My interest in shells began as a child collecting many different families but over the years, I have gradually reduced my interest in many families and concentrated on my greatest passion, the Cypraeidae.
Now wiser and over 30, I specialise only in cowries and have a collection of over 1300 different species, subspecies, forms and variations Most of all I have enjoyed collecting trips to Tahiti, Raratonga, Hawaii and most recently New Caledonia and Fiji in search of the more unusual specimens.
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Mauritia mauritiana, New Caledonia
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Bistolida stolida crossei, New Caledonia
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Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica, New Caledonia
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Lyncina broderipii, S. Africa
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Barycypraea fultoni amorimi massieri Mozambique
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Zoila eludens, W. Australia
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Zoila friendii friendii, W. Australia
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Zoila jeaniana aurata, W. Australia
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Zoila ketyana ketyana, W.Australia
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Umbilia armeniaca, S Australia
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