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Marginellidae

Updated April 24, 2008

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Marginellidae

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Stock #  # Available  Name      Description    Locality  $USD


....12714...(2 prs)...Bulla striata Bruguiere, 1792...15 - 33 mm, F+/F++. Beautiful 6 piece growth & colour pattern sets..Hondurus...$6  (2 pairs available)


....20561...(1)...Bullata bullata Born, 1778...51 to 52 mm, F++.  Fine fawn on tan pattern, with gold lined white lip. Very nice!...Brazil...$9  (1  available)


....27792...(2)...Bullata guerrinii Souza & Covert, 2001....24 to 26 mm, F++.  Rich purplish-tan with cream spots. ly described & scarce...Brazil...$100 (or best offer!)  (2 available)


...8535...(3)...Hyalina agatha Laseron, 1957...4 mm, gem-. Light brown MICRO shell..Australia...$8 (3 available)


....12547...(10)...Hyalina avena Kiener, 1834....10 - 15 mm, F+/F++.  White with 3 pastel orange bands...Florida...$3 for 2  (10 available)

....699...(4)...Hyalina avena bayerleana Bernardi ...12-14 mm, F++. Big, beautiful bright PINK: Love it! ...E. Mexico ...$5 and worth it!!  (4 available)

....698...(sets)...Hyalina avena bayerleana Bernardi....10-13 mm, F++- Gem. Good series of 3, from the Yucatan...E. Mexico...$6/set  (2 sets available)


....25704...(20)...Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846....21 to 24 mm, F++.  Dark gray patterned with tan backed white lips...India...2 for $3  (20 available)

....22899...(10pr)...Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846....20 to 23 mm, F++.  Contrasting pattern of fine lines...India...$3/pair (10 pairs available)


....12543...(9)...Marginella apicina Menke, 1828....10 - 12 mm, F+.  Pastel orange-pink...Bahamas...$3 for 2  (9 available)

....28525...2pr..Marginella apicina Menke, 1828....8 to 11 mm, F++.  3 darker spiral bands...Florida...$3/pair  (2 pairs available)

....685....(1)....Marginella apicina Menke, 1828....10 mm, Gem. Good locality...Mexico...$3  (1 available)


....27880...(2)...Marginella cloveri Rios & Matthews, 1972....9, 10 mm, F++.  Beautifully banded in pink & purple...Brazil...$21  (2 available)


....32947...(7)...Marginella curta Sowerby, 1832....22 to 25mm. F++.  Scarce pale gray endemic with gold lined lip...Peru...$15  (7 available)


NEW...33945...(8)...Marginella elegans Gmelin, 1791....43 to 50mm. F++.  Big, fully adult examples with gray lined patterns & dark orange-brown lips...Thailand...$9  (8 available)

NEW...33946...(+)...Marginella elegans Gmelin, 1791....35 to 42mm. F++.  Aptly named, with gray woven-looking pattern, strong columellar teeth & deep orange lips...Thailand...$6  (12 available)


NEW...34180...(+)...Marginella fischeri Bavay, 1902....13 to 15mm. F+.  Light yellow-tan with 3 orange spiral lines...Philippines..SPECIAL..$6 for 2 of the beasties  (10 available)

NEW...33696...(5)...Marginella cf. fischeri Bavay, 1902....13 to 16mm. F++. More elongate than usual, with top quality. Palest pastel yellow to pink with faint spiral lines...Philippines...$7  (5 available)


....25676...(3)...Marginella glauca Jousseaume, 1875....25 to 28 mm, F++.  Rich, even gray with thickened & finely dentate lip...India...$3  (3 available)


....30572...(1)...Marginella goodalli Sowerby, 1825....30 to 32 mm, F++.  Magnificent large specimens, rich orange-pink with bold white spots...Guinea...$27  (1 available)

....30573...(2)...Marginella goodalli Sowerby, 1825....26, 23 mm, F++.  Fine, fully adult examples, orangy-pink with pale spots...Guinea...$18  (2 available)


sold...Marginella ornata Redfield, 1870....26 to 27 mm, F+ high - much better than usual for crabbed specimens.  Gray-tan with spiral lines & lips with gray spots...South Africa...retained for photo

....25247...(1pr)...Marginella muscaria Lamarck, 1822....13 to 14 mm, F++.  "...I don't know why they're named for a fly, I guess they died"...Australia...$4/pr  (1 pair available)

....18631...(4)...Marginella muscaria Lamarck, 1822....12.5 to 14 mm, F++.  Interesting little shoulder hump behind outer lip...Australia...$3  (4 available)


....12549...(10)..Marginella pruinosa Hinds, 1844....9 - 13 mm, F+ high.  Shiny white...Honduras...$2  (10 available)


sold...Marginella pygmaeoides Singleton, 1937....5 to 6 mm, F+.  Tiny & white, these are well named!...Australia...retained for photo

....20471...(1)...Marginella pygmaeoides Singleton, 1937....7 mm, F++.  Sweet, snow-white specimens...Australia...$5  (1 available)


....27881...(7)...Marginella spinacea Gofas & Fernandes, 1988....7 mm, F++.  Uncommon!! Finely patterned in shades of gray or tan...Sao Tome...$15  (7 available)

....8539...(1)...Marginella spinacea Gofas & Fernandes, 1988....6 mm, Gem.  Black & gray banded...West Africa...$20  (1 available)


NEW...33943...(+)...Marginella strigata Dillwyn, 1817....45 to 49mm. F++.  Jumbo specimens of this gray, lightly lined & fat lipped species...Thailand...$7  (12 available) (oversize)

NEW...33944...(+)...Marginella strigata Dillwyn, 1817....32 to 43mm. F++.  Dove gray with fat, cream to pale orange lips...Thailand...$5  (12 available)(oversize)


....22714...(3)...Marginella translucida Sowerby, 1846....10 to 11 mm, F++.  Palest pastel peach. Pretty!...Australia...$11  (3 available)

....18580...(3)...Marginella (Austroginella) translucida Sowerby, 1846...10 to 11 mm, Gem.  Yellow-cream with orange apex...Australia...$10  (3 available)


....8533....(4)....Marginella species 1....7 mm, Gem.  Tiny, dark gray & brown.Take a chance! ...Brazil...$4  (4 available)


....8534...(4)...Marginella species 2....6 mm, Gem.  tan with gray apex...Philippines...$4  (4 available)


....8511...(1)...Marginella sp....22, 24 mm, Gem.  Solid gray with white mouth...India..$6  (1 available)


...31803...(2)...Marginella species....36 to 44 mm, F++.  Either a large, possibly , ivory white species or possibly albino M. strigata...Burma...$19  (2 available)


....722...(1)...Persicula sagittata Hinds, 1844....7.5 mm, F++.  Lovely little mini- Marginellid ...St. Vincent...$10  (1 available)


....686...(6)...Prunum apicinum Menke, 1828....11.5-12 mm, Gem.  Uncommon white form ...Florida Keys...$5  (6 available)

....16513...(5)...Prunum apicina Menke, 1828...10 - 12 mm, F+.  3 piece sets with light, dark & banded forms...Bahamas...$3  (5 available)

....684...(sets)...Prunum apicinum Menke, 1828....10-11 mm, F++-Gem.  Variation set of 5 ...Bahamas...$6.5/set  (2 sets available)


....31216...(6)...Prunum curta Sowerby, 1832....20 to 25 mm, F++.  Ashy gray with gold lined white lip. Fine examples of this Pacific coast endemic...Peru..SPECIAL!..$9 firm  (6 available)


....15066...(5)...Prunum fulminatum Kiener, 1841....13 - 14 mm, Gem.  Cream with lavender spots...Brazil...$11  (5 available)

....19874...(set)...Prunum fulminatum Kiener, 1841....17 to 18 mm, F++.  5 piece pattern variation set...Brazil...$30/set FIRM  (1 set available)

....715...(1)...Prunum fulminatum Kiener, 1841....14 mm, Gem. Good, normal example. Dark spire...Brazil...$14  (1 available)


....677...(1)...Prunum marginatum Born, 1778....21.5 mm, Gem.  Very large for this elegant species  (very scarse in Carribean)...Neth. Antilles...$10  (1 available)

....678...(6)...Prunum marginatum Born, 1778....19-20 mm, Gem. SNOW white. Uncommon locality. SPECIAL!...Neth. Antilles...$5  (6 available)


....27908...(4)...Prunum martini Petit, 1853....31 to 33 mm, F++.  Don't spare the vermooth for these!! Big specimens of this endemic Marginellid species...Brazil...$22  (4 available)

....27909...(4)...Prunum martini Petit, 1853....24 to 25 mm, F++.  Six parts gin to one part vermouth. Decorate with a prune rather than an olive. That's how you make a Prune martini!...Brazil...$16  (4 available)


NEW...34042...(2)...Prunum prunum Gmelin, 1791....25mm. F++.  Pretty pastel pinkish Prunum-person (hey - shells are people too!!)...Uruguay...$5  (2 available)

....28710...(5)...Prunum cf. prunum Gmelin, 1791....27 to 29 mm, F++.  Not really sure what to make of these - they resemble prunum, but are a curious slate-blue color and more elongate than typical for the species..Venezuela...$7  (5 available)


....28709...(+)...Prunum storeria Couthouy, 1837....13 to 15 mm, F+.  With thickened base & gray banded backs...Venezuela...$5  (9 available)


....28681...(1)...Volvarina hedleyi May, 1911....10 mm, F+. Ex pisces little cylindrical species...Australia...$12  (1 available)


....28682...(3)...Volvarina occidula Cotton, 1944....14 to 16 mm, F++.  With 3 pastel orange-pink bands...Australia...$12  (3 available)

....28683...(2)...Volvarina occidula Cotton, 1944....10 mm, F+.  Pastel orange pink banded. Ex pisces...Australia...$9  (2 available)


....24553...(4)...Volvarina taeniata Sowerby, 1848....11 to 12 mm, F++.  Fantastic data!! Pretty pinkish with plum bands...Cape Verde Islands...$6  (4 available)

....19743...(3)...Volvarina taeniata Sowerby, 1846....11 to 12.5 mm, F++.  4 orange brown bands on tan. Pretty!...Cape Verde Islands...$5  (3 available)


...24554...(1)...Volvarina verdensis Smith, 1875....8mm. F++. Fantastic data!! Cream with paired, fine gold lines...Cape Verde Islands...$6 (1 available)

....19744...(3)...Volvarina verdensis Smith, 1875....8 to 9 mm, F++.  Great pattern of paired brown spiral lines on tan...Cape Verde Islands...$6   (3 available)


NEW...34044...(2)...Volvarina warreni Marrat, 1876....14, 15mm. F++.  Elongate Marginellidae with 2 broad pastel orange spiral bands...South Atlantic...$29  (2 available)


....27929...(3)...Volvarina sp...8 mm, F++.  Pretty pastel yellow-orange. Thought to be a , undescribed species by our supplier, the Coltro folks...Brazil...$21 (3 available)


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