Cypraea hungerfordi Sowerby, 1888. Trawled by Ning Bo fishermen at 150-200 meters. Zhe Jing Province, China, Fall 2006
This shell was extremely rare until the 2000s when Chinese fishermen began bottom trawling at great depths. Once located, he Chinese flooded the market and then it was easy to purchase by the dozen. Ina few years the market was saturated the collecting ceased and now fresh specimens are rare again.
Size ranges between 1.5 and 1 3/4 Inches. The base is orange rapidy fading to a deep cream. The dorsum is beige speckles and encircle beneath black blotches.It is a beautifulshell
de in the winter of 2,,8 direct from China.
If you win keep one for yourself and give the second to a fellow collector. It is highly unusual for.
Chines shells seldom have such good collection data.
Broward Shell Club 
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