SCHOONER SPECIMEN SHELLS
Cassidae
Updated August
23, 2010
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Note: Cassidae has long been one of
my personal favorites because of the wonderful variety of shapes and surface sculpturing
the family boasts, along with some great colors and patterns! It is a small family,
with only about 85 species and 130 or so taxa (species, forms, varieties) in total.
Most live in relatively shallow water and eat echinoderms such as sea urchins. The
shells are usually rather sturdy, and are easy to clean and take care of.
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Stock # Name Description
Locality $USD
# Available
....29879...(1)...Casmaria
diuturnium Iredale, 1927....66,
67 mm. F+ high. Large, lovely bonnets just in time for Easter! Nicely
dentate lip & complete parietal shield...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
SOLD....Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....64 mm. F++. Large,
high spired specimen with bold axial wavy lined pattern. May be a named form...Philippines.
retained for photo
....26421...(1)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....49 mm. F++. Typically patterned specimens with immaculate lip
& siphonal canal. Uncommonly this nice...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....28726...(1)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....35 mm. F++. Unusual brown axial stripes on this one
give a look like a dwarf Phalium fimbria...Solomon Islands...$5
(1 available)
....15451...(4)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....40 - 44 mm. F++. Cream with brown spots on back of lip...India...$4
(4 available)
....26195...(1pr)...Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....42 & 45 mm. F++. Great extreme colour
pair, one typically light coloured, the other melanistic (?) brown...Zanzibar...$6/pair
(1 pair available)
....24577...(1)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....60 mm. F++. Smooth & shiny, with toothed, brown
spotted lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....12665...(1pr)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....39, 40 mm. F+. One of pair is light-colored & with
larger knobs...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
....24808...(1)...Casmaria erinacea
Linne, 1758....53 to 55 mm. F+. Interesting examples with unusual,
oblique axial lined pattern...$8 (1 available)
....15452...(4)...Casmaria ponderosa
Gmelin, 1791....32 - 37 mm. F+. Send for the Cartrights! Tan with brown
& white check at base & suture...Thailand...$3 (4 available)
....26115...(1)...Cassis cornuta Linne,
1758....82 mm. F+. Interesting little guy, with typical pitted surface
texture & lots of small shoulder knobs...Zanzibar...$12 (1 available)
....30178...(1)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....152 mm. F+. Good
adult size though with slightly under-developed lip...Philippines...$20
(1 available)
....27412...(1)...Cassis niveum Brazier, 1872....50,
51 mm. F+. Lightweight, deep water species. Similar to a small egg in shape, colour
& thinness!...Australia...$13 (1 available)
....36563...(1)...Cassis tuberosa
Linne, 1758....210 mm. F+. Huge, massive specimen of this Caribbean helmet,
with extended parietal wing & thick, well toothed lip. Siphonal canal a
bit chewed though...Bahamas...$29 (1 available)
....31916...(1)...Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758....124 mm. F++. Great specimen with fully
intact syphonal canal, lip & shield. Ex col & appears to have been varnished...Bahamas...$24
(1 available)
EXCEPTIONAL
SPECIMEN....35034...(1)...Cypraeacassis tenuis Wood, 1828....112
mm. F++. Excellent example with nicely developed lip & thick parietal shield...Peru...$65
(1 available)
....35032...(1)...Cypraeacassis
tenuis Wood, 1828....121 mm. F+ high. Nice
big specimen with beautifully developed lip & parietal glaze...Peru...$75
(1 available)
SOLD...Cypraeacassis
tenuis Wood, 1828....115 mm. F+. Peru.
retained for photo
....29756...(1)...Galeoocorys leucodoma
Dall, 1907....55 mm. F+ high. Snow white, with spiral rows of fine
beads & fully flared adult lip...Taiwan...$35 (1 available)
....24613...(1)...Galeodea
echinophora Linne, 1758....69 mm. F+. Rich
tan with 3 rows of pimple-like knobs & flared, ridged, full lip...Spain...$9
(1 available)
....30641...(1)...Galeodea echinophora
Linne, 1758....46 mm. F. Aptly named for the 2 knobby spiral cords
at the shoulder...Mediterranean...$6 (1 available)
....26136...(2)...Galeodea
echinophorella suzumai Sakurai 1984....36 to 42
mm. F+ w/o. Fine lined & tan, with a row of pale pustules on the shoulder.
A very rare form, seldom offered...South China Sea...$30 (2 available)
....28670...(1)...Galeodea rugosa Linne,
1758....95, 86 mm. F+ w/o. Big, plump & spirally grooved, but with slightly
rough edged lip & parietal shield...Mediterranean...$9 (1 available)
....22875...(1set)...Phalium
areola Linne, 1758....50 to 64 mm. F++. Fine
5 piece sets show a great variety of spotting patterns...Indonesia...$20/set.
(1 set available)
....26690...(1)...Phalium areola Linne,
1758....57 mm. F++. Bands of big, bold, brown blotches, with full apex
& dentate lip...China...$4 (1 available)
....15455...(4)...Phalium areola Linne,
1758....33 - 41 mm. F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$3
(4 available)
....15456...(2)...Phalium areola Linne,
1758....41 - 48 mm. F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$4
(2 available)
....15658...(1)...Phalium bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....55
- 57 mm. gem- w/o. Pinkish-tan with bands of brown squares...Philippines...$3.50
(1 available)
....24073...(5)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....48 to 55 mm. gem-. Rarely so nice!
immaculate lip, shield & canal, dorsal tan blush...India...$4 (5 available)
....17947...(2)...Phallium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....48 to 52 mm. F++. Purple-tan backs
& fine spiral grooves...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
....25665...(10)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....48 to 53 mm. F++. Excellent specimens
with full lips, canals & parietal shields...India...$5 (10 available)
....29507...(1)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....43 mm. F+. 4 rows of brown spots &
a good, fine toothed lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....25875...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....35 to
38 mm. F+. Intriguing freak form with a second lip on the dorsum...India...$7
(1 available)
....12663...(1)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....54 mm. F+ w/proto. Pale form often
confused with small P. glaucum...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....37230...(2)...Phalium
bisulcatum diuturnum Iredale, 1927....38, 36 mm. F++. Prime quality
examples with intact siphonal canals, parietal shields & fully developed
toothed lips...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....15458...(9)...Phalium
bisulcatum diuturnum Iredale, 1927....41 - 47
mm. F++. Pinkish gray & white, no spots...India...$6 (9 available)
....15459...(1pr)...Phalium bisulcatum
diuturnum Iredale, 1927....46 - 48 mm. F++. Light & dark pair,
no spots...India...$12/pair (1 pair available)
....37456...(4)...Phalium
bisulcatum fm. diuturnum Iredale, 1927....45 to 50 mm. F+/F++.
Unspotted form examples with full, dentate lip & good parietal/columellar
shield...Philippines...$8 (4 available)
....36294...(2)...Phalium
bisulcatum japonica Reeve, 1848....48 to 50 mm.
F++. Great examples with fully thickened & well toothed lip & complete
parietal shield...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
....37040...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum booleyi Sowerby, 1900....57 mm. F++ w/o. Excellent operculate
example of this neatly spotted form...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....36310...(1)...Phalium
bulla Habe, 1961....44
mm. F++. Great lightweight specimen with complete fine-toothed lip, canal
& parietal shield...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....35666...(1)...Phalium bulla Kuroda & Habe, 1961....37
mm. F++. Fragile, lightweight & actually translucent...Philippines...$14
(1 available)
....24074...(2)...Phalium
canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792....43 to 46 mm.
gem-. Practically perfect, with 4 rows of square brown spots...India...$4
(2 available)
....25666...(6)...Phalium
canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792....38 to 44 mm.
F++. Well channeled sutures, complete canals & lips, and lots of orange
brown spots...India...$4 (6 available)
....15460...(2)...Phalium canaliculatum
Bruguiere, 1792....37 - 44 mm. F++. pinkish gray with rows of orange squares.subsutural
groove...India...$3.50 (2 available)
....26197...(1)...Phalium
coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1886....97 mm. F++.
Superb specimen of this deep water species...Australia...$34 (1 available)
....29954...(1)...Phalium
coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1886....84 mm. F+.
Big specimen of this scarce & fragile deep water Bonnet...Philippines...$55
(1 available)
....37093...(1)...Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....61.5 mm. F++. Fat, orange spotted specimen
with well developed lip & all parietal fingers...Tanzania...$12 (1 available)
SOLD....Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....61 mm. F++. Zanzibar.
retained for photo
....19887...(3)...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume,
1888....50 to 56 mm. F++. Plump, well spotted specimens with good parietal
"fingers"...Zanzibar...$12 (3 available)
....36157...(1)....Phalium fimbria Gmelin, 1791....88
mm. F+. Huge,
beautiful example of this rare Bonnet, nicely ridged & with fully developed
& toothed lip...Tanzania...$125 (1 available)
....15462...(1)...Phalium granulatum Born, 1778....48 mm. F++ w/o.
Possibly a dwarf form. heavy, thick white lip...$3 (1 available)
....31950...(1)...Phalium
grannulatum Born, 1778....38 mm. F+. Interesting dwarf example
with nicely nodulated shoulder & thick lip & parietal shield...Puerto
Rico...$5 (1 available)
....36143...(1)...Phalium
maungmani Massilia & Prati-Musetti, 1995....83
mm. F++. Huge specimen of this fairly recently published species, with bold
brown axial bars & fully intact toothed lip & wrinkled parietal
shield...Indonesia...$60 (1 available)
....33947...(1)...Phalium
muangmani Massilia & Prati-Musetti, 1995....75,
77 mm. F++. Jumbo specimens of this high spired endemic form with spots tending
to line up into axial bands...Thailand...$55 (1 available)
....33948...(3)...Phalium
muangmani Massilia & Prati-Musetti, 1995....60
to 65 mm. F++. Beautiful high spired form with fully developed & toothed
lips & axial barred pattern...Thailand...$50 (3 available)
....33954...(15)...Semicassis bisulcatum diuturnum
Iredale, 1927....45 to 50 mm. F+ high. Close to bisulcatum s.s., but
slightly rounder & entirely without spots...Thailand...$5 (15 available)
SOLD....Semicassis
granulatum Born, 1778....87 mm. F++ w/o.
GINORMOUS!! Biggest I've seen, for certain...Brazil. retained for photo
....29508...(1)...Semicassis granulatum
Born, 1778....54 mm. F++. w/o Great very mature specimen with thick
& heavy lip varix...Florida...$7 (1 available)
....37254...(1)...Semicassis
labiata fm. iheringi Carcelles, 1953....46.5 mm. F++. Shiny fresh
specimen with pattern of dark chevrons & lip spots...Brazil...$24 (1 available)
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