...32194...(1)...Ancistrolepis vietnamensis, B.I. & V.N. Goryachev, 1990....93 mm, F++ w/o.  Less heavily grooved & with more spiral ridges than A. grammatus, with nicely flared & thickened adult lip...Taiwan...$70 (1 available)

NEW**...33953...prs...Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Good, 2003....43 to 50mm. F+ to F++. some w/o.  Great pattern pairs, one spotted brown, the other in orange...Thailand...$17/pair  (4 pairs available)

...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)

...32000J...(pr)...Conus amadis forma?? Gmelin, 1791....62 & 64mm. F++. EXTREME pattern pair...$35/pair  (1 pair available)

...32000U...(1)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873...58.5mm.  F++.  FREAK!! No center band - most pure example of this i've ever seen...Thailand...$40  (1 available)

...32000Q...(pr)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873....45 & 47.5mm. F++.  Good pattern-pair - and one shows a nice pattern-change as well...Thailand...$35/pair  (1 pair available)

...32000R...(pr)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873....50 & 51mm. F++.  One has tents aplenty, while on the other, scarcely a tent can be found...Thailand...$38/pair  (1 available)

...32000X...(1)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873....43.5mm. F++.  The "Golden" form - wonderful tenting as well...Thailand...$33  (1 available)

...32000Y...(1)...Conus amadis schech Weinkauff, 1873....56.5mm. F++.  DARK, with strang pattern...Thailand...$35 (1 available)

NEW**...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)

**...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)

NEW**...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)

...33087...(pr)...Conus bengalensis Okutani, 1968...97 & 98mm.  F++.  Neat extreme pattern pair, one fairly typical, the other closer to gloriamaris!...Thailand...$150/pair firm  (1 pair available)

...25744...(1)...Conus centurio Born, 1778... 69.6mm...  F++ w/o.  Lovely, EXTRA - large..., with a pattern of brown barred bands...Brazil...$60  (1 available)

...22924...(1)...Conus circumcisus brazieri Sowerby, 1833...88.4mm...  F+ solid.  GINORMOUS ...for this lovely form!!!  ( Pretty pastel yellow & lavender bands - truly excellent...Philippines...$65 (1 available)

...33091...(1)...Conus consors f. poehlianus Sowerby III, 1887....92mm. F+ HIGH: most dealers would call this F++.  Giant example of this narrow shouldered form with dark orange classic banded pattern...Thailand...$75 (1 available)

NEW**...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)

NEW**...34013...(2)...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 (2 available)

...32167...(set)...Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810....31 to 38mm. F++.  Spectacular set of 3, each in slightly different colour (including rare yellow) & each with slightly different tent patterns...Solomon Islands...$115/set  (1 set available)

...33011...(1)...Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810....39mm. F++. Intense, strong, dark orange. with fine tented pattern quite different from our Thai/Indonesian specimens...Solomon Islands...$65 (1 available)

...33013...(1)...Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810....34mm. F++.  Unusual & uncommon lemon yellow colour...Solomon Islands...$95 (negotiable)  (1 available)

...32167...(set)...Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810...31 to 38mm.  F++.  Spectacular set of 3, each in slightly different colour (including rare yellow) & each with slightly different tent patterns...Solomon Islands...$115/set  (1 set available)

...23497...(1)...Conus ermineus Born, 1780...76mm.  F+. Massive gerontic freak...! with axial ridges , so that the shell looks hexagonal from above...Curacao...$45 (1 available)

...33022...(pr)...Conus floccatus Sowerby, 1841....34mm. F++.  Nice extreme pattern pair, one with a few spots & minimal clouding, the other with lots of brown & white mottling...Solomon Islands...$65 /pair  (1 available)

NEW**...33871...(1)...Conus floccatus magdalenae Kiener, 1845....33mm. F+ high - lip only, otherwise a very nice specimen.  Not sure about this but it sure appears to match what folks are calling this elusive form of floccatus, with the very atypical pattern and orangy-yellow color....Philippines...$130 negotiable  (1 available)

NEW**...33788...(1)...Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve, 1848....44mm. F++.  Really big, high spired, with good lip, purple base & pastel yellow body...Philippines...$22  (1 available)

...26069...(1)...Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve, 1849...36mm.  F+ solid. FREAK!!Looks like it was half melted plastic! I've seen a lot of freak cones, but none quite like this...Philippines...$33 / 23EURO firm  (1 available)

NEW**...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)

...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)

NEW**...33673...(1)...Conus guidopoppei Raybaudi, 2005....30mm. F++.  Big specimen of this newly described species, elongate, spiral grooved & boldly blotched & speckled in burnt orange...Philippines...$40  (1 available)

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

...30546...(set)...Conus guinaicus Hwass, 1792....44 to 49mm. F++.  Extreme pattern trio showing 2 bold & very different brown & blue-gray patterns & one highly unusual patternless colour phase...Senegal...$65 (1 set available)

...31925...(1)...Conus guinaicus Hwass, 1792...50mm.  F+ nicely.  ULTRAFREAK!! Completely chocolate brown & with almost no pattern - it is definitely this species, but very odd indeed..Senegal...$35 (1 available)

NEW**...33727...(1)...Conus irregularis Sowerby, 1858....28.5mm. F++.  Not really so irregular, but it's a big specimen, olive green with 2 bands of white markings...Cape Verde Islands...$17  (1 available)

...34105...(1)...Conus leobottoni Lorenz, 2006....57mm. F++ w/o.  Own the Most Gigantic leobottoni on your block!!! This may be a WR - i'v never heard of anything approaching this size for this attractive new species. Complete with often overlooked tiny operc...Philippines...$200 firm  (1 available)

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

...34106...(1)...Conus leobottoni Lorenz, 2006....52.2mm. F++ w/o.  KILLER specimen, bigger than i've seen offered - WELL worth the loot!!...Philippines...$100 firm  (1 available)

...33669...(pr)...Conus leobottoni Lorenz, 2006....34 & 35 mm. F++.  Pretty pastel petite pair! one orange, the other lavender, both with a few brown markings...Philippines...$60 /pair  (1 pair available)

..32488...(1)...Conus memiae Habe & Kosuge, 1970 ....29mm. F++.  BIG, very unusual specimen - see Rockel, Korn & Koan, Plate 53 2 - a collector's item for sure!!...Philippines...$38 firm - this is a keeper!  (1 available)

...30550...(set)...Conus mercator Linne, 1758....35 to 42mm. F+/F++.  Large & lovely 6 piece set! Shows wide range of colour & pattern variations. Neat display!...Senegal...$65/set  (1 set available)

NEW**...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)

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

...31685...(1)...Conus pertusus Hwass, 1792....39mm. F++.  Super-red colour form, intense deep pink...Philippines...$50  (1 available)

...33164...(1)...Conus ranonganus daMotta 1978....92mm. F+ high.  Big example with great axially dashed pattern. Good natural lip save a small chip in the canal...Thailand...$300 or best offer  (1 available)

NEW**...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)

...33907...(1)...Conus ranonganus daMotta, 1978....100mm.  F+ high.  Huge, spectacular example with great lip & apex & bold, brown dashed pattern, 5mm larger than any in Rice...Thailand...$345 firm  (1 available)

...33453...(1)...Conus rawaiensis daMotta, 1978....18mm. F+ HIGH. Peachy pastel orange with pustulose basal cords. Rarely available species...Thailand...$100 firm  (1 available)

...32496...(1)...Conus tulipa Linne, 1758....60mm. F+.  Unusually light coloured specimen - blue so light it's nearly white (sounds like a laundry soap ad from the 1950s!!), with bright orange axial zig-zag markings...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

NEW**...33976...(1)...Conus vicweei Old, 1973....74mm. F++ w/o.  Spectacular specimen with intact lip, protoconch & even the rarely retained tiny operc!...Thailand...$150 FIRM  (1 available)

...34020...(1)...Conus vicweei Old, 1973....69 mm. F++.  English-as-a-second-language supplier says "one from a thousand" Intense zig-zag pattern on deep brown...Thailand...$230 firm: well worh it!!  (1 available)

...30870...(1)...Conus vicweei Old, 1973....84mm. F++ solid.  Exeptional pattern on both sides. Large, fresh, excellent example, with full natural gloss, fine pattern, & great lip...Thailand...$525 (negotiable) (1 available)

...30467...(1)...Conus vicweei Old, 1973...89mm.  F++.  Nothing "wee" about this one - MUCH larger than most, with perfect lip & classic pattern...Thailand...$550 (negotiable) (1 available)

...30871...(2)...Conus vicweei Old, 1973...75, 77mm.  F++.  Both show the "tented" nature of this species' pattern very well. Big, beautiful specimens with perfect lips, fresh natural gloss & twin bands of fine-lined classic pattern...Thailand...$250  (2 available)

...28576...(1)...Conus villepini Fischer & Bernardi, 1867...55mm.  F++.  Zut Alors!! (and don't ask me what that means because i don't know!) This is what this species is all about - superb!!! Dorsum is even more striking with its dark, bold pattern...Brazil...$75  (1 available)

**....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)

Note: We have other nice (less expensive!) vicweii on the complete cone list.

Costellariidae

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

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

...22191...(1)...Cypraea arabica Linneus, 1758..(side view) (other side view)..41mm. F+ high.ULTRAFREAK!!!!!! This is one of the strangest cowrie specimens i've ever seen: it almost appears to be tied in a knot!!...India...$222  (1 available)

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

NEW**...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)

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

NEW**...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)

NEW**...33730...(1)...Cypraea lamarcki Gray, 1825....50mm. F++. Huge specimen of this Indian Ocean species...Tanzania...$18  (1 available)

...33265...(1)...Cypraea langfordi Kuroda, 1938....55mm. F++ high.  Spectacular specimen of this scarce & beautiful collectors' item...Philippines...$275  (1 available)

...29556...(1)...Cypraea pantherina var. catulus Schilder, 1924....82 mm. F++.  This species is believed by some to be a hybrid, with the elongate shape of pantherina & the larger black spotting of tigris...Djibouti...$135  (1 available)

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

...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)

NEW**...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)

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

NEW**...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)

NEW**...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)

...33433...(1)...Cypraea tigris Linne, 1758....79mm. F++. Highly unusual pattern almost looks juvenile but is solid, heavy & without banding...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

...33434...(1)...Cypraea tigris Linne, 1758....80mm. F++.  Albinistic!! White with a few small brown spots, though not sure if it rates as form pardalis...Philippines...$35  (1 available)

...33430...(pr)...Cypraea tigris Linne, 1758....66 & 70mm. F++.  Odd & interesting extreme pattern/colour pair, one nearly black & the other with retained, nearly white, juvenile-type pattern, but it is fully and completely adult...Philippines...$28/pair  (1 pair available)

...33043...(pr)...Cypraea ziczac Linne, 1758....17mm. F++. EXTREME pair!!...Solomon Islands...$8/pair firm  (1 pair available)

...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  (13 available)

...30443...(1)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....42mm. F+++. Albino!! Pure white example of this neatly textured Fasciolaridae. ..Philippines...$18  (1 available)

...33949...(1)...Haliotis patamakanthini Dekker, Regter & Gras, 2001....70, 71 mm. F++.  Dark red jumbo examples of this recently published Abalone, about as big as they get!...Thailand...$35  (1 available)

...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)

Harpidae

NEW**...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)

...31803...(3)...Marginella species....36 to 44mm. F++.  Either a large, possibly , ivory white species or possibly albino M. strigata...Burma...$19  (3 available)

NEW**...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)

...33942...(+)...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  (a nice number of specimens available)

NEW**...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)

...33135...(1)...Stramonitrophon plicatus Lightfoot, 1786....42mm. F+ high - nice quality, w/o.  Tan, with white bladed ribs & shoulder spines...Argentina...$45 firm  (1 available)

NEW**...34063...(1)...Trophon geversianus Pallas, 1774....82mm. F+ high w/o.  Absolutely huge specimen with virtually every foliate rib intact...Argentina...$100  (1 available)

...33210...(1)...Oliva sericea textilina Lamarck, 1811....95mm. F++.  Huge specimen with axial brown squiggled pattern which becomes gerontic approaching the lip...Tanzania...$35  (1 available)

...31508...(1)...Strombus friendi thersites Swainson, 1823....144mm. F++.  Large, magnificent, heavy specimen with full parietal glaze and lip a full 18mm. thick...Vietnam...$115 (1 available)

...32058...(3)...Calliostoma iridium Dall, 1896....18mm. F++ w/o. (How come irridium is so much cheaper than platinum when it comes to Calliostoma?) Beautiful iridescent yellowish, with red-brown flamules..Panama...$18  (3 available)

NEW**...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)

NEW...34087...(5)...Tudicula zanzibarica Abbott, 1958....53 to 54mm. F+ high w/o.  Superb, fully adult examples of this East African collector's item with complete lip, parietal shield & shoulder spines...Tanzania...SUPERSPECIAL!!..$65 FIRM (no discounts: this price is a bit silly....)  (5 available) (Box on shelf)

Volutidae

NEW**...33680...(1)...Cymbiola palawanica Doute, 1985....82, 87mm. F++. FANTASTIC specimen! Fleshy pink with darkly mottled bands & blood red spots...Philippines...$95  (1 available)

NEW**...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)

...30889...(2)...Volutoconus bednalli Brazier, 1878....123 to 124mm. F++.  Spectacular specimens! with typical patterns and thick & rounded adult lips...Australia...$200 firm. (2 available)

...40216...(1set)...Asperitas bimaensis cochlostyloides Schepman, 1892....27 to 37 mm. F+ high to F++.  Beautiful 6 piece colour variation sets of this wildly variable species, including brown, green, yellow/green, orange/green, blue-green & albino white...Indonesia..SUPERSPECIAL..$45/set of 6 (FIRM!!)  (set available)

...7026...(10)...Tiphobia horei E. A. Smith, 1880...40 to 45mm. F+. w/operc.  Interesting & hard to get spiny brown species, live taken in Lake Tanganyika...Tanzania...$15  (10 available)