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Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN ....35213...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....62 mm. F+ solid.  Huge for the species, with gerontic multiple tails & mild apical erosion...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

....37275...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....65 mm. F+. Huge specimen with strong spiral cords over axial ridges, but with somewhat rough lip...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....35073...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....56 mm. F+ high.  Sir Lancalot would like this one - its a lot of lance! (so call the pun police...)...Philippines...$16  (1 available)

....30217...(2)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....45 & 51 mm. F+.  About as big as this species gets...Philippines...$6  (2 available)

...28356...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....50 mm. F+ nicely.  Huge specimens of this typically tiny (under an inch) species...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....31166...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791.... mm. F++.  Great example of this smaller Fasciolariidae species...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....28202...(1)...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....26 mm. F+.  Unusually bent siphonal canal...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

SOLD...Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791....60 mm. F++.  Philippines........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....37995...(6)...Fasciolaria lilium fm. hunteria Perry, 1811....66 to 75 mm. F+/F++. Good, barely beached examples with intact lips & siphonal canals...Florida...$6 (6 available) OVERSIZE

....29605...(3)...Fasciolaria lilium fm. hunteria Perry, 1811....50 to 63 mm. F+.  Fine black spiral lines on this elegant form...Florida...$5  (3 available)

SOLD....Fasciolaria lilium fm. hunteria Perry, 1811....72 mm. F++ w/operc. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

SOLD....Fasciolaria lilium fm. hunteria Perry, 1811....66 to 73 mm. F+ nicely.  Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....16767...(1)...Fasciolaria trapezium Linne, 1758....130 mm. F+ w/operc. Unusual orange colour form...Philippines...$30 (1 available)


....38026...(1)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....166 mm. F++. Beautiful big example with intact, toothed lip, protoconch & full siphonal canal...Bahamas...$15 (1 available)

....31097...(3)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....149 to 152 mm. F+/F++ w/operc.  Super-sized typically gray & brown marbled specimens...Florida...$16  (3 available)   OVERSIZE

....38027...(3)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....135 to 149 mm. F++. Fine typical specimens with patchy bands of brown and fully intact lips...Bahamas...$10 (3 available)

....38028...(1)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....146 mm. F++. Amazing colour form example clouded in pastel orange...Bahamas...$22 (1 available)

....29607...(2)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....128, 142 mm. F+ w/operc.  Large, fresh examples heavily clouded with red-brown...Florida...$17  (2 available) OVERSIZE

....29611...(1)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....136 mm. F+ high w/operc.  Good sized typically brown clouded specimen...Florida...$8  (1 available)

....31095...(2sets)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....90 to 135 mm. F+/F++ w/operc.  Great 3 piece colour sets, one typically brown mottled, one predominantly light gray & one "red" colour form...Florida...$30  (2 sets available)   OVERSIZE

....38029...(2)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....124, 133 mm. F+. Decent examples of the “red” colour form, clouded with cinnamon brown...Bahamas...$12 (2 available)

....31096...(4prs)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....90 to 130 mm. F+/F++ w/operc.  Pretty pairs, one grayish with brown markings, the other the "red" form, mottled in pinky cream & deep orange...Florida...$25  (4 prs available)   OVERSIZE

....29608...(2)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....118 to 120 mm. F+ w/operc.  Good specimens of the scarce cinnamon clouded "red form"...Florida...$15  (2 available)

....31098...(3)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....110 to 120 mm. F+/F++ w/operc.  Prime examples of the "red" form, in shades of pinkish-gray & mottled orange...Florida...$20  (3 available)   OVERSIZE

....26188...(1)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....118 mm. F++.  "Red" form, an unusual colour form in cream & cinnamon reddish-brown...Aruba...$15  (1 available)

....29612...(4)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....104 to 118 mm. F++ w/operc.  Particularly dark brown clouded examples...Florida...$6  (4 available)

....29614...(4)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....90 to 108 mm. F++ w/operc.  Light colour form from Sanibel, with interrupted spiral lines & creamy colour with reduced tan markings...Florida...$5  (4 available)

....29609...(4)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....93 to 107 mm. F+ w/operc.  Rich red-brown clouded colour form...Florida...$12  (4 available)

....12983...(5)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....82 - 105 mm. F++/Gem w/operc. typical form in excellent condition with killer data!...Bahamas...$5  (5 available) OVERSIZE

....12984...(3)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....91 - 103 mm. F++ w/operc. Dark brown clouded with white aperture...Bahamas...$6  (3 available) OVERSIZE

....12985...(2)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....86 - 99 mm. Gem w/operc.  "Red form" clouded with orange-brown...Florida...$7  (2 available)

....37730...(3)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....79 to 93 mm. Unusually light colour form, not truly albino, but nearly all white with just a few lines & patches of orange-brown...Florida...$12 (3 available)

....38030...(1set)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....86 to 92 mm. F+/F++. Pretty 5 piece pattern variation set, from nearly white, through typical clouded brown, to rich orange/pink banded...Bahamas...$29 (1 set available)

....37731...(1set)...Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....54 to 72 mm. F+/F++. Great 10 piece colour & pattern variation set shows the full range, from nearly white to chocolate brown & shiny smooth to heavily corded...Florida...$25 (1 set available)

SOLD....Fasciolaria tulipa Linne, 1758....122 to 130 mm. F++ w/operc.  Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....34603...(1)...Fasciolariidae species....50 mm. F. Either a fairly smooth Fusinus or Latirus species or a juvenile Pleuroploca, in unusual solid pastel yellow colour...South China Sea...$9 (1 available)


....39254...(8)...Fusinus ambustus Gould, 1853....36 to 44 mm. F+. Neat smaller spindle specie, with brown markings & intact lips...West Mexico...$5 (8 available)

....38188...(2)...Fusinus ambustus Gould, 1853....44, 45 mm. F+. Selected from dozens, these are decent beach examples with full lip & canal...West Mexico...$5 (2 available)


....39170...(1)...Fusinus cinereus Reeve, 1847....27 mm. F+. Nice beach specimen, selected from dozens...West Mexico...$3 (1 available)


NEW....39368...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....137 mm. F+. Amazing freak form with so bent and twisted a siphonal canal that it must have crawled with a limp...Thailand...$12 (1 available)

NEW....39479...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....135 mm. F+. Interesting freak, with spire tilted about 30 degrees. Reminds me of an evergreen with too much snow load!...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

NEW....39481...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....122mm. F+. Amazing freak specimen with siphonal canal twisted like a pig’s tail or a corkscrew!...Philippines...$24 (1 available)

NEW....39480...(2)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....80, 110 mm. F+. Extreme freaks with siphonal canal bent nearly 90 degrees to the left. Must have made it tough to get around!...Philippines...$20 (2 available)

....36505...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....200 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice big example with excellent lip, apex & syphonal canal...Philippines...$23

....16684...(3)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....182 to 190 mm. F+. BIG beauties! Pure white with brown dentate lip intact...Philippines...$15  (3 available)   OVERSIZE

....16685...(5)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....177 - 187 mm. F+.  Pretty good - only minor siphonal damage...Philippines...$8  (5 available)   OVERSIZE

....36506...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....180 mm. F++ w/operc. Good sized typical specimen with brown lined serrated lip, good canal & full brown tinted apex...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....38755...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....178 mm. F+. This one has good spire, fully developed lip & parietal shield, and super-long if slightly rough canal...Philippines...$11 (1 available) OVERSIZE

....18818...(2)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....166 mm. F+.  White with brown axial markings & siphonal canal. Good, big specimens...Philippines...$10   (2 available) OVERSIZE

....38754...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....163 mm. F. Large example but with thin lip...Philippines...$8 (1 available) OVERSIZE

....16357...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....157 mm. F+ high.  White with tan accents & several white barnacle decorations. Good, big example...Philippines...$12 new price  (1 available)

Re-listed....27001...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....152 mm. F++ w/operc. Great specimen with intact apex, lip & canal and with operculum...Philippines...$13 (1 available)

....23010...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....145 mm. F+ solid.  Classic!!...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....24611...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....145 mm. F+.  White with just a few brown lip lines. Good lip, great siphonal canal...Philippines...$7  (1 available) OVERSIZE

....37895...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....133 mm. F+. Big one with full length siphonal canal...”Indo Pacific”...$8 (1 available)

....31342...(1)...Fusinus colus linne, 1758....131 mm. F++.  Excellent, fully adult example with slightly flared, brown rimmed apperture...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....27000...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....126 mm. F+ w/operc.  Young adults with dark brown apex & syphonal canal...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....37894...(4)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....107 to 115 mm. F++. Fine examples with brown lined, fine toothed lip & canal...”Indo Pacific”...$9 (4 available)

....37893...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....101 mm. F++. Great specimen with finely dentate lip, intact parietal shield& nice apex & siphonal canal...”Indo Pacific”...$6 (1 available)

....32469...(1)...Fusinus colus Linne, 1758....75 mm. F+.  DWARF!! 11 whorls packed into 3 inches...Philippines...$11  (1 available)


....38756...(1)...Fusinus couei Petit, 1853....106 mm. F. Somewhat rough example of this hard to get specie at a discount price...East Mexico...$8 (1 available)

....37884...(1)...Fusinus couei Petit, 1853....129 mm. F+. Large spiral corded specimen with decent lip & long siphonal canal...Florida...$15 (1 available)


NEW....39365...(1)...Fusinus cf. forceps Perry, 1811....120 mm. F+ w/operc. Great freak form has siphonal canal bent a good 30 degrees out of alignment with the columella...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....38757...(1)...Fucinus forceps Perry, 1811....185 mm. F+. Big, heavy specimen. ID by supplier, but could be F. salisburyi...Japan...$12 (1 available)

....36887...(1)...Fusinus forceps Perry, 1811....139 mm. F+ high. Fantastic forceps! Good size and in great condition, with mostly intact apex, lip & canal...Philippines...$16 (1 available) OVERSIZE



....32823...(1)...Fusinus hyphalus G1 Smith, 1940....64 mm. F+. Large for the species, with nearly smooth body whorl...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

SOLD....Fusinus hyphalus Smith, 1940....60 mm. F++. Solomon Islands. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....29056...(1)...Fusinus longissimus Gmelin, 1791....217 mm. F+.  Large snowy white specimen, though with the lip slightly straightened...Philippines...$6  (1 available) OVERSIZE

SOLD....Fusinus longissimus Gmelin, 1791....Tanzania........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....32188...(1)...Fusinus nicobaricus Roding, 1798....142 mm. F.  Big old bruiser, with good brown flamed pattern but with rough lip & canal...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....19129...(1)...Fusinus nicobaricus Roding, 1798....105 mm. F+.  Minor lip chip, otherwise nice and big with good pattern...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....25699...(2)...Fusinus nicobaricus Roding, 1798....98 to 109 mm. F++ w/operc.  Great fresh examples with good lips & perio intact...India...$4   (2 available)

....38189...(1)...Fusinus nicobaricus Roding, 1798....94 mm. F+ w/operc. Light tan marbled, complete with operc...ex col...$5 (1 available)

....22895...(1)...Fusinus nicobaricus Roding, 1798....91 mm. F+.  Apex bends dorsally about 45 degrees! Good lip too...India...$18  (1 available)



....29119...(1)...Fusinus cf. perplexus Adams, 1864....48 mm. F++ w/operc & perio. Brown markings & beaded sculpture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....3855...(2)...Fusinus pulchellus Philippi, 1844....34 - 37 mm. F++ w/operc. Cream with brown axial ribs...Spain....$5 (2 available)

SOLD....Fusinus pulchellus Philippi, 1846....30 mm. F++.  Western Sahara........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....36878...(1)...Fusinus salisburyi Fulton, 1930....213 mm. F++. Spectacular specimen, large & top quality, with excellent lip, canal & apex...Philippines...$23 (1 available) OVERSIZE

....38184...(1)...Fusinus salisburyi Fulton, 1930....200 mm. F+ high. Huge white beast, heavily corded & with brown trimmed dentate lip...Australia...$24 (1 available)

....16689...(1)...Fusinus salisburyi Fulton, 1930....138 mm. F+. Good specimen...Philippines...$16  (1 available)   OVERSIZE

....36629...(2)...Fusinus salisbury Fulton, 1930....118 mm. F++ w/operc. Lovely if not large specimens, with good apex, lip & canal, complete with operc...Thailand(?)...$15 (2 available)


....36064...(1)....Fusinus sp.....138 mm. F++. Big white spindle with brown lined lip. Don't think this is F. colus, though not sure...Tanzania...$20  (1 available)

....33401...(1)...Fusinus sp.....120 mm. F+.  Odd freak specimen with siphonal canal spirally twisted through about 300 degrees...Tanzania...$30  (1 available)


....36483...(1)...Fusinus cf. tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822....132 mm. F+ high. Pretty specimen with brown spiral cord between the axial ridges...Tanzania...$9 (1 available)

....36513...(1)...Fusinus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822....119 mm. F+ high. Light yellow with brown between the shoulder knobs. Similar to F. colus but without brown apex & lip line...Tanzania...$10 (1 available)


....38183...(1)...Fusinus undatus Gmelin, 1791....192 mm. F++. Magnificent, massive, monster with great, finely dentate & lyrate lip...Philippines...$30 (1 available)

....18144...(2)...Fusinus undatus Gmelin, 1791....161, 170 mm. (approx.) F+.  Good, chunky examples...Philippines...$12  (2 available)   OVERSIZE

....36882...(1)...Fusinus undatus Gmelin, 1791....154 mm. F++. Exemplary! very nice overall specimen with intact apex lip & siphonal canal...Philippines...$18 (1 available) OVERSIZE


....35686...(1)...Fusolatirus dondani Snyder, 2004....36 mm. F++.  Tan spiral banded with brown spiral lines......Philippines...$13  (1 available)


....34640...(2)...Fusolatirus kuroseanus Auth ?....23, 24 mm. F+. Tiny tan new species with spirally corded strong axial ridges...Philippines...$15 (2 available)



....25071...(1pr)...Granulofusus comparison pair....32 & 33 mm. F+.  One each of G. kiranus Shuto, & G. nipponicus E. A. Smith to compare these two very similar species...Philippines...$12  (1 pair available)



....39106...(2)...Granulifusus dondani Snyder, 2003....37, 41 mm. F++. Pretty, recently described specie with tan bands & brown spiral lines...Philippines...$11 (2 available)

....33789...(8)...Granulofusus dondani Snyder, 2003....37 to 47 mm. Striking fine lined brown pattern over strong axial ribs...Philippines...SPECIAL...$8 for 2 (8 available)

....37276...(1)...Granulofusus dondani Snyder, 2003....45 mm. F+. Lovely tan banded & brown spiral lined recently authored species...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....30767...(11)...Granulofusus dondani Snyder, 2003....35 to 44 mm. F++.  Elegant pattern of cream & tan bands & brown spiral lines. ID by supplier...Philippines...$6  (11 available)

....37178...(2)...Granulofusus dondani Snyder, 2003....41, 43 mm. F+ high. Recently described species with tan spiral bands & raised brown cords...Philippines...$11 (2 available)

....37046...(1)...Granulofusus dondani Snyder, 2003....41 mm. F++. Recently published species with brown spiral lines & bands...Philippines...$12 (1 available)


NEW....39476...(1)...Granulofusus cf. graciliformis Sowerby, 1880....77 mm. F++. Elegant snow white with fine spiral cords and complete apex, lip & canal...Philippines...$30 (1 available)


NEW....39477...(2)...Granulofusus cf. hayashii Habe, 1961....46, 53 mm. F+. ID from supplier. Has raised granulose spiral cords...Philippines...$14 (2 available)


NEW....39478...(1)...Granulofusus cf. hyphalus Smith, 1940....70 mm. F+. Nodulose spiral cords fade to tan spiral lines...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....38473...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....43 mm. F++. Banded in tan & spiral lined in brown, with complete lip & canal...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....37045...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....49 mm. Gem. Flawless specimen of this spirally corded Fasciolariidae...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....37179...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....47 mm. F+. Spiral cords create raised knobs where they cross the axial ridges...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....30219...(2)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....39 to 43 mm. F+.  Elegant pattern of white & tan bands with brown spiral lines...Philippines...$8  (2 available)

....20757...(4)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....32 to 43 mm. F++.  Well marked with tan bands & raised brown spiral lines...Philippines...$7   (4 available)

....35687...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....42 mm. F++.  Elongate, with brown spiral cords & nice lip......Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....28207...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....42 mm. F++.  Excellent example of this elegantly fine lined & banded Fasciolariidae...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....28519...(3)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....33 to 40 mm. F++.  Spiral lined & banded in brown & white...Philippines...$8  (3 available)

....31049...(2)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....37, 39 mm. F++.  Lined & banded with tan on white...Philippines...$8  (2 available)

....33315...(1)...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....33 mm. F+.  Fine spiral lined, with full lip & siphonal canal...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

SOLD...Granulofusus kiranus Shuto, 1958....56 mm. F++. Philippines........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....39107...(3)...Granulifusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....52 to 58 mm. F++. With raised, nodulose spiral cords and nicely intact lips & canals...Philippines...$9 (3 available)

....38474...(2)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....40, 48 mm. F+. Good examples with brown lined nodulose axial ribs...Philippines...$8 (2 available)

....37277...(2)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....53, 54 mm. F++. With lighter nodules where spiral cords cross axial ridges...Philippines...$9 (2 available)

....35086...(3)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....40 to 47 mm. F++.  Spiral cords over axial ridges give a beaded effect...Philippines...$7  (3 available)

....35688...(1)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....42 mm. F+.  Spiral cords form nudules where they cross axial ridges......Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....25449...(1)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....40 mm. F+.  Delicate deep water spindle...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....27452...(1)...Granulofusus cf. nipponicus Smith, 1879....29 mm. F++. With the typically heavier construction of this species...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....10093...(1)...Granulofusus nipponicus Smith, 1879....23 mm. F++. Cute baby, cream & brown banded...Philippines...$3  (1 available)



....37044...(1)...Latirolagena smaragdula Linne, 1758....44 mm. F++. Although not huge, this is a prime quality specimen with finely crenulate lip intact...Philippines...$7 new price (1 available)

....34650...(1)...Latirolagena smaragdula Linne, 1758....39 mm. F++. Nice example with complete apex, canal & finely toothed lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....30446...(2)...Latirolagena smaragdula Linne, 1758....38 mm. F+.  Fat Fasciolaridae with fine black & white spiral lines...Philippines...$5  (2 available)


....36883...(1)...Latirus balicasagensis Bozzetti, 1996....35 mm. F++. Great specimen from the type locality...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....29762...(2)...Latirus cf. balicasagensis Bozetti, 1996....27, 28 mm. F+.  With brown lined axial ridges. ID from supplier...Philippines...$10  (2 available)

....31054...(2)...Latirus cf. balicasagensis Bozetti, 1996....26, 27 mm. F++.  Small, recently described Fasciolaridae...Philippines...$9  (2 available)

SOLD....Latirus balicasagensis Bozzetti, 1996....29 mm. F+ high.  Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....29922...(1)...Latirus belcheri Reeve, 1847....66, 68 mm. F+.  Belcheri? Pardon me, it must have been something I ate...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....36548...(1)...Latirus belcheri Reeve, 1847....56 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice specimen with strongly knobby shoulders & axial ridges...Philippines...$7

....22709...(1)...Latirus belcheri Reeve, 1847....42 mm. F++ w/operc.  Live taken lovlies!...Australia...$6  (1 available)

....30224...(1)...Latirus belcheri Reeve, 1847....35 mm. F+.  Junior specimen, start your growth series here...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


....3850...(3pr)...Latirus cf. carifinerus Lamark, 1816....8 mm. F+. ID supplied but uncertain: certainly odd! PAIRS...Roatan Is...$5  (3 pairs available)


....30448...(1)...Latirus constrictus Koch, 1845....49 mm. F+.  Orange-tan with fine spiral cords. Good sized examples...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31051...(1)...Latirus constrictus Koch, 1845....42 mm. F+ high.  Rich orange-tan with strong axial nodes...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....30225...(2)...Latirus constrictus Koch, 1845....36, 41 mm. F+.  Light flesh tones & with big nodules. ID by supplier...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....33698...(1)...Latirus craticulatus Linne, 1758....38 mm. F+.  With boldly orange-brown tinted axial nodes...Philippines...$6  (1 available)


SOLD....Latirus deynzerorum Emerson & Sage, 1990....42 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....31235...(1)...Latirus fearnleyi....32 mm. F+ high.  Glorious pastel orange with fine white spiral lines. ID from supplier & not in Rice...Philippines...$12  (1 available)


....29487...(1)...Latirus infundibulum Gmelin, 1791....65 mm. F+.  Big one! Raised brown spiral cords over orange-tan...Venezuela...$6  (1 available)

....16200...(2)...Latirus infundibulum Gmelin, 1791....48, 56 mm. F+. Good normals...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

....3841...(2)...Latirus infundibulum Gmelin, 1791....52 - 55 mm. F++ w/o. Normal, nice! SPECIAL!!...St. Vincent...$4 (2 available)

....20657...(1pr)...Latirus infundibulum Gmelin, 1791....52 & 53 mm. F+.  Good light & dark pair, one with orange spiral lines, the other with brown...Hondurus...$10 new price  (1 pair available)


....30227...(3)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....45 to 48 mm. F++.  Pretty pinkish-orange pastel, with long, twisted syphonal canal...Philippines...$9  (3 available)

....30844...(1)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....46 mm. F+ high.  Pretty bright orange, with fat axial nodes & white basal band...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....29358...(1)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....43, 46 mm. F++.  Orange with white bands...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....28825...(2)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....36, 39 mm. F++.  With good lips & canals, & with brown dashed axial ridges...Philippines...$9  (2 available)

....34554...(1)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....34 mm. F++.  Rich brown with lots of fine brown spiral cords. Help yourself to a nice piece of kandai...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....33316...(1)...Latirus kandai Kuroda, 1950....32 mm. F+.  Spiral banded in orange-brown tones, with big round axial ridges & good lip...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....27448...(2)...Latirus cf. kandai Kuroda, 1950....25 mm. F++.  Tiny spindle species with strong, brown lined axial ridges...Philippines...$9  (2 available)


....32745...(1)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....51 mm. F+.  Large for the species, with yellow-tan nodules on brown...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....36888...(1)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....47.5 mm. F+. Tan with fat yellow nodules & lavender aperture...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....25862...(2)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....43 to 46 mm. F.  Fresh dead but nice & large, with pale nodes & rich purple apperture...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

....29060...(2)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....36, 39 mm. F+ w/operc.  Brown, with light tan nodules...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

....27456...(1)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....37 mm. F++.  Tan, with big, pale nodules & pretty lavender apperture...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....27043...(1)...Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847....37 mm. F+.  Fat, waxy looking, light tan nodules...Philippines...$5  (1 available)



....15051...(1)...Latirus paetelianus Kobelt, 1876....38 mm. F+. Orange-brown with fine ridged knobs..Philippines...$4
  (1 available)

....26981...(2)...Latirus paetelianus Kobelt, 1876....32 to 38 mm. F++ w/operc.  Striking orange brown banded on white...Philippines...$4  (2 available)



SOLD....Latirus cf. pagodaeformis Melvill, 1899....37, 41 mm. F+.  Philippines.
.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....36881...(1)...Latirus pearsoni Snyder, 2002....38 mm. F++. ID supplied for this new specie. Pumpkin orange with white base & canal...Philippines...$9  (1 available)


....39260...(3)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....53 to 56 mm. F++. Great mid-sized specimens with dark brown dashed axial ridges and intact lips...Philippines...$7 (3 available)

....29923...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....78 mm. F+.  With strong, brown lined axial ridges over orange & white...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....38190...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....76 mm. F++. Good sized example, well patterned with brown markings & with flared, dentate lip...ex col...$8 (1 available)

....26714...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....76 mm. F++ w/operc.  Unusual light colour form, with minimal black spiral markings on the shoulder knobs...Tanzania...$8  (1 available)

....31346...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....76 mm. F+.  With heavy, brown marked axial ridges & intact, dentate, flared lip...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....22710...(1)...Latirus cf. polygonus Gmelin, 1791....66 mm. F+.  Knobby axial ridges with brown spiral lines...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....27109...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....66 mm. F++ w/operc.  Excellent typical example, with toothed lip intact...Tanzania...$6  (1 available)

....28588...(1)...Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791....63 mm. F++.  Great example of this highly variable species...Tanzania...$5  (1 available)


....29925...(1)...Latirus recurvirostratus Schubert & Wagner, 1829....59 mm. F+.  Mid sized specimen, uncommon from this locality...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....36229...(1)...Latirus recurvirostratus Schubert & Wagner, 1829....42 mm. F++. Orange, with black & white markings...Philippines....$5  (1 available)



....35633...(1)...Latirus staminatus Garrard, 1966....14 mm. F++.  Miniature Fasciolariidae, axially ridged & fairly inflated......Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....31536...(3)...Latirus staminatus Gerrard,1966....13 to 15 mm. F+.  Tan banded mini-fasciolarid species. ID from supplier...Philippines...$4  (3 available)

....28218...(1)...Latirus staminatus Garrard, 1966....13 mm. F++.  Scarce, tan banded miniature  Fasciolariidae, described less than 40 years ago...Philippines...$9  (1 available)



SOLD....Latirus triserialis Lamarck, 1822....34 to 42 mm. F++ w/operc.  Cape Verde Islands.
.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....25863...(2)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....46 to 51 mm. F++.  Orange & black lined specimen, oversize even according to the supplier...Philippines...$6  (2 available)

....25075...(3)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....37 to 42 mm. F++.  Fresh, dark orange with strong, contrasting black spiral lines...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

....30231...(2)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....33 to 36 mm. F++. Fine typical examples with complete lips...Philippines...$4 (2 available)

....25238...(1pr)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....28 mm. F+.  Extreme pair, one nearly smooth, the other with strong axial ridges...Australia...$7   (1 pair available)

....25239...(3)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....21 to 26 mm. F+.  Halloween colours! Black spiral lines on orange...Australia...$3   (3 available)

....19427...(1)...Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....25 mm. F++.  Immaculate, brown spiral ridges on orange with complete lip...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791....37 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....36885...(1)...Latirus sarinae Snyder, 2003....50 mm. F++. Uncommon new species often figured as L. kandai...Philippines...$10 (1 available)



....33317...(1)...Latirus species....43 mm. F+.  With thick canal & fasciole & strong axial ridges...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....33318...(1)...Latirus species....38 mm. F+.  Spiral banded in tan, cream & brown, with spiny shouldered ridges...Philippines...$14  (1 available)

....36891...(1)...Latirus species....19 mm. F++. Uncommon & possibly un-named species, bright orange with white raised spiral cords & black siphonal canal...Philippines...$20 (1 available)

SOLD....Latirus species....21 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment



....25241...(1)...Latirus walkeri Melvill, 1895....20 mm. F++.  Brown with tan axial ridges...Australia...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Latirus walkeri Melvill, 1895....22 to 23 mm. F++.  Australia........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....39262...(2)...Leucozonia nassa Gmelin, 1791....40 mm. F++. Identified as L. cingulifera (a synonym) Ex col. “Limon Bay”...???...$5 (2 available)

SOLD....Leucozonia nassa Gmelin, 1791....48 to 53 mm. F++. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....12631...(2)...Leucozonia ocellata Gmelin, 1791....20, 25 mm. F. Fresh dead. Black & white spotted...Florida...$2  (2 available)

SOLD....Leucozonia ocellata Gmelin, 1791....25 & 19 mm. F+. Bahamas. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....34223...(1pr)....Opeatostoma pseudodon Burrow, 1815....49 mm. F++. Excellent pair, both with long, intact lip spine, one complete with operculum and periostracum...Panama...$9 (1 pair available)

....29500...(1)...Opeatostoma pseudodon Burrow, 1815....41 mm. F++. Striking, raised, black spiral cords & one sharp lip tooth...Panama...$6 (1 available)



....15054...(4pr)...Peristernia australiensis Reeve, 1847....24 - 29 mm. F+. One adult  & one juvenile. White with black spots..Australia...$4  (4 pairs available)


....35222...(2)...Peristernia hesterae Melvill, 1911....Nearly all white, with a black sutural band & base...Philippines...$10  (2 available)

....34557...(1)...Peristernia cf. hesterae Melvill, 1911....20 mm. F+.  Small black & brown banded Fasciolariidae species with fat axial ridges...Philippines...$10  (1 available)


....37273...(1)...Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1830....32 mm. F++. BIG for the species, dark brown with broad orange axial ridges & deep purple interior...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....32602...(9)...Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1840....25 to 30 mm. F+.  With bright orange axial ridges & lavender apperture...Philippines...$3  (9 available)

....30268...(2)...Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1830....28 to 30 mm. F++.  With strikng, fat, orange axial ribs & purple apperture...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....25288...(5)...Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1830....23 to 26 mm. F+.  Brown with pastel orange axial ribs...Australia...$3  (5 available)

....15703...(+)...Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1840....13 - 19 mm. F++.  Rich orange axial ribs. Juveniles, but well behaved...Philippines...$4  (+ available)

SOLD....Peristernia incarnata Kiener, 1840....31 & 32 mm. F++.  Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment



....15816...(2)...Peristernia lirata Pease, 1868....13 - 14 mm. F++.  Tan, squat & spinous with brown siphonal canal...Philippines...$9 (2 available)


....10092...(1pr)...Peristernia nassatula Lamarck, 1822....27 - 38 mm. F+/F++. Brown & white banded with pink to purple mouthed pairs...America Samoa...$3  (1 pair available)

....35772...(2)...Peristernia nassatula Lamarck, 1822....29, 31 mm. F++. Great, rich coloured examples with deep purple apertures...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

SOLD....Peristernia nassatula Lamarck, 1822....32 mm. F++.  Solomon Islands........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....37425...(1)...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....33 mm. F+ high. Striking black & white spiral lined pattern & deep purple interior...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....37426...(1pr)....Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....30 & 32 mm. F+/F++ 1 w/operc. Light & dark phase pair, one typically black & white lined, the other in white & tan...Philippines...$15 (1 pair available)

....37180...(2)...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....32 mm. F+ high. Striking little Fasciolarids with stand-out pattern of white spiral cords on dark chocolate brown...Philippines...$7 (2 available)

....36879...(1)...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....27 mm. F++. Bold pattern of brown & white spiral cords over axial ridges...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....1865 ...(4) ...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844...18 - 22 mm. F+ to F++. Great data!! Normal size for the beast...Thailand ...$7 (4 available)

....1866...(11)...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....14 - 18 mm. F+ to F++.  Cute...Thailand...$5  (11 available) ]

....1867...(+)...Peristernia philberti Recluz, 1844....18 - 20 mm. F+, (but encrusted- will clean up nicely, however) PAIRS...Thailand...$5  (lots available)


....33325...(1pr)...Peristernia species....28 & 29 mm. F+.  Nice pair, one pastel yellow, the other snowy white, both with black base & sutural band. Possibly P. ustulata...Philippines...$5  (1 pair available)


....38475...(2)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....28 mm. F++. Creamy white with stand-out black sutural line & base...Philippines...$4 (2 available)

....30269A...(1)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....31 mm. F++. Huge for the species...Philippines...$20 (1 available)

....30270...(1pr)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....29 & 31 mm. F++.  Super sized 2 tone pair, both creamy white, one with typical black accents, the other in orange-brown...Philippines...$27  (1 pair available)

....29771....(2)..Peristernia cf. ustulata Reeve, 1847....27, 28 mm. F++.  Creamy white with dark brown base & sutural stripe...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....37274...(1)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....27 mm. F++. Much paler-than-usual specimen with perfect, finely serrated lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....31171...(1pr)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....23 & 27 mm. F++.  White, with brown spiral lines & black base...Philippines...$5  (1 pair available)

....36884...(1)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....26 mm. F++. White with a brown base...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....37181...(1)...Peristernia cf. ustulata Reeve, 1847....25 mm. F++. Good dark colour example, with brown spiral band, deep orange apperture & black base & siphonal canal...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....34559...(1)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....25 mm. F+.  Tan banded, with white base & contrasting black fasciole...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....25081...(1)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1843....25 mm. F++.  Intact lip & purple tipped siphonal canal...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....27079...(1).. ..Peristernia cf. ustulata Reeve, 1847....24 mm. F++.  Distinctive black siphonal canal, but with unusual brown banded upper whorls...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....28247...(2)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....24 mm. F++.  Fine examples of the light colour phase, the upper portion banded in bright orange...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....29127...(2)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....22 to 24 mm. F++.  White with brown siphonal canal. Nice clean examples...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....25463...(1set)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....15 to 24 mm. F++ mostly.  4 piece set shows a range of forms...Philippines...$10  (1 set available)

....30269...(3)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....20 to 22 mm. F+.  Tiny Fasciolaridae with black siphonal canal...Philippines...$2  (3 available)

....27665...(2)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....18, 19 mm. F+ nicely.  White with brown tipped syphonal canal...Philippines...$3 for both  (2 available)

....15704...(4)...Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1847....16 - 17 mm. F++. Tan with dark siphonal canal. Free baby thrown in...Philippines...$3  (4 available)



....29770....(1)...Peristernia sp.....28 mm. F+.  White, with orange axial ridges. Seems to match "Shells of the Philippines" plate 48, figure 14...Philippines...$6  (1 available)



....38186...(1)...Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener, 1840....200 mm. F+. Nice example with brown columella & good canal...Florida...$35 (1 available)

....38185...(1)...Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener, 1840....198 mm. F+. Albino example, all white, but with a thin, slightly rough lip...Florida...$75 (1 available)

SOLD...Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener, 1840....310 mm. F+ best.  Florida........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment

SOLD....Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener, 1840....57 & 82 mm. F+.  Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


SOLD....Pleuroploca granosa Broderip, 1832....94 mm. F+. Panama. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


SOLD....Pleuroploca persica Reeve, 1847....111 mm. F+. Sri Lanka. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


....38207...(1)...Pleuroploca princeps Sowerby, 1825....168 mm. F+ high. Good junior ex col specimen of this hard to get Horse Conch with fully intact dentate lip & brown, flaky periostracum...West Mexico...$24 (1 available)


....38210...(1)...Pleuroploca gigantea reevei Philippi, 1851....210 mm. F+. Interesting example of this knobbless form of the Florida Horse Conch, with partial periostracum, complete apex & canal...Florida...$25 (1 available)


SOLD....Pleuroploca salmo Wood, 1828....99, 105 mm. F++. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment


Relisted....31808...(1)...Pleuroploca trapezium Linne, 1758....120 mm. F++ w/operc. Nicely spiral lined specimen with intact, slightly flared lip...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....31492...(1)...Pleuroploca trapezium Linne, 1758....235 mm. F+.  BIG, old example with mild apical erosion but fairly good, tooth edged lip...Philippines...$70  (1 available)   OVERSIZE

....38187...(2)...Pleuroploca trapezium Linne, 1758....116, 120 mm. F+ high. Neat junior examples with good lips & canals...ex col...$7 (2 available)

....36889...(1)...Pleuroploca trapezium Linne, 1758....96 mm. F+. Mildly freaky juvenile example with siphonal canal bent about 45 degrees & intact, dentate lip Those during young men on the flying trapezium?...Philippines...$15 (1 available)


....36549...(2)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....47, 49 mm. F++ w/operc. Neat little Fasciolariid in shades of rich brown & with recurved syphonal canal & complete with operc...Philippines...$9 (2 available)

....37424...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....46 mm. F++. Sweet specimen with intact canal, lip & apex...Philippines...$10 (1 available)


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