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Marginellidae
Updated August 23, 2010
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Stock # Name Description Locality $USD # 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)
....698...(1
set)...Hyalina avena bayerleana Bernardi....10-13
mm. F++- Gem. Good series
of 3, from the Yucatan...E. Mexico...$6/set
(1 sets available)
....12547...(7)...Hyalina avena Kiener, 1834....10 - 15 mm. F+/F++. White with 3 pastel orange bands...Florida...$3 for 2 (7 available)
....37282...(1)...Hyalina keenii Marratt, 1871....13 mm. F++. Live taken, even pastel orange-pink. You'll be keen for this one!...South Africa...$14 (1 available)
....25704...(19)...Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846....21 to 24 mm. F++. Dark gray patterned with tan backed white lips...India...2 for $3 (19 available)
....22899...(+)...Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846....20 to 23 mm. F++. Contrasting pattern of fine lines...India...$3/pair (+ pairs available)
....33946...(7)...Marginella elegans Gmelin, 1791....35 to 42 mm. F++. Aptly named, with gray woven-looking pattern, strong columellar teeth & deep orange lips...Thailand...$6 (7 available)
....33696...(4)...Marginella
cf. fischeri Bavay, 1902....13
to 16 mm. F++. More elongate than usual, with top quality. Palest pastel yellow
to pink with faint spiral lines...Philippines...$7 (4 available)
....34180...(9)...Marginella fischeri Bavay, 1902....13 to 15 mm. F+. Light yellow-tan with 3 orange spiral lines...Philippines..SPECIAL..$6 for 2 of the beasties (9 available)
....37048...(1)...Marginella fischeri Bavay, 1903....11 mm. Gem. Scarce species, pastel gray with fat, white lip...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....34925...prs...Marginella glabella Linne, 1758....32 to 37 mm. F+. Contrasting pairs of this prettily spotted pinkish-orange banded Margin...Western Sahara...$7 (+ available)
SOLD....Marginella goodalli Sowerby, 1825....26, 23 mm. F++. Guinea. retained for photo
....30574...(1)...Marginella limbata Lamarck, 1822....27, 29 mm. F++. Scarce species, fawn with black dashed varixed lip...Mauritania...$50 (1 available)
NEW....37572...(5)...Marginella maia Espinosa & Ortega, 1998....7 - 9 mm. F++. Tiny, recently published endemic species...Panama...$22 (5 available)
....18631...(3)...Marginella muscaria Lamarck, 1822....12.5 to 14 mm. F++. Interesting little shoulder hump behind outer lip...Australia...$3 (3 available)
...36657...(7)...Marginella sp.....21 to 23 mm. F++. With unusually thick, pastel orange tinted marginal callus & white base...India...$5 ( available)
....27881...(6)...Marginella spinacea
Gofas & Fernandes, 1988....7 mm. F++. Uncommon!! Finely patterned
in shades of gray or tan...Sao Tome...$15 (6 available)
SOLD....Marginella spinacea Gofas & Fernandes, 1988....6 mm. Gem. West Africa. retained for photo
....33943...(+)...Marginella strigata Dillwyn, 1817....45 to 49 mm. F++. Jumbo specimens of this gray, lightly lined & fat lipped species...Thailand...$7 (11 available) (oversize)
....33944...(+)...Marginella strigata Dillwyn, 1817....32 to 43 mm. F++. Dove gray with fat, cream to pale orange lips...Thailand...$5 (11 available)(oversize)
....18580...(2)...Marginella
(Austroginella) translucida Sowerby, 1846....10
to 11 mm. Gem. Yellow-cream with orange apex...Australia...$10 (2
available)
....22714...(1)...Marginella translucida Sowerby, 1846....10 to 11 mm. F++. Palest pastel peach. Pretty!...Australia...$11 (1 available)
....8533...(3)....Marginella species 1....7 mm. Gem. Tiny, dark gray & brown. Take a chance!...Brazil...$4 (3 available)
....8534...(3)...Marginella species 2....6 mm. Gem. Tan with gray apex...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
....8511...(1)...Marginella sp.....22, 24 mm. Gem. Solid gray with white mouth...India...$6 (1 available)
....31803...(1)...Marginella sp....36 mm. F++. Either a large, possibly , ivory white species or possibly albino M. strigata...Burma...$19 (1 available)
SOLD...Marginellona
gigas von Martens, 1904....117 mm.
F+ high. South China Sea. retained for photo
....36576...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....115 mm. F (repaired). Starter specimen of this largest of Marginellidae, it was cracked, but not shattered, during transit & repaired with cyanoacrylate. Bargain price for this rare & delicate shell...China...$30
....34906...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....87 mm. F+ high. Beautiful porcelain finish on this slightly sub-adult specimen with a shallow chip on the anterior lip...South China Sea...$85 (1 available)
....35038...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....114 mm. F+. Nice big specimen of this rare, deep water Marginellidae...China...$100 (1 available)
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE....SOLD...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....104 mm. F++. China. retained for photo
....35040...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....108 mm. F+. Good sized specimen with smooth dorsal gloss though with slightly rough anterior lip & siphonal canal...China...$100 (1 available)
....35041...(1)...Marginellona gigas von Martens, 1904....95 mm. F+. Lovely example of this rare Marginellidae, though anterior lip seems somewhat "shaped"...China...$70 (1 available)
....37281...(2)...Persicula interruptolineata Muhfeld, 1870....12 mm. F++. Fine patterned & fully mature, thick lipped examples...Venezuela...$5 (2 available)
....36101...(1set)..Prunum apicina Menke, 1828....10 to 12 mm. F++. Great 4 piece sets showing different colours from different locales, including the lilac Palm Beach form & the scarce white...Florida...$10/set (1 set available)
....686...(5)...Prunum apicinum Menke, 1828....11.5-12 mm. Gem. Uncommon white form...Florida Keys...$5 (5 available)
....16513...(+)...Prunum apicina Menke, 1828....10 - 12 mm. F+. 3 piece sets with light, dark & banded forms...Bahamas...$3 (+ available)
SOLD....Prunum fulminatum Kiener, 1841....14 mm. Gem. Brazil. retained for photo
....678...(3)...Prunum marginatum Born, 1778....19-20 mm. Gem. SNOW white. Uncommon locality. SPECIAL!...Neth. Antilles...$5 (3 available)
....27909...(3)...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 (3 available)
....28710...(2)...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 (2 available)
....28683...(1)...Volvarina occidula Cotton, 1944....10 mm. F+. Pastel orange pink banded. Ex pisces...Australia...$9 (1 available)
....19743...(1)...Volvarina taeniata Sowerby, 1846....11 to 12.5 mm. F++. 4 orange brown bands on tan. Pretty!...Cape Verde Islands...$5 (1 available)
....19744...(1)...Volvarina verdensis Smith, 1875....8 to 9 mm. F++. Great pattern of paired brown spiral lines on tan...Cape Verde Islands...$6 (1 available)
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