Zoila jeaniana aurata  Raybaudi, 1979
Trawled off Northwest Cape, Northwestern Australia
by Taiwanese trawler.
This is a not often seen dwarf form with orange color base.
Length=59.5  mm   Width= 38.8  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila jeaniana aurata  Raybaudi, 1979
Trawled off North of Exmouth Gulf, Northwestern Australia
Trawled by Taiwanese at approx. 100 meter depth.
This is a not often seen dwarf form with dark spotting, 
well defined mantle line  and orange color base.
Length=66.5  mm   Width= 44.3  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila jeaniana jeaniana  (Cate, 1968)
Trawled off Monte Bello Islands, Northwestern Australia
This is a not often seen form with Café color base.
Length=74.5  mm   Width= 46.8  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila friendii friendii  (Gray, 1831)
Trawled off Mandurah, Western Australia
This is a not often seen deep water light colored form. 
Length=84.5  mm   Width= 45.6  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila delicatura  Chandler & DuRoss, 1997
Dived off Monte Bello Islands, Northwestern Australia
This is a new "form" of Zoila considered by many collectors
and malacologists to be a dwarf form of Zoila eludens
Collected in 1998 
Length=43.2  mm   Width= 31.2
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila thersites contraria  Iredale, 1933
Trawled East of Eucla, at 180 meters depth,
Great Australian Bight, Southern Australia
This is a not often seen deep water light colored form. 
Length= 67.4  mm   Width= 48.7  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Zoila thersites contraria  Iredale, 1933
Trawled East of Eucla, at 180 meters depth,
Great Australian Bight, Southern Australia
This is a not often seen deep water light colored form. 
Length= 65.6  mm   Width= 50.6  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Both of the above specimens were brought up in a single trawl
in 1999 and are both slightly sub-adult as evident from the prominent spire.
The specimen on the left is very close to the lectotype designated by
Dr. Barry Wilson.

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