Updated November, 2007
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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. |
Cassidae
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NEW...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
*...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)
*...26421..(2)....Casmaria erinacea Linne, 1758....48, 52 mm, F++. Typically patterned specimens with immaculate lip & siphonal canal. Uncommonly this nice...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
*...12665...pr....Casmaria erinacea Linne, 1758...39, 40 mm, F+. One of pair is light-colored & with larger knobs...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
*...15451...(4)...Casmaria erinacea Linne, 1758...40 - 44 mm, F++. Cream with brown spots on back of lip...India...$4 (4 available)
*...25934...(1)...Casmaria erinacea Linne, 1758....66 mm, F++. Large, with excellent, brown spotted spiny lip & an unusual previous lip varix...Zanzibar...$5 (1 available)
*...26195...pr....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 erinaceus Linne, 1758....60 mm, F++. Smooth & shiny, with toothed, brown spotted lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
*...24808...(1)...Casmaria erinaceus 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)
*...26338...(1)...Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin, 1791....48 mm, F++ w/o. FREAK with unusual broad extra varix across the dorsum...Tanzania...$4 (1 available)
*...28727...(1)...Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin, 1791....32 mm, F++. The heavy form, with shoulder knobs & spiny lip...Solomon Islands...$4 (1 available)
*...Sold...Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin, 1791....60 mm, F+. Good size for species, with bands of brown squares at base & suture...China...Retained for the photo
sold..Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin, 1791....82 mm, F++. HUGE specimen with thickened, brown spotted, spiney lip & tan zig-zag markings...Australia...sold
NEW...Sold...Casmaria vibex Linne, 1758....58 mm, F++. Big for the species, with full, finely toothed lip...Philippines...Retained for the photo
sold...Casmaria sp....49 mm, F+++. Top grade, fully mature specimen. Colour & shape like C. erinaceus and with the shoulder knobs of C. ponderosa...Philippines...retained for photo
Relisted**...15453...(1)...Casmaria sp....28 mm, F++. A true mystery!! Slip says "ponderosa" but its smaller, heavier & with greatly thickened lip..Zanzibar...$18 (1 available)
*...29008...(1)...Cassis cornuta Linne, 1758....160 mm, F+ high. Shield & syphonal canal in excellent condition...Philippines...$24 (1 available)
NEW...32074B...(1)..Cassis cornuta Linne, 1758....194 mm, F+. Big, probably male example...Philippines...$30 (1 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)
NEW...30178...(1)..Cassis cornuta Linne, 1758....152 mm, F+. Good adult size though with slightly under-developed lip...Philippines...$20 (1 available)
*...27411...(1)...Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833....62 mm, F++ w/o. Boffo!! Delightful, mature specimen with rows of pearl-like dorsal nodules...Australia...$20 (1 available)
*...26606...(1)...Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833....90 mm, F+ . VERY mature, heavy specimen....Australia...$20 (1 available)
sold..Cassis fimbriata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833...90 mm, F++ w/o. The VERY hard to get, totally awesome deep water (100 fathoms) form, much heavier and more robust: almost like a different species!!...South Australia...kept for photo
...Cassis flammea Linne, 1758....Bahamas...Photo saved
NEW...sold...Cassis flammea Linne, 1758....98 mm, F++. Top quality specimen with fully adult lip & intact syphonal canal. Ex col, locality unsure...Panama...retained for photo
NEW...30177...(1)..Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822....160 mm, F+. Nice, fat example with heavy, fully mature shield & dark brown lined apperture...Bahamas...$35 (1 available) OVERSIZE
NEW...Sold...Cassis nana Tennison-Woods, 1879....37 mm, F+ high. Great example of this mini-mart gang of helmet species...Australia...Retained for the photo
*...Sold...Cassis niveum Brazier, 1872....78 mm, F+. Big, shiny specimen with brown spotted flared white lip...Australia...Retained for the photo
Relisted...22635...(1)...Cassis niveum Brazier, 1872...61 mm, F+. Coronated shoulder & darkly spotted lip...Australia...$12 (1 available)
Relisted...NEW...27412...(2)...Cassis niveum Brazier, 1872....50, 51 mm, F+. Lightweight, deep water species. Similar to a small egg in shape, colour & thinness!...Australia...$13 (2 available)
*...22302....(1)...Cassis niveum Brazier, 1872...49 mm, F++. Lovely specimen of the dwarf deep water form, with good, full lip & canal...Australia...$22 (1 available)
Relisted...22636...(1)...Cassis pauciruge Menke, 1843...48 mm, F++. w/operc. 3 rows of brown spots & a lovely pink dorsal blush...Australia...$22 (1 available)
sold...Cassis pyrum Lamarck, 1822...104 mm, F+ high. Monster specimen - a good large flame!...South Australia...kept for photo
*...29006...(2)...Cassis rufa Linne, 1758....158 to 160 mm, F+ high! Huge, totally massive specimens with heavily thickened lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$45 (2 available)
*...29007...(1)...Cassis rufa Linne, 1758....154 mm, F+ solid. Big, solid specimen, with lighter than usual dorsum...Philippines...$38 (1 available)
NEW...sold...Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758....128 mm, F+. Nice big example with thick, heavy lip & triangular parietal shield. Slight canal damage...Bahamas...retained for photo
NEW...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)
NEW...32073...(1)...Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758....132 mm, F. Taken fresh dead, but with good, fully developed lip & parietal shield...Caribbean...$9 (1 available)
NEW...32280...(1)...Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758....178 mm, F++. Hugely mature, with thick, flared lip & parietal "wing". Fished for its meat (witness hole near apex) this has a beautiful, fresh ventrum & natural dorsum...Bahamas...$35 (1 available)
*...28596...(1)...Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758...165 mm, F++. Massive, dark, fresh collected example with well developed lip & parietal shield...Bahamas...$30 (1 available)
*...24094...(1)....Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758...120 mm, F++. Bold brown zig-zag axial markings & heavy triangular parietal shield...Aruba...$25 (1 available)
*...24166...(1)...Cassis tuberosa Linne, 1758...100 mm, F/F+. Young adult, with first full shield. Some chips, but a nice starter specimen...Aruba ..$15 (1 available)
NEW#...Sold....Cypraecassis tenuis Wood, 1828....115 mm, F++. Spectacular specimen of this rarly offered helmet, with fully developed lip & parietal shield & lyrate columella...Peru...Retained for the photo
NEW...30376..(1)....Cypraecassis tenuis Wood, 1828....107 mm, F/F+ - fresh dead.. Heavy adult with well toothed lip & thick, red stained parietal shield...Peru...$50 (1 available)
NEWEST...32979...(1)...Cypraeacassis tenuis Wood, 1828....112, 107mm. F+. Great, fully adult examples of this scarce endemic with fully toothed lips & well developed parietal shields...Peru...$150 (1 available)
NEW...30131...(1)..Cypraeacassis testiculus Linne, 1758....73 mm, F++. Huge example! This one's got balls! (please excuse the naughty nuance on the name)...Bahamas...$15 (1 available)
NEW...30943...(1)...Cypraeacassis testiculus Linne, 1758....40 mm, F+. Good dwarf example, fully mature, with glazed parietal callus & thick, well toothed lip...Guadeloupe...$5 (1 available)
NEW...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)
NEW...30641...(1)...Galeodea echinophora Linne, 1758....46 mm, F. Aptly named for the 2 knobby spiral cords at the shoulder...Mediterranean...$6 (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)
*...Sold...Galeodea keyteri Kilburn, 1975....95.25 mm, (old WR was 95.1) F high, or & 86mn, F+ nicely, w/o. GIGANTIC, plump & spirally grooved, but with slightly rough edged lip & parietal shield. The large one is the WR size...South Africa...Retained for the photo
*...26136...(3)...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 (3 available)
NEW...Sold...Phalium areola Linne, 1758....69 mm, F++. With fully developed lip & parietal shield & bands of dark brown chevrons...Philippines...Retained for the photo
NEWEST...32394...(1)...Phalium areola Linne, 1758....48mm. F++. Top quality, **very** mature specimen with all adult features, thick dentate lip, lyrate columellar shield & intact canal...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
NEW...30267...(1)..Phalium sp. (never saw one quite like it!!)....33 mm, F+. Quite rotund, with 4 lines of faint brown spots...Philippines...$8 (1 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)
*...22875..2sets..Phalium areola Linne, 1758...50 to 64 mm, F++. Fine 5 piece sets show a great variety of spotting patterns...Indonesia...$20/set. (2 sets available)
*...22876...(15)..Phalium areola Linne, 1758...55 to 70 mm, F++. Nice singles at a nice price. Order 2 or 3 & we will pick some variations for you...Indonesia...$4/ea. or $7/pair or $10/set of 3 (15 available)
*...15455...(7)...Phalium areola Linne, 1758...33 - 41 mm, F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$3 (7 available)
*...15456...(2)...Phalium areola Linne, 1758....41 - 48 mm, F++. Tan to gray with bands of big brown squares...India...$4 (2 available)
NEW...29937...(1)..Phalium bandatum Perry, 1811....106 mm, F+. Jumbo specimen with fully developed & toothed lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
NEW...31176...(1)...Phalium bandatum Perry, 1811....104 mm, F+ high: great quality for the size! Nice & large & with fully developed lip, shield & canal...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
*...16552...(1)...Phalium bandatum bandatum Perry, 1811...94 mm, F+. FREAK with doubled lip varix & parietal shield...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
*...18820...(1)...Phalium bandatum bandatum Perry, 1811...92 mm, f. White with bands of brown squarish blotches...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
*...29507...(1)...Phalium bisulcata 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)
*...25665...(10)..Phalium bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....48 to 53 mm, F++. Excellent specimens with full lips, canals & parietal shields...India...$5 (10 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)
*...15658...(2)...Phalium bisulcatum Schubert & Wagner, 1829....55 - 57 mm, gem- w/o. Pinkish-tan with bands of brown squares...Philippines...$3.50 (2 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)
*...15458...(10)..Phalium bisulcatum diuturnum Iredale, 1927....41 - 47 mm, F++. Pinkish gray & white, no spots...India...$6 (10 available)
*...15459...pr....Phalium bisulcatum diuturnum Iredale, 1927....46 - 48 mm, F++. Light & dark pair, no spots...India...$12/pair (1 pair available)
*...25666...(4)..Phalium canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792....38 to 44 mm, F++. Well channeled sutures, complete canals & lips, and lots of orange brown spots...India...$4 (4 available)
Relisted...24074...(7)...Phalium canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792...43 to 46 mm, gem-. Practically perfect, with 4 rows of square brown spots...India...$4 (7 available)
*...15460...(3)...Phalium canaliculatum Bruguiere, 1792...37 - 44 mm, F++. pinkish gray with rows of orange squares.subsutural groove...India...$3.50 (3 available)
NEW...29954...(1)..Phalium coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1886....84 mm, F+. Big specimen of this scarce & fragile deep water Bonnet...Philippines...$55 (1 available)
NEW...Sold...Phalium coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1888....117 mm, F+ high - nice one. Huge, globose yet light, with excellent lip & siphonal canal...Australia...Retained for the photo
**...26197...(1)...Phalium coronadoi wyvillei Watson, 1886....97 mm, F++. Superb specimen of this deep water species...Australia...$34 (1 available)
sold..Phalium decussatum Linne, 1758....69 mm, F+ high. Big example, well spotted & with fully formed lip & varices...Philippines...kept for photo
*...Sold...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume, 1888....61 mm, F++. A beauty, with rows of brown spots, a purple apex, and distinctive finger-like parietal projections...Zanzibar...Retained for the photo
*...23471...(2)...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume, 1888...48 to 50 mm, F++. 4 bands of orange squares & with parietal shield "fingers" intact...Zanzibar...$8 (2 available)
*...19887...(4)...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume, 1888...50 to 56 mm, F++. Plump, well spotted specimens with good parietal "fingers"...Zanzibar...$12 (4 available)
sold...Phalium faurotis Jousseaume, 1888...64 mm, F++. Great lip & parietal "fingers", 4 rows of orange spots...Zanzibar...retained for photo
*...Sold...Phalium fimbria Gmelin, 1791....83 mm, F+ high: one varix chip . Immense specimen of this rare, distinctively ridged Cassidae...Sri Lanka...Retained for the photo
*...27115...(1)...Phalium fimbria Gmelin, 1791....62, 64 mm, F++. Great examples of this rarity, with fully formed lip & parietal shield...Sri Lanka...$120 and worth it! (1 available)
sold..Phalium flammiferum Roding, 1798....69 mm, F+. Nicely striped in brown & white, with well healed break just behind lip...Japan...kept for photo
*...Sold...Phalim glabratum Dunker, 1852...34 mm, F++ solid. WAY out of its usual range!!...Zanzibar....Retained for the photo
NEW...31177...(1)...Phalium glaucum Linne, 1758....113 mm, F+ high. Big, well developed specimen, with excellent toothed & spined lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
*...29371...(1)...Phalium glaucum Linne, 1758....55 mm, F+ nicely. Cute junior specimen with fully formed lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
sold...Phalium glaucum Linne, 1758....95 mm, F++. Heavy, thick lip with pastel orange markings & lip spines intact...Tanzania...sold - retained for photo
NEW...Sold...Phalium granulatum Born, 1778....49 mm, F+. Albino specimen with fully developed lip & pustulose parietal shield...Mexico...Retained for photo
Relisted...1800...(3 pairs)...Phalium granulatum Born, 1778 ...70 mm, F+ high w/o. Excellent specimen of an attractive species...Florida ...$4 (3 pairs available)
NEW...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)
*...15462...(1)...Phalium granulatum Born, 1778...48 mm, F++ w/o. Possibly a dwarf form. heavy, thick white lip...$3 (1 available)
sold)...Phalium granulatum undulatum Gmelin, 1791...63 mm, F++. Excellent heavy example, with thick varices, pustulose parietal shield & strongly dentate lip...Mediterranean...retained for photo
*...15463...(1)...Phalium granulatum undulatum Gmelin, 1791...59 mm, F++ w/o. Spirally corded, tan & brown...Spain...$6 (1 available)
NEW...Sold...Phalium labiatum fm. iredalei Bayer, 1935....34 mm, F++ w/o. Lovely fresh sheen, with brown barred lip & row of shoulder knobs...South Africa...Retained for the photo
sold...Phalium japonica Reeve, 1848....50 mm, F+ nicely. With bands of tan squares & spiral grooves...Philippines..saved for photo
*...sold...Phalium kurodai Abbott, 1968....72 mm, F++. With ventral nodules & dorsal tan stripes. Large & fine...China...Retained for the photo
*...sold...Phalium paucirugosa Menke, 1843....36 mm, gem- w/o. Solid & heavy, with brown spotted lyrate lip & a row of shoulder pustules...Australia...retained for photo
*...Sold...Phalium paucirugosa Menke, 1843....48 mm, F++. Very mature, a great example of this distinctive, uncommon species ...Australia...Retained for the photo
...Phallium saburon Bruguiere, 1792.....Senegal...Photo saved
NEW...30578...(2)...Phallium saburon Bruguiere, 1792....57, 62 mm, F+ high. Nice & fat, with pattern of 5 spiral bands of rectangular spots...Senegal...$6 (2 available)
*...28379...(1)...Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987...59 mm, F++. Excellent example with thick, fully toothed lip & parietal area...Venezuela...$16 (1 available)
*...28468...(2)...Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987...56 to 59 mm, F++. Delightful,fully adult specimens with thick, toothed lip & bold brown axial lined pattern...Columbia...$15 (2 available)
*...28627...(2)...Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987....48, 50 mm, F++. Nicely matured, with toothed, thickened, lip & parietal shield & tan axial dorsal lines...Venezuela...$14 (2 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)
*...Sold...Semicassis granulatum centiquadrata Valenciennes, 1832....54 mm, F++ w/o. With bands of brown spots, a twin row of shoulder knobs & pustulose parietal shield...Ecuador...Retained for the photo
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