30936
...30936...(1)...Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825....36mm, F++ w/o.  Big for this uncommon  species, with fully developed parietal shield & excellent lip...South Africa...$30  (1 available)

35034
...35034...(1)...Cypraeacassis tenuis Wood, 1828....112mm. F++. Excellent example with nicely developed lip & thick parietal shield...Peru...$125 (1 available)

34866
...34866...(1)...Conus abbas Hwass, 1792....70mm. F++. Huge, excellent specimen, typically patterned & with intact, finely crenulate lip...Australia...$33 (1 available)

34009
...34009...(1)...Conus amadis arbornatalis daMotta, 1978....94.7mm. F++.  From the family HUMUNGIDAE!! NICE specimen of this elusive, deep-water form...Indonesia...$300   (1 available)

34404
...34404...(1)..Conus amadis arbornatalis daMotta,1978... ..90mm F++ with perfect lip. One of the Good Guys ...splendid example of the narrow, high spired, deep-water form...Sumatra...$190 FIRM. (1 available)

34516
...34516...pr....Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Dautzenberg, 1937....58 & 61mm. F++. Extreme colour pair, one in orange tan, the other in dark chocolate brown, both with lots of white tents...Thailand...$18/pair  (1pair available)

34406
...34406...set...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873 Weinkauff, 1873 ....31 to 64mm. F++.  Magnificent 9 piece growth & pattern variation set of this local pattern form...Thailand...$120/set   (1 set available)

34522
...34522...(1)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873....70mm. F+ high.  BIG, unusually patterned example: striking and fabulous!!....Thailand...$28  (1 available)

34414
...34414...(1)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873 ....73mm. F++.  Huge spectacular example, with hints of pattern gerontism & intact lip...Thailand...$60 firm   (1 available)

34145
...34145...(1)....Conus articulatus Sowerby, 1873....24mm. F++.  The uncommon, strongly and completely corded form of the species. AWESOME!! Aesthetically pleasing to say the very least - completely yummy. ...Philippines...$35   (1 available)

34795
...34795...(1)...Conus aureus Hwass, 1792....62mm. F+++. Showcase!!! Great big specimen of this scarce cone with patches of very fine tents...Philippines...$85 (1 available)

35023
...35023...(1)...Conus aurisiacus Linne, 1758....42mm F++. Superbly coloured super-dark slightly smaller single. So dark purple & orange banded you could almost take it for circumcisus at a glance!...Philippines...$55 (1 available)

31440
...31440...(pr)...Conus aurisiacus Linne, 1758...(specimens much better than this photo suggests)...46 and 50mm.  F++.  Extravagant pair of this scarce and beautiful species...Philippines...$65/pair  (1 pair available)

35063
...35063...(1)...Conus cf axelrodi Walls, 1978....16mm. F++. Rare albino of this typically bright pink mini-cone...Philippines...$45 (1 available)

34011
...34011...(2)...Conus bengalensis Okutani, 1968....126, 127mm. F+ solid.  Great giant examples of this classic collectors' item at a great price...Thailand...$120 firm - priced to sell!!  (2 available)

34822
...34822...pr....Conus circumcisus Born, 1778 & C. circumsisus laevis Gmelin, 1791....70 & 71mm. F+ high. Big, beautiful, extreme colour pair, one in deep purple/brown shades with lines of small dark spots, the other with lots of brown spots over white & light lavender bands...Philippines...$40/pair (1 available)

34833
...34833...(1)...Conus circumcisus fm. laevis ....46mm. F+ high. Bright purple & brown axially marked pattern form...Philippines...$28 (1 available)

34012
...34012...(1)...Conus consors turschi daMotta, 1985....107mm. F++.  Giant, top quality specimen with excellent lip & gerontic pattern breakdown resulting in partial loss of typical yellow bands...Thailand...$80 firm  (1 available)

34013
...34013...(1)...Conus consors turschi daMotta, 1985....95, 97mm. F++.  Big, boldly banded bright bouncy orange-tan banded criters with light brown markings...Thailand..SPECIAL..$45 firm (1 available)

34369
...34369...(1)...Conus cordigera Sowerby, 1866....47.5mm F++.  ENORMOUS example of thisnobilis mimic with just a hint of pattern gerontism...Philippines...$100 if it turns out to be a new record size. If not, we can negotiate.  (1 available)

34757
...34757...(1)...Conus generalis Linne, 1758....68mm. F++. BLACK is back!!! At least, the back of this one is black as the ace of spades - fantastic show-case shell....Philippines...$78 (1 available)

35123
...35123...(1)...Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, 1777....109mm. F++. Big, super dark example, with finely crenulate & unchipped lip. Best we've seen in a couple of years!...Philippines...$125 firm (1 available)

33722
...33722...(1)...Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, 1777....67mm. F++. Exquisite!! Petite, beautifully intact & very fine patterned example of this classic collectors' favorite...Philippines...$50  (1 available)

34153
...34153...(2)...Conus guidopoppei Raybaudi, 2005...24, 28mm. F++. New species, highly elongated, with brown & white clouding...Philippines...$25 (2 available)

33651
...33651...(1)...Conus guidopoppei Raybaudi, 2005....23.5mm. F+. STRANGE specimen of this newly described species: the lip turns inward at the aperature, which is wierd. Also, it is an uncommon and lovely shade of butterscotch yellow...Philippines...$45 / 31EURO (1 available)

33667A
...33667A...(1)...Conus leobottoni Lorenz, 2006..33mm. F+ nicely, w/o. EXCELLENT color - truly lovely and uncommon for the species ...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

34774
...34774...(1)...Conus lynceus Sowerby, 1858....57mm. F+ solid. Uncommon & unusual bright orange spotted colour form...Philippines...$45 (1 available)

35062
...35062...pr....Conus luteus Sowerby, 1833....18mm. F++. GREAT, super-high-contrast pair of this attractive species, one orange-pink like pertusus, the other nearly black, both with consistent banding pattern...Philippines...$25/pair (1 pair available)

35042
...35042...(1)...Conus magus consul Boivin, 1864....78mm. F+ high. Gigantic specimen of this rare magus form with a pattern resembling wicker basket weave...(Philippines)...$45 (1 available)

34489
...34489...(1)...Conus mercator Linne, 1758....21mm. F++. INSANELY atypical pattern, though collector saw live animal to make ID...Senegal...$38 (1 available)

34492
...34492...pr....Conus mercator Linne, 1758....26 & 28mm. F++ 1w/o.  WHOA NELLY!! Pair: one very dark, the other with a delightfully white background color: very rare!!...Senegal...$25/pair   (1 pair available)

33795
...33795...(2)...Conus muriculatus....24, 28mm. F++.  Unusual!! Very pustulose examples & the upper, typically orange band is broken into brown mottlings...Philippines...$15  (2 available)

35030
...35030...(1)...Conus muriculatus sugillatus Reeve, 1843....32mm. F++. Large unusual example: color is odd, and the lower band is HIGHLY strange: will definitely add something to your cone collection!!!...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

33849
...33849...(1)...Conus oishii Shikama, 1977....34mm. F++. Pure white albinio from a very scarce locale. ...Palawan, Philippines...$135  (1 available)

34784
...34784...(1)...Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831....45mm. F++. ALBINO!! (bit of perio on the spire but it's snow white and not one of the dwarves!!)...Philippines...$28 (1 available)

34015
...34015...(1)...Conus pretiosus Nevill & Nevill, 1874....82mm. F++. Giant!! With intact lip & brown spotted pattern....Thailand...$110 (1 available)

34016
...34016...(1)...Conus ranonganus daMotta, 1978....95mm F+/F++: nice quality specimen: only one minor heal-mark near lip. Beautiful and unusal!! Super-elongated, high spired form with excellent pattern: a "collector's item" for certain...Thailand...$300 (1 available)

35064
...35064...(1)...Conus spectrum Linne, 1758....26mm. F++. Absolute Albino!! Rare for the species and very attractive...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

33665
...33665...(1)...Conus spectrum fm. pica Adams & Reeve, 1848....37mm. F++. Fantastic specimen!! Broad, snowy white with 2 broad bands of brown axial bars...Philippines...$17 (1 available)

33821
...33821...(1)...Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge, 1970....19mm. F++. NICE! Particularly "classic" specimen of this attractive, uncommon species...Philippines...$23 firm (1 available)

34764
...34764...(7)...Conus spirofilis Habe & Kosuge, 1970....17 to 20mm. F++. Lovely scarce species, with fine, dashed spiral lines & brown clouding...Philippines..SUPERSPECIAL!!..$15 (7 available)

33885
...33885...(1)...Conus terebra Born, 1778....92mm. F+ solid. Gerontic albinistic monster specimen ....about as big as they get (on dealers' lists at least!)...Philippines...$40 firm. (1 available)

34018
...34018...(8)...Conus textile babelonica (?) ....85 to 97mm. F++. Pretty patterned specimens of this seldom scene deepsea form, with pronounced shoulders & bands of tent markings & textile patterns...Burma...$20 (8 available)

30710
....30710...(1)...Conus zapatoensis Rockel, 1987...36mm. F++. Bands of brown spiral dashes on cream on this relatively recently desribed species...Philippines...$35 (1 available)

34816
...34816...(1)...Babelomurex japonicus Dunker, 1882....41mm. F++. Primo specimen! Big, with spines mostly intact & with complete apex, lip & siphonal canal...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

34607
...34607...(1)...Latiaxis mawae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....53mm. F++. Big example with nicely recurved shoulder spines...South China Sea...$25 (1 available)

34664
...34664...(2)...Costellaria stainforthi Reeve, 1842....30mm. F++. White, with bright orange spiral lines over the ribs...Philippines...$32 (1 available)

33776
...33776...(1)...Vexillum citrinum fm. compressum Sowerby, 1874....56mm. F++. Stunning specimen!! Less common form with more closely spaced ribs...Philippines...$16  (1 available)

34761
...34761...(1)...Vexillum vulpecula Linne, 1758....40mm. F++. Solid RED!! First time i've ever seen this....Philippines...$18 (1 available)

30553B
....30553B...(1)...Cypraea achatidea Sowerby, 1837.....43.7mm. F+++. BIGGIE!...Senegal...$33  (1 available)

34084
...34084...(2)...Cypraea cf. annulus Linne, 1758....19mm. F++.  STRANGE!! With dorsal glaze & rostrate, ventrally reflected tips...Tanzania...$55  (2 available)

35128
...35128...(1)...Cypraea armeniaca Verco, 1912....84mm. F++. Amazing orange colour form. This is so orange that as I was unwrapping it and it still had a layer or two of tissue paper I briefly thought "why is our Australian guy sending us a C. aurantium?"!...Australia...$250 (1 available)

34350A
...34350A..(1)..Cypraea armeniaca Gray, 1831....81mm. F++. Exeptional spotting on this specimen - would make a delightful addition to any armeniaca assemblage!!...Australia...$130 (1 available)

20856
PRICE....20856...(1)...Cypraea armeniaca westralis Raybaudi, 1980....78mm. F+++.  Delightful pattern, glorious peach-pink base. Exquisite & rare!...Australia...$180  (1 available)

34085
...34085...(1)....Cypraea cf. contaminata Sowerby, 1832....14mm. F+++.  Unique! Dorsal spot in the shape of a tiny, perfect, Valentine heart - buy it and nobody can say your cowrie collection is heartless...Tanzania...$35   (1 available)

34161
...34161...(1)....Cypraea eglantina griseoformis Duclos....50mm. F++.  Wonderful, bright green glaze over entire dorsum & margins...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

34468
...34468...(1)...Cypraea guttata azumai Schilder, 1960....63mm. F++. Huge specimen of this different form, more inflated & less brown striped than the surinensis form...South China Sea...$250 (1 available)

34418
...34418...(1)...Cypraea guttata fm. surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....60.5mm. Gem-.  Delightful, huge specimen! Fat, very finely spotted & deep brown tiger stripped callus margins...Thailand...$250 firm   (1 available)

34461
...34461...(1)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....55mm. F++. Delightful specimen!! Finely spotted, like stars in a peach coloured sky, with strong brown lateral lines...Thailand...$200 (1 available)

34022
...34022...(2)...Cypraea guttata surinensis Raybaudi, 1978....48, 50mm. Gem.  Flawless, dark-colored fully adult specimens with long brown marginal lines extended almost onto the dorsum & finer spots than the nominate form...Thailand...$150 firm  (2 available)

29911
....29911...(1)...Cypraea hirasei Roberts, 1913....42mm. F+++.  Fully adult, with subtle tan bands & bold dorsal blotch. Prime specimen of this collectors' item...Philippines...$455 or best offer!!  (1 available)

26122
....26122...(1)...Cypraea hungerfordi Sowerby, 1888....44.1mm. F+++. MONSTER specimen!...South China Sea...$65 (1 available)

34602A
...34602A..pr..Cypraea milliaris - forma?? Linne, 1758....38 & 41mm. F++. NICE pair of this deep water form, showing spotting pattern extremes...South China Sea...$15 (10 available)

33125
...33125...(1)...Cypraea pulchella ??..(ventrum)...35mm. F++. Ok, this one is puzzling me: it looks like an odd form of pulchella, but the color is all wrong: an odd bluish-gray. Also, and more importantly, the teeth do not extend out of the aperature. If the teeth were untinted, i wouldn't hesitate to call it angioyorum Buraghi. I...Burma...$100 (1 available)

35124
...35124...(1)...Cypraea tigris Linne, 1758....92mm. F++. Lemony-fresh Freak!! Citron - shaped tiger - unique!!...Philippines...$35 (1 available)

34699
...34699...(1)...Cypraea tigris Linne, 1758....63mm. F++. Melanistic momma!! As dark as i;ve seen in a long time....Philippines...$45 (1 available)

35129
...35129...(1)...Cypraea venusta venusta Sowerby, 1846/epistema Iredale, 1939....65mm. F+++. Big, beautifully spotted specimen that's about halfway between the two forms: an interesting intergrade!!. ...Australia...$175 firm (1 available)

33991
...33991...(+)...Epitonium patamakanthini....32 to 35 mm. F++.  Select specimens of this amazingly fine ribbed & pure white wentletrap, recently named for our source!...Thailand..SUPERSPECIAL..$15  (12 available)

33843
...33843...(1)...Granulifusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....56mm. F++. HUGE!! Fine spiral cords form beads where they cross the axial ribs...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

33950
...33950...(+)...Haliotis patamakanthini Dekker, Regter & Gras, 2001....55 to 65 mm. F++.  Nice big, bright to dark red & cream rayed recently published Abalone..SPECIAL!..Thailand...$14 firm  (13 available)

33846
...33846...(2)...Morum watanabei Kosuge, 1981....31 to 33mm. F++.  Wanna watanabei?  Nicely sculptured species, with strongly nodulose brown banded axial ribs, pustulose white parietal shield & heavily toothed lip...Philippines..SUPERSPECIAL..$33 firm  (2 available)

35039
...35039...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....104mm. F++. Large & lovely top quality example with natural lip line & intact siphonal canal...China...$140 (1 available)

34332
...34332...(1)...Axalella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999....16mm. F++. Relatively recently described, small, deep-water Cancellariidae...Philippines...$35 (1 available)
 

34766
...34766...(2)...Trigonostoma thysthlon Petit & Harasewych, 1987....18mm. F++. Prime specimens, with full, flared lip, curved shoulder spines & deep umbilicus...Philippines....$15 (2 available)

33786
...33786...(1)...Polinices flemingianus Recluz, 1844....59mm. F+ high - decent. Totally monstrous!! The pteridadctyl of flamingo moon snails...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

34591
...34591...(1)...Cancilla isabella Swainson, 1840....96mm. F++. Deep trawled jumbo specimen with perfect, finely crenulate lip & intact periostracum. 4mm short of MEGALITHIC!...South China Sea...$55 (1 available)

34734
...34734...(3)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....56 to 67mm. F++ w/o. Coal-black!!!, Nothing "brown" about these guys...Philippines...$15 (3 available)

33815
...33815...(1)...Chicoreus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980....25mm. F++.  Great example of this small, scarce species, similar to orchidiflorus but with canal spines & different wing shape...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

34674
...34674...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....44mm. F++ w/o. Sting me!!! Scarce & striking burnt orange colour form with operc included...Philippines...$26 (1 available)

33942
...33942...(3)...Murex poppei Houarrt, 1979....110 to 120 mm. F++.  Prime specimens of this increasingly scarce & highly spinous species with good lips, canals & mostly intact spines...Thailand..SPECIAL!..$10 firm  (3 available)

35133
...35133...(1)...Pterynotus acanthopterus Lamarck, 1811....88mm. F+ solid w/o. Huge example, as large as any in Rice, with intact shoulder spines & only slightly rough varical wings...Australia...$35 (1 available)

33817
...33817...(1)...Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....58mm. F+ HIGH.  Huge, spectacular specimen with nearly every previous varical wing intact. As big & as nice as we've had...Philippines...$32  (1 available)

34508
...34508...(1)...Siratus cailleti Petit, 1856....50mm. F++ w/o. Spectacular specimen with intact varical spines, full lip & complete siphonal canal...Guadeloupe...$35   (1 available)

34506
...34506...(2)...Siratus perelegans Vokes, 1965....56mm. F++ w/o.  Per elegans per fection!! Prime examples, with raised brown spiral threads & full length siphonal canals...Guadeloupe...$24   (2 available)

34584
...34584...3sets...Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811....39 to 48mm. F++. Spectacular 5 piece sets with the regular form, the castanea & livida Johnson forms & 2 patterns of the fulgurata Martens form...Peru...$25/set (3 sets available)

34586
...34586..set..Oliva spicata Roding, 1798....30 to 35mm. F++.  Splendid set, with 2 very unusual variations....Peru...$18/set  (1 set available)

34726
...34726...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....80mm. F+ nicely. FANTASTIC injury freak with odd spire & major dorsal/sutural deformity. Must have scared the critter pretty badly, because it became white as a ghost shortly after the injury!!...Philippines...$30 (1 available)

34727
...34727...(1)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....43mm. F++. Pure Golden!! Lovely light orange colour form of this typically brown mottled species...Philippines...$20 (1 available)

33281
...33281...(1)...Terebra pretiosa Reeve, 1842....120mm. F++. Spectacular & huge, with good lip & pointy apex...Philippines...$47 (1 available)

34604
...34604...(1)...Calliostoma haliarchus Melvill, 1899.....44mm. F+ high. Classic specimen of this rare Trochid - positively hiliarious!!....South China Sea...$50 (1 available)

34616
...34616...(1)...Lischkeia argenteonitens Lischke, 1872....41mm. F++. Brilliant!! Much more strongly beaded & sculptured than the rest of the batch. Normal species variation or a structural form?...South China Sea...$18 (1 available)

34086
...34086...(3)...Tudicula zanzibarica Abbott, 1958....60 to 61mm. F+ high w/o.  GIGANTONORMOUS specimens of this East African collector's item with complete, fully developed parietal shield, intact shoulder spines & flared, thickened lip. As nice as you will find for this almost-record size (does anyone know what the record actually is now?)...Tanzania...$222 and well worth it!! (3 available) (Box on shelf)

Volutidae

34647
...34647...(1)...Cymbiola vespertilio Linne, 1758....75mm. F++. BOFFO, extra-dark example of the peachiest form of the species - nothing batty about this one!!...Philippines...$ 25 (1 available)

33785
...33785...(1)...Cymbiola vespertillio Linne, 1758....116mm. F+ high. Size GIANT, solid specimen with sharp shoulder knobs & brown zig-zag on tan pattern...Philippines...$30 (1 available)

27764
...27764...(1)...Fulgoraria cf. elongata Shikama, 1962....160 to 190mm. F+. "Not recently offered" - RARE!! , these are large & similar to F. hirasei, but without any banding & with less spiral cord developement...South China Sea...$350 (or best offer!!) (1 available) OVERSIZE