybaudy 1985 ) - 60,6 mm - ( Zoila ) - Bunbury, W. Australia - uncommon
51  : marginata albanyensis ( Raybaudy 1985 ) - 60,8 mm - ( Zoila ) -  W. Australia - uncommon - by diver at - 41 m
43  : marginata albanyensis ( Raybaudy 1985 ) - 63,3 mm - ( Zoila ) - Australia - uncommon
40  : marginata marginata ( Gaskoin 1849 ) - 59,7 mm - ( Zoila ) - City Beach, SW. Australia - uncommon
38  : marginata marginata ( Gaskoin 1849 ) - 60,7 mm - ( Zoila ) - Carnac is. - Australia - uncommon
39  : orientalis ( Raybaudi 1985 ) - 57,6 mm - ( Zoila ) - Pt Lincoln, S. Australia - by divers -30/40 m - rare
119: orientalis ( Raybaudi 1985 ) - 59,2 mm - ( Zoila ) - Yorke Peninsula, S. Australia - on sand - rare
36  : perlae  ( Lopez & Chiang 1975 ) - 42,8 mm ( Zoila ) - North Carnavon - N-W Australia - by trawlers in 1976 - extremely rare
35  : perlae  ( Lopez & Chiang 1975 ) - 45,7 mm ( Zoila ) - NW. Australia - extremely rare
28  : porteri porteri ( Cate 1966 ) - 46,6 mm - ( Lyncina ) - Cebu Isl, Philippines - rare
29  : porteri porteri ( Cate 1966 ) - 47,5 mm - ( Lyncina ) -  Philippines - rare
27  : porteri porteri ( Cate 1966 ) - 52,7 mm - ( Lyncina ) - Cebu Isl, Philippines - rare
45  : rosselli ( Cotton 1948 ) - 43,3 mm - dwarf / forme naine( Zoila ) -W.  Australia - moderately rare
44  : rosselli ( Cotton 1948 ) - 52,2 mm - ( Zoila ) - Australia - moderately rare
46 : rosselli ( Cotton 1948 ) - 53,8 mm - ( Zoila ) - Garden is. Australia - moderately rare
47  : rosselli ( Cotton 1948 ) - 54,1 mm - ( Zoila ) - Geraldton, W. Australia - moderately rare - gem
48  : rosselli ( Cotton 1948 ) - 55,6 mm - ( Zoila ) - Australia - moderately rare
34  : rosselli f. edingeri ( Raybaudi 1990) - 52,2 mm - ( Zoila ) - Shark's bay, Australia - by scuba diver at  -40 m on sponge - very rare
23  : sakuraii ( Habe 1970 ) - 45,2 mm - Japan - ( Nesiocypraea) - rare
88  : spadicea ( Swainson 1823 ) 43,6 mm - ( Neobernaya ) - California, USA - common
89  : spadicea ( Swainson 1823 ) 44,7 mm - ( Neobernaya ) - California, USA - common
90  : spadicea ( Swainson 1823 ) 53,3 mm - ( Neobernaya ) - La Jolla, California, USA /  -25 feet under rocks / August 1990 - common
91  : spadicea ( Swainson 1823 ) 59,1 mm - ( Neobernaya ) - Santa Barbara, California, USA - 1991 - common
92  : spadicea ( Swainson 1823 ) 61,6 mm - ( Neobernaya ) - California, USA - common
84  : surinamensis  ( Perry 1811 ) - 29,2 mm - forme et couleurs typiques - Brasil - ( Proadusta ) - moderately rare
85  : surinamensis  ( Perry 1811 ) - 30,8 mm - Brasil - ( Proadusta ) - moderately rare
86  : surinamensis  ( Perry 1811 ) - 31,7 mm - Venezuela - ( Proadusta ) - moderately rare
87  : surinamensis  ( Perry 1811 ) - 38,8 mm - Colombia - pêchée vivante / found alive - ( Proadusta ) - moderately rare
30  : teramachii ( Kuroda 1938 ) - 58,3 mm - Bohol, Philippines - ( Nesiocypraea ) - very rare
08  : teramachii ( Kuroda 1938)  - 70,9 mm - Balut Isl, Philippines - ( Nesiocypraea ) - very rare
58  : thersites thersites  ( Gaskoin 1849 ) - 69 mm - ( Zoila ) Pt Lincoln, S. Australia - uncommon black form - trawled at -30 m 
63  : thomasi ( Crosse 1865 ) - 14,6 mm - ( Erosaria )  Nuku Hiva, Marquesas  at  - 30 m - very rare - 
62  : thomasi ( Crosse 1865 ) - 14,9 mm - ( Erosaria )  Nuku Hiva, Marquesas  at  - 25 m at day under rock - very rare - jan 1994
61  : thomasi ( Crosse 1865 ) - 15 mm - ( Erosaria )  Hakahau point, Ua Pou, Marquesas at  - 30 m - very rare - march 1993
60  : thomasi ( Crosse 1865 ) - 15,5 mm - ( Erosaria )  Nuku Hiva, Marquesas  at  - 30 m under rock - very rare - 1993 
59  : thomasi ( Crosse 1865 ) - 15,6 mm - ( Erosaria )  Nuku Hiva, Marquesas  at  - 40 m - very rare - 1993
06   : valencia ( Perry 1811 ) - 84 mm - Bohol, Philippines - (Leporicypraea ) - rare
07  : valencia ( Perry 1811) - 88,1 mm - Panglao, Bohol, Philippines - (Leporicypraea ) - rare
52  : venusta roseopunctata ( Raybaudi 1985 ) - 70,7mm - ( Zoila ) - Australia - moderately common
56  : venusta roseopunctata f.roseoimmaculata ( Raybaudi 1985 ) - 69,7 mm - ( Zoila ) - Onslow, W. Australia  - by diver at  - 30m - rare
53  : venusta roseopunctata f.roseoimmaculata ( Raybaudi 1985 ) - 74,4 mm - ( Zoila ) - Esperance, SW. Australia  -rby diver at  - 30m - rare
 
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