SCHOONER SPECIMEN SHELLS
Cassidae
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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
SOLD....Casmaria
diuturnium Iredale, 1927....66,
67 mm. F+ high. Philippines.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38697...(1)...Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....64 mm. F++. Larger and better than
average specimen with perfect lip & canal...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....38698...(2pr)...Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....57 to 60 mm. F++. Perfect pairs!
One is patternless & paler, the other with long, wavy axial lines...Philippines...$9
(2 pair available)
....38699...(5)...Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....50 to 57 mm. F++. Great examples,
with brown axial lines & excellent lip & siphonal canal...Philippines...$5
(5 available)
SOLD....Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....64 mm. F++. Philippines.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Casmaria
erinacea Linne, 1758....42 & 45 mm. F++. Zanzibar.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38999...(2)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....240 mm. F++. Amazing examples! Large and
in superb condition, with thick, well developed shields & intact siphonal
canals...Philippines...$29 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....39000...(2)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....210, 215 mm. F++. Big beauties, with wonderfully
intact shield & canal...Philippines...$26 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....39001...(2)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....185 mm. F++. Good specimens with nicely
intact shields & siphonal canals...Philippines...$23 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....38587...(1)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....218 mm. F++. Magnificent, massive,
monster, most likely female, with huge “horns”, big, flared lip
and in top condition...Philippines...$28 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38208...(1set)...Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....49, 83 & 104 mm. F++. Interesting
junior growth study series, one with 4 varices, one with 5 & one with 6
(adults have 7 or 8)...ex col...$45 (1 set 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)
SOLD....Cassis
cornuta Linne, 1758....303 mm. F+. Philippines.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Cassis
niveum Brazier, 1872....50, 51 mm. F+. Australia. ........shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39541...(1)...Casmaria
ponderosa fm. turgida Reeve, 1848....49
mm. F++. Great totally intact specimen of the light-weight form with brown zig-zag
pattern...Somalia...$15 (1 available)
....39149...(1)...Cassis
rufa Linne, 1758....157 mm. F+. Nice, large example with
well flared lip & thickened parietal shield...Philippines...$40 (1 available)
OVERSIZE
....39150...(1)...Cassis
rufa Linne, 1758....139 mm. F++. Superb specimen, with
no growth marks, good siphonal canal & thickened, dark orange lip &
parietal glaze...Philippines...$32 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38592...(1)...Cassis
rufa Linne, 1758....142 mm. F+. Well developed & thick
lipped specimen, pretty orange-red, though slightly rough around the siphonal
canal...Pacific...$25 (1 available)
NEW....39517...(1)...Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758.... 182 mm. F++. Large spectacular
examples with well thickened lips, big parietal shield “wings” and
fully intact siphonal canals...Jamaica...$35 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38588...(1)...Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758....143 mm. F+high. Big, fresh, heavy
& dark, virtually perfect but for a small chip on the anterior parietal
shield...Caribbean...$35 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38589...(1)...Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758....121 mm. F++. Great specimen with
fully developed & intact lip & parietal shield...Caribbean...$27 (1
available) OVERSIZE
....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) OVERSIZE
SOLD....Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758....210 mm. F+. Bahamas.........shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Cassis
tuberosa Linne, 1758....193 mm. F++. Bahamas. ........shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38064...(2)...Cypraeacassis
coarctata Sowerby, 1825....48 to 51 mm. F+. Decent beach
specimens, selected from dozens...West Mexico...$8 (2 available)
....38067...(1)...Cypraeacassis
rufa Linne, 1758....72 mm. F+. Odd & interesting dwarf
specimen, with fully developed lip & parietal shield...ex col...$19 (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)
SOLD...Cypraeacassis
tenuis Wood, 1828....115 mm. F+. Peru. ......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37981...(1set)...Cypraeacassis
testiculus Linne, 1758....45 to 62 mm. F++. 3 piece growth
series shows development of adult shape pattern & colour...Florida...$19
(1 set available)
SOLD....Cypraeacassis
testiculus Linne, 1758....69 mm. F++. Cuba. ......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....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)
....30641...(1)...Galeodea echinophora
Linne, 1758....46 mm. F. Aptly named for the 2 knobby spiral cords
at the shoulder...Mediterranean...$6 (1 available)
SOLD....Galeodea
echinophora Linne, 1758....69 mm. F+. Spain.
......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39132...(2)...Phalium
areola Linne, 1758....54, 55 mm. F++. Truly top grade,
with well developed, toothed lips and intact siphonal canals...Australia...$5
(2 available)
....38704...(1)...Phalium
areola Linne, 1758....53 mm. Gem. Although less than large,
this one is a truely flawless gem...Philippines...$5 (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
(1 set available)
....38405...(1)...Phalium
areola Linne, 1758....61 mm. F++. Very unusual palest orange
spots. Possibly albinistic...Tanzania...$7 (1 available)
....15456...(2)...Phalium areola Linne,
1758....41 - 48 mm. F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$4
(2 available)
....15455...(4)...Phalium areola Linne,
1758....33 - 41 mm. F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$3
(4 available)
SOLD....Phalium
areola Linne, 1758....71 mm. F++ w/operc. Perhaps the best
& biggest we’ve had...India.
......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39302...(1)...Phalium
bandatum Perry, 1811....73 mm. F++. Nice, though young
example, with good lip, canal & high apex...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....38700...(1)...Phalium
bandatum Perry, 1811....64 mm. F++. Spectacular example
with fully developed lip, perfect siphonal canal & parietal shield...Philippines...$9
(1 available)
SOLD....Phalium
bandatum Perry, 1811....106 mm. F+. ex col.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39133...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....44 mm. F++. Nicely
spotted & with well developed dentate lip & parietal shield...Australia...$7
(1 available)
....38068...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....65 mm. F+. Big,
heavy example with thick, well toothed lip...ex col...$9 (1 available)
....15658...(1)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....55 - 57 mm. gem- w/operc. Pinkish-tan
with bands of brown squares...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....38069...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....55 mm. F+. Good
example with fully intact lip & wrinkled parietal shield...ex col...$6 (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)
....12663...(1)...Phalium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....54 mm. F+ w/proto. Pale form often
confused with small P. glaucum...Philippines...$4 (1 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)
....17947...(2)...Phallium bisulcatum
Schubert & Wagner, 1829....48 to 52 mm. F++. Purple-tan backs
& fine spiral grooves...Philippines...$5 (2 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 mm.
F+. Intriguing freak form with a second lip on the dorsum...India...$7
(1 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)
....15459...(1pr)...Phalium bisulcatum
fm. diuturnum Iredale, 1927....46 - 48 mm. F+. Light &
dark pair, no spots...India...$9 (1 pair available)
....15458...(9)...Phalium
bisulcatum fm. diuturnum Iredale, 1927....41
- 47 mm. F++. Pinkish gray & white, no spots...India...$6 (9
available)
....37230...(2)...Phalium
bisulcatum fm. diuturnum Iredale, 1927....38,
36 mm. F++. Prime quality examples with intact siphonal canals, parietal shields
& fully developed toothed lips...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....38710...(1)...Phalium
bisulcatum fm. japonica Reeve, 1848....53
mm. F++. Fully intact example of this spiral grooved form. Groovy, man!...Philippines...$7
(1 available)
SOLD....Phalium
bisulcatum fm. booleyi Sowerby, 1900....57 mm.
F++ w/operc. Philippines. .......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....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)
....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...(1)...Phalium canaliculatum
Bruguiere, 1792....39 mm. F++. Pinkish gray with rows of orange squares.
Subsutural groove...India...$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Phalium
canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792....43 to 46 mm.
gem-. Practically perfect, with 4 rows of square brown spots...India.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29954...(1)...Phalium
coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1886....84 mm. F+.
Big specimen of this scarce & fragile deep water Bonnet...Philippines...$55
(1 available)
....39303...(2)...Phalium
decussatum Linne, 1758....57 to 59 mm. F++. Excellent examples
with fully developed lips & good canals and texture like a file...Taiwan...$9
(2 available)
NEW....39540...(1)...Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....69 mm. F+. Large but fresh
dead specimen with well developed lip and parietal “fingers” &
rows of pale orange spots, but a few Serpulid worm tubes...Somalia...$10 (1
available)
....38567...(1)...Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....43 mm. F++. Great example,
with well toothed lip & distinctive lobed parietal shield & purple apex...Somalia...$8
(1 available)
....19887...(1)...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume,
1888....50 mm. F++. Plump, well spotted specimens with good parietal "fingers"...Zanzibar...$12
(1 available)
SOLD....Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....61.5 mm. F++. Tanzania.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Phalium
faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....61 mm. F++.
Zanzibar. .......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Phalium fimbria Gmelin, 1791....88
mm. F+. Tanzania.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38869...(1)...Phalium
granulatum Born, 1778....61 mm. F++. Beautifully developed
example with thick lip & perfect, profusely pimpled parietal shield...Florida...$7
(1 available)
....38072...(1set)...Phalium
granulatum Born, 1778....36 to 61 mm. F+/F++. Neat 3 piece
growth set shows changes of spire angle & surface texture with maturity...Florida...$9
(1 set available)
....15462...(1)...Phalium granulatum
Born, 1778....48 mm. F++ w/operc. Possibly a dwarf form. heavy, thick
white lip...Florida...$3 (1 available)
....31950...(1)...Phalium
granulatum Born, 1778....38 mm. F+. Interesting dwarf example
with nicely nodulated shoulder & thick lip & parietal shield...Puerto
Rico...$5 (1 available)
....38701...(3)...Phalium
granulatum fm. centiquadratum Valenciennes,
1832....61 to 65 mm. F++. Beautiful, big specimens in excellent, fully developed
condition...West Mexico...$10 (3 available)
....39134...(1)...Phalium
granulatum fm. centiquadratum Valenciennes,
1832....57 mm. F++. Fully developed example with thick lip, knobby shoulders
& pointed apex...West Mexico...$8 (1 available)
....38073...(1)...Phalium
granulatum fm. centiquadrata Valenciennes,
1832....62 mm. F++. Solid, fat & fully mature, with intact, thick lip
& parietal shield & a row of shoulder knobs...West Mexico...$10 (1 available)
....37982...(1)...Phalium
granulatum granulatum Born, 1778....70
mm. F+. Large, lovely specimen with thick, toothed lip & heavily pustulose
parietal shield...Venezuela...$6 (1 available)
....37983...(1pr)....Phalium
granulatum granulatum Born, 1778....42
& 43 mm. F+. Odd pair, one typically spiral grooved, but pure white the
other typically patterned but smooth...Bahamas...$7 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Phalium
granulatum Born, 1778....66 mm. F++. Florida. .......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Phalium
granulatum Born, 1778....54 mm. F++. Florida. .......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38702...(1)...Phalium
inornatum Pilsbry, 1895....60 mm. F++. Jumbo example of
this fairly smooth & only lightly spotted specie...South China Sea...$29
(1 available)
....38703...(4)...Phalium
inornatum Pilsbry, 1895....50 to 58 mm. F++. Good examples,
aptly named due to lack of varices, knobs, lip teeth or strong spots...South
China Sea...$6 (4 available)
....39135...(2)...Phalium
inornatum Pilsbry, 1895....51, 55 mm. F+. High spired &
lightweight, with virtually toothless aperture...Japan...$5 (2 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
mm. F++. Jumbo specimen of this high spired endemic form with spots tending
to line up into axial bands...Thailand...$55 (1 available)
....33948...(2)...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 (2 available)
....39307...(1)...Phalium
pila Reeve, 1848....45 mm. F++. Pretty species with 4 rows
of brown square spots...Japan...$7 (1 available)
....39308...(1)...Phalium
pila Reeve, 1848....44 mm. F++ w/operc. Fresh, operculate
example with 4 rows of tan spots...Japan...$7 (1 available)
....38705...(1)...Phalium
pyrum Lamarck, 1822....62 mm. F+. Good sized if slightly
worn example...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....39309...(1)...Phalium
pyrum Lamarck, 1822....56 mm. F+ high. Inflated & smooth,
with a row of fine shoulder nodules...New Zealand...$7 (1 available)
....33954...(14)...Semicassis bisulcatum diuturnum
Iredale, 1927....45 to 50 mm. F+ high. Close to bisulcatum s.s.,
but slightly rounder & entirely without spots...Thailand...$5 (14 available)
....29508...(1)...Semicassis granulatum
Born, 1778....54 mm. F++ w/operc. Great very mature specimen with
thick & heavy lip varix...Florida...$7 (1 available)
SOLD....Semicassis
granulatum Born, 1778....87 mm. F++ w/operc.
GINORMOUS!! Biggest I've seen, for certain...Brazil.
.......shell
sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....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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