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Stock # Name Description Locality $USD # Available
....37374...(7)...Anomia squamula Linne, 1758....10 to 14 mm. F+. Smaller than A. simplex & epiphitic on Placopecten, as opposed to rocks & wharves. Not listed in Rice...Atlantic Canada...$4 (7 available)
....35368...(1)... Monia Pododesmus zelandicus Gray, 1843....28 mm. F+. Good sized specimen of this Anomiidae with distinctive green apex & most of the base plate too...New Zealand...$8 (1 available)
....39013...(1)...Anadara antiquata Linne, 1758....77 mm. F+ w/perio. Big & heavy with black perio. ID supplied, but looks more like A. scapha...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
SOLD....Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951....70 mm. F++. Texas. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39014...(2)...Anadara floridana Conrad, 1869....60, 66 mm. F++ w/perio. Fine ribbed yet chubby, with fuzzy brown perio...Bahamas...$3 (2 available)
....38214...(1)...Anadara floridana Conrad, 1869....55 mm. F+. Gently beached specimen with distinctive fine groove down many of the ribs...Florida...$3 (1 available)
....32934...(1)...Anadara grandis Broderip & Sowerby, 1828....49 mm. F++. Good sized, solid, dark ribbed & highly inflated...Peru...$7 (1 available)
....32935...(2)...Anadara grandis Broderip & Sowerby, 1828....42, 44 mm. F+. Slightly smaller specimens, nicely inflated...Peru...$6 (2 available)
....22880...(1)...Anadara granosa Linne, 1758....61 mm. F+ w/perio. Great fresh specimen with beaded ribs & dark brown perio intact...India...$4 (1 available)
....25189...(2)...Anadara granosa Linne, 1758....37 to 41 mm. F+ to F++. Pure white & with ribs like a cheese grater...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....14006...(3)...Anadara granosa Linne, 1758....30 - 33 mm. F++. White with beaded ribs...Thailand...$2 (3 available)
SOLD....Anadara multicostata Sowerby, 1833....54 to 61 mm. F++. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....27404...(1)...Anadara pilula Reeve, 1843....21 mm. F++. White, deep water Arcidae with finely beaded ribs...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....20710...(3)...Anadara pilula Reeve, 1844....19 to 20 mm. F+. Little white Arcidae with neatly nodulted ribs...Philippines...$3 (3 available)
....26015...(1)...Anadara pilula Reeve, 1844....19 mm. F+. Inflated, with finely beaded ribs. Deep water species...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Anadara ponderosa Say, 1822....35 mm. F++. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39015...(1)...Anadara specie....77 mm. F+ w/perio. Identified as Noetia ponderosa but it’s more elongate & without the distinctive backward pointing umbones...”Caribbean”...$7 (1 available)
....26806...(1)...Arca imbricata Bruguiere, 1789....25 mm. F+. Oddly interesting, with periostracal scales on the ridge...Brazil...$2 (1 available)
....39016...(1)...Arca noae Linne, 1758....74 mm. F+ w/perio. Nice big example with tufted perio around the margins...Mediterranean...$7 (1 available)
....37575...(2)...Arca pacifica Sowerby, 1833....69, 77 mm. F++. Huge specimens, highly angular, radially ribbed, and with brown & white zebra pattern...$15 (2 available)
SOLD....Arca pacifica Sowerby, 1833....67 mm. F++. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Arca sp....98 mm. F+. Zanzibar. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Arca zebra Swainson, 1833....98 mm. F++. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Arca zebra Swainson, 1823....88 mm. F+. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Arca zebra Swainson, 1833....42 mm. F+. Venezuela. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38220...(2)...Barbatia cancellaria Lamarck, 1819....46 to 50 mm. F+. About as big as they get, these are selected from many...Florida...$4 (2 available)
....34568...(1)...Barbatia congenita Smith, 1885....16 mm. F+. Small deepwater Arcidae species...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....37576...(2)...Barbatia reeveana Orbigny, 1846....72 mm. F++. w/part perio. Nice, BIG, finely ribbed white Arc shells with remnants of fuzzy black perio at the periphery...Panama...$12 (2 available)
....29032...(1)...Barbatia sp. ....22 mm. F+. Pure white, with minimal ribbing...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Astarte crenata subequilatera Sowerby, 1854....30 mm. F+ w/perio. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35912...(1)...Tridonta aleutica Dall, 1901....42 mm. F+. Unusual Arctic specie without the ususal concentric ridges. This specie not listed in Rice...Bering Sea...$9 (1 available)
....34884...(2)...Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817....30 to 34 mm. F+. Good size examples of this arctic Astartidae with thick, flakey brown periostracum...Bering Sea...$5 (2 available)
....39018...(1)...Beguina semiorbiculata Linne, 1758....83 mm. F. Huge & heavy example of this unusual Carditidae, but a bit eroded...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....39019...(1)...Beguina semiorbiculata Linne, 1758....55 mm. F+. Good example with intact surface ribs...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....31961...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....24 mm. F++. Refreshment from the deep!! Drink sparkling new Abyssicola. Excellent example, large & with lots of dark red dashed ribs...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....30804...(3)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....23, 24 mm. F++. Good sized specimens of this red mottled & scaly ribbed deep water bivalve...Philippines...$12 (3 available)
....37213...(2)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....21, 23 mm. F++. Lots of spiny ribs & red-brown mottled pattern...Philippines...$8 (2 available)
....29716...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....21 mm. F++. Large for the species, with strong, scaly ribs & red-brown markings...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....25932...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....20 mm. F++. Big for species, with bold dark red bands...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....37325...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....19 mm. F++. Good pattern of red-brown markings over highly spinose ribs...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....35119...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....18 mm. F+ solid. Neat species, with brown spotted & finely spined strong radial ribs...Philippines...$14 (1 available)
....32879...(2)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....15, 17 mm. F++. Slightly smaller specimens of this odd deep-water cardita with strong ribs & brown zig-zag markings...Philippines...$12 (2 available)
....29641...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....16 mm. F++. Scarce, scaly ribbed, deep water Carditidae...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....25933...(1)...Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....15 mm. F++. Neat junior specimen with the brown mottlings aligned to form concentric stripes...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....34235...(2)...Cardita affinis Sowerby, 1833....54, 56 mm. F+. Brown lightly ribbed examples...Mexico...$5 (2 available)
....35313...(8)...Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1926....18 to 25 mm. F+. Chunky, quadrangular, with orange-brown fluted ribs...New Zealand...$4 (8 available)
....14160...(1)...Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1927....15 mm. F+. White with orange-pink foliated ribs...New Zealand...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Cardita aoteana Finlay, 1927....15 mm. F+. New Zealand. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....18937...(1pr)...Cardita incrassata Sowerby, 1825....33 & 36 mm. F++. Extreme colour pair, white, one with gray-brown mottling, the other orange barred...Australia...$5 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Cardita incrassata Sowerby, 1825....32 to 41 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37580...(1)...Cardita laticostata Soweby, 1833....46 mm. F++. Big example of the orange-brown mottled colour form...Panama...$8 (1 available)
SOLD....Cardita laticostata Soweby, 1833....31 to 41 mm. F++. Panama. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Cardita preissii Menke, 1843....25 to 28 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14020...(1set)...Carditamera gracilis Shuttleworth, 1856....27 - 36 mm. F+. White to brown and elongated 3 piece set...Venezuela...$3 (1 set available)
....39020...(2)...Carditameris affinis Sowerby, 1833....76, 80 mm. F+. HUGE examples with big, rugged posterior ribs...West Mexico...$5 (2 available)
SOLD....Cyclocardia borealis Conrad, 1831....27 to 32 mm. F+ high w/perio. Atlantic Canada......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38271...(12)...Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866....30 to 40 mm. F+ high. Nice examples, fresh beached but with mostly intact spines...Florida...$6 (12 available)
....37577...(1)...Chama buddiana Adams, 1852....80 mm. F++. Glorious big specimen in deep purple with pink tinted white scales...Panama...$23 (1 available)
....37579...(1)...Chama buddiana Adams, 1852....65 mm. F++. Lovely lavender colour with lots of leafy white scales...Panama...$18 (1 available)
SOLD....Chama buddiana Adams, 1852....72 mm. F++. Panama. .....shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39027...(1)...Chama lazarus Linne, 1758....66 mm. F+. Wonderfully foliate projections covering the top valve...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....30065...(5)...Chama lazarus Linne, 1758....38 to 48 mm. F+. Pretty purple tinted junior specimens with long, leafy spines...Philippines...$3 (5 available) OVERSIZE
SOLD....Chama lazarus Linne, 1758....52 mm. F++. Tanzania. .....shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38270...(1)...Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791....62 mm. F+. Beautiful big specimen with pretty purple-pink foliations...Florida...$15 (1 available)
....36479...(1)...Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846....73 mm. F+ high. Big species with lots of crinkly foliations & tinted a rich burnt orange colour...Tanzania...$10 (1 available)
CORBICULIDAE
(brackish
water family)
....14033...(6)...Corbicula fluminea Muller, 1774....27 - 34 mm. F+. Greenish brown with raised growth ridges...USA...$2 for 2 (6 available)
....27844...(2)...Crassatella brasiliensis Dall, 1903....31 to 34 mm. F+. Smooth, with pastel orange-pink blush...Brazil...$8 (2 available)
....35375...(14)...Protothaca crassicostata Deshayes, 1835....42 to 50 mm. F++. Concentric ridges at one end shifts to radial ribs on the other...New Zealand...$3 (14 available) OVERSIZE
....25903...(2)...Siliqua patula Dixon, 1788....130 to 140 mm. F++. Freshly taken examples with full varnish-like olive greenish-tan periostracum. These are large & relatively heavy...Oregon...$5 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....25904...(2)...Siliqua patula Dixon, 1788....110 to 125 mm. F++. Intact shiny greenish-tan periostracum, You'll like these lighter live taken lovelies...Oregon...$4 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....31982...(1)...Cuspidaria cf. kurohijii Okutani, 1972....26 mm. F+. Fat & rounded, with short but distinct 'beak"...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
....31452...(3sets)...Donax fossar Say, 1822....13 to 15 mm. F++. Beautiful 9 piece neatly boxed sets in a range of pastel colours...New York...$8 (3 sets available)
....14097...(2)...Donax punctostriatus Hanley, 1843....24 - 32 mm. F++. White to tan with lavender interior...Mexico...$3 for 3 (2 available)
SOLD....Donax serra Dillwyn, 1817....56 mm. F+. South Africa. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38354...(8 sets)...Donax striatus Linne, 1758....30 to 36 mm. F++. Nice 3 piece variation sets...Venezuela...$5 for 3 (8 setsavailable)
....30026...(4)...Donax vittatus da Costa, 1778....30 to 32 mm. F++. Pastel purple tinted Donax from the East side of the Atlantic...Ireland...$3 for 2 (4 available)
....22891...(3)...Hecuba scortum Linne, 1758....55 to 60 mm. F++. Clams!! Big, fresh examples, with full perio & rich purple interior...India...$4 (3 available)
....28225..(3)...Meiocardia cumingi A. Adams, 1864....15 mm. F++. Great Glossidae with strong red-brown ridge...Philippines...$12 (3 available)
....38221...(1)...Glycymeris americana DeFrance, 1829....64 mm. F++. Huge, heavy specimen, dark chocolate brown & lightly ribbed...Florida...$5 (1 available)
....38222...(2)...Glycymeris americana DeFrance, 1829....45 mm. F++. Good fresh examples, some with traces of perio...Florida...$4 (2 available)
SOLD....Glycymeris americana DeFrance, 1829....43 & 44 mm. F++. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38226...(5)...Glycymeris gigantea Reeve, 1843....52 to 62 mm. F++. Nice, fat, brown on white mottled beauties...West Mexico...$7 (5 available)
....38224...(3)...Glycymeris gigantea Reeve, 1843....57 to 59 mm. F++. Fresh specimens with partially intact, finely fuzzy brown perio...West Mexico...$9 (3 available)
....38225...(1pr)....Glycymeris gigantea Reeve, 1843....51 & 53 mm. F++. Beautiful extreme pair, one white with a few brown zig-zags, the other almost entirely brown with a few white marks...West Mexico...$15 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Glycymeris gigantea Reeve, 1843....86 mm. F+. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14023...(1set)...Glycemeris pectinata Gmelin, 1791....13 - 32 mm. F++. 6 piece growth / pattern series...Caribbean...$8 (1 set available)
....38227...(2)...Glycymeris pectinata Gmelin, 1791....27, 28 mm. F++. Nice, typically mottled examples, about as big as they get for this species...Florida...$3 (2 available)
....38228...(1set)...Glycymeris pectinata Gmelin, 1791....19 to 23 mm. F++. Lovely 7 piece pattern variation display set...Florida...$12 (1 set available)
....14024...(1set)...Glycemeris pectinata Gmelin, 1791....18 - 19 mm. F++. Three piece colour set of babies...Caribbean...$3 (1 set available)
SOLD....Glycemeris pectinata Gmelin, 1791....23 - 32 mm. F++. St. Vincent. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....31188...(7)...Glycymeris yessoensis Sowerby, 1889....30 to 40 mm. F++. With lots of low ribs & an even orange-brown colour...Korea...$6 (7 available)
SOLD....Cyrtodaria siliqua Spengler, 1799....82 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Cyrtodaria siliqua Spengler, 1799....60 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....27765...(1)...Acesta philippinensis Bartsch, 1913....205, 216 mm. F+. Large pastel yellow file clam...South China Sea...$25 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....27766...(1)...Acesta philippinensis Bartsch, 1913....173, 175 mm. F+. Pastel yellow with perhaps a hundred super-fine ribs...South China Sea...$19 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....39024...(1)...Acesta rathbuni Bartsch, 1913....103 mm. F. A small rim flaw appears to have been doctored with yellow matching filler of some kind. One dealer calls these “fake” shells! Watch out for that vengeful rabbit! (Wrath Bunny)...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....38245...(1)...Acesta rathbuni Bartsch, 1913....151 mm. F++. Great full sized specimen, banded in bright yellow...$32 (1 available)
....8541...(1)...Acesta rathbuni rathbuni Bartsch, 1913....69 mm. F++. Feel the Rath of the Buni...pale yellow angry rabbits, slightly rough lips (from chomping on folks!!)...Philippines...$9 (1 pair available)
....38525...(2)...Ctenoides philippinarum Masashito & Habe, 1972....33, 34 mm. F++. Good if less than fully grown examples...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
....38244...(1)...Lima lima Linne, 1758....68 mm. F+. Scaly white File clam, hot glued pair of valves...Bahamas...$5 (1 available)
....31798...(1pr)...Lima lima Linne, 1758....32 & 51 mm. F++. Mutt & Jeff pair, one large, one small, both nicely spined...Thailand...$3 (1 pair available)
....8568...(1)...Lima lima Linne, 1758....54 mm. F++. White...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....32123...(2)...Lima lima fm. tetrica Gould, 1851....25 to 28 mm. F++. With coarse, highly spinous ribs...Panama...$8 (2 available)
....14056...(1)...Lima lima sub sp. tetrica Gould, 1851....33 mm. F+. Somewhat more square & scaley than L. lima...Mexico...$12 (1 available)
....37451...(1)...Lima lima fm. vulgaris Link, 1807....46 mm. F++. Fairly fat & oval, with lots of well scaled ribs...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....39025...(1)...Lima
scabra Born, 1778....74 mm. F+. A good inch larger than
average, with distinctive “forked” midrib...Florida...$12 (1 available)
....39026...(1)...Lima scabra Born, 1778....55 mm. F++. Typical specimen, still tied as a pair. Clams in bondage!...Florida...$7 (1 available)
....38339...(3)...Lima scabra Born, 1778....70 to 75 mm. F+ high. Huge specimens, covered in rows of fine, sharp, spines...Venezuela...$12 (3 available)
....24972...(1)...Lima scabra Linne, 1758....64 mm. F++. Fine scaled white ribs...Caribbean...$4 (1 available)
....38340...(2)...Lima scabra Born, 1778....57, 60 mm. F+ high. Still big for the specie, with spinose surface sculpture...Venezuela...$9 (2 available)
....32878...(1)...Lima scabra....35 mm. F++. Snowy white with coarse, well scaled ribs...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....36098...(1set)...Lima scabra Born, 1778....12, 16 & 24 mm. F+. Cute little 3-piece growth series...Florida...$12 (1 available)
....38341...(3)...Lima scabra fm. tenera Sowerby, 1851....51 to 59 mm. F+ high. The “smooth” form of file clam, almost microscopically ribbed & spined...Venezuela...$4 (3 available)
....8626...(1)...Lima scabra fm. tenera Sowerby, 1843....50 mm. F++. White & almost smooth...Florida...$3 (1 available)
....14057...(1)...Lima scabra fm. tenera Sowerby, 1843....35 mm. F++. White & almost smooth...Florida...$2 (1 available)
SOLD....Lima scabra Born, 1778....57 mm. F++. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....24343...(1)...Lima vulgaris Link, 1807....67 mm. F+. Rasp-like rib scales...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....26976...(2)...Lima vulgaris Link, 1807....48, 52 mm. F++. White with lightly scaled ribs...Australia...$6 (2 available)
....14250...(1)...Lima vulgaris Link, 1807....45 mm. F+. Pure white with leafy scales...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....26977...(3)...Lima vulgaris Link, 1807....42 to 43 mm. F++. Scales undeveloped on these examples...Australia...$4 (3 available)
....38276...(5)...Anodontia alba Link, 1807....46, 50 mm. F+ high. Nice, full grown specimens of the “Buttercup”, known for its bright yellow interior blush...Florida...$4 (5 available)
....38344...(1)...Codakia distinguenda Tryon, 1872....88 mm. F++. Nice large example of this dusky pink lined Lucinidae...West Mexico...$6 (1 available)
....38345...(1)...Codakia distinguenda Tryon, 1872....71 mm. F+. Good sized specimen with inner margin entirely rimmed in hot pink...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
....38346...(1)...Codakia orbicularis Linne, 1758....75 mm. F+ high. Great jumbo specimen with pink edged margins...Florida...$5 (1 available)
....38277...(12)...Codakia orbicularis Linne, 1758....55 to 65 mm. F+ high. Nice big fresh beached specimens, many still with ligament intact. Lovely pink rimmed interior margins...Florida...$4 (12 available)
....39028...(1)...Codakia tigerina Linne, 1758....88 mm. F+. Huge example with buttery yellow interior and cross-hatched ribs...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....38312...(6)...Divaricella dentata Woos, 1815....20 to 23 mm. F++. Fresh, gently beached specimens with finely toothed margins...Bahamas...$3 for 2 (6 available)
....14046...(6)...Divaricella quadrisulcata Orbigny, 1842....14 to 16 mm. Round & well inflated, with smooth margins...Florida...$3 for 2 (6 available)
....39251...(1)...Fimbria fimbriata Linne, 1758....57 mm. F++. Lovely if less-than-large example of this well sculpted bivalve...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....8567...(1)...Fimbria fimbriata Linne, 1758....69 mm. F++. Very slight lip damage...Tonga...$8 (1 available)
SOLD....Fimbria fimbriata Linne, 1758....68 mm. Gem. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14146...(2)...Lucina nassula Conrad, 1846....9 mm. F++. Almost round with cross-hatched ribs...Florida...$2 for both (2 available)
....38286...(2)...Lucina pectinata Gmelin, 1791....65 mm. F+ high. Huge examples, suffused with bright yellow...Florida...$4 (2 available)
....38275...(8)...Lucina pectinata Gmelin, 1791....45 to 55 mm. F+ high. Fresh beached but fine examples, large & with pretty yellow interior...Florida...$3 (8 available)
....26843...(1)...Lucina pectinata Gmelin, 1791....48 mm. F+. Good sized example in snowy white...Brazil...$3 (1 available)
....26844...(1pr)...Lucina pectinata Gmelin, 1791....46, 47 mm. F+. Nice pair, one white, the other with bright yellow interior...Brazil...$5 (1 pair available)
....38274...(3)...Lucina pensylvanica Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++. Very fresh, with fine concentric frills & periostracum about half intact...Bahamas...$3 (3 available)
....30035...(4)...Lucina pensylvanica Linne, 1758....30 to 42 mm. F++. Fat & white with strong radial groove...Turks & Caicos...$2 (4 available)
....38287...(6)...Lucina pensylvanica fm. aurantia Deshayes., 1832...30 to 35 mm. F++. Great examples of the rare orange rimmed form, complete with partial, flaky perio...Florida...$9 (6 available)
SOLD....Lyonsia hyalina Conrad, 1831....11, 13 mm. F++. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35308...(2)...Crassula aequilatera Deshayes, 1854....46 to 59 mm. F++. Perhaps a BIT crass...Fat & roughly triangular Mactridae...New Zealand...$3 (2 available)
SOLD....Eastonia rugosa Helbling, 1779....57, 53 mm. F/F+. Spain. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26173...(1)...Lutraria rhynchaena Jonas, 1844....85 to 100 mm. F+. Large & white, with a wide posterior gape. Also known as L. philippinarum Reeve. May be separate species as the range given for L. rhynchaena is Australia...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....26792...(1)...Mactra contraria Reeve, 1854....42 mm. F++. White, with fine concentric growth ridges...Australia...$2 (1 available)
....26848...(1)...Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791....87 mm. F+. Large example with greenish tan perio and good margins...Brazil...$5 (1 available)
....38337...(4)...Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791....38 to 46 mm. F+. Adult examples of this delicate specie...Florida...$4 (4 available)
....39047...(1)...Mactra glauca Born, 1778....80 mm. F+. Good fresh specimen with partial periostracum...Spain...$8 (1 available)
....8627...(1)...Mactra maculata Gmelin, 1791....45 mm. F+. Nice data, beached but in F+ cond. Tan on white...Japan...$2 (1 available)
....35373...(6)...Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1854....55 to 77 mm. F+. Fairly plump & oval in outline...New Zealand...$4 (6 available) OVERSIZE
....38308...(6)...Raeta plicatella Lamarck, 1818....56 to 60 mm. F+. Neat specie with sculpture of concentric ridges like ripples on a pond...Florida...$3 (6 available)
....38349...(3)...Spisula solidissima Dillwyn, 1817....101 to 111 mm. F++. Fresh, live collected (by me!), complete with full perio, ligament & resilium...Atlantic Canada...$7 (3 available)
SOLD....Spisula solidissima Dillwyn, 1817....124 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....27879...(4)...Malletia cumingii Hanley, 1860....19 to 24 mm. F+. Thin greenish clam...Brazil...$8 (4 available)
....27148...(8sets)...Donacilla cornea Poli, 1795....20 to 24 mm. F++. Beautiful sets of 5 different bright pastel coloured little Mesodesmatidae surf clams...Portugal...$5 (8 sets available)
....35374...(+)...Mesodesma subtriangulatum Gray, 1828....78 to 98 mm. F+. Jumbos of the genus! Huge examples of the typically small, cold-water Mesodesmatidae...New Zealand...$3 (+ available) OVERSIZE
MYTILIDAE & CLOSELY RELATED MUSSELS
....33189...(5)...Ciboticola lunata Hedley, 1902....47 to 60 mm. F+. Bright orange-red blush is unusually colourful for Mytillidae...Java...$5 (5 available)
....1618...(3)....Dacrydium pacifieum Dall, 1916....3 - 4 mm. Gem-. This choice is clear! Sold by triplets...Washington...$4 for 3 (3 available)
SOLD...Geukensia demissa Dillwyn, 1817....79 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35328...(10)...Idas washingtoniana Bernard, 1978....17 to 24 mm. F++. Elongate deepwater mussel with varnish-like perio...New Zealand...SPECIAL!!...$7 (10 available)
....39265...(3)...Lithophaga nigra Orbigny, 1842....27 to 32 mm. F++. Good examples of this dark brown rock & coral borer...Caribbean...$5 (3 available)
....38229...(1)...Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815....57 mm. F++. Beautiful bright pink with partial periostracum...Florida...$3 (1 available)
....38230...(1set)...Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815....44 to 54 mm. F+. Nice 4 piece colour variation set in purple, tan rayed, lipstick pink & sulfur yellow!...Florida...$8 (1 set available)
....35305...(2)...Modiolus areolatus Gould, 1850....27, 33 mm. F++. Chestnut brown with bristly periostracum...New Zealand...$4 (2 available)
....39053...(1)...Modiolus philippinarum Hanley, 1843....92 mm. F. Unusual tropical colour form, in purple & hot orange-pink...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....34583...(7)...Mytella strigata Hanley, 1843....61 to 66 mm. F++. Fine examples of this fragile endemic mussel...Peru...$3 (7 available)
....38231...(1)...Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837....103 mm. F. Large elongated mussel with partial perio & 1 neatly repaired stress crack...West Mexico...$3 (1 available)
....14173...(8)...Mytilaster minimus Poli, 1795....9 - 12 mm. F+. Tiny dark brown species...Italy...$2 for 2 (8 available)
SOLD....Modiolus modiolus Linne, 1758....100 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....23310...(9)...Perna viridis Linne, 1758....60 to 90 mm. F+. Dark green margins, an unusual colour for a shell...Philippines...$4 (9 available)
....37144...(3)...Semimytilus pseudocapensis Lamy, 1931....55 to 64 mm. F+ high. Nicely elongated smooth Mussels with lovely purple-pink interior blush...Namibia...$8 (3 available)
....29415...(1)...Adrana electa Adams, 1846....50 mm F++. Highly elongated, delicate white Nuculanidae...Argentina...$10 (1 available)
SOLD....Adrana electa Adams, 1846....49 mm. F++. Uruguay. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....34047...(1)...Nuculana patagonica Orbigny, 1846....24 mm. F+. Neat white nutty clam with upturned pointed posterior...Uruguay...$11 (1 available)
SOLD....Nuculana tenuisulcata Couthouy, 1838....F++. Atlantic Canada.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD...Yoldia limatula Say, 1831....24 mm. F++ w/perio. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Yoldia myalis Couthouy, 1838....F+. Uncommon species distinguished by the light & dark concentric bands on the greenish periostracum...Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Yoldia myalis Couthouy, 1838....13, 14 mm. F+. Nova Scotia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26501...(2)...Acila schrencki Habe, 1958....20 to 22 mm. F++. Snowy white with wonderful chevron surface sculpture...Japan...$3 (2 available)
....37382...(1)...Nucula tenuis Montagu, 1808....4 mm. F+. Tiny, shiny, brown Nut clam...Atlantic Canada...$6 (1 available)
....38272...(2)...Lopha cristigalli Linne, 1758....80, 84 mm. F+. Big purple oysters with margins like a Jack-o-lantern’s grin...Pacific...$7 (2 available)
SOLD....Lopha cristigalli Linne, 1758....100 mm. F+. Pacific. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39268...(1)...Lopha specie....66 mm. F+. All white specie, not purple or as extremely folded as L. cristigali...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....35372...(2)...Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873....87, 89 mm. F+. Large, chunky specimens of this odd oyster with fluted scales & wavy margins...New Zealand...$4 (2 available)
....35331...(1)...Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873....52 mm. F+. Nicely fluted scales on this junior version...New Zealand...$3
SOLD....Ostrea lutaria Hutton, 1873....101 mm. F+. New Zealand. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35347...(10)...Saccostrea cucullata Born, 1778....15 to 25 mm. F+. Fragile, foliate mini-oysters found growing on barnacles...New Zealand...$3 for a clump of 2 or 3 (10 available) OVERSIZE
....8668...(1)...Pandora inaequivalvia Linne, 1758....29 mm. F++. Very elongated and thin...Spain...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Pandora inaequivalvia Linne, 1758....28 mm. F++. France. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14068...(3)...Periploma inequivalve Schumacher, 1817....39 - 42 mm. F+. One valve much deeper...Venezuela...$3 (3 available)
....38334...(1)...Periploma margaritaceum Lamarck, 1801....32 mm. F+. Gently beached specimens of this oddly uneven clam...Venezuela...$7 (1 available)
SOLD....Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1811...36 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38350...(1)...Ensis directus Conrad, 1843....148 mm. F++. Live taken and hard to get undamaged, this one is full grown & with intact, shiny green perio...Atlantic Canada...$5 (1 available)
....30651...(1)....Ensis siliqua Linne, 1758....102 mm. F+. Portugal.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14203...(1)...Pharus legumen Linne, 1758....65 mm. F+. Pastel orange with greenish partial perio...Adriatic...$3 (1 available)
....37348...(1)...Barnea truncata Say, 1822....35 mm. F++. Chiselled live from hard clay, this is complete with accessory plate...Atlantic Canada...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Barnea truncata Say, 1822....45 mm. F++. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38309...(2)...Cyrtopleura costata Linne, 1758....136, 134 mm. F+. Good, big examples of this famous shell, with internal apophyses but no accessory plates...Florida...$6 (2 available)
SOLD....Cyrtopleura costata Linne, 1758....129 mm. F++. Large, lovely, snow white angel wing Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14141...(1)...Martesia sp....8 mm. F+. Little white rock borer...Florida...$2 (1 available)
....38233...(2)...Atrina seminuda Lamarck, 1819....137, 135 mm. F. Gently beached examples, more fragile than eggshells...Florida...$11 (2 available)
SOLD....Atrina serrata Sowerby, 1825....175 mm. F. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38232...(1)...Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791....169 mm. F+. Good sized specimen of this fragile orange-pink Pen shell...Bahamas...$15 (1 available)
....32140...(1)...Plicatula penicillata Carpenter, 1857....25 mm. F+. White "kitten's paw" oyster with zig-zag margins...Panama...$8 (1 available)
....38342...(1set)...Asaphis deflorata Linne, 1758....46 to 56 mm. F+/F++. Specially selected from hundreds, this 8 piece set shows wild & pretty colour variations; white, yellow, orange-pink & purple, with purple-rayed versions of each as well...Bahamas...$29 (1 set available)
....38343...(1set)...Asaphis deflorata Linne, 1758....43 to 47 mm. F+/F++. Select 8 piece colour variation set showing why this shell is known as the Gaudy Asaphis...Bahamas...$25 (1 set available)
SOLD....Gari californica Conrad, 1849....92 mm. F. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35329...(1)...Gari stangeri Gray, 1843....52 mm. F+. Large specimens of this scarce Psammobiidae...New Zealand...$5 (1 available)
....35330...(4)...Gari stangeri Gray, 1843....37 to 45 mm. F+. Good intact pairs of this apparently hard to get species...New Zealand...$3 (4 available)
....38353...(5)...Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta Gmelin, 1791....44 to 52 mm. F+. Full grown examples with pretty pastel orange margins...Bahamas...$4 (5 available)
SOLD....Pinctada margaritifera Linne, 1758....84 mm. F+. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Pinctada mazatlanica Hanley, 1856....103 mm. F+. Panama. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....34316...(2)...Pinctada radiata Leach, 1814....32 to 35 mm. F++. Neat juveniles with thin, leafy spines & beautiful bright silvery interior nacre...Tunisia...$3 (2 available)
....38536...(1)...Pteria species....75 mm. F. Supplier claims it is a “rare white species” though with one valve damaged...Thailand...$15 (1 available)
....37582...(1)...Pteria sterna Gould, 1851....87 mm. F++ w/perio. Nice fat example with long hinge line and intact, somewhat scaly periostracum...Panama...$7 (1 available)
....26990...(1)...Semele sinensis Adams,
1853....26 mm. F++. Super-fine raised concentric growth lines...Australia...$5
(1 available)
....14180...(3pr)...Azorinus chamasolen daCosta, 1778....41 - 47 mm. F+. White ovals, some with partial perio...Spain...$4 ( 3 pairs available)
....38306...(2)...Tagelus californianus Conrad, 1837....92 mm. F+ high. Full grown beach specimens in good shape & about as big as they get...West Mexico...$4 (2 available)
....38307...(9)...Tagelus californianus Conrad, 1837....62 to 76 mm. F+ high. Mid-sized examples, fresh beached & some complete with ligament...West Mexico...$3 (9 available)
SOLD....Tagelus californianus Conrad, 1837....99 mm. F+. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39057...(5)...Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot, 1786....62 to 70 mm. F+. Neat tubular clams in good shape...Florida...$3 (5 available)
Note: If you like sharp, colorful Spiny things, this familiy is your main shot (Muricidae is also a good bet).
....35268...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....170 mm. (across widest spines) F+. Huge specimen, pastel orange shading to white, with long, thick spines...Texas...$28 (1 available) OVERSIZE
Re-listed....35288...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....153 mm. F+. Huge specimen, white with pink spines. From oil rig platform leg, as shown by the large radius curve on the base...Louisiana...$40 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....36455...(1pr)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....103 mm. F++. Odd yet pretty pair, the larger orange tinted one partly overgrowing an attached smaller red one...Texas...$32 (1 pair available) OVERSIZE
....29017...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....93 mm. F+ high. Lovely snow white specimen with orange umbones. Attached to rock substrate...Puerto Rico...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35286...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....92 mm. F+. Good sized example, all white with orange umbone & extended skirt around flat base...Gulf of Mexico...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....32249...(1)...Spondylus cf. americanus Hermann, 1781....92 mm. F+. Large & interesting specimen, grown on some sort of wreck or other man-made object, as shown by deformation around railing & metal strap. Shell white with pink spines...Texas...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35276...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....87 mm. F+. Elongate example, dark red with orange spines. Taken from wreck so it has a flat base (sits nicely for display)...Florida...$25 (1 available)
....24981...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....86 mm. F+. Dark red, with lots of short spines...Caribbean...$23 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35270...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....84 mm. F+. Unusual purple umbones & hump-backed dorsum...Texas...$25 (1 available)
....24982...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....83 mm. F+. Pink, with big leafy spines...Caribbean...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....32246...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....80 mm. F+. Pastel purple-pink throughout, with flat base from growth on a wharf or wreck (sits nicely for display)...Texas...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....25876...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....78 mm. F+. Interesting orange specimen with totally flat lower valve. Must have grown on a wharf or wreck...Curacao...$18 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35273...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....68 mm. F+. Unusual colour form, lower valve orange & upper valve deep wine red...Texas...$28 (1 available)
....35267...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....56 mm. F+. Deep red with upright spines. Taken from wreck so it sits flat on an iron base...Florida...$22 (1 available)
....32248...(1)...Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781....52 mm. F+. White, with long, light pink spines & flat bases from growth on a wreck...Texas...$20 (1 available) OVERSIZE
SOLD....Spondylus cf. americanus Hermann, 1781....60 mm. F+. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....35277...(1)...Spondylus cf. asperimus Sowerby, 1847....82 mm. F+. Light honey brown with lots of fine spines. Flat base from wreck so it sits well...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....37587...(1)...Spondylus calcifer Carpenter, 1852....102 mm. F+ high. Glorious dark purple top & bottom. This one appears to have come off a wreck, as it has a smooth, slightly concave base that makes for easy display, & has over-grown a good sized Surpulobis worm tube (a 2 for 1 deal)...Panama...$46 (1 available)
....37590...(1)...Spondylus calcifer Carpenter, 1852....75 mm. F++. Unusual example has orange base & purple-red top shell and marvelously intact spines. Sits at an angle on a nice flat base...Panama...$35 (1 available)
SOLD....Spondylus calcifer Carpenter, 1852....116 mm. F+ high. Panama. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....32237...(1)...Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1856....109 mm. F+ high. Big & fat, in shades of deep pink, with lots of fine needle-like spines...Brazil...$17 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....1557...(1)...Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1856....45 mm. F+ . With reduced spines. Delightful purple & white patterngrew on man-made object (see perfect 90 dgree angle on base)...Florida...$10 (1 available)
SOLD....Spondylus multimuricatus Reeve, 1856....75 mm. F. Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....18142...(2)...Spondylus regius Linne, 1758....63, 69 & 72 mm. (without spines) F+. Delightfully long spined pastel purple & orange typical examples...Philippines...$23 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....36511...(1)...Spondylus regius Linne, 1758....59 mm. (shell), 148 mm.(spines) F++. Spectacular long spined specimen complete with small attached pebble a la Xenophora...Philippines...$32 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35275...(1)...Spondylus cf. sinensis Schrieber, 1793....97 mm. F+. Deep red, with a few short, curled, spatulate spines...Philippines...$15 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35274...(1)...Spondylus cf. sinensis Schrieber, 1793....95 mm. F+. Classic Spondylus, deep pink with 5 rows of long, broad, lighter coloured spines...Philippines...$18 (1 available)
....39067...(4)...Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....72 to 80 mm. F++. Good sized specimens with rows of short spines & dark purple rayed lines...Philippines...$15 (4 available)
....39068...(3)...Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....52 to 62 mm. F++. Nice mid-sized examples with deep purple rays...Philippines...$10 (3 available)
....33918...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....61 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Porcelain white with short purple spines, brown umbonal spots & long, pastel orange marginal spines...Thailand...$10 (1 available)
....33923...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....54 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Has lots of long, dark orange spines on white...Thailand...$7 (1 available)
....33930...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....53 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Mostly white with lots of black spots & long but relatively few pastel spines...Thailand...$7 (1 available)
....33917....(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....52 mm. (w/o spines) F++. Porcelain white with purple brown spots & long, pastel orange spines...Thailand...$9 (1 available)
....33933...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....50 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Unusual bilateral colour variation, right side has more pink on top & more orange below...Thailand...$8 (1 available)
....33920...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....49 mm. (not including the spines) F++. White, with black spots & long orange spines...Thailand...$7 (1 available)
....33931...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....49 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Unusual all orange base valve & rosy pink patch on the top valve...Thailand...$7 (1 available)
....33932...(1)...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....45 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Has unusually foliate base spines along one side...Thailand...$8 (1 available)
SOLD....Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....72 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Thailand. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD...Spondylus versicolor Schrieber, 1793....54 mm. (not including the spines) F++. Thailand. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....32235...(1)...Spondylus wrightianus Crosse, 1892....68 mm. F but not fatally so. Big for the species, with long white spines...Philippines...$10 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35914...(1)...Spondylus wrightianus Crosse, 1872....29 mm. (without spines) F++. Pure white with lots of long, straight spines...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....35284...(1)...Spondylus species....71 mm. F+. Deep red with dark orange spines. Displays well due to flat base from removal from wreck...Philippines...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....32028...(1)...Spondylus species....24 mm. F+. Cute virtually spineless juvenile, rayed in pink & dark red...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....8658...(2)...Angulus planatus Linne, 1758....37 - 40 mm. F++ . Yellow interior...Spain...$2 (2 available)
....37367...(+)...Macoma balthica Linne, 1758....18 to 23 mm. F++. Live taken examples of this common Northern species...Atlantic Canada...2 for $3 (lots available)
....38333...(4)...Macoma constricta Bruguiere, 1792....32 to 43 mm. F++. Good examples, white, with a narrowed & pointed posterior end...Florida...$3 (4 available)
....38311...(3)...Psammotreta obesa Deshayes, 1855....40 to 43 mm. F+. Mid-sized Macomas with a serious groove on...West Mexico...$4 (3 available)
SOLD....Psammotreta obesa Deshayes, 1855....55 mm. F+. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39334...(5)...Tellidora burnetti Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....25 to 30 mm. F++. Great examples of this “crested” Tellin...West Mexico...$9 (5 available)
....37368...(+)...Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857....8 to 9 mm. F+. Tiny Tellinas! Small, white, fresh pairs of this cold water Sand dweller...Atlantic Canada...2 for $3 (lots available)
....38325...(7)...Tellina alternata Say, 1822....56 to 65 mm. F+ high. Big, fresh, gently beached specimens in excellent condition...Florida...$8 (7 available)
....38316...(9)...Tellina alternata Say, 1822....45 to 55 mm. F+ high. Good specimens of this thin & elongate, finely grooved Tellin...Florida...$6 (9 available)
....38317...(1)...Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799....88 mm. F+ high. Monster specimen, heavy for a Tellin, and with good, solid margins...Florida...$12 (1 available)
....38318...(5)...Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799....71 to 78 mm. F+ high. Good, big, fresh beached examples, many still with external ligament...Florida...$10 (5 available)
....27956...(3)...Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799....74, 75 mm. F+. Big white discs...Dominican Republic...$8 (3 available)
....14077...(3)...Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799....64 - 70 mm. F++. Heavy & white, some with partial perio...Hondurus...$5 (3 available)
....38319...(7)...Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799....63 to 70 mm. F+ high. Healthy, fresh examples, and no need to deal with the devil for this Faust...Florida...$7 (7 available)
SOLD....Tellina foliacea Linne, 1758....72 - 75 mm. F+. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....18730...(1)...Tellina gargadia Linne, 1758....33 mm. F++. Cute, with lemon yellow interior...Australia...$7 (1 available)
....15999...(2)...Tellina gargadia Linne,1758....28 - 32 mm. F+. White with fingerprint-like growth lines...Australia...$8 (2 available)
....39061...(1)...Tellina laevigata Linne, 1758....68 mm. F++. Beautiful full grown specimen suffused with bright orange...Florida...$5
....39062...(2)...Tellina laevigata Linne, 1758....54 to 60 mm. F++. Good sized examples, shiny & pastel orange tinted...Florida...$4 (2 available)
....14078...(6)...Tellina lineata Turton, 1819....32 - 36 mm. F++. White to cream and somewhat bent...Venezuela...$3 for 2 (6 available)
....38321...(12)...Tellina lineata Turton, 1819....25 to 30 mm. F+. Pretty pink petal-like shells, aptly known as the Rose Petal Tellin...Florida...$5 for 3 (12 available)
....14079...(2)...Tellina lineata Turton, 1819....26 - 28 mm. F++. Thin & pure white...Florida...$4 for both (2 available)
....38326...(15)...Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....70 to 78 mm. F+ high. Jumbo specimens, freshly but lightly beached, with orange-brown zig-zag rays...Florida...$7 (15 available)
....38328...(4prs)....Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....65 to 68 mm. F+ high. Pattern pairs, showing extremes of light & dark markings...Florida...$9 (4 pairs available)
....38327...(15)...Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....60 to 68 mm. F+ high. Lovely typical examples, mottled in orange-brown...Florida...$4 (15 available)
....30051...(1)...Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....55 mm. F+. Pattern of tan zig-zags rayed on white...$4 (1 available)
....8707...(1)...Tellina listeri Roding,1798....54 mm. F++. Rare unpatterned form...Honduras...$3 (1 available)
....14080...(1)...Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....45 mm. F++. Cream with light brown zig-zags...Bahamas...$3 (1 available)
....8667...(1)...Tellina listeri Roding,1798....37 mm. F++. Cute baby with more flecked rays...Panama...$2 (1 available)
....38322...(1)...Tellina cf. magna Spengler, 1798....99 mm. F++. Size, shape, structure & dentition are all correct, but it is pure white, without the typically orange tinted flatter right valve...Florida...$7 (1 available)
SOLD....Tellina nicoyana Hertlein & Strong, 1949....55 mm. F++ w/p. Panama. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14082...(1)...Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929....51 mm. F+. White with crinkled growth lines...Hawaii...$4 (1 available)
....8715...(2)...Tellina palatum Iredale, 1929....40, 32 mm. F++. White with raised wavy growth lines...Guam...$4 (2 available)
SOLD....Tellina palatum Iredale, 1931....41 mm. F++. Tanzania. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....28716...(1)...Tellina punicea Born, 1778....47 mm. F++. Jumbo specimen with watermelon pink interior...Venezuela...$7 (1 available)
....28717...(3)...Tellina punicea Born, 1778....34 to 38 mm. F+. Blush pink interior...Venezuela...$3 (3 available)
....38329...(5)...Tellina radiata Linne, 1758....71 to 77 mm. F++. Large specimens of these most beautiful of Tellins, flushed with yellow & rayed in bright pink...Florida...$6 (5 available)
....38330...(8)...Tellina radiata Linne, 1758....65 to 68 mm. F++. Fresh beached, but selected from hundreds, these are great examples of this lovely pink rayed species...Florida...$5 (8 available)
....38331...(2)...Tellina radiata fm. unimaculata Lamarck, 1818....82, 83 mm. F++. Giant examples of this un-rayed colour form...Florida...$5 (2 available)
....38332...(9)...Tellina radiata fm. unimaculata Lamarck, 1818....73 to 78 mm. F++. Big, fresh specimens, selected from dozens, yellow flushed but unrayed...Florida...$4 (9 available)
....39063...(4)...Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1811....42 to 44 mm. F+. Pretty specie, lightly rayed in pink...Philippines...$6 (4 available)
....18717...(1)...Tellina tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835....71 mm. F++. One end bent & pointed, white with faint yellow rays & pink umbones! Nice!...Australia...$6 (1 available)
....8736...(1)...Tellina tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835....61 mm. F++. Normal - light yellow & orange-pink rayed...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....30053...(3)...Tellina unimaculata Lamarck, 1818....58 to 75 mm. F++. Un-rayed form of T. radiata , with butter yellow interior...Turks & Caicos...$4 (3 available)
....14085...(2)...Tellina unimaculata Lamarck, 1818....46 - 55 mm. F++. Smooth, shiny white with yellow interior. Un-rayed form of T. radiata...Bahamas...$4 (2 available)
....39064...(3)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....60 to 67 mm. F++. Large & fairly fat for the family, with fine pink rays...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....39065...(6)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....50 to 59 mm. F++. Prettily pink rayed specie...Philippines...$5 (6 available)
....8598...(1)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....53 mm. F+. A bit lighter in color...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....16737...(5)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....45 - 50 mm. F++. Excellent. Pastel colours, some with pink rays...Philippines...$3 (5 available)
....38320...(6)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....43 to 47 mm. F+. Larger examples, beautifully rayed in deep pink...Indo Pacific...$5 (6 available)
....16738...(8)...Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....36 - 41 mm. F++. Philippines...$3 for 2 (8 available)
....14130...(3)...Thracia papyracea Poli, 1791....16 - 24 mm. F++. White with ridge at siphonal end...England...$2 (3 available)
SOLD....Thyasira flexuosa Montagu, 1803....6 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39257...(1)...Hippopus hippopus Linne, 1758....110 mm. F+. Big, heavy, well inflated specimen...Philippines...$20 (1 available)
....39258...(1)...Hippopus hippopus Linne, 1758....99 mm. F+. Colourful example with lots of dark red dashes on the ribs...Philippines...$17 (1 available)
....14131...(5)...Tindaria striata King, 1831....12 - 13 mm. F++. Pointed brown nut clams...Argentina...$5 (5 available)
....39066...(2)...Trapezium californicum Conrad, 1837....34 to 44 mm. F++. Inflated, rectangular, lightly ribbed white specie not listed in Rice...Hawaii...$12 (2 available)
....18946...(1)...Neotrigonia margaritacea Lamarck, 1804....27 mm. F+/F++. Scaly ribs, pastel shades of orange & lavender & a pearly interior. Very nice!...Australia...$8 (1 available)
....37380...(1)...Elliptio camplanata Lightfoot, 1786....95 mm. F+. Freshwater mussel with black perio. & nacrous interior...Nova Scotia...$7 (1 available)
....39029...(1)...Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....89 mm. F+. Good, big, chunky, concentrically ribbed specimen...California...$5 (1 available)
....39021...(2)...Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....61, 65 mm. F+. Nice, heavy examples of this Veneridae from Lotusland...California...$4 (2 available)
....38292...(1)...Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....111 mm. F++. Jumbo ex col example, about as big as they get...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
....38293...(1)...Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....90 mm. F++. Good sized fresh specimen...West Mexico...$4 (1 available)
....8720...(+)...Anomalocardia auberiana Oribigny, 1842....20 mm. F++. Greys, whites & browns, some rayed...Florida...$3 for 2 of them (+ available)
....14152...(3)...Anomalocardia auberiana Oribigny, 1842....8 - 12 mm. F++. Ridged white with purple tints...Florida...$3 for all 3 (3 available)
....26804...(3)...Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin, 1791....22 to 29 mm. F++. Fat, pointed, with gray zig-zags on white...Brazil...$2 (3 available)
....8584...(3)...Anomalocardia squamosa , Linne, 1758....30 - 32 mm. F+ High. Slight wear otherwise fine...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....26931...(1pr)...Anomalocardia squamosa Linne, 1758....26 to 32 mm. F++. With pointed end & cancellate surface sculpture...Australia...$4 (1 pair available)
....26503...(5)...Anomalocardia squamosa Linne, 1758....26 to 29 mm. F++. With great cross hatched sculpture & pointed end...Australia...$2 (5 available)
....18931...(2)...Anomalocardia squamosa Linne, 1758....24 & 25 mm. F++. Light tan markings & deep purple interior spot...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....17979...(5)...Anomalocardia squamosa Linne, 1758...20 to 21 mm. F++. Brown & white with nice surface sculpture...Philippines...$3 (5 available)
....32937...(1pr)...Anomalocardia subrugosa Wood, 1828....32 & 36 mm. F++. Extreme pair, one nearly white with a few dark rays, the other solid black...Peru...$5 (1 pair available)
....31192...(3prs)...Anomalocardia subrugosa Wood, 1828...33 to 36 mm. F++. Extreme pairs, one with brown rays, the other nearly all black...Peru...$3 (3 pairs available)
....32936...(4)...Anomalocardia subrugosa Wood, 1828....30 to 33 mm. F++. Broad brown rays on cream...$4 for 2 (4 available)
....26735...(2)...Antigona chemnitzi Hanley, 1844....57 to 64 mm. F+ to F++. Fine radial ribs under upright, corrugated concentric lamellae. Large & fat with wonderful sculpture!...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....25190...(2)...Antigona chemnitzii Hedley, 1844....53 to 58 mm. F+ to F++. Incredible foliate upright concentric ridges...Australia...$4 (2 available)
....39180...(2)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....56, 58 mm. F++. Excellent examples, with virtually every leafy concentric ridge intact...Philippines...$4 (2 available)
....18930...(3)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....44 to 50 mm. F++. Incredibly foliate concentric ribs! Fresh live taken...Australia...$5 (3 available)
....26504...(3)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....37 to 47 mm. F++. Tan mottled, with fantastic leafy concentric ridges...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....14099...(5)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....40 - 45 mm. F++. Brown mottled with frilly growth ridges...Australia...$4 (5 available)
....25191...(4)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....36 to 40 mm. F++. Foliate ridges & brown chevron patterns...Australia...$3 (4 available)
....14101...(2)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....34, 38 mm. F++. Brown mottled with frilly growth ridges...Australia...$4 (2 available)
....14100...(1set)...Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....20 - 38 mm. F++. 4 piece growth/pattern series. brown mottled with frilly growth ridges...Australia...$10 (1 set available)
....37361...(3)...Arctica islandica Linne, 1758....92 to 99 mm. F+ w/perio. Good, big, chunky examples with thick, flaky, brown-black periostracum...Atlantic Canada...$7 (3 available)
....35306...(3)...Austrovenus stutchburyi Gray, 1828....40 mm. F++. Cross-hatched surface texture, with purple stained end...New Zealand...$4 (3 available)
....39045...(1)...Callanaitis disjecta Perry, 1811....55 mm. F+. Good example, with wonderfully frilly concentric ridges...Australia...$15 (1 available)
....38279...(3)...Callista bardwelli Clench & McLean, 1932....60 yo 65 mm. F++. Lovely species with concentric ribs, brown rays & orange margins...Australia...$5 (3 available)
SOLD....Callista bardwelli Clench & McLean, 1936....41 to 45 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39030...(2)...Callista chinensis Holten, 1803....62, 63 mm. F+. Typical, nicely adult examples...Japan...$4 (2 available)
....39051...(1)...Callista chione Linne, 1758....85 mm. F++. Larger than average specimen of this Euro-veneridae...Spain...$4 (1 available)
....25201...(3)...Callista disrupta Sowerby, 1853....38 to 41 mm. F++. Broad, brown speckled concentric ridges...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....26505...(2)...Callista disrupta Sowerby, 1853....37 to 41 mm. F++. Extra fat concentric ridges on these brown rayed Veneridae. Won' t disrupta your cash flow!...Australia...$4 (2 available)
....39022...(1)...Callista erycina Linne, 1758....71 mm. F++. Well ribbed & rayed, with orange tinted rims...India...$6 (1 available)
....27108...(1)...Callista erycina Linne, 1758....66 mm. F++. Lovely species, with brown rays & orange tinted margins...India...$4 (1 available)
....39023...(1)...Callista erycina fm. lilacina Lamarck, 1811....73 mm. F++. This form has dark purple rays...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....24970...(1)...Callista erycina fm. lilacina Lamarck, 1818....62 mm. F++. Concentric ridges & brown on tan rays...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....20821....(1)....Callista erycina fm. lilacina Lamarck, 1818....45 mm. F++. Supplied as C. bardwelli, but with finer ridges, darker, less mottled pattern & purple interior stain...Australia...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Callista erycina Linne, 1758....63 mm. F++. South China Sea. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....8536...(3)...Callista semisulcata Sowerby, 1851....35 mm. Gem. Beige with speckles...Queensland...$2 (3 available)
SOLD....Callista semisulcata Sowerby, 1857....42 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14206...(3)...Chamelea gallina Linne, 1758....27 - 34 mm. F++. Brown scribblings with white rays...Adriatic Sea...$2 (3 available)
....38288...(7)...Chione californiensis Broderip, 1835....50 to 55 mm. F+. Well sculptured with low radial ribs & raised concentric ridges...West Mexico...$3 (7 available)
....14103...(1pr)...Chione cancellata Linne, 1758....30 - 34 mm. F+. White with cross-hatched ribbing...Bahamas...$2 (1 pair available)
....39195...(3)...Chione gnidia Broderip & Sowerby, 1839....80 to 85 mm. F++. Large, great specimens with frilly concentric ridges...West Mexico...$8 (3 available)
....38291...(3)...Chione gnidea Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....70 to 73 mm. F++. Big ex col examples with intact, frilled concentric ridges...West Mexico...$7 (3 available)
....39197...(7)...Chione kellettii Hinds, 1845....40 to 48 mm. Lightly rayed in shades of tan, with frilly scales on each end...West Mexico...$4 (7 available)
SOLD....Chione latilirata Conrad, 1841....25 & 27 mm. F++. Brazil. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14110...(1set)...Chione paphia Linne, 1767....19 - 31 mm. F++. Nice 3 piece set shows various brown mottling patterns...Tobago...$6 (1 set available)
....1677...(1set)...Chione paphia Linne, 1767....21 to 29 mm. F++. Nice 5 piece growth & pattern set with strong concentric ridges...St Vincent...$9 (1 set available
....14288...(1)...Chione stutchburyi Gray, 1828....28 mm. F++. White with cancellate ribs...New Zealand...$3 (1 available)
....38290...(4)...Chione subimbricata Sowerby, 1835....34 to 37 mm. F++. With thick, wavy, concentric ridges & fine brown zig-zag markings...West Mexico...$4 (4 available)
....36639...(1)...Chione subrugosa Wood, 1828....35 mm. F+. With gray rays & fine brown speckles on strong concentric ridges...Mexico...$6 (1 available)
....8687.....(1)...Chione subrugosa Wood, 1828...33 mm. Dark rayed markings on beige ridges...Mexico...$4 (1 available)
....38289...(8)...Chione undatella Sowerby, 1835....38 to 46 mm. F++. Similar to C. californiensis but with brown markings & closer spaced concentric ridges...West Mexico...$4 (8 available)
....34572...(4)...Chione cf. undatella Sowerby, 1835....41 to 46 mm. F+/F++. Larger, dark patterned specimens with strong radial ribs & concentric ridges on just half...Peru...$4 (4 available)
....34573...(4)...Chione cf. undatella Sowerby, 1835....33 to 36 mm. F+/F++. With intermittent brown spotted rays & cancellate sculpture...Peru...$3 (4 available)
....26741...(2)...Circe nummulina Lamarck, 1818....25 to 30 mm. F++. Flat Veneridae with fine concentric growth lines...Australia...$3 for 2 (2 available)
....14231...(1)...Circe nummulina Lamarck, 1818....25 mm. F++. Cream with patterned surface...Australia...$3 (1 available)
....26513...(2pr)...Circe scripta Linne, 1758....37 to 44 mm. F++. Interesting pairs, the smaller of the two showing brown zig-zag markings...Australia...$4 (2 pairs available)
....25216...(4)...Circe scripta Linne, 1758....35 to 43 mm. F++. Very flat, with concentric ridges & purple interior...Australia...$2 (4 available)
....8551...(1pr)...Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758....44 & 42 mm. Gem-. White and brown. pair shows light & dark phases...Queensland...$4 (1 pair available)
....8550...(1pr)...Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758....40 mm. Gem-. One of set is almost albino...Queensland...$4 (1 pair available)
....38302...(3pr)...Circe scripta Linne, 1758....37 to 40 mm. F++. Nice extreme pattern pairs of this thin Venerid...Indo Pacific...$5 (3 pair available)
....18940...(2)...Circe scripta Linne, 1758....37 & 39 mm. F++. Two broad brown rays on white concentric ridges...Australia...$2 (2 available)
....8552...(1set)...Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758....32.5 - 35 mm. F++/Gem. Set of 3 shows light, dark, & rayed forms...Queensland...$6 (1 set available)
....26514...(2pr)...Circe tumefacta Sowerby, 1851....24 to 28 mm. F++. Gloriously bold brown zig-zag patterns...Australia...$4 (2 pairs available)
SOLD....Dosinia bilunulata Gray, 1838....82 mm. F+. Japan. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26521...(1)...Dosinia bruguiere Gray, 1838....24 mm. F++. Plump white concentrically lined discs. Scarce (not in Rice)...Australia...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Dosinia contusa Reeve, 1850....32 to 35 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38297...(4)...Dosinia discus Reeve, 1850....60 to 65 mm. F+ high. Finely concentric ridged species some with partial yellowish perio...Florida...$3 (4 available)
....38296...(4)...Dosinia elegans Conrad, 1846....69 to 74 mm. F+. Good, full sized specimens of this coarsely concentric ridged compressed species...Florida...$4 (4 available)
SOLD....Dosinia extranea Iredale, 1937....19 to 20 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14207...(1)...Dosinia lupinus Linne, 1758....26 mm. F++. White, round and flattish...Adriatic...$2 (1 available)
....38294...(3)...Dosinia ponderosa Gray, 1838....113, 115 mm. F+ high. Huge and heavy specimens of this solid shell, one with partial perio...West Mexico...$25 (3 available)
SOLD....Dosinia ponderosa Gray, 1838....105 mm. F+. West Mexico. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Dosinia scalaris Menke, 1843....35 to 44 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....18942...(1)...Dosinia sculpta Hanley, 1844....40 mm. F++. Circular, white, with fine concentric sculpture...Australia...$2 (1 available)
....38338...(2)...Dosinia semiobliterata Deshayes, 1852....44 to 54 mm. F+ high. Well inflated & nearly round, with concentric sculpture and hooked umbones...West Mexico...$3 (2 available)
....39031...(3)...Fulvia cf. aperta Bruguiere, 1789....33 to 34 mm. F++. Pretty specimens flushed with bright orange...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....8588...(1pr)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....32 & 37 mm. F++. Pair shows varrying amounts of brown blotching...Queensland...$5 (1 available)
....8554...(1pr)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....33 & 36 mm. F++/Gem. Light & dark pair...Queensland...$5 (1 available)
....8679...(2)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....35 mm. Gem-. Brown specks on white...Queensland...$3 (2 available)
....8583...(1)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....31 mm. F++. Lots of brown blotches...Okinawa...$3 (1 available)
....26526...(3)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....27 to 30 mm. F++. Brown speckled patterns & with oblique ridges on one end...Australia...$5 for three (3 available)
....8680...(1pr)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....25, 28 mm. Gem-. Light and dark mottled pair...Queensland...$3 (1 pair available)
....17995...(1)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....27 mm. F++ Brown mottled with interesting ribs...Australia...$2 (1 available)
....14125...(1)...Gafrarium pectinatum Linne, 1758....25 mm. F++. Brown blotches on white...Fiji...$2 (1 available)
....26527...(1)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....45 mm. F++. Jumbo specimen with deep purple stain near ligament...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....14127...(1set)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....20 - 39 mm. F+/F++. 5 piece growth series, white with brown marks...Fiji...$7 (1 set available)
....14128...(1)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....37 mm. F++. Large, mostly white, some stains...Guam...$3 (1 available)
....8737...(6prs)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....27 - 36 mm. F++/Gem. Mostly white, some brown markings...Fiji...$3 (6 pairs available)
....14129...(1set)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....17 - 34 mm. F+/F++. Nice 4 piece growth series, white with brown marks...Fiji...$5 (1 available)
....8556...(1)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....33 mm. gem-. White with black blotches at syphonal end...Queensland...$2 (1 available)
....14126...(7)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....27 - 33 mm. F+/F++. Off-white with brown marks...Fiji...$2 (7 available)
....8558...(1)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....32 mm. gem-. White with black markings...Queensland...$2 (1 available)
....8559...(1)...Gafrarium tumidum Roding, 1798....29 mm. gem-. White with black marks & brown flecks...Queensland...$2 (1 available)
....39069...(1)...Gomphina melanaegis Rohmer, 1861....53 mm. F++. Large, lightly rayed cream coloured specimen...Japan...$4 (1 available)
....31189...(5)...Gomphina melanaegis Romer, 1861....40 to 47 mm. F++. Creamy tan Veneridae with rays of mottled brown...Korea...$3 (5 available)
SOLD....Katelysia peroni Lamarck, 1818....36, 37 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26998...(5)...Katelysia rhytophora Lamy, 1937....37 to 42 mm. F++. Fine tan zig-zag markings & purple-brown interior staining...Australia...$2 (5 available)
....14249...(3)...Katelysia scalarina Lamarck, 1811....28 to 34 mm. F++. Cream with lavender mottling...Australia...$3 for 2 (3 available)
....39034...(4)...Lioconcha castrensis Linne, 1758....46 to 49 mm. F++. Good sized examples with bold brown zig-zag patterns...Philippines...$4 (4 available)
....26791...(1pr)...Lioconcha
castrensis Linne, 1758....38, 42 mm. F++. Bold brown on white zig-zag
patterns...Australia...$4 (1 pair available)
....14252...(1)...Lioconcha castrensis Linne, 1758....40
mm. F++. Triangular brown marks almost like cuniform...Australia...$3
(1 available)
SOLD....Lioconcha hieroglyphica....53 mm. F++. Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Liocyma fluctosa Gould, 1841....17 mm. F++. Atlantic Canada. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....22367...(1)...Macrocallista maculata Linne, 1758....63 mm. F++. Lovely brown-on-tan, rayed, checkerboard pattern...Antigua...$4 (1 available)
....26847...(1)...Macrocallista maculata Linne, 1758....58 mm. F++. Fresh, clearly mottled examples...Brazil...$3 (1 available)
....38280...(8)...Macrocallista maculata Linne, 1758....45 to 50 mm. F++. Neat brown on cream checkerboard pattern...Florida...$5 (8 available)
....8686...(1pr)...Macrocallista maculata Linne, 1758....47 & 40 mm. Gem-. Brown on tan & brown on white pair...Florida...$5 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Macrocallista maculata Linne, 1758....70 mm. F++. Brazil. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38303...(5)...Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....119 to 133 mm. F++. Jumbo specimens of this purple-brown rayed specie, fresh beached but with ligament & partial perio on most...Florida...$7 (5 available)
....31398...(1)...Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....108 mm. F++. Large, classically patterned with gray rays over creamy tan...Florida...$4 (1 available)
....38304...(2)....Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....104 mm. F+ high. Mid-sized, mid priced ex col beach specimens...Florida...$5 (2 available)
....30653...(3)...Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....92 to 104 mm. F+. Large & boldly rayed specimens...Florida...$4 (3 available)
....38305...(1set)...Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....47 to 100 mm. F+high. Sweet 6 piece growth series...Florida...$15 (1 set available)
....31399...(1)...Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....62 mm. F++. Nicely rayed in gray on tan...Florida...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....141 mm. F+ solid. Florida. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26982...(1pr)...Marcia japonica Gmelin, 1791....33 to 36 mm. F++. Pastel orange tinted, with growth lines a bit like fingerprints...Australia...$4 (1 pair available)
....38281...(3)...Megapitaria aurantiaca Sowerby, 1831....112 to 120 mm. F++. Massive monsters! Pretty orange pink shell up to 18 mm. thick!...West Mexico...$10 (It’ll cost twice that to mail them!) (3 available)
....39049...(1)...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....116 mm. F+. HUGE example complete with partial perio...West Central America...$8 (1 available)
....39050...(1set) ...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....62 to 72 mm. F+. Subtle 3 piece colour variation set shows variable markings & rays...West Central America...$9 (1 set available)
....38282...(3)...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....92 to 100 mm. F+. Big, fat & heavy. Pinkish-tan, complete with partial varnish-like olive green perio...West Mexico...$7 (3 available)
....38283...(2)...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....73, 74 mm. F+ high. Good sized examples with intact ligament & perio...West Mexico...$5 (2 available)
....32949...(1pr)...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....60 & 67 mm. F++. Good two-tone pair, one with dove gray perio, the other in olive green...Peru...$6 (1 pair available)
....38284...(3)...Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....62 to 65 mm. F+. Typical mid sized specimens...West Mexico...$3 (3 available)
....39052...(1)...Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin, 1791....100 mm. F+. Massive jumbo specimen. Wouldn’t need many of these to make a chowder!...Florida...$4 (1 available)
....38347...(1)...Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin, 1791....95 mm. F+. Big, fat example of this Southern Quahog...Florida...$3 (1 available)
....38348...(1)...Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin, 1791....64 mm. F+. Specimen with brown mottling & dark stained escutcheon, said to be rare by Abbott...Florida...$5 (1 available)
....38278...(2)...Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....90, 97 mm. F+. Huge heavy specimens with dark purple border. Ex col & rarely this big...Florida...$5 (2 available)
....37533...(1)...Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....85 mm. F+. Big, purple lined specimen from the relic Northern population in the Northumberland Strait, not found again for 500 miles or more to the south...Atlantic Canada...$7 (1 available)
....27347...(1)...Mercenaria mercenaria fm. notata Say....44 mm. F+ high. The brown patterned colour form of this well known species...Florida...$4 (1 available)
....30041...(1)...Mercenaria mercenaria fm. texana Dall, 1902....48 mm, F++. Clean smaller specimen of this Gulf form....Texas...$3 (1 available)
....39048...(1)...Meretrix lusoria Roding, 1798....76 mm. F++. About as large as this specie gets. So large it no longer looks like a poker chip (its common name)...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....33132...(1)...Notocallista kingi Gray, 1826....42 mm. F++. Lovely pattern of rays of brown dashes & zig-zags...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....38299...(1)...Paphia alapapilionis Roding, 1798....86 mm. F++. Big example of this Indian Ocean species...ex col...$3 (1 available)
....8522...(2)...Paphia alapapilionis Roding, 1798....57.5, 56 mm. Gem. With no rays...SE. India...$2 (2 available)
SOLD....Paphia alapapilionis Roding, 1798....84 mm. F++. India. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Paphia crassisulca Lamarck, 1818....38, 44 & 49 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38298...(3)...Periglypta listeri Gray, 1838....54 to 64 mm. F+. Lovely specie with fine radial ribs & raised concentric frills...Florida...$7 (3 available)
....38285...(1)...Periglypta multicostata Sowerby, 1835....119 mm. F+. Huge ex col example, about as big as they get. Solid & heavy, with ligament intact...West Mexico...$10 (1 available)
....37499...(1)...Periglypta reticulata Linne, 1758....64 mm. F+. With concentric & radial sculpture and with purplish blotched rays...Tanzania...$4 (1 available)
....8689...(5)...Periglypta reticulata Linne, 1758....34 - 37 mm. F++. Strongly sculptured junior specimens...Thailand...$3 (5 available)
...36641...(1)...Pinna species....340 mm. F+. Not sure of species. Long, narrow, translucent amber coloured shell with fine flutes or ruffles across the surface. Very fragile...$25 (1 available) OVERSIZE
SOLD....Pitar affinis Gmelin, 1791....20 & 21 mm. F++. Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....14263...(2)...Pitar citrinus Lamarck, 1818....35, 39 mm. F++. Palest pastel yellow with purple end...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....25294...(2prs)...Pitar citrinus Lamarck, 1818....34 to 39 mm. F++. High-contrast pairs...Australia...$4 (2 pairs available)
....26989...(1)...Pitar citrinus Lamarck, 1818....32 mm. F++. Fat little clams, pastel yellow with a purple-brown end...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....38314...(3)...Pitar concinnus Sowerby, 1835....36 to 39 mm. F++. Large ones, cinnamon brown with strong concentric ridges...West Mexico...$5 (3 available)
....38315...(4pr)...Pitar concinnus Sowerby, 1835....28 to 36 mm. F++. Pretty pairs, one solid brown, the other, white with brown rays...West Mexico...$8 (4 pair available)
....14117...(8)...Pitar fulminatus penistoni Heilprin, 1889....8 - 10 mm. F++. Brown maculated dwarf form...Florida...$3 for 2 (8 available)
SOLD....Pitar fulminatus Menke, 1828....34 mm. F++. Brazil. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....22906...(2)...Pitar sp.....60 to 62 mm. F++. Big, fat & heavy, with a shiny varnish-like perio...India...$5 (2 available)
....22907...(9)...Pitar sp....40 to 42 mm. F++. Chubby & smooth, with elegant gray rays...India...$4 (9 available)
....30741...(8)...Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1846....33 to 35 mm. F+. White, with fine blade-like concentric ridges. From deeper water & less common than in Australia...Philippines...$5 (8 available)
....8690...(2)...Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1836....28 - 34 mm. F+ high. Great concentric sculpture! Purple inner lip...Queensland...$3 (2 available)
....14266...(6)...Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1836....31, 32 mm. F+. White with concentric sculpture..Australia...$3 (6 available)
....18950...(3)...Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1836....21 to 28 mm. F+. Fantastic blade-like concentric foliations...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....26552...(2)...Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1836....22 to 27 mm. F+. With leafy, upright, bladelike concentric ridges (would be good anchors in fine sand!)...Australia...$3 (2 available)
SOLD....Placamen tiara Dillwyn, 1817....21 to 23 mm. F++. Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37074...(1)...Placamen species....21 mm. F++. Beautifully patterned with pink zig-zag lines & darker rays...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Placamen species....20 mm. F+. Philippines. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38352...(3 sets)...Protothaca staminea Conrad, 1837....29 to 39 mm. F++. Lovely 8 piece pattern variation sets of this highly variable Venerid...West Mexico...$9 (3 sets available)
....36640...(1set)...Ruditapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852....42 to 43 mm. F++. Nice 3 piece set shows good range of pattern variability...Philippines...$8 (1 set available)
....8716...(8)...Ruditapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852....27 - 33 mm. F+/F++. Off-white, some with tan mottling...Thailand...$2 (8 available)
....8675...(3)...Ruditapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852....26 - 33 mm. F++. Tan to chestnut...Australia...$5 for all 3 (3 available)
....14121...(1)...Ruditapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852....27 - 31 mm. F++. Tan to chestnut with nice orange interior...Australia...$2 (1 available)
....8683...(1pr)...Ruditapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852....30, 33 mm. F++. One solid tan, one tan rayed on white...Queensland...$3 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Sunetta menstrualis Menke, 1843....62 mm. F++. Japan. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39059...(1)...Tapes litteratus Linne, 1758....70 mm. F+. Nice netted pattern with 4 faint rays...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....24157...(1)...Tapes litteratus Linne, 1758....72 mm. F++. Beautiful brown zig-zag patterns...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....18952...(3)...Tapes litteratus Linne, 1758....67 to 71 mm. F++. Ultra-fine concentric sculpture with intricate brown zig-zag patterns...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....23477...(1pr)...Tapes litteratus Linne, 1758....35 & 62 mm. F++. Concentric ridges & brown markings...Zanzibar...$5 (1 pair available)
SOLD...Tapes litteratus Linne, 1758....75 mm. F++. Tanzania. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....26557...(1)...Tapes sericeus Matsukuma, 1986....37 mm. F++. Beautiful & intricate brown zig-zag markings. Relatively recently desribed...Australia...$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Tapes sericeus Matsukuma, 1986....35 to 40 mm. F++. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....20240...(1)...Tapes sp.....28 mm. F++. Striking dark brown zig-zag markings...Zanzibar...$4 (1 available)
....14262...(2)...Timoclea marina Linne, 1758....28 - 37 mm. F+. White with brown patches scaley ribs...Australia...$5 (2 available)
....26558...(5)...Timoclea marina Linne, 1758....27 to 32 mm. F++. Brown patterned on white, with intricate cross hatched sculpture & a row of posterior scales...Australia...$4 (5 available)
....18954...(4)...Timoclea marina Linne, 1758....27 to 32 mm. F++. Extreme cancellate sculpture! Brown mottled on white...Australia...$4 (4 available)
SOLD....Timoclea marina Linne, 1758....30 to 34 mm. F+. Australia. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38300...(8)...Tivela mactroides Born, 1778....40 to 46 mm. F++. Heavy & inflated, with fine brown on white rays...Bahamas...$4 (8 available)
....28718...(8prs)...Tivela mactroides Born, 1778....24 to 28 mm. F++. Brown radial rays on chubby white triangular clams...Venezuela...$3 (8 pairs available)
....28598...(1)...Tivela mactroides Born, 1778....25 mm. F++. Fresh! with partial perio & ligament and purple interior spot...Venezuela...$3
....28958...(1)...Tivela mactroides Born, 1778....20 mm. F. Beach but nice, with brown concentric markings...Venezuela...$2 (1 available)
....39060...(1)...Tivela stultorum Mawe, 1823....126 mm. F+. Solid & heavy ex col example of the famed “Pismo clam”...California...$6 (1 available)
....38336...(1)...Tivela stultorum Mawe, 1823....89 mm. F+ high. Boldly mauve-brown rayed specimen of the "Pismo clam"...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
SOLD...Ventricolaria rigida Dillwyn, 1817....40, 42 mm. F++. Brazil. ......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29751...(1)...Euciroa sp.....12 mm. F++. Rare deep water Verticordidae with spiny ribs & beautiful pearly interior...Philippines...$14 (1 available)
SOLD....Yoldia myalis Couthouy, 1838....13, 14 mm. F+. Nova Scotia.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
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