SCHOONER SPECIMEN SHELLS

Miscellaneous Gastropods

Updated August 23, 2010

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ACMAEIDAE & PATELLIDAE
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ACTEONIDAE
ANOMIIDAE
APLYSIDAE
APORRHAIDAE
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
BATILLARIIDAE
BULLIDAE
BURSIDAE
CALYPTAEIDAE
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ACTEONIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....37323...(3)...Acteon candens Rehder, 1939....4 to 5 mm. F+. Hand sieved all white micro-bubbles...Brazil...$7 (3 available)


....35191...(1)...Acteon variegatus Reeve, 1842....20 mm. F++. Excellent example with complete lip & bold, wavy, axial brown lines...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....36268...(2)...Acteon variegatus Bruguiere, 1789....22 mm. F++. Neat species with 3 spiral bands of pink chevrons...Philippines...$20  (2 available)


....37033...(1)...Acteon virgatus Reeve, 1842....19 mm. F++. Nice, bold pattern of black on white wavy axial lines...Philippines...$20 (1 available)



....35456...(1)...Pupa affinis Adams, 1854....18 mm. F++. With spiral bands of orange dashed lines...Philippines...$4 (1 available)




....35457...(1)...Pupa nitidula Lamarck, 1816....19 mm. F++. Pretty pastel pink all over, with huge columellar tooth...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



....20791...(3)...Pupa sulcata Gmelin, 1791....18 to 21 mm. F++.  Super-fine speckles arranged in bands....Philippines...$3  (3 available)

....27668...(2)...Pupa sulcata Gmelin, 1791....20 to 21 mm. F++.  3 bands of fine brown speckles & with neat oversized columellar tooth...Philippines...$3  (2 available)


APLYSIDAE

....SOLD...Dolabella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786....23to 30 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo


ACMAEIDAE & PATELLIDAE

....12522...(6)...Acmaea leucopleura Gmelin, 1791....10 - 15 mm. f.  White with black specks & rays...Bahamas...$2  (6 available)



....12517...set...Acmaea pelta Rathke, in Escholtz, 1833....24 - 29 mm. f/F+.  3 piece sets show pattern variations...Vancouver Is...$6/set  (1 set available)

....12518...set....Acmaea pelta Rathke, in Escholtz, 1833....16 - 33 mm. f/F+.  7 piece growth set...Vancouver Is...$12/set  (1 available)

....12519...set....Acmaea pelta Rathke, in Escholtz, 1833....18 - 31 mm. f/F+.  6 piece growth set...Vancouver Is...$10/set  (1 available)



....12501...(6)..Acmaea pustulata fm. pulcherima Petit, 1856....11 - 14 mm. F/F+.  Gray to pinkish oval limpet...Bahamas...$3  (6 available)



....28947...(3)...Cellana exarata Reeve, 1854....27 to 29 mm. F++.  Beautiful silvery opalescent interior nacre! Called "Opihi" & eaten by the Polynesians...Hawaii...$3  (3 available)


....36669...pr....Cellana grata Gould, 1859....30, 31 mm. F++. Pretty pattern pair of brown marbled on cream looks a bit like snakeskin...Philippines...$4/pr.



....15543...(1)...Cellana flava Hutton, 1873....22 - 25 mm. F+.  Nice shiny, bright orange interior...New Zealand...$4  (1 available)


....35325...(1)...Cellana radians Gmelin, 1791....26 mm. F++. Hold this one up to a light to see great light & dark tortoiseshell patterns...New Zealand...$3 (1 available)


....8561...(8)...Cellana radiata Born, 1778....19 - 23 mm. F+.  orange-yellow with black mottled rays...India...$3  (8 available)


....36668...pr....Cellana rota Gmelin, 1791....23 & 32 mm. F++. Nice developmental pair, the smaller one showing juvenile see-through pattern, the larger one more solid & less patterned...Philippines...$3/pr.


....36670...(1)...Cellana rota eneagona Reeve, 1854....35 mm. F++. Interesting rayed checkerboard pattern & pearly interior...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....30371...(+)...Collisella species....12 to 15 mm. F+.  White with black radial rays. Could also be juvenile Scurria species...Peru...$5 for 3  (10 available)


....36672...(1)...Cellana testudinaria Linne, 1758....83 mm. F++. Huge example, with dark, black on brown exterior pattern & silvery-white interior...Philippines...$9 (1 available)


....12051...(1)...Monodilepas sp....4 mm. F+.   Young limpet...New Zealand...$3  (1 available)


....36671...(1)...Patella flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....19 mm. F+. Very flat, with lightly speckled dorsum & orange interior...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


...37136...(5)...Patella granatina Linne, 1758....65 to 70 mm. F+. BIG, gnarley limpets with dorsal erosion & encrustations typical for the locality. Rims & interiors in excellent condition...Namibia...$5

....32710...set...Patella granatina Linne, 1758....67 to 75 mm. F+.  Three good, big examples showing wild variation of dorsal patterns...South Africa...$12/set  (1 set available)

....32711...(1)...Patella granatina Linne, 1758....82 mm. F+.  Huge heavily eroded example, deeply cupped & with strong brown interior spot...South Africa...$5  (1 available)


....12506...(1)...Patella longicosta Lamarck, 1819....50 - 63 mm. f/F+.  White interior with black margin. exterior rough...Natal...$4  (1 available)

....15549...(1)...Patella longicosta Lamarck, 1819....42 - 43 mm. F+.  Rich brown apical callous but no spines. Interior remarkable!!...South Africa...$3.50  (1 available)



....12507...(2)...Patella oculus Born, 1778....75 - 80 mm. f/F+.  Roughly ribbed exterior, jet black inside...South Africa...$5  (2 available)

....12508...(4)...Patella oculus Born, 1778....68 - 70 mm. f/F+.  Roughly ribbed exterior, jet black inside...South Africa...$4 (4 available)

....32712...(3)...Patella oculus Born, 1778....63 to 75 mm. F++.  Big tan shields with black rimmed interiors...South Africa...$5  (3 available)



....15174...(1)...Patella safiana Lamarck, 1819....67 - 74 mm. F++.  White with brown & black rayed ribs...South Africa...$4.50  (1 available)

....15175...(1)...Patella safiana Lamarck, 1819....61 - 64 mm. F++.  White with brown & black rayed ribs...South Africa...$4  (1 available)


....37042...(1)...Patelloida striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....26 mm. F+. Black with white bar trough the center, like Shells of the Philippines plate 3 figure 5 (middle image)...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



SOLD....Scurria scurra Lesson, 1841....21 to 25 mm. F++.  Argentina. retained for photo

....29428...(3)...Scurria scurra Lesson, 1841....21 to 25 mm. F++. Like little tan chinese hats...Argentina...$10 (3 available)

....26922...(1)...Scurria scurra Lesson, 1830....19, 20 mm. F++.  Like little Chinese straw cone hats...Chile...$3  (1 available)



....15551...(2)...Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810....45, 49 mm. F+  White & elongated...Australia...$2  (2 available)

....35327...(2)...Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810....55, 61 mm. F+. Big, shield shaped specimens, with a touch of dorsal sponge perforation...New Zealand...$4 (2 available)



SOLD....Scutus ungius Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++.  Tasmania. retained for photo

....25323...pr...Scutus ungius Linne, 1758....32 to 33 mm. F++.  White ovals, cute little devils...Tasmania...$3/pair  (1 pair available)


ANOMIIDAE

 

....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)


....12107...5pr...Monia  (Pododesmus?) zelandicus Gray, 1843....7 - 9 mm. f high.  Baby jingle shell pairs...New Zealand... $2/pair   (5 pairs 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)


 

APORRHAIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....36445...(1)...Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836....40 to 44 mm. F.  Decent starters, with clean lip & aperture but decolated &  with loss of exterior sculpture due to erosion or unidentified shell borers...Nova Scotia...$8  (1 available)



....33461...(1)...Aporrhais pespelecani Linne, 1758....44 mm. F+. With complete apex & siphonal canal & fully thickened & developed lip...???...$3 (1 available)



....31918...(6)... Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838....20 to 24 mm. F++.  Neatly beaded & with lip spines reminiscent of some sharks' teeth...Senegal...$6  (6 available)


ARCHITECTONICIDAE

 

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....36664...(1)...Architectonica consobrina ....18 mm. F+. Unusually pale example with a pattern of just a few brown dorsal dashes...Philippines...$6 (1 available)


....30761...(4)...Architectonica fuliginosum Hinds, 1844....23 to 27 mm. F+.  Tan with brown dashed spiral lines...Philippines...$5  (4 available)



....28475...(1)...Architectonica cf. maxima Philippi, 1848....25 mm. F++.  Fresh, lightly speckled...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....25193...(3)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....37 to 42 mm. F++.  With continuous, contrasting brown & white spiral bands...Australia...$5   (3 available)

....30832...(1)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....52 mm. F+ high.  Large, with oddly irregular, blotchy dorsal pattern & wide, fine "toothed" umbilicus...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31758...(2)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....54, 55 mm. F+ high w/o.  Large, clean, live taken lovlies complete with opercs...Thailand...$8  (2 available)

....27405...(2)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....21, 27 mm. F+.  Interesting light coloured juvenile specimens...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....26685...(4)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....55 to 60 mm. F+.  Good large examples, lips mostly intact...China...$6  (4 available)

....26687...(2)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1849....44 to 46 mm. F+.  Mid sized specimens for a small price...China...$4  (2 available)

....15280...(3)...Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1876....42 - 48 mm. f/F+.  White, tans & browns...Japan...$4  (3 available)


....36663...(1)...Architectonica modesta Philippi, 1848....15 mm. F++. Odd small species with pattern of only 2 brown spiral lines...Philippines...$15 (1 available)


....15282...(3)...Architectonica nobilis Roding, 1798....31 - 35 mm. F+ (lip breaks) w/o.  Cream with brown spots...Florida...$3  (3 available)



....36667...(1)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....58 mm. F++. Good big specimen with complete, slightly reflected lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....36335...(1)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....50 mm. F++. Good sized example with typical pattern...Philippines....$4  (1 available)

....25194...(5)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....30 to 40 mm. F++.  Brown speckled tops & white, flat base...Australia...$3  (5 available)

....27754...(1)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....48 mm. F+ nicely.  Nice light coloured East African specimen...Tanzania...$3  (1 available)

....33212...(+)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....54 to 60 mm. F+. Nice large specimens, a couple with operc (first come, first served)...Indonesia...$4 (+ available)

....32453...(1)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....53 mm. F+.  With distinctive solid white & dark brown spiral bands...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....24301...pr....Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....41 & 47 mm. F+.  Nice extreme pair, one marked in cinammon, the other in dark brown...Zanzibar...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

....16733...(7)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....50 - 59 mm. F+. BIG!! white & brown lines on fawn-gray...Philippines...$4  (7 available)

....15285...(5)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....47 - 49 mm. F+.  Fawn with white & brown spiral lines...India...$1.50  (5 available)

....35596...(1)...Architectonica perspectiva Linne, 1758....55, 59 mm. Jumbo specimens......Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....35484...(1)...Architectonica picta Philippi, 1849....28 mm. F++. Peripheral band is nicely spotted in brown...Philippines...$12 (1 available)


....36665...(1)...Architectonica species....35 mm. F+. Richly coloured fresh specimen with striking brown spotted base...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....36666...(2)...Architectonica species....33, 35 mm. F+. This species shows a broad dark brown spiral band...Philippines...$7 (2 available)

....36621...(+)...Architectonica species....12 to 14 mm. F++. Unusual small species, possibly in Heliacus, boldly patterned in black & white...South China Sea...$5 (+ available)



SOLD....Architectonica taylori Hanley, 1962....67 mm. F++. 
Vietnam. retained for photo

....16038...(2)...Architectonica taylori Hanley, 1962....27 - 33 mm. F++.  Smaller specimens, smaller price...Vietnam...$5  (2 available)


....37041...(1)...Architectonica trochlearis Hinds, 1844....40 mm. F++. Very close to A. maxima but with more intense sutural spots...Philippines...$10 (1 available)



....28200...(2)...Discotectonica accutissima Sowerby, 1914....23, 30 mm. F++.  Discotechtonia is NOT dead!! Fascinating sharp edged Architectonicidae...Philippines...$12  (2 available)

....27035...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....35 mm. F++.  Big for this species & nearly as flat as a button...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....27036...(2)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....22, 25 mm. F++.  Flat, sharp edged discs...Philippines...$10  (2 available)

....35483...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....40 mm. F++. Jumbo specimen of this scarce sundial with sharp periphery...Philippines...$22 (1 available)

....20748...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....35 mm. F++.  Large, nearly flat, fascinating!. (and they said disco was dead...)...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....23372....(1).Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....32 mm. F+ high.  BIGGIE!! Flat tan discs with sharp periphery...Philippines...$15   (1 available)

....23373....(2).Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....20 to 22 mm. F+ high.  Disco lives!!! Incredibly flat & sharp edged...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

....31568...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....26 mm. F+.  Fine, flattened, sharp rimmed and unique species...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....33860....(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....27 mm. F+. Unusually pale specimen of this very flat species...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....32008...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....30 mm. F+.  2 edge injuries give an interesting circular saw-blade effect...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....30763...pr....Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....20, 33 mm. F+.  Good pair, very flat with sharp edged periphery...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....28819...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....39, 35 mm. F+.  About the biggest of these we've seen (Think small crackers or biscuits with a late 1970s flavor)...Philippines...$17  (1 available)

....28514...(3)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....28 to 31 mm. F+.  Think miniature circular saw blades or pizza wheels! Big for the species...Philippines...$12  (3 available)

....27445...(4)...Discotectonica accutissima Sowerby, 1914....28 to 30 mm. F+.  Amazingly flattened & sharp edged, tan with brown axial flames...Philippines...$12  (4 available)

....26886...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....22 mm. F+.  Amazing. Flat as a button - who said Discotectonica was dead??...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....20749...(1)...Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby, 1914....27 mm. F+.  Sharp edged, compressed. lip slightly abreviated...Philippines...$10  (1 available)


BATILLARIIDAE

....31217...(9)...Rhinocoryne humboldti Valenciennes, 1832....32 to 35 mm. F++.  Dark brown spiny shouldered Batillariidae with intact white rimmed lips...Peru...$4  (9 available)

....32958...(3)...Rhinocoryne humboldti Valenciennes, 1832....32 to 36 mm. F++.  Nice knobby examples with complete & fully formed lip...Peru...$4  (3 available)


....35321...(2)...Zeacumantus lutulentus Kiener, 1841....9 to 13 mm. F+. High spired & tan with black axial nodes. In Batillariidae...New Zealand...$3 (2 available)


BULLIDAE
 (Bubble Shells)

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....22001...(30)..Atys cylindrica Helbling, 1779....16 to 20 mm. F++.  Plump, pale pastel pink. Pretty! Please purchase....Philippines..$5 for 3 of them   (30 available)

....12711...(2)...Atys cf cylindrica Helbling, 1779....25 mm. F+.  Snow white with inscised fine lines...Philippines...$4  (2 available)



....35748...(1)...Atys naucum Linne, 1758....44 mm. F++. Large, totally intact example of this delicate bubble shell......Philippines...$8 (1 available) (Oversize)

....27781...(1)...Atys naucum Linne, 1758....43 mm. F+.  Easily mistaken for a small chicken egg!...Philippines...$6  (1 available)



....35455...(1)...Atys ooformis Habe, 1964....18 mm. F++. Scarce all white globular bubble shell with perfect lip...Philippines...$12 (1 available)



....34638...(1)...Bulla punctulata Adams, 1850....38 mm. F+. Nicely patterned species with lots of brown & white smudged spots on tan...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



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



....35749...(1)...Hydatina albocincta Van der Hoeven, 1839....54 mm. F++. Absolute giant of the species with totally intact, paper thin lip & bold, dark banding...Philippines...$75 (1 available) (Oversize)


BURSIDAE

....35051...(2)...Biplex aculeatum Schepman, 1909....30, 33 mm. F+.  Varical wings have longer spines than the more common B. perca...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....15814...(4)...Biplex aculeatum Schepman, 1909....25 - 32 mm. F+.  Spinier, more beaded & with deeper sutures than B. perca...Philippines...$4   (4 available)

....36319...(2)...Biplex aculeatum Schepman, 1909....29 to 30 mm. Good specimens of this smaller species, with full length canals & all varical wings intact...Philippines....$4  (2 available)



....31856...(1)...Biplex perca Perry, 1811....45 mm. F+.  With deeply inscised sutures, great lip & canal, but some varical spine loss...Japan...$3  (1 available)

....33735...(1)...Biplex perca Perry, 1811....54 mm. F+. Jumbo specimen, bigger than any reported from this locale...Philippines...$10 (1 available)


....32451...(1)...Bufonaria crumena (#72) Lamarck, 1816....65 mm. F++.  Good sized, very dark example with orange rimmed apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....32362...(1)...Bufonaria crumena Lamarck, 1816....63 mm. F++ w/o.  Excellent example, with fully flared & heavily dentate lip, full parietal shield & operc. too...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....30096...(3)...Bursa crumena Lamarck, 1816....58 to 71 mm. F++ 3/4 w/o.  Good, big, fat Frog shells with pattern of three brown dashed bands...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

....28851...(2)...Bufonaria crumena crumena Lamarck, 1816....51, 53 mm. F++.  The nominate form, with white rimmed apperture...India...$4  (2 available)

....26416....(1)....Bufonaria crumena crumena Lamarck, 1816....47 mm. F++.  Not large, but a top quality ex museo specimen...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....23402....(1)....Bufonaria crumena crumena Lamarck, 1816....79 mm. F+ high.  Jumbo specimen with well toothed orange lip...Zanzibar...$18  (1 available)

....23403....(1)....Bufonaria crumena crumena Lamarck, 1816....72 mm. F+ nicely.  3 lines of dark-spotted tubercules on the body whorl...$7  (1 available)

....29439...(1)...Bufonaria crumena Lamarck, 1816....50 mm. F+.  With distinctive orange rimmed apperture...India...$3  (1 available)

SOLD....Bufonaria crumena crumena Lamarck, 1816....80 mm. F+ w/o. India.  retained for photo

....15735...(1)...Bufonaria crumena foliata Broderip, 1825....72 mm. F++.  Gray & brown with purple interior. Great lip...China...$14  (1 available)

....15412...(1)...Bufonaria crumena foliata Broderip, 1825....50 mm. F+ high w/o.  Live taken, white & tan with orange lips...India...$12  (1 available)

....15413...(3)...Bufonaria crumena foliata Broderip, 1825....62 - 70 mm. F+.  Varices pointed but not spiney. lips orange...India...$10  (3 available)



....35579...(1)...Bufonaria gnorima Melvill, 1918....58 mm. F++ w/o. Prime example, with well developed lip & both canals, complete with operc...Philippines...$7 (1 available)



....12738..(5)..Bufonaria nana albifasciata Sowerby, 1841....15 - 22 mm. F/F+. Tan wtih white & brown lines..Mexico...$2  (5 available)



....15420...set...Bufonaria margaritula Deshayes, 1832....36 - 75 mm. F+/F++.  3 piece growth set, white & tan with purple narrow apperture...India...$15/set  (1 set available)

....29948...pr....Bufonaria margaritula Deshayes, 1832....33, 40 mm. F+.  Light & dark colour phase pair...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

....31133...(1)...Bufonaria margaritula Deshayes, 1832....45 mm. F+.  Brown mottled spiral cords on white, with bright orange appertural margins...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....12737...(1)... Bufonaria margaritula Deshayes, 1832....36 mm. F. Tope with orange-brown varices..India...$4  (1 available)



....29262...(1)...Bufonaria nobilis Reeve, 1844....98 mm. F++.  Huge, clean example with sharp edged varices & bright orange flared lip...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

....29264...(1)...Bufonaria nobilis Reeve, 1844....81 mm. F++.  Large, brown flecked example with orange lined lip...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....30095...(2)...Bufonaria nobilis Reeve, 1844....85 to 90 mm. F++ 2/3w/o.  Large examples with brown lined varices & well developed canals...Philippines...$15  (2 available)

....29025....(1)...Bufonaria nobilis Reeve, 1844....84 mm. F+.  large example in paler than typical colour form (nearly white) with well developed appertural dentition...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....15839...set...Bufonaria nobilis Reeve, 1844....31, 35, 44 mm. F+.  White with tan speckles. Short growth series..Philippines...$9/set  (1 set available)



SOLD....Bufonaria cf. subgranosa Sowerby, 1836....72 - 80 mm. F+.  South China. retained for photo

Relisted....16127...(1)...Bufonaria cf. subgranosa Sowerby, 1836....72 - 80 mm. F+.  Corded gray-brown with lighter varices & purple throat..South China...$3  (1 available)



....35608...(1)...Bufonaria thersites Redfield, 1846....42 mm. F++ w/o. Superb specimen with extreme lip flare & complete with operc......Philippines...$18 (1 available)


....32895...(1)...Bufonaria sp. ....75 mm. F++.  Un-named species in Shells of the Philippines (plate 34 Fig. 1)...Philippines...$27  (1 available)

....16356...(3)...Bufonaria sp. (Shells of Philippines Pl 34 fig 1)....92 - 97 mm. F+. Big white & tan specimens with mature well developed though slightly rough lips..Philippines...$6  (3 available)



....30812...(1)...Bursa angioyorium Parth, 1990....56 mm. F++.  Big example with long posterior canal & apperture rimmed in black...Philippines...$35  (1 available)



....30098...(4)...Bursa awatii Ray, 1949....53 to 59 mm. F+ high.  With oddly elongated apperture...Philippines...$7  (4 available)

....31245...(3)...Bursa awatii Ray, 1949....64 to 73 mm. F+.  Nice specimens of this lightweight deep water Frog shell...Philippines...$6  (3 available)

....30819...(1)...Bursa awatii Ray, 1949....63 mm. F+.  Relatively elongated for a Ranellidae. Minor lower lip & canal chip...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....29806....(1)..Bursa awatii Ray, 1949....54 mm. F+.  With spiny, beaded spiral cords...Philippines...$6  (2 available)

....25417...(1)...Bursa awati Ray, 1949....58 mm. F++.  Unusually long siphonal canal for the genus...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....34771...(1)...Bursa awatii Ray, 1949....59 mm. F+. Supplier claims this specimen is a hybrid with B. fijiensis, but more likely just a paler deep water form...Philippines...$12 (1 available)


....36273...(1)...Bursa borisbeckeri Parth, 1995....19 mm. F+ nicely. Frog-shell tennis, anyone??...Philippines....$11  (1 available)


....12735...(2)...Bursa bufo Bruguiere, 1792....50, 60 mm. f. Tan with brown lines...Hondurus...$5  (2 available)



....30100...(5)...Bursa bufonia Gmelin, 1791....56 to 69 mm. F++ 2/3 w/o.  Solid & heavy, white with speckled, brown banded pattern...Philippines...$7  (5 available)

....15406...(1)...Bursa bufonia Gmelin, 1791....60, 68 mm. F+  (60 mm, w/o.)  White with two-tone brown pattern, apex eroded...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....33203...(1)...Bursa bufonia Gmelin, 1791....73 mm. F+ high. Big, heavy specimen with fully developed all white aperture. Also known as B. leo Shikama...Tanzania...$14 (1 available)


....15407...(1)...Bursa caelata Broderip, 1833....27, 32 mm. F+ w/o.  Brown with darker lines..Costa Rica... $3  (1 available)



....27138...(3)...Bursa corrugata pustulosa Reeve, 1844....30 to 34 mm. F++.  Beautiful cinnamon brown, with big dorsal pustules & nicely frilled lip...Cape Verde Islands...$8  (3 available)

....19717...(1)...Bursa corrugata pustulosa Reeve, 1844....33 mm. F+ w/o.  Row of rounded shoulder knobs do look "pustulose"...Cape Verde Islands...$7  (1 available)


....36027...(1)....Bursa crumena foliata Broderip, 1825....62 mm. F+. Good specimen, with orange lined, well toothed aperture...Tanzania...$8  (1 available)



....26359...(1)....Bursa cf. elegans Sowerby, 1835....68 mm. F+.  Nicely mature well toothed lip...Tanzania...$7  (1 available)


....33845...(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....33, 35 mm. F++. Small specimens with purplish apex...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....35186...(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....50 mm. F++. Neatly pustulose, with well developed lip...Hawaii...$4 (1 available)

....32893...pr...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....54, 61 mm. F++. Nicely-contrasting pair of this handsome species. Aperature detail...Philippines...$11/pair  (1 pair available)

....32587...(2)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....35, 39 mm. F++.  Good specimens with well developed lips...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

Relisted....26417...(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....49 mm. F++.  Heavily beaded #in brown, with fully developed, dentate lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31561...(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....49 mm. F+ high.  Delightful specimen!! Lighter than average specimen, finely beaded and with pretty orange varices...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....33903...pr....Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....30 & 40 mm. F+. Neat colour variation pair, one dark brown, the larger one cinnamon brown & with operc too...Thailand...$5/pr. (1 available)

....15417...(3)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....34 - 41 mm. F+w/o.  Brown to tan..Florida...$2.50  (3 available)

....33526....(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....43 mm. F+. Nice & neatly nodulose...Tobago...$5 (1 available)

....15419...(3)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....35 - 41 mm. F+ 2 w/o.  Brown to tan..Samoa...$3  (3 available)

....12734...set...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....31, 35, 47 mm. f. Light, medium & dark brown colour set...Bali...$7/set  (1 set available)

....15840...set...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....26 - 47 mm. F+.  6 piece growth / colour series..Philippines...$12/set  (1 set available)

....33525...(1)...Bursa granularis Roding, 1798....64 mm. F+. Big example with well toothed lip & intact siphonal canal...Tobago...$12 (1 available)

....35604...(1)...Bursa granularis affinis Broderip, 1832....36 mm. F++. Supplier says this one has "larger nodules than typical granularis"......Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....33555...(1)...Bursa granularis fm. affinis Broderip, 1832....35 mm. F++ w/o. Nice specimen of this more coarsely granular Indo-Pacific form...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....28972...(1)...Bursa granularis cubaniana Orbigny, 1842....30 mm. F++ w/o.  Like a Cuban pepper, small but mighty! with well developed lip...Brazil...$5  (1 available)

....15418...(6)...Bursa granularis cubaniana Orbigny, 1842....32 - 42 mm. F++.  Orange-brown & white...Florida...$4  (6 available)

....15022...(3)...Bursa granularis cubaniana Orbigny, 1842....39 - 41 mm. F++ w/o. Dark brown & tan subsp. of B. granularis...Brazil...$6  (3 available)



....35605...(1)...Bursa lamarcki Deshayes, 1853....47 mm. F++. Nice example, with long anal canals & fully developed, toothed, black rimmed aperture...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....34442...(1)...Bursa cf. lamarcki Deshayes, 1853....50 mm. F++. Truly amazing example from sheltered location, with long, extended anal canals on each varix & rich purple-black rimmed aperture...Thailand...$9 (1 available)

....29877...(1)...Bursa lamarcki Deshayes, 1853....36, 40 mm. F+ high.  Good specimens, with lirate, black lined apperture & extended anal canals...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....34443...(1)...Bursa cf. lamarcki Deshayes, 1853....40 mm. F+. Heavily corded & nodulose, with purple-black rimmed aperture...Thailand...$6 (1 available)



....30097...(1)...Bursa latitudo fm. fosteri Beu, 1987....45 to 50 mm. F++.  Nicely developed lips & distinctive white toothed brown parietal blotch...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....29267...(2)...Bursa latitudo fosteri Beu, 1987....39, 44 mm. F+ solid.  Distinctive brown stained columella with white teeth...Philippines...$10  (2 available)

....34536...(1)...Bursa latitudo wolfei Beu, 1981....40 mm. F++. Primo specimen with fully formed lip & brown stained parietal shield...$15 (1 available)

....29636....(1)..Bursa latitudo fm. wolfei Beu, 1981....34 mm. F++.  Lovely if less than large latitudo with lavender apperture & brown columellar stain...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....30409...(1)...Bursa latitudo aff. wolfei Beu, 1980....63 mm. F++.  Nice, big example with fully developed lip...Philippines...$14  (1 available)

....30102...(6)...Bursa latitudo fm. wolfei Beu, 1981....58 to 68 mm. F+ high.  Good sized examples with spiny shoulders & lyrate brown parietal stain...Philippines...SPECIAL!!...$8 firm  (6 available)

....35050...(1)...Bursa latitudo wolfei Beu, 1980....40 mm. F+.  Large for the local form, with well developed lip & brown parietal stain...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....34440...(1)...Bursa cf. latitudo wolfei Beu, 1980....67 mm. F+ w/o. Finely granular & quite elongated...Thailand...$15 (1 available)



....17932...(5)...Bursa leo Shikama, 1964....40 to 46 mm. F++.  Neat, long anterior canals on these large-for-the-species examples...Philippines...$6  (5 available)

....32343...(1)...Bursa leo Shikama, 1964 A8....53 mm. F++. Jumbo example, gray-white with black speckled spiral cords & fully intact & elongated canals...Philippines...$25 (1 available)



....16553...(1)...Bursa lissostoma  E. A. Smith, 1914....73 mm. F. lip broken, but CHEAP.  Tan with stunnng red-orange lined mouth...Zanzibar...$4  (1 available)



....35606...(1)...Bursa lucaensis Parth, 1991....16 mm. F++. "very rare small Bursa" according to our supplier. Recently described chubby little thing!...Philippines...$38 (1 available)



....33830...(1)...Bursa muelhauseri Parth, 1990....32, 43 mm. F++. Good examples with well formed lips & purple-black lined apperture...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....31314...(1)...Bursa meulhauseri Parth, 1990....38 mm. F++.  Recently described species similar to a small B. lamarcki, but lighter in colour & with 3 knobs between the varices versus 2...Philippines...$15  (1 available)



....34571...(4)...Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....44 to 47 mm. F++. Fresh, dark banded examples with fully formed varixed lip...Per...$5 (4 available)

....32938...(3)...Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1828....41 to 54 mm. F++.  Tan & cream banded, with brown spiral lines & complete lips...Peru...$5  (3 available)

....32055...(11)...Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....45 to 55 mm. F++ w/o.  Brown lined on tan & finely pustulose..Panama...$5  (11 available)

....31194...(5)...Bursa nana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....39 to 46 mm. F+/F++.   Nicely spiral banded in cream & brown tones & with well developed lips...Peru...$4  (5 available)

....32056...(9)...Bursa nana albofasciata Sowerby, 1841....36 to 46 mm. F++ w/o. Banding & pustules stronger than the typical form..Panama...$4  (9 available)



....27006...(1)...Bursa nobilis Reeve, 1844....51 mm. F+.  With thin, slightly spinous varices and good lip & canals...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....26810...(1)...Bursa nobilis Reeve, 1844....56 mm. F++.  Excellent example, with expanded & slightly branched anal canal...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....20714...(1)...Bursa  (Bufonaria) nobilis Reeve, 1844....33 mm. F++.  Brown with white apperture and an amazingly long posterior canal...Philippines...$10  (1 available)



....34821...(1)...Bursa quirihorai Beu, 1987....42 mm. F++. RARE!! Gorgeous example with intact, fully formed crenulate lip...Philippines...$21 (1 available)

....27007...(2)...Bursa quirihorai Beu, 1987....40, 41 mm. F++.  Recently described species, with knobby varices & distinctive wavy lip...Philippines...$15  (2 available)

....26811...(2)...Bursa quirihorai Beu, 1987....39 to 42 mm. F+.   Knobby shoulders & thin, corrugated lip...Philippines...$14  (2 available)


....25931...(1)...Bursa cf. rana Linne, 1758....66 mm. F+. Large & fresh, with toothed orange-brown spotted lip & finely beaded surface texture...Zanzibar...$5

....31759...(1)...Bursa cf. rana Linne, 1758....35 mm. F+.  Small & spiny orange tinted deep water dwarf form...Thailand...$8  (1 available)


....33708...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby, 1835....21 mm. F++. Striking purple-brown rimmed aperture...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....31588...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby, 1835....23 mm. F++.  Fine specimen, without calcareus concretions and with deep purple-red apperture...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....31958...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby, 1835....20 mm. F+ high.  Great example of this smaller froglet, with glorious deep purple rimmed apperture...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....25418...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby,  1835....20 mm. F+.  Good, clean exterior & pink lined apperture...Philippines...$5   (1 available)

....26017...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby, 1835....25 mm. F++.  Amazingly dark purple-red, fully formed apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....25532...(2)...Bursa rhodostoma Sowerby, 1835....23 mm. F++.  Mouth so purple-red you'ld think they were drinking wine...Philippines...$5   (2 available)

....34335...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma thomae Orbigny, 1842....33 mm. F++ w/o. Large, spectacular specimen with lavender aperture...Canary Islands...$15 (1 available)

....34336...(1)...Bursa rhodostoma thomae Orbigny, 1842....24 mm. F+. Average specimen with pink rimmed aperture...Canary Islands...$7 (1 available)


....29878...(1)...Bursa cf. rosa Perry, 1811....32, 42 mm. F+ high.  Supplier ID says, but looks more like a pale form of lamarcki  due to nearly black apperture...Philippines...$4  (1 available)


....30099...pr....Bursa rubeta Linne, 1758....45 & 48 mm. F++.  Lovely light & dark pair. The lighter one said by supplier to be the "rare yellow form"...Philippines...$9/pair  (1 pair available)

....33990....(1)...Bursa rubeta Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++ w/o. Rich, rusty brown with fully developed lip. Small but complete with operc...Thailand...$5 (1 available)

SOLD....Bursa rubeta Linne, 1758....72 mm. F+. Philippines.  retained for photo



....33527...set...Bursa spadicea Montfort, 1810....26 to 44 mm. F+. Fine five piece growth series, all with fully formed lip varices...Trinidad...$20/set (1 set available)



SOLD....Bursa subgranosa Sowerby, 1836....41, 72 mm. F+.  Philippines. retained for photo

....35581...(1)...Bursa subgranosa Sowerby, 1836....59 mm. F+. Finely granulose & with orange-tan markings......Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....15189...(1)...Bursa thomae Orbigny, 1842....18 mm. F+. Normal for the species..Florida...$5  (1 available)

....15423...(9)...Bursa thomae Orbigny, 1842....24 - 31 mm. F+.  White with pink apperture..Florida...$6  (9 available)



....32774...(1)...Bursa A4....70 mm. F++. Well elongated, with white toothed lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....33537....(1)...Bursa species....49 mm. F+. Finely granulose & with brown stained parietal area. Supplier says "Bursa sp." but could be small Cymatium...Barbados...$8 (1 available)


....36501...(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) boholica Beu, 1987....69 mm. F++ w/o. One-of-a-kind pure white albino specimen with well developed lip flare & parietal shield...Philippines...$45


....36566...(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) bubo Linne, 1758....212 mm. F+. Large, clean, fully adult example with well formed lip & intact apex & siphonal canal, its only flaw; a small "bite" out of the parietal rim...Philippines...$32

....24114...(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) bubo Linne, 1758....139 mm. F++.  Excellent lip & canal, a good-sized fully-mature beastie....Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....34368....(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) bubo Linne, 1758....47 mm. F++. Good junior example. Start your growth series here...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....29392...(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) bubo tenuigranosa Smith, 1914....77 mm. F+ high.  Brown lined, with toothed pure white apperture...Philippines...$10  (1 available)



SOLD....Bursa (Tutufa) bufo Roding, 1798....83 mm. F+ high.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....34439...(1)...Bursa (Tutufa) bufo Roding, 1798....61 mm. F+. Junior specimen of this big species, pastel orange-tan with red-brown rimmed aperture...Thailand...$5 (1 available)



....28391...(1)...Bursa (Tufuta) rubeta Roding, 1798....84 mm. F+ high.  Nice example with complete, well developed lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....16608...(2)...Bursa (Tufuta) rubeta Linne, 1758....65, 70 mm. F+, w/operc.  Mid-sized, nice dark orange apperture...Philippines...$5  (2 available)


CALYPTRAEIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....12533..(5pr)..Crepidula aculeata Gmelin, 1791....13 - 19 mm. f/F+.  Some so spiny they look like Chama top valves!...Florida...$2/pair   (5 available)

SOLD....Crepidula aculeata Gmelin, 1791....22 - 23 mm. f/F+.  Florida. retained for photo


NEW....37551...(6)...Crucibullum scutellatum Wood, 1828....40 -45 mm. F++. Pure white cup is well set off by the chocolate brown interior...Panama...$5 (6 available)

....34240...(1)...Crucibulum species...23 mm. F+. Intact, all natural specimen complete with barnacles & other encrustations. Probably C. scutellatum Wood, 1828...Mexico...$4 (1 available)

NEW....37552...(1)...Crucibullum spinosum Sowerby, 1824....36 mm. F++. Beautifully intact long brown spines cover the back...Panama...$6 (1 available)

....37394...(1)...Crucibulum striatum Say, 1824....13.5 mm. F+. Cute Cap shell, from its northern extreme, this one has the animal dried in place...Atlantic Canada...$5 (1 available)


....35333...(3)...Maoricrypta sodalis Marshall, 2003....5 to 12 mm. F+. Recent research on their musculature shows they are not Crepidulidae. Lives in dead shells a la Crepidula plana...New Zealand...$3 (3 available)



....35324...(1)...Sigapatella novaezelandiae Lesson, 1831....16 to 26 mm. F++. Excellent examples complete with tan, slightly flaky periostracum...New Zealand...$4 (1 available)


CANCELLARIIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....34332...(1)...Axiella suduirauti Verhecken, 1999....16 mm. F++. Relatively recently described, small, deep-water Cancellariidae...Philippines...$15 (1 available)



....24047...(1)...Cancellaria cancellata Linne, 1758....29 to 30 mm. F++.  Large, fat & well marked, with thick, heavily toothed lips...Senegal...$5  (1 available)

....17621...(2)...Cancellaria cancellata Linne, 1767....30 - 34 mm. F+.  Angled axial ridges with brown & white bands...West Africa...$4  (2 available)



....35435...(2)...Cancellaria crenifera Sowerby, 1833....11, 13 mm. F++. Small, squat species with strong axial ribs...Philippines...$3 (2 available)



....16039...(3)...Cancellaria foveolata Sowerby, 1848....11 - 15 mm. Gd.  Beach but acceptable...South Africa..$2  (3 available)



SOLD....Cancellaria petuchi Harasewych, Petit & Verhecken, 1992....37 & 38 mm. F++.  Brazil. retained for photo

....27805...(2)...Cancellaria petuchi Harasewych, Petit & Verhecken, 1992....30, 36 mm. F++.  Banded in shades of cream & brown...Brazil...$5  (2 available)

....18513...(3)...Cancellaria petuchi Harasewych, Petit & Verhaeghe, 1992....35 to 39 mm. F++.  Excellent specimens!...Brazil...$6   (3 available)



....35437...(1)...Cancellaria scalata Sowerby, 1832....16 mm. F++. Excellent example with complete, flared lip & flat stepped shoulder...Philippines...$14 (1 available)



....9061...(4)...Cancellaria similis Sowerby, 1833....25 mm. F++.  Good, normal similispecimens...Spain...$5  (4 available)

....9066...(1)...Cancellaria similis  Sowerby, 1833....32 mm. F+. Spain...$4  (1 available)



....18577....(1)...Cancellaria spirata Lamarck, 1822....23 mm. F++.  Channeled sutures, with orange-tan shoulder band & excellent lip...Australia...$7  (1 available)

....22634...(1)...Cancellaria spirata Lamarck, 1822....22 to 26 mm. F+.  deeply channeled shoulder, giving an interesting spiral-staicase apex...Australia...$7(1 available)



....20822....(1)....Cancellaria undulata Sowerby, 1849....46 mm. F+.  MONSTER specimen, dorsum with reduced axial ridges...Australia...$20  (1 available)

....20565...(1)...Cancellaria undulata Sowerby, 1849....28 mm. F+.  Squared shoulders & axial ridges. Nice specimens...South Australia...$7  (1 available)



....31070...(1)...Cancellaria sp.....20 mm. F++.  Pure creamy white, very globose & with strong, close packed axial ridges. Quite different...Philippines...$15  (1 available)



....35009....(1)...Habesolatia nodulifera Sowerby, 1825....41 mm. F++. Scarce & interesting heavily sculptured Cancellaridae with great lip & channeled sutures...Korea...$15 (1 available)


....26661...(1)...Pisanella viva Habe & Okutani, 1981....33 mm. F++.  Intriguing elongate Cancellariidae with strong resemblance to a Colubrariidae...Philippines...$8  (1 available)



....26399...(3)...Scalptia foveolata Sowerby, 1848....18 to 21 mm. F+.  Shouldered like a spiral staircase, with flared apperture...South Africa...$8  (3 available)


Note: Cancellaria mercadoi Old, is the same as Scalptia mercadoi Old

....33793...(1)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....26 mm. F++. With uniquely fat axial ribs & brown & yellow spiral bands...Philippines...$10 (1 available)

....34175...(1)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....24 mm. F++. Good, fresh specimen with fully developed lip...Philippines...$11 (1 available)

....34344...(1)... Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....27 mm. F++. Boldly banded in yellow & brown over stong, close packed axial ridges...Philippines...$10 (1 available)

....35194...(2)... Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....20, 21 mm. Typical specimen with brown & yellow stripes over strong axial ridges......Philippines...$10 (2 available)

....29779...(2)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....19, 21 mm. F++.  Fascinating Cancellariidae with fat axial ridges & bold brown & yellow-tan bands...Philippines...$9  (2 available)

....20718...(2)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....25 mm. F++.  Rich brown on tan spiral bands, great sculpture & lip...$10  (2 available)

....28481...(2)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....30, 31 mm. F++.  Big, well developed examples, boldly banded in yellowish & brown...Philippines...$12  (2 available)

....27011...(1)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....28 mm. F++.  Brown & yellowish spiral bands over fat axial ridges. Handsome & hard to get...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....24844...(2)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....24 mm. F++ solid.  I really love this species!! Heavy axial cords & nicely contrasting brown & gold bands...Philippines...$8  (2 available)

....15012...(4)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....22 - 26 mm. F++.  Beautiful!! Tan with brown bands and strong axial ridges...Philippines...$7   (4 available)

....23352...(1)...Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968....24 mm. F+ high.  Big cream ribs & brown spiral bands. Excellent fresh specimen...Philippines...$8   (1 available)


....37279...(1)...Scalptia nodosivaricosa Petuch, 1979....19 mm. F++. Interesting & unusual, with shape & axial ribbing resembling some of the lower spired Epitonidae!...Philippines...$7 (1 available)



....29780...(1)...Scalptia scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....26, 29 mm. F++. Albinistic!! Much lighter in color than the usual suspects!!...Philippines...$13  (1 available)

....15014...(8)...Scalptia scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....19 - 23 mm. F+.  Coffee colours with wide spaced ribs...Philippines...$4 (8 available)

....22720..3pr...Scalptia scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....13 to 17 mm. F+.  A couple of nice examples...Australia...$9/pair  (3 pair available)

....18331...(+)..Scalptia scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....21 - 30 mm. F+.  Tan with brown bands & apperture...Philippines...$5  (+ available)

....12856...3prs...Scalptia scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....23 - 28 mm. F+/F++.  Excellently-contrasting pairs...Philippines...$8/pair   (3 pairs available)



....30531...(6)...Scalptia withrowi Petit, 1976....21 to 23 mm. F+ high.  Nice sculptures! axial ridges with fine spiral cords & flared apperture...Senegal...$10  (6 available)

Relisted....24050...(1)...Scalptia withrowi Petit, 1976....23 to 25 mm. F++.  Broad  shouldered, giving a spiral staircase effect to the spire...West Africa...$10   (1 available)



....35010...(3)...Sydaphera spengleriana Deshayes, 1830....38 to 44 mm. F++. Brown banded & axially ribbed, with intact, finely crenulate lips...Korea...$13 (3 available



....18587...(1)...Trigonostoma amasia Iredale, 1930....15.5 & 17 mm. F++.  Chocolate brown, cancellate & turreted...Australia...$12  (1 available)



....29789...(2)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....16 mm. F+.  Neat miniature pagodas! Deep water Cancellariidae ...Philippines...$30  (2 available)

....34601...(3)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....14 to 20 mm. F++. Good specimens of this scarce deep water Cancellaridae species...South China Sea...$25 (3 available)

....32761...(1)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....15 to 16 mm. F+.  Delightful sculptural masterpieces...Philippines..SPECIAL!!...$15  (1 available)

....27672...(1)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....17 mm. F+++.  Fresh, beautiful specimen of an antique species....Wonderfully sclariform, with tiny curved shoulder spines...Philippines...$33  (1 available)

....28534...(1)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....20, 21 mm. F++.  Scarce, spiny shouldered specimens. Sweet!...Philippines...SPECIAL!!...$15  (1 available)

....27476...(1)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....16 mm. F+.  A sculptural treat with in-curved shoulder spines...Philippines...$29  (1 available)

....25474...(1)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....16 mm. F++.  Fabulous pagoda-like structure!...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

SOLD...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....20 mm. F++.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....20798...(2)...Trigonostoma antiquata Hinds, 1843....17 to 18 mm. F+ to F++.  Hard to find little guys with great sculpture & upturned tiny shoulder spines...Philippines..$25  (2 available)



....32149...(2)...Trigonostoma breve Sowerby, 1832....20 to 21 mm. F++.  Don't be afraid, be "breve" and buy one, you won't regret it...Panama...$12  (2 available)



....32762...(1)...Trigonostoma cf. crenifer Sowerby, 1833....11 mm. F++.  Cute little species with two tan spiral bands...Philippines...$5  (1 available)



SOLD....Trigonostoma goniostoma Sowerby, 1832....26 mm. F++.  Costa Rica. retained for photo

....15294...(2)...Trigonostoma goniostoma Sowerby, 1832....19 mm. F+.  Pinkish gray with white mouth...Panama..$9  (2 available)


....36731...(1)...Trigonostoma obliquata Lamarck, 1822....17 mm. F++. Presumably named obliquata due to its angled axial ridges. Fully mature, with huge lip varix...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....36551...(1)...Trigonostoma pellucida Perry, 1811....37.5 mm. F++. Huge specimen of this scarce Cancellarid with slightly spinous tabular shoulders. Supplied with operc. but I'm not sure it's the right one...Philippines...$27

....36551...(1)...Trigonostoma pellucida Perry, 1811....37.5 mm. F++. Huge specimen of this scarce Cancellarid with slightly spinous tabular shoulders. Supplied with operc. but I'm not sure it's the right one...Philippines...$27 (1 available)

....30284...(1)..Trigonostoma pellucida Perry, 1811....32 mm. F+.  Totally triangular! With strong lip varix & apex resembling Thatcheria ...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....23114....(1)....Trigonostoma pellucida Perry, 1811....25 mm. F++.  Amazing cork-screw sculpture & hard to get...Philippines...$20  (1 available)



....30188...(1)..Trigonostoma scalata Sowerby, 1832....25 mm. F+.  With decent lip & tan spotted presutural ramp...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....35078...(1)...Trigonostoma cf. scalata Sowerby, 1832....13 mm. F+ solid.  Interesting step-shouldered & finely sculptured Cancellaridae...Philippines...$10  (1 available)



....25357...(7)...Trigonostoma scalariformis Lamarck, 1822....13 to 15 mm. F++.  Small but sweet, with great axial sculpture, full lip & pointy apex...Australia...$4  (7 available)

....18709...(2)...Trigonostoma scalariformis Lamarck, 1822...18 to 19 mm. F++.  Nicely turreted apex, brown lined on gray with paler varices...Australia...$5   (2 available)


....9065...(2)...Trigonostoma semidisjuncta Sowerby, 1848....16 - 18 mm. F+.  Strong spiral cords...South Africa... $5  (2 available)


....36732...(1)...Trigonostoma textilis Kiener, 1841....28 mm. F++. Chocolate brown & strongly ridged with fine white nodules & shoulder spines...Philippines...$20



....30163...(1)...Trigonostoma thysthlon Petit & Harasewych, 1987....18 mm. F++.  Excellent example of this relatively recent species, with classic sclariform outline...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....28381...(1)...Trigonostoma thysthlon Petit & Harasewych, 1987....15 mm. F++.  Similar to T. antiquata but with extra lip lamellae...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....34766...(2)...Trigonostoma thysthlon Petit & Harasewych, 1987....18 mm. F++. Prime specimens, with full, flared lip, curved shoulder spines & deep umbilicus...Philippines....$15 (2 available)


  CASSIDAE

CERITHIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available



....27784...(1)...Bayercerithium bayeri Petuch, 2001...28, 29 mm. F++ w/o.  Good, full lips & heavily mottled in red-brown. Recently described...Brazil...$12  (1 available)




....34339...(1 pair)...Bittium zebrum Kiener, 1841....4 to 6 mm. F+. Colour pairs, one solid brown, the other brown & white spiral banded...Hawaii...$2/pr (1 pair available)



SOLD....Cerithium atratum Born, 1778....24 to 26 mm. F++.  Cape Verde Islands. retained for photo

....19719...(2)...Cerithium atratum Born, 1778....20 to 23 mm. F++.  Select, un-eroded brown speckled specimens with good solid lips...Cape Verde Islands...$3 for 2 of them  (2 available)


....36703...(1)...Cerithium batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966....19 mm. F+. Small white species with paired brown spots...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....36712...(1)...Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....41 mm. F++. Lovely pastel yellow & large for the species...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....37151...(1)...Cerithium citrinum Soerby, 1855....35 mm. F++. Excellent example in pastel yellow, with great apex, lip & canal...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....30191...(1)..Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....28 mm. F++.  Golden yellow with great lip & full siphonal canal...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....35609...(1)...Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....36 mm. F++. Best specimen ever! full, thickened lip & long siphonal canal......Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....32846...(1)...Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....38 mm. F+.  Nice big example, yellowish tan with full length siphonal canal...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

SOLD....Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....37 mm. F+. Philippines  retained for photo

....31258...(2)...Cerithium citrinum Sowerby, 1855....36, 39 mm. F++.  Large & light cream colour. This species looses the bright yellow colour for which it is named as it gets big...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....16761...(1)...Cerithium cf. citrinum Sowerby, 1855...40 mm. F++.  Yellow-brown apex, yellow base & lip...Philippines...$4  (1 available)


....36711...(1)...Cerithium claviforme Schepman, 1907....26 mm. F++. Three spiral cords have dark brown nodules...Philippines...$9 (1 available)



SOLD....Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834....28 mm. F++.  Solomon Islands.  retained for photo

....12860...(2)...Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834....24, 29 mm. F+.  Gray with ribbed varices...Fiji...$2.50  (2 available)

....37413...(1)...Cerithium cf. columna Sowerby, 1834....29.5 mm. F+. Has distinct & unusual pink sutural band. This species or something new?!...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....37050...(1)...Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841....34 mm. F++. Red-brown with black nodulated spiral cords...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....36708...(1)...Cerithium lissum Watson, 1880....21 mm. F+. Creamy tan with white varices & small shoulder spines...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....36713...(1)...Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880....48 mm. F++. Big one, with pattern of fine orange tan spots...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....35611...(1)...Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880....39 mm. F++. Nice specimen with prominent, swollen varices & good lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....35611...(1)...Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880....39 mm. F++. Nice specimen with prominent, swollen varices & good lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....35610...(1)...Cerithium matukense Watson, 1880....49 mm. F++. Large example with spiral cords speckled in brown dashes...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....15185...set...Cerithium muscarum Say, 1822....5 - 17 mm. F+.  4 piece growth series...Florida...$3/set  (1 set available)

....12872...(4)..Cerithium muscarum pacei Petuch, 1987....13 - 16 mm. F+.  Solid dark brown form...Bahamas...$3  (4 available)


....37493...(1)...Cerithium nodulosum Bruguiere, 1792....101 mm. F+ high. Good, chunky example with great, totally intact lip but with a touch of apical wear...Tanzania...$15 (1 available)



....18654...(1)...Cerithium phylarchus Iredale, 1929....61 & 69 mm. F++ w. operc.  Lovely live taken examples with lines of squarish brown spots...Australia...$19  (1 available)



....15819...(21)...Cerithium planum Anton, 1859....10 - 12 mm. F+.  white with tan to black bands...Philippines...$2.50  (21 available)


....37052...(1)...Cerithium punctatum Bruguiere, 1789....15 mm. F++. Nice & fresh, boldly speckled in brown on white...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....30126...prs...Cerithium punctatum Bruguiere, 1792....12 to 15 mm. F+.  White with bold black spots...Philippines...$3/pair  (3 pairs available)

....35612...(1)...Cerithium punctatum Bruguiere, 1792....10 mm. F++. Tiny white species with bold black speckled pattern...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....37152...(1)...Cerithium (Rhinoclavis) sinensis Gmelim, 1791....43 mm. F++. Great example with perfect, fully developed lip & canal...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....37051...(1)...Cerithium rostratum Sowerby, 1855....24 mm. F++. Fine example with complete lip & siphonal canal...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



....30190...(1)..Cerithium sp.....42 mm. F++.  May be Rhinoclavis articulata with slightly immature lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....32437...(1)...Cerithium sp.....26 mm. F+.  Shiny white, finely beaded& with full, flared lip...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....32436...(1)...Cerithium sp.....39 mm. F+.  White, with a few brown flecks & fully formed crenulate lip...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....31257...(4)...Cerithium sp....21 to 24 mm. F++.  Small species with brown nodulated spiral cords. Supplier says "uncommon"...Philippines...$4  (4 available)

....23449....(1)....Cerithium sp 2....40 mm. F++.  Perfect lip & spiral rows of beads..Zanzibar..$4  (1 available)


....36705...(1)...Cerithium species....22 mm. F+. White with brown nodulated spiral cords...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....36706...pr....Cerithium species....18 & 19 mm. F++. Neat extreme colour pair, one chestnut brown, the other creamy white...Philippines...$5/pr. (1 available)

....36710...(2)...Cerithium species....18 mm. F++. Speckled in red-brown, with white offset angled varices...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....36707...(1)...Cerithium species....8 mm. F++. Miniature species with sharp apex & pink base...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....36709...(1)...Cerithium zonatus Wood, 1828....21 mm. F+. Spiral banded in black & tan ...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....12859...(3)...Clypeomorus bifasciatus Sowerby, 1855....28 - 29 mm. F+.  Gray with brown specks...Fiji...$3  (3 available)

....35615...(1)...Clypeomorus bifasciatus Sowerby, 1855....16 mm. F+. Uncommon chubby little Cerith with a few brown tubercules...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....25541...(1)...Clypeomorus coralium Kiener, 1841....23 to 29 mm. F++.  Strong, brown beaded, raised spiral cords...$2  (1 available)



....36704...set...Clypeomorus tuberculatus Linne, 1758....22 to 26 mm. F+ to F++. Neat 4 piece set showing variability of pattern...Philippines...$12/set (1 set available)

....30123...(7 pairs )...Clypeomorus tuberculatus Linne,1758....17 to 20 mm. F+.  Chubby little Ceriths with black beaded sculpture...Philippines...$5/pair  (7 pairs available)

....25544...(3)...Clypeomorus tuberculatus Linne, 1758....16 to 25 mm. F+.  Gray, with black beaded spiral lines...Philippines...$2  (3 available)

....35693...(1)...Clypeomorus tuberculatus Linne, 1758....28 mm. F++. Good specimen with black dashed spiral cords......Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....32439...(1)...Clypeomorus tuberculatus Linne, 1758....23 mm. F+.  Black beads over bold brown & white clouds. Not in Rice...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....25542...(8)...Clypeomorus sp.....15 to 20 mm. F++.  Busy brown & white pattern...Philippines...$4  (8 available)

....32438...(1)...Clypeomorus sp.....19 mm. F+.  Beaded & boldly banded in brown & buff...Philippines...$  (1 available)

....32440...(1)...Clypeomorus sp.....17 mm. F+.  Lined & beaded in red-brown...Philippines...$  (1 available)

....25543...(2)...Clypeomorus sp.....17 mm. F++.  Brown speckled with beaded surface...Philippines...$5  (2 available)


....37239...(2)...Clypeomorus zonatus Wood, 1828....29 mm. F++. Bold black & white spiral bands & with slightly flared, thickened lip...Philippines...$3 (2 available)



....12881...(1)....Pseudovertagus aluco Linne, 1758....47 mm. F+.  Good lip, eroded apex...Tonga...$1.50  (1 available)


NEW....37614...(1)...Pseudovertagus nobilis Reeve, 1855....111 mm. F+ w/o. Big, dark example with thickened, flared lip & parietal callus...ex col...$25 (1 available)



....35638...(1)...Rhinoclavis articulata Adams & Reeve, 1850....32 mm. F++. Scarce pale colour form with just a few tan speckles......Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....37412...(1)...Rhinoclavis aspera Linne, 1758....34 mm. F++. All white example with perfect apex, lip, canal & parietal shield - in other words, great from top to bottom!...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....36312...(1)...Rhinoclavis aspera Linne, 1758....37 mm. F++. Well mottled example with complete lip, canal & parietal shield...Philippines....$4  (1 available)



....35053...(2)...Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguiere, 1792....48, 54 mm. F++.  Brown banded & fully developed specimens with good siphonal canals & thick parietal callus...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....35639...(1)...Rhinoclavis fasciata Bruguiere, 1792....48 mm. F++. With an amazingly long, upturned siphonal canal......Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....34772...(1)...Rhinoclavis sinense Gmelin, 1791....53 mm. F++. Beautifully speckled species with great lip, parietal shield & siphonal canal...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....32367...(1)...Rhinoclavis sp.....47 mm. F+.  With broad, fawn brown band & well developed lip & parietal callus...Philippines...$3  (1 available)



....32025...(1)...Rhinoclavus articulatus Adams & Reeve, 1850....45 mm. F++.  Brown dashed pattern & great apex, canal & flared lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)



....31606...set...Rhinoclavus fasciatum bruguiere, 1792....48, 56 and 65 mm. F+.  3 piece growth and pattern set shows variability of striping...Philippines...$7/set  (1 set available)



....31604...(1)...Rhinoclavus sinensis Gmelin, 1791....40 mm. F+.  Clean, finely beaded and with complete lip...Philippines...$2  (1 available)



SOLD...Rhinoclavus vertagus Linne, 1758....55 mm. F+ nicely.  Philippines.  retained for photo


 

COLUMBELLIDAE
 (Dove Shells)

....31317...(1)...Aesopus spiculum Duclos, 1846....15 mm. F+.  Deep purple with fine gold spiral specks. Unusual & pretty Columbellid...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....27632...(1)...Aesopus spiculum Duclos, 1846....13 mm. F+ high.  Deep purple Columbellid...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....27301...(3)...Aesopus spiculum Duclos, 1846....13 to 15 mm. F++.  Highly elongate Columbellidae in bright purple...Philippines...$3  (3 available)


NEW....37555...(8)...Anachis fulva Sowerby, 1832....20 - 22 mm. F++. Orange-brown with high spire & axial ridges...Panama...$3 for 2 (4 prs. available)


NEW....37556...(2)...Anachis scalarina Sowerby, 1832....21 mm. F++. Strongly ribbed & with black & white spiral bands...Panama...$3 (2 available)



....24483...(10)...Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853....11 to 15 mm. F++.  Busily patterned in brown & black, with thick, toothed outer lip...Cape Verde Islands...$3  (10 available)

....19721...2pr...Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853...13 to 14 mm. F++.  Light & dark pattern pairs of this endemic...Cape Verde Islands..$7/pair  (2 prs. available)



....12552...(1)...Columbella major Sowerby, 1832....22 mm. F++.  Brown with white wavy bars & dashes...Panama...$3  (1 available)



....28654...set...Columbella mercatoria Linne, 1758....18 mm. F++.  Nice 4 piece set showing the range of colours from dark brown to orange...Venezuela...$5/set  (1 set available)

....12554...trio...Columbella mercatoria Linne, 1758....Three of the little guys.  White with orange-brown blotches...Antigua...three for $3  (1 trio available)


....34580...(2)...Columbella paytensis Lesson, 1830....23 to 26 mm. F++. Chestnut brown with fine white speckles & full, dentate outer lip...Per...$3 (2 available)


....36871...set...Columbella scripta Lamarck, 1822....16 to 18 mm. F++. Amazing 6 piece colour variation set...Philippines...$10/set (1 set available)



....25673...(7)...Columbella sp. ....14 to 18 mm. F++.  Lovely tan flecked & lined Dove shells. May  be in genus Pyrene...India...$4 for 3 of the suckers  (7 available)

....34692...(6)...Columbella sp. (#62)....15 to 18 mm. F++. Deep orange, with a few white spots & fully developed lips...Philippines...$3 (6 available)



....33110...set...Cotonopsis phuketensis Auth?....40 to 42 mm. F++. Extreme 4 piece colour variation set, from pure white to dark brown...Burma...$25/set (1 set available)



....30146...3pr...Mitrella eximia Reeve, 1846....8 to 10 mm. F++.  Yellow-tan Columbellidae  with fine brown lined & spotted pattern...Philippines...$3/pair  (3 pairs available)


....36800...(1)...Mitrella ligula Duclos, 1840....16 mm. F++. Intricate pattern of fine white vertical dashes on brown...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



....22807...(8)...Mitrella moleculina Duclos, 1840....6 to 7 mm. F++.  Possibly named for its small size?...Philippines...$3/pair (8 available)



....19728...(4)...Mitrella ocellata Gmelin, 1791....10 to 11 mm. F++.  Nice, super-dark specimens...Cape Verde Islands...$2  (4 available)

....16607...(6)...Mitrella ocellata Gmelin, 1791....9 - 10 mm. F+.  Dark chocolate brown with lots of white dots...Cape Verde Islands...$2  (6 available)



SOLD....Mitrella puella Sowerby, 1844....16, 18 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo

....31326...(1)...Mitrella puella Sowerby, 1844....22 mm. F++.  Unusually pale specimen with minimal pattern in lightest pastel orange...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....28234...(1)...Mitrella puella Sowerby, 1844....21 mm. F++.  Highly elongate, with red-brown axial markings...Philippines...$2  (1 available)



....31733...(1)...Mitrella species....26 mm. F+.  Coffee brown with white clouded sutures...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....36877...pr....Mitrella species....21 & 22 mm. F++. interesting pair, one typically tan marked, the other in palest pastel pink...Philippines...$7/pr. (1 pair available)

....32864...set...Mitrella sp. ....20 to 25 mm. F++.  Nice 4 piece pattern variety set including one jumbo specimen...Philippines...$10/set  (1 set available)

....30147...(1)..Mitrella species....22 mm. F++.  Big for this genus, brown with fine white speckled pattern...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....28686...(4 prs)...Nitidella laevigata Linne, 1758....14 to 15 mm. F+.  Dark chocolate brown with fine white speckles...Venezuela...$3/pair  (4 pairs available)



....28687...(3 prs)...Nitidella nitida Lamarck, 1822....13 to 16 mm. F+.  Rich reddish brown with white mottled markings...Venezuela...$3/pair  (3 pairs available)

....12555...7pr...Nitidella nitida Lamarck, 1822....10 - 11 mm. F+.  Nice light & dark phase pairs...Bahamas...$3/pair  (7 available)


NEW....37568...(1)...Parametaria macrostoma Reeve, 1859....24 mm. Large for the species, rich brown with spiral bands of lighter markings. Looks a lot like a Conus species but with slightly different lip...Costa Rica...$10 (1 available)

NEW....37569...(1)...Parametaria macrostoma Reeve, 1859....21 mm. Orange-tan with a few lighter markings. In Columbellidae, but could easily be mistaken for a Cone at a glance...Costa Rica...$8 (1 available)



....34768...(1)...Pyrene cf. epamella Duclos, 1846....22 mm. F++. Pattern, people!! For pattern people....Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....29939...pr....Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....22, 23 mm. F++.  Great pair, one with brown axial pattern & pink columella, the other with spotted pattern & white apperture...Philippines...$4/pair  (1 pair available)

....33131...(1)...Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....24 mm. F++. Large, fully adult examples with great pattern of white axial flames on orange-tan bands...Thailand...$3 (1 available)

....28951...set...Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....18 to 22 mm. F+/F++.  3 piece set shows a range of shapes & red-brown patterns...Hawaii...$5/set  (1 set available)

....15665..3sets..Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....16 - 22 mm. F+. cute sets of 3:   Orange to brown with white patches...Philippines...$3/set   (3 sets available)

....35560...(1)...Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....20 mm. F++. Pretty orange with white markings & purple columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....12563...(1)...Pyrene scripta Lamarck, 1822....16 mm. F+.  White with orange & brown spotted bands...New Caledonia...$1.50  (1 available)

....15667...set...Pyrene scripta Lamarck, 1822....8 - 14 mm. F+.  Extravagant variation!! 15 piece colour pattern variations set...Philippines...$10/set  (1 available)



....27911...(4 pairs)...Pyrene sp.....9 to 11 mm. F++.  Squat, mostly white Columbellidae...Philippines...$4/pair  (4 pairs available)



....12567...(9)...Strombina fusinoidea Dall, 1916....32 - 35 mm. f/F+.  Elongate white & rust...Mexico...$2.50  (9 available)


EPITONIIDAE
(link to Epitoniidae page)

ELLOBIIDAE

....12579...set...Melampus coffeus Linne, 1758....14 - 18 mm. f/F+. Six piece variation set...Brazil...$3/set  (1 set available)

....12581..3sets.Melampus coffeus Linne, 1758....14 - 18 mm. f/F+. Four piece variation set...Brazil...$2/set  (3 available)


....37019...(1)...Pythia scarabaeus Linne, 1758....31 mm. F++. Big, brown mottled specimen with intact, toothed, expanded lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


EULIMIDAE

....17675..(9)..Haliella abyssicola Bartsch, 1917....9 - 11 mm. F++.  Almost never offered!! ...Washington ...$13  (9 available)



....34623...(1)...Melanella (Balcis) major Sowerby, 1834....25 mm. F++. Shiny white with spire distinctly bent to the right...South China Sea...$4 (1 available)



....15712...(4)...Mucronalia gigas Kuroda & Habe, 1950....6 - 8 mm. F+.  Nice white Melanella-type beastie...Philippines...$5   (4 available)


FICIDAE


....35587...(1)...Ficus filosa Sowerby, 1892....60 mm. F++. Excellent example, with red-brown spiral cords & intact lip......Philippines...$10 (1 available)


....27960..(1)..Ficus gracilis Sowerby, 1825....165 mm. F+.  JUMBO example in shades of brown...Philippines...$30  (1 available)   OVERSIZE

....29481...(1)...Ficus gracilis Sowerby, 1825....89 mm. F+.  Finely corded & brown mottled, with lip slightly filed to natural contours...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....31633...(1)...Ficus subintermedia Orbigny, 1852....89 mm. F+.  Beautifully brown patterned specimen, big and bulbose and with mostly great lip...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....26381...(1)....Ficus subintermedia Orbigny, 1852....77 mm. F++.  Good, big example with excellent lip...Sri Lanka...$6  (1 available)

....26382...(2)...Ficus subintermedia Orbigny, 1852....61, 63 mm. F++.  Fine brown speckled pattern & great lips...Sri Lanka...$5  (2 available)

....26383...(5)...Ficus subintermedia Orbigny, 1852....61 to 65 mm. F+.  Decent specimens still...Sri Lanka...$3  (5 available)

....25698...(8)...Ficus subintermedia Orbigney, 1852....52 to 56 mm. F++.  Beautiful species with subtly banded pattern...India...$5   (8 available)

....12687...(1)...Ficus subintermedia Orbigny, 1852....65 mm. F+.  brown & white maculated bands. solid lip...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....34325...(1)....Ficus subintermedia Orbigney, 1852....79 mm. F++. Great specimen with intact, finely beaded lip...Tanzania...$6 (1 available)


FISSURELLIDAE

....15544...(1)...Diodora listeri Orbigny, 1842....16 - 26 mm. F+.  Cream with gray around keyhole...Florida...$3  (1 available)



....12509...(1)...Diodora minuta Lamarck, 1822....9 mm. F+. Tiny white limpet with black rayed ribs...Hondurus...$2 (1 available)



....25223...(1)...Diodora quadrimaculata Reeve, 1850....16 to 20 mm. F++.  Pretty! Brown spotted, high domed & highly serrated edges...Australia...$4   (1 available)


....25964...(4)...Diodora sayi Dall, 1899....12 to 15 mm. F+.  Gray striped white keyhole  limpet...Florida...$2  (4 available)


....12101...(4)...Emarginulla striatula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....6.5 - 8.5mm. F+. Neat little slit limpets...New Zealand...$4 (4 available)

....12101...(5)...Emarginulla striatula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....6.5 - 8.5mm. F+. Neat little slit limpets...New Zealand...$4 (5 available)



SOLD....Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin, 1791....20 to 33 mm. F to F+.  Florida. retained for photo

....12513...set...Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin, 1791....15 - 24 mm. F+.  3 piece growth series. nice aqua blue interior...Bahamas...$3 (1 set available)


....26314...(3)...Fissurellidae sp.....15 to 19 mm. F+.  With fine cross-hatched sculpture...Who knows? Cute, tho!!...$3  (1 available)


NEW....37550...(1)...Fissurella virescens Sowerby, 1835....49 mm. F+. Interior is a pretty blue-green colour...Panama...$4 (1 available)


....27366...(1)...Tugali elegans Gray, 1843....18 mm. F++.  White deep water limpet with amazing lat & long data...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....35370...(3)...Tugali elegans Gray, 1843....15 to 18 mm. F+. White Fissurellidae with finely cancellate surface...New Zealand...$5 (3 available)


HALIOTIDAE (link - they got promoted to their own page now!!)


HAMINOEIDAE


....35454...(1)...Atys cylindricus Helbling, 1779....25 mm. F++. Nicely elongated snow white bubble shell...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



SOLD....Haminoea elegans Gray, 1825....11 - 14 mm. F+/F++.  Florida. retained for photo

....15183...(1)...Haminoea elegans Gray, 1825....11 mm. F++/.  White with gaping apperture...Florida...$3  (1 available)


HIPPONICIDAE

....27414...(4)...Cheila equestris Linne, 1758....25 to 37 mm. F++.  Pure white, haphazard shape & with complete U shaped internal support...Philippines...$5  (4 available)

....28007...(1)...Cheilea equestris Linne, 1758....20, 21 mm. F++.  Like little white volcanoes...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....26423...pr...Cheilea equestris Linne, 1758....27 & 29 mm. F+.  Fascinating pair, one low spired like a limpet, the other high spired like a Capulus...Philippines...10/pair  (1 pair available)

....26019...(2)...Cheilea equestris Linne, 1758....25 to 31 mm. F++.  Finely ribbed translucent white with diagnostic internal "horseshoe" structure...Philippines...$6  (2 available)


....35058...(1)...Hipponix species....20 mm. F+.  Ivory white with curved, pointed apex. Looks like some sort of claw or hooked eagle beak!...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


HYDATINIDAE

SOLD....Aplustrum amplustre Linne, 1758....18 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo

....29201...(2)...Aplustrum amplustre Linne, 1758....12 to 14 mm. F+.  With twin, black edged pink bands on white...Hawaii...$5  (2 available)

....32682...(2)...Aplustrum amplustre Linne, 1758....13 to 17 mm. F+.  With pastel pink bands edged in black...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....37021...(1)...Hydatina (Aplustrum) amplustre Linne, 1758....10 mm. Gem. Not big but perfect example with twin pink bands lined with black...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....37020...(1)...Hydatina physis Linne, 1758....34 mm. F++. Very Special collector's item! This is the actual specimen pictured in Shells of the Philippines plate 82 figure 24 (2nd from left) & bought from one of the co-authors of the book!...Philippines...$50 (1 available)

....37022...(1)...Hydatina zonata Lightfoot, 1786....39 mm. F++. Large & virtually perfect specimen of this very fragile Bubble...Philippines...$15 (1 available)


HYDROBIDAE

....37388...(+)...Hydrobia minuta Totten, 1834....1 to 2 mm. F+. Brown micro snail too tiny to photograph...Atlantic Canada...$5 for 2 (lots available)


 

JANTHINIDAE

SOLD....Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822....11 to 14 mm. F+. Panama? retained for photo


LITTORINIDAE

....36673...(1)...Echininus cumingi spinulosus Philippi, 1847....14 mm. F++. Pretty pastel pink periwinkle with 3 spiral rows of paler nodules...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....12695...(15)..Echininus nodulosus Pfeiffer, 1839....13 - 16 mm. F++ .  Dark brown with white spines...Bahamas...$3 for 2  (15 available)

....34398...(3)...Lacuna pallidula Da Costa, 1778....6 to 7 mm. F++ w/o. Small, mustard tan wide mouthed Littorinidae...Iceland...$5 (3 available)


SOLD....Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....21 to 26 mm. F++.  Bahamas. retained for photo

....12692..2sets..Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....20 - 25 mm. F+. Contrasting sets of three...Florida...$3/set (2 sets available)

....30061...set...Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....20 to 25 mm. F++.  Good 4 piece set with a nice range of colours from cream to brown with striped patterns...Bahamas...$6/set  (1 set available)

....30062...set...Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....21 to 22 mm. F++.  3 piece set shows nice variability of stripe patterns...Bahamas...$4/set  (1 set available)

....30063...pr....Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....21 & 23 mm. F++.  Good light & dark pattern pair...Bahamas...$3/pair  (1 pair available)

....30732...(5)...Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....21 to 28 mm. F+ w/o.  Typical examples complete with operculums....Turks & Caicos...$2  (5 available)

....12692..2sets..Littorina angulifera Lamarck, 1822....20 - 25 mm. F+.  Contrasting sets of three...Florida...$3/set  (2 sets available)



....12697...(10)..Littorina lineolata Orbigny, 1840....16 - 18 mm. F+. White & brown wavy lines...Tobago...3 for $2  (5 available)

....12698...(6)...Littorina lineolata Orbigny, 1840....17 - 21 mm. F+. White with brown wavy lines...Tobago...2 for $2  (6 available)

....28790...(9)...Littorina lineolata Orbigny, 1840....10 to 12 mm. F++ w/o.  Gray with black apperture...Cuba...$3 for 2  (9 available)



....12690...(4pr)...Littorina nebulosa Lamarck, 1822....10 - 13 mm. f/F+ w/o. Gray & tan...Venezuela...$2/pair (4 pair available)

....12691...(5pr)...Littorina nebulosa tessellata Philippi, 1847....11 - 14 mm. F+ w/o. Gray with tan checks...Venezuela...2 for $3  (5 pairs available)



....30378...7prs...Littorina peruviana Sowerby, 1832....9 to 11 mm. F++.  Petit periwinkles, zebra striped in chocolate brown & white...Peru...$3/pair  (7 pairs available)



....25703...1pr...Littorina cf. pintado Wood, 1828....10 to 11 mm. F++ w/o.  Gray with brown & white spotted spiral cords, complete with tiny opercs...India...$2/pr.  (1 pair available)



....36675...(1)...Littorina scabra Linne, 1758....22 mm. F++. Don’t pick it, it’ll never heal! Excellent specimen with fully intact lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....31240...(9 prs)...Littorina scabra Linne, 1758....12 to 16 mm. F++.  Unusually pale yellow colour form...Philippines...$3 for 2  (9 pairs available)

....31167..sets...Littorina scabra Linne, 1758....15 to 20 mm. F+.  Lots of different yellow & dark brown patterns...sets of 3 contrasting specimens for $5/set  (12 sets available)


....36674...(1)...Littorina species....17 mm. F++. Strongly spiral corded, in pastel yellow with a pink apex...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

...36676...(1)...Littorina species....17 mm. F++. Brown mottled on tan with paler raised spiral cords...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....12699...13 sets..Littorina undulata Gray, 1839....9 - 16 mm. F+. White, gray, brown ; highly variable. set of 5...Bali...$3/set  (13 sets available)


....32360...pair...Littorina sp.....15 mm. F+.  Unusually spiral corded, Pastel yellowish, one of the pair with brown spiral bands too. possibly colour forms of L. scabra...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

....30379...(2)...Littorina species....21 mm. F+.  Speckled in shades of yellowish tan...Peru...$3  (2 available)

....32982...(7)...Littorina species....15 to 18 mm. F+.  With gray spotted squarish spiral cords...Peru...$3  (7 available)



....12689...(5)...Nodilittorina punctata Gmelin, 1791....8 - 10 mm. F+.  Back & gray spotted...Cape Verde Islands...2 for $2  (5 available)

....19733...(2)...Nodilittorina punctata Gmelin, 1791....12 to 14 mm. F++.  Unusual tan colour & banded pattern...Sao Tome Island...$3  (2 available)

....19732...(5)...Nodilittorina punctata Gmelin, 1791....10 to 11 mm. F++.  Dark gray with a network of fine white spots...Cape Verde Islands...$2  (5 available)



....19731...(3)...Nodilittorina striata King & Broderip, 1832....15 to 16 mm. F++.  Gray with lines of tiny dark pinpoints...Cape Verde Islands...$4 for all 3  (1 trio available)


....22122...(6 sets)..Tectarius coronatus Valenciennes, 1832....20 to 27 mm. F+.  Banded & beaded to the max...Philippines...3 for $5  (6 sets available)



....19738...(2)...Tectarius granosus Philippi, 1851....9 to 10 mm. F++.  Multiple rows of short, blunt spines...Sao Tome Island...$3  (2 available)



SOLD...Tectarius muricatus Linne, 1758....15 to 19 mm. F++ w/o.  Cuba.  retained for photo

....12700...(4 sets )..Tectarius muricatus Linne, 1758....20 - 22 mm. F++. Gray to white with many rows of spines...Bahamas...3 for $1.5  (4 sets available)

....20458...(5)...Tectarius muricatus Linne, 1758....19 to 20 mm. F+ w/o.  Good, clean, uneroded specimens...Grenada...$3 for 2 of them  (5 available)


MELONGENIDAE

 

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

SOLD....Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....205 mm. F+ w/operc.  Florida  retained for photo

....29617...(4)...Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....175 to 185 mm. F+ high w/operc.  Good specimens with decent lip & canal...Florida...$6  (4 available)   OVERSIZE

....32195...(2)...Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....142, 143 mm. F+ 1w/o.  Good sized starters with lots of brown axial lip lines...Florida...$5  (2 available)

....32196...(3)...Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....115 to 134 mm. F++ w/o.  Mid-sized specimens with decent lips & complete with opercs...Florida?...$5  (3 available)

....26186...(1)...Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....130 mm. F+ w/o.  Live-taken left handed lovelies...Florida...$5  (1 available)

....22849....(1)....Busycon contrarium Conrad, 1840....113 mm. F+ w/operc.  Dark brown axial markings...Florida...$4  (1 available)



....15245...(1)...Busycon spiratum Lamarck, 1816....78 mm. F+  (some lip chips) yellow to light orange...Florida...$5  (1 available)

....15248...(1)...Busycon spiratum pyruloides Say, 1822....75 - 97 mm. F+ cream with tan to brown interior & "flames"...Florida...$5   (1 available)



....31486...(1)...Melongena corona  Gmelin, 1791....108mm. F+.  Jumbo albinistic example, large and white with just a few faint brown lines and great lip...Florida...$20  (1 available)   OVERSIZE

....17638...(2)...Melongena corona  Gmelin, 1791....61 - 64 mm. F+ w. operc.  Multispined form with triplicate shoulder spines...Florida...$5 (2 available)

....19332...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....75 mm. F++.  Solid, well marked specimen with lip & spines mostly intact...Florida...$3  (1 available)

....31204...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....90 mm. F++.  Mid-sized unspined specimen with nicely intact lip...Peru...$5  (1 available)

....31487...(2)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....96, 97 mm. F+.  Large, light colour phase specimens, white with just a few intermittent brown bands and good lips...Florida...$5  (2 available)   OVERSIZE

....31488...(2)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....83, 87 mm. F+.  Good, typically brown banded examples...Florida...$4  (2 available)   OVERSIZE

....12988...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....101 mm. F+ w/o. Normal form, nice specimen, great data...Florida...$4  (1 available)

....12991...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....73 mm. F+ w/o  (lip chip) nicely banded...Florida...$2 (1 available)

....12992...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....66 mm. F+ w/o. extra rows of spines...Florida...$3  (1 available)

....12993...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....77 mm. F+ w/o. Lighter brown and with fewer spines than typical...Florida...$3  (1 available)

....12995...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....56 mm. F+ w/o. Spiny juvenile...Florida...$2.50  (1 available)

....12996...(2)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....65, 63 mm. F+ w/o. Typical form, nice specimens, great data...Florida...$2.50  (2 available)

....12999...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....68 mm. F+ w/o. black & white striped like a humbug...Florida...$3  (1 available)

....17636..(1)..Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....42 - 54 mm. f/F+ w. operc.  3 piece set showing colour variations...Florida...$6/set  (1 available)

....17637...(1)...Melongena corona Gmelin, 1791....44 - 50 mm. f/F+.  3 piece set showing colour variations. no opercs...Florida...$5/set  (1 set available)

....17639...(6)...Melongena corona  Gmelin, 1791....63 - 81 mm. F+ w. operc.  Typical form, nice examples...Florida...$3  (6 available)

SOLD...Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanetta, 1934....31 mm. F++ w/o.  Florida.  retained for photo

....24516...pr....Melongena corona (forma?) Gmelin, 1791....31 & 35 mm. F+.  Juvenile novelty pair, one normal, the other in rare, bright Sunkist orange...Florida...$9/pair  (1 pair available)



....31567...(1)...Melongena myristica Roding, 1798....50 mm. F++.  Creamy white with brown striped apperture...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....33347...(1)....Melongena patula Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....126 mm. F+.  Decent, large  specimen of this spineless species with intact though slightly rough lip...$10  (1 available)

....19328...(1)...Melongena patula Brod. & Sow. 1829....91 mm. F.  Lip is good, but apex & canal chipped...Mexico?...$4  (1 available)

....34243...(1)...Melongena patula Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....87 mm. F+. Interesting specimen with intact apex, lip & thick brown velvety periostracum...Mexico...$4 (1 available)

....34292...(1)...Melongena patula Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....96 mm. F+. Chocolate brown with lots of fine cream spiral lines & decent lip...Mexico...$5 (1 available)



SOLD.....Pugilina cochlidium Linne, 1758....118, 110 mm. F++.  India. retained for photo

....22911....(1)...Pugilina cochlidium  Linne, 1758....87 mm. F.  FREAK apex with distinct lean to the left...India...$4   (1 available)



....36435...(1)...Pugilina morio Linne, 1758....127, 131 mm. F+ solid, w/o.  Good sized examples in dark chocolate brown with one pale spiral band...Brazil...$8  (1 available)



NASSARIIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

 

....27586...(1)...Buccinanops deformis King, 1831....22 mm. F++ w/o.  Odd, chubby little shell resembles some Bullia but is actually in Nassaridae...Argentina...$6  (1 available)


SOLD....Bullia vittata Linne, 1767....44, 47 mm. F+/F++ (larger w/o). India. retained for photo

....24010...(10)..Bullia vittata Linne, 1758....40 to 48 mm. F++.  Nice specimens with complete lips...India...$4/pair (5 pairs available)



....12767...(5)...Cyclope neritea Linne, 1758....11 - 13 mm. F+ brown & gray with white base...Adriatic Sea...$3 for 3 of the little guys  (5 available)



....30959...(2)...Demoulia ventricosa Lamarck, 1816....18, 19 mm. F++ w/o.  Fat & funny little Nassaridae with domed apex & tan speckled pattern...South Africa...$7  (2 available)

....12769...(3)...Demoulia ventricosa Lamarck, 1816....21 - 22 mm. F++(smallest w/o.) white & brown with purple apex...South Africa...$6  (3 available)



....25237...(3)...Hinia braziliana Lamarck, 1822....16 to 19 mm. F++.  Smooth, white, high spired Nassariidae...Australia...$4  (3 available)



....18401...3sets...Hinia incrassata Strom, 1768....8 - 13 mm. F+.  6 piece colour/pattern variation sets from cream to brown...Italy...$10/set  (3 sets available)


....36552...(1)...Nassarius acuminatus Marrat, 1880....22 mm. F++. Wonderfully smooth & shiny, with finely toothed lower lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....12740...(10)...Nassarius albescens Dunker, 1846....11 - 14 mm. F+.   white with gray apex...Bali...$2 for 3 of the suckers  (10 available)

....35676...(2)...Nassarius albescens Dunker, 1846....14 to 17 mm. F++. All white form with dark apex......Philippines...$3 for both (2 available)

....35677...(1)...Nassarius cf. albescens Dunker, 1846....12 mm. F++. Unusual speciemn with 2 brown spiral lines......Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....12739...1pr...Nassarius albus Say, 1826....13 - 15 mm. F+.   one pure white, one with brown lines...Bahamas...$2/pair   (1 pair available)


....24519...(2)...Nassarius caboverdensis Rolan, 1984....12 to 13 mm. F++.  High spired, white with tiny brown speckled bands...Cape Verde Islands...$4  (2 available)


....34599...(1)...Nassarius conoidalis Deshayes, 1832....25 mm. F++. Strongly sculptured, with beaded suture & fat body whorl...South China Sea...$3 (1 available)


....36846...(1)...Nassarius coronatus Bruguiere, 1789....27 mm. F++. Fresh, mature specimen with brown bands & strong sub-sutural nodules...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....35678...(1)...Nassarius crenoliratus Adams, 1852....14 mm. F++. Black & knobby with purple interior......Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....36847...(1)...Nassarius cf. dorsatus Roding, 1798....24 mm. F++. Similar to dorsatus but with axial ridges on spire & back and with thick white lip & parietal callus. Our supplier thinks it could be an unpublished species...Philippines...$9 (1 available)


....12754...(1)...Nassarius dorsatus Roding, 1798....35, 36 mm. F+.   purple-gray with brown dorsum...India...$4  (1 available)

....36845...(1)...Nassarius distortus Adams, 1852....26 mm. F++. Nice, elegant gray lined species with brown dorsal blotch...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....15713...(1)...Nassarius dorsatus Roding, 1798....23 mm. F+.  White with brown blotched banding...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....12744...(1)...Nassarius elatus Gould, 1846....15 - 17 mm. F++.   tan with brown spots and smooth...Portugal...$8  (1 available)


....35679...(1)...Nassarius excellens, Kuroda & Habe, 1961....24 mm. F++. Smooth, translucent, deep water species......Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....37053...(1)...Nassarius fissilabris Adams, 1852....8 mm. F++. Get out your lens to check out the fine red spiral line & gray base band on this shiny white micro-Nassa...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....12745...(2)...Nassarius fossatus Gould, 1849....31 - 35 mm. f/F++ 3 w/o.   gray with orange-brown accents...California...$4   (2 available)


....36844...(1)...Nassarius gaudiosus zonalis Adams, 1852....15 mm. F++. Lovely brown on yellow banded colour form...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....27155...(8)...Nassarius glabratus Sowerby, 1842....10 to 12 mm. F++.  Tiny & shiny, with brown spotted, wrinkled, sutural band...Senegal...$5  (8 available)


....37167...(1)...Nassarius glans Linne, 1758....43.5 mm. F+ high. Big specimen with fine brown spiral lines...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....12748...(3)...Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833....11 mm. F++ chocolate brown with white callous...Samoa...$2 for 3 of them.   (3 available)


....35680...(1)...Nassarius gruneri Dunker, 1846....13 mm. F++. Plump little Nassa with nudulose surface texture......Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....30151...(1)..Nassarius limnaeformis Dunker, 1847....18 mm. F++. With brown lined white rimmed apperture...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....36848...(1)...Nassarius limnaeformis Dunker, 1847....18 mm. F++. Smooth & shiny, with well developed lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....29366...(9)...Nassarius cf. limnaeformis Dunker, 1847....13 to 14 mm. F++.  Brown & white mottled, with varixed & lyrate lip...Philippines...$4  (9 available)


....34600...(1)...Nassarius cf. livescens Philippi, 1849....18 mm. F++. Brown banded over numerous close spaced axial ribs...South China Sea...$3 (1 available)

....35681...(1)...Nassarius livescens Philippi, 1849....15 mm. F++. Smooth small species with gray on cream axial markings......Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....31206...(8)...Nassarius luteostoma Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....19 to 23 mm. F+/F++.  Fat, gray-brown & high spired, with yellow-cream lip & parietal shield...Peru...$5 for 2  (8 available)



....15833...(2)...Nassarius luridus Gould, 1849....15 - 16 mm. F++.  Gray with brown bands & white lip...Philippines...$2  (2 available)

....12750...(3)...Nassarius luridus Gould, 1849....17 - 19 mm. F+.   white & gray with brown bands...Fiji...$2  (3 available)


....29933...set...Nassarius margaritiferous Dunker, 1847....22 to 25 mm. F++.  3 piece set showing nice variability of brown banded pattern...Philippines...$5/set  (1 set available)

....36850...(1)...Nassarius margaritiferus Dunker, 1847....24 mm. F++. Good sized example, lightly banded with dark brown on white...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....36843...(1)...Nassarius margaritiferus Dunker, 1847....19.5 mm. F++. Nicely brown blotched dark colour form...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....31897...(8)...Nassarius myristicatus Hinds, 1844....23 to 30 mm. F+/F++  some w/o.  With strong, knobby, gray axial ridges...Panama...$4  (8 available)


....37376...(+)...Nassarius obsoletus Say, 1822....16 to 20 mm. F+. Virtually smooth, with dark purple-black aperture...Atlantic Canada...$3 (lots available)


....31807...(2)...Nassarius olivaceus Bruguiere, 1789....40 to 43 mm. F++.  Top condition specimens with all lip teeth & complete parietal shield...Thailand...$4  (2 available)

....24062...(4)...Nassarius olivaceus Bruguiere, 1789....30 to 35 mm. F++.  Dark, shiny, with full serate lips...India...$5  (4 available)

....26093...(3)...Nassarius olivaceus Bruguiere, 1789....26 to 27 mm. F++.  Shiny, in shades of tan, complete with dentate lower lip...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

....12752...(3 prs.)...Nassarius olivaceus Bruguiere, 1789....13 - 15 mm. F+.   tan & brown, with rusty stain at base...Bali...$2 for 2  (3 pairs available)


....12756...(2)...Nassarius papillosus Linne, 1758....39 - 48 mm. F+/F++  (39 mm, w/o.) Pastel orange-pink with brown dorsum..Cook Islands...$4  (2 available)

....32017...(1)...Nassarius papillosus Linne, 1758....41 mm. F++.  Covered in neat rows of nodules, with apex & super-spiny lip intact...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....17442...(1)...Nassarius papillosus Linne, 1758....43.8 mm. Gem(really).  Big and with proto. & all lip spines intact...Reunion...$5  (1 available)


....25265...(2)...Nassarius particeps Hedley, 1915....26 mm. F++.  Big specimens, spirally lined & tan blotched...Australia...$4  (2 available)

....20701...(4)...Nassarius particeps Hedley, 1915....23 to 24 mm. F++.  Smooth & fat, with tan mottling & brown spiral lines...Australia...$3   (4 available)



....15714...1pr...Nassarius pauperus Gould, 1850....6 - 7 mm. F+.  Hawaiian dwarf form...Hawaii...2 for.$1.50  (1 pair available)



....12757...(4 prs.)..Nassarius pullus Linne, 1758....16 - 21 mm. F+/F++  (3 smallest w/o.) gray with orange callous shield...India...$3 for 2  (4 pairs available)

....15835...(1)....Nassarius pullus Linne, 1758....22 mm. F+.  Cream to gray-brown...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

....24060..prs...Nassarius cf. pullus Linne, 1758....19 to 22 mm. F++.  Similar to pullus but with dark brown  (not gray) body, long axial ribs & tan  (not white) parietal callous...India...$4/pr  (14 pairs available)


....18582...(1)...Nassarius rufula Kiener, 1834....18.5 to 21 mm. F++.  Smooth, cream with tan lines & markings...Australia...$2.50  (1 available)


....36849...(1)...Nassarius siquijorensis Adams, 1852....25 mm. F++. Nice species, tan banded, with strong axial ridges...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....36486...(1)...Nassarius species....31 mm. F++. Highly unusual example, with oddly extended & spiked posterior lip. Looks like its mother was scared by an Apporhais!...Tanzania...$8 (1 available)

....35077...(1)...Nassarius species....31 mm. F+.  High spired & finely sculptured, with thick varix at the lip...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....30189...(1)..Nassarius sp.....26 mm. F++.  Similar shape to N. olivaceus but white with just a few tan markings...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....32018...(1)...Nassarius species....24 mm. F+.  With strongly channeled or ledged sutures & twin intermittent tan bands...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....30797...(1)...Nassarius species....23 mm. F+.  With high apex & deeply channeled sutures...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....34778...(2)...Nassarius sp....21, 22 mm. F++. Our supplier notes this is a rare, new, lightweight deepwater species. Has strongly keeled & channeled sutures & twin bands of brown markings over a virtually smooth body...Philippines...$10 (2 available)

....32985...(5)...Nassarius species....21 mm. F++.  Dark gray with pastel orange lip & parietal shield...Peru...$4  (5 available)

....36852...(1)...Nassarius species....20 mm. F++. High spired & with well channeled sutures. Supplier says it's rare...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....35076...(1)...Nassarius species....20 mm. F+.  Similar to N. livescens but much lighter colouration, possibly albinistic...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....34452...(2)...Nassarius species....20 mm. F++. Smooth, tan banded species with white spiny lip & lyrate aperture...Thailand...$5 (2 available)

....30796...(2)...Nassarius species....19, 20 mm. F+. Golden tan banded with white spots...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....23627...(1)....Nassarius sp....15 mm. F++.  White with axial ridges...Curacao...$3  (1 available)

....23468...(12)...Nassarius sp....10 to 11 mm. F++.  Neat little species (not N. pullus), with a parietal shield all the way to the apex & an axially ridged back...Zanzibar...$3  (12 available)


....16510...(1)...Nassarius splendidulus fm. dunker Bryan, 1915....9 - 12 mm. F+. Compact, with brown speckled nodulose ridges...Hawaii...$4  (1 available)


....24061...prs...Nassarius stolatus Gmelin, 1791....18 to 20 mm. F++.  Bold white & gray bands over strong axial ribs...India...$3/pr  (16 pairs available)


....36851...(1)...Nassarius subspinosus Lamarck, 1822....15.5 mm. F++. Elegant species, white, gray & black with strongly spinous axial ridges...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....15203...(3)...Nassarius subspinosus Lamarck, 1822....13 - 15 mm. F (crabbed) Knobby, gray & white banded..Fiji...$4 for all 3of them.(3 available)

....12758...(2)...Nassarius subspinosus Lamarck, 1822....12 - 13 mm. F+.  White & spiney with dark spiral bands...Philippines...$3/pair (1 pair available)

....27891...4pr...Nassarius subspinosus Lamarck, 1822....12 to 15 mm. F+.  Pairs of different black & gray banded patterns with white knobs...Philippines...$3/pair  (4 pairs available)


....35682...pr....Nassarius sufflatus Gould, 1860....16 mm. F++. Nice light & dark pair......Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)


....37375...(2)...Nassarius trivittatus Say, 1822....18, 20 mm. F++. Well beaded, fully adult examples with complete lip & parietal glaze...Atlantic Canada...$5 (2 available)


....15129...(2)...Nassarius vaucheri Pallary, 1906....10 - 12 mm. F++.  Strongly ribbed, tan with brown bands...Portugal...$5  (2 available)

....12762...(4)...Nassarius vaucheri Pallary, 1906....12 - 13 mm. F++. Tan & brown, high spired & ridged. Elegant!...Portugal...$6  (4 available)



....12761...3pr...Nassarius vibex Say, 1822....10 - 15 mm. f.  Light & dark pairs...Florida...$2/pair  (3 pairs available)



....27156...(8)...Nassarius vinctus Marrat, 1877....10 to 11 mm. F+.  Small, with 2 red-brown bands & strong axial ridges...Angola...$4  (8 available)


....37140...(2)...Nassarius wolffi Knudsen, 1956....40 mm. F+ w/o. Jumbo specimens with finely cancellate surface sculpture that almost looks like basket-weave. Complete with good lips & opercs...$11



 
 

NATICIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

 

SOLD...Amauropsis islandica Gmelin, 1791....17 mm. F+ w/o. Atlantic Canada. ..retained for photo


....31046...(1)...Globularia fluctuata Sowerby, 1825....29 mm. F++. With distinctive brown edged columellar callus...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....34173..(1)...Globularia fluctuata Sowerby, 1825....37 mm. F++. Naticidae with neat chevron
patterns & brown bordered white columellar callus...Philippines...$9 (1 available)


SOLD...Lunatia heros Say, 1822....70 mm. F++ w/o. Atlantic Canada. retained for photo

....37341...(1)...Lunatia heros Say, 1822....66 mm. F++ w/o. Nice, large, clean example...Atlantic Canada...$9 (1 available)

....37342...(1)...Lunatia heros Say, 1822....65 mm. F+ w/o. Good sized specimen with great lip but slightly rough back...Atlantic Canada...$4 (1 available)


....37343...(2)...Lunatia triseriata Say, 1826....21 to 25 mm. F+ w/o. About as big as this smaller species gets, though with some apical erosion...Atlantic Canada...$8 (2 available)

....37344...(+)...Lunatia triseriata Say, 1826....18 to 21 mm. F++ w/o. These slightly smaller but better condition specimens show the spotted bands from whence the name...Atlantic Canada...$7 (lots available)



....31601...set...Natica alapapilionis Roding, 1798....18, 22 and 28 mm. F/F+.  Neat 3 piece set showing 3 different colour forms...Philippines...$9/set  (1 set available)

....33277...(1)....Natica cf. alapapilionis Roding, 1798....35 mm. F++. Big, with atypical pattern of brown axial lined bands...Philippines...$10 (1 available)

....25267...(2)...Natica alapapilionis Roding, 1798....18 to 20 mm. F++ w/operc.  4 lines of fine brown spots & with intact, lightly flared lips...Australia...$3  (2 available)

....27047...(1)...Natica alapapilionis Roding, 1798....20 mm. F++.  With tan bands & brown spotted white lines...Philippines...$5  (1 available)



....16079...(3)...Natica broderipiana Recluz, 1844....6.5 - 8 mm. F++.  Like a small N. canrena but less callous columella...Panama...$3  (3 available)



....23628...(1)....Natica canrena Linne, 1758....36 mm. F+ w/operc.  Nice brown axial & spiral markings...Curacao...$3  (1 available)

SOLD....Natica canrena Linne, 1758....45 - 48 mm. F++/Gem.  Brazil. retained for photo

....12800...pr....Natica canrena Linne, 1758....23, 9 mm. F+ w/o.  White with tan bands...Florida...$4/pair  (1 pair available)



....12799...(5)...Natica chemnitzi Pfeiffer, 1840....7 - 13 mm. F+.  dark gray with rows of brown spots...Panama...$2  (5 available)


....37395...(1)...Natica clausa Broderip & Sowerby, 1824....16 mm. F+ w/o. Fairly common but rarely listed Northern Naticidae with porcellanous operculum...Atlantic Canada...$30 (1 available)



....27048...(2)...Natica euzona Recluz, 1844....18, 19 mm. F+.  Nice pattern of brown & white bands...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

....23388...(1)...Natica euzona Recluz, 1844....15 mm. F+.  Spiral bands of brown spots & white v's...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....32480...(1)...Natica (Tanea) euzona Recluz, 1844....17mm. F++.  Great specimen, with wonderfully intricate tan pattern & intact thin lip...Philippines...$8  (1 available)



....25268...(5)...Natica fasciata Roding, 1798....13 to 14 mm. F++.  White, with pale tan band & brown suture & columella...Australia...$3   (5 available)

....25269..1pr...Natica fasciata Roding, 1798....15 to 17 mm. F++.  EXTREME pairs, one typical pale tan, the other dark brown all over...Australia...$7/pair  (1 pair available)



....27157...(5)...Natica fulminea Gmelin, 1791....18 to 20 mm. F++ w/o.  Creamy white with 3 bands of brown spots...Angola...$4  (5 available)



....36333...(1)...Natica gualteriana Recluz, 1844....19mm. F++. With fully intact lip...Philippines....$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Natica gualteriana Recluz, 1844....18 to 22 mm. F+.  Australia. retained for photo

....16089..(2)...Natica gualtieriana Recluz, 1844....11 - 15 mm. F++, 1 w/o.  Gray with purple-brown axial marks. biggest w/o...Australia...$2.50  (2 available)


SOLD...Natica hilaris Sowerby, 1814....24 mm. F++ w/o. Philippines. retained for photo



....16090...(7)...Natica intricatoides Hidalgo, 1873....13 - 15 mm. F++.  Tan with brown flecked gray bands...Spain...$3  (7 available)



....24063...(1)...Natica lineata Roding, 1798....25 to 28 mm. F+.  Lots of fine orange-brown axial lines...India...$2  (1 available)




....25271...(4)...Natica marochiensis Gmelin, 1791....16 to 19mm. F+ w/operc. Great pattern, bands of grey chevrons over gray-tan, with white base...Gabon...$4 (4 available)

....35790...(3)...Natica marochiensis Gmelin, 1791....17 to 21mm. F++ w/o. Spiral lines of brown spots & a distinctive tan spot on the apex of the operc...Venezuela...$4 (3 available)



....16094...(1)...Natica millepunctata maculata Von Salis, 1793....9 - 13 mm. F+.  Tan with brown bands & speckles...Spain...$4  (1 available)


....36686...(1)...Natica nipponensis Kuroda, 1961....17 mm. F++. Nice example of this smaller species, with spiral bands of brown flames above & below a broad yellow tan band. Lip is perfect...Philippines...$8



....25272...(3)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....18 to 20 mm. F+.  Striking! 4 bands of dark brown spots...Solomon Islands...$3  (3 available)

....33705...(4)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....14 to 17 mm. F++. Small but boldly marked with 4 spiral rows of quadrate black spots...Philippines...$3 (4 available)

....28239...(1)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....18 mm. F++.  5 spiral rows of brown spots...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....28531...(2)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....28 mm. F+.  Light tan with 4 or 5 bands of brown spots. Lips intact...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....27049...pr....Natica onca Roding, 1798....17 mm. F+.  Good pair, two different spot patterns & background colours...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

....20521...(1)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....21 mm. F++ w/o.  Beautiful bands of brown spots on this live taken little moon...Zanzibar...$3  (1 available)

....35634...(1)...Natica onca Roding, 1798....23mm. F++. With 5 spiral rows of quadrate spots......Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....36689...(1)...Natica samiae....20 mm. F++. Finely marbled in brown & with brown columellar callus...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



....29951...(2)...Natica stellata Hedley, 1913....32, 35 mm. F++.  Glorious orange & white pattern with nice lips...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....29952...(2)...Natica stellata Hedley, 1913....31, 33 mm. F+.  Bright orange & white, but with slightly rough lips...Philippines...$2  (2 available)



....25678...(3)...Natica tigrina Roding, 1798....26 to 29 mm. F++ w/o.  More finely spotted than typical. Good lips & opercs...India...$3/pair   (3 pairs available)

....16096...(2)...Natica tigrina Roding, 1798....25 mm. F+.  White with brown dashes..Philippines...$3 for both  (2 available)

....24064...pr....Natica tigrina Roding, 1798....28 to 30 mm. F++. Hundreds of dark gray dashes & thick, excellent lips...India...$3/pr (2 pairs available)



....37149...(1)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....19 mm. F++. Fresh dark example with intricate brown markings & bright purple columella...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....36246...(1)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....18 mm. F++. Fresh, dark brown patterned examples with purple columella & intact lips...Philippines....$10  (1 available)

....31047...(2)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....14, 15 mm. F++ w/o.  With brown axial bands & bright violet columella, complete with shelly opercs...Philippines...$12  (2 available)

....34807...(1)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....16 mm. F++ w/o. Fresh, super dark, operculate example...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....27051..(1).. ..Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....15 mm. F. Busy, fine lined brown on white pattern. lip chipped...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....29769....(1)..Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....18 mm. F++.  Beautiful! busy brown pattern, pastel lavender columella & totally intact lip...$14  (1 available)

....30263...pr....Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....15, 19 mm. F+.  pair of this beautifully brown patterned species with lavender columella...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....28240...(1)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....17 to 21 mm. F+.  Bold brown spiral zig-zag pattern & a bright lavender columella...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....27363...(1)...Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825....14 mm. F++.  Bold brown pattern & hot pink columella...Philippines...$10  (1 available)


...37138...(4)...Natica vittata textilis Reeve, 1855....22 to 25 mm. F++ w/o. Varied & complex banded brown & white patterns on these live taken specimens with good lips...$6



....18347...(4)...Natica vitellus Linne, 1758....34 - 42 mm. f.  Tan with white band & base...Philippines...$3   (4 available)

....18348...(1)...Natica cf vitellus Linne, 1758....32 - 48 mm. F+.  Similar to N. vitellus but with yellow band & brown umbilical callous...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....30153...set...Natica set....10, 14 & 17 mm. F+.  Good starter set of 3 Natica species; onca, undulata & 1 gray banded...Philippines...$9/set  (1 set available)

....31652...(1)...Natica species....22 mm. F++.  Banded in shades of gray...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



....29497...(1)...Neverita duplicata Say, 1822....57 mm. F+.  Good sized example with brown interior & umbilical button...Florida...$6  (1 available)



SOLD....Polinices aurantius  Roding, 1798....32 mm. F++ w/operc.  Australia. retained for photo

....28426...(6)...Polinices aurantius Roding, 1798....31, 33 mm. F+.  Pretty pastel orange with thick white umbilical callus...Philippines...$3  (6 available)

....25298...(3)...Polinices aurantius Roding, 1798....30 to 32 mm. F+.  Light pastel yellow, heavy parietal callus...Australia...$3   (3 available)



....28093...(8)...Polinices conicus Lamarck, 1822....22 to 27 mm. F++ w/o.  Unusually high spired for a Naticidae...Australia...$4  (8 available)

....25299...(3)...Polinices concinus Lamarck, 1822....25 to 26 mm. F+.  Larger, light tan with uniquely high apex...Australia...$4  (3 available)

....25300...(5)...Polinices concinus Lamarck, 1822....20 to 24 mm. F+.  High apex & brown columellar callus...Australia...$3  (5 available)


....36311...(1)...Polinices cf. cumingianus Recluz, 1844....39mm. F+. Pastel orange body whorl fades to white at intact lip...Philippines....$4  (1 available)

....36690...(1)...Polinices cumingianus Recluz, 1844....38 mm. F++. Well inflated species with one broad pastel tan spiral band...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



SOLD.....Polinices didyma Roding, 1798....40 mm. F++.  Guam. retained for photo

Relisted....16102...pr...Polinices didyma Roding, 1798....40 mm. F++.  Regular & high spired form?..Loc. ?...$5  (1 pair available)

....31600...(1)...Polinices didyma Roding, 1798....29 mm. F+.  Slightly junior specimen shows early development of brown "button" callus...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....36688...(1)...Polinices fibrosa Souleyet, 1852....31 mm. F++. Highly elongated, with twin broad bands of brown axial flames...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....25301...(2)...Polinices fibrosus Souyelet, 1852....17 to 21 mm. F++.  2 rich brown broad bands & columella...Australia...$4  (2 available)



....33786...(1)...Polinices flemingianus Recluz, 1844....59mm. F+ high - decent.
Totally monstrous!! The pteridadctyl of flamingo moon snails...Philippines...$25 (1 available)



....25304...(1)...Polinices mamilla Linne, 1758....32 to 33 mm. F++.  Milk white with heavy columellar callus...Australia...$3  (1 available)

....33874....(1)...Polinices (Mammilla) sebae Recluz, 1844....39 mm. F++. White with brown columella & widely flared apperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)



....28094...(2)...Polinces maurus Lamarck, 1816....35 to 38 mm. F++.  Fresh, dark walnut brown...Australia...$3  (2 available)

....28095...(3)...Polinces maurus Lamarck, 1816....23 to 36 mm. F++.  Light phase specimens, in tan rather than brown...Australia...$3  (3 available)

....36691...(1)...Polinices maurus Lamarck, 1816 (D6)....29 mm. F++. Almost egg shaped, tan with brown columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....35473...(1)...Polinices maurus Lamarck, 1816....42 mm. F++. Rich coffee brown with black rimmed aperture...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....35636...(1)...Polinices cf. maurus Lamarck, 1816....30 mm. F++. Deep mocha brown like maurus, but with rows of spots like sebae & paler mid-band like fibrosa...Philippines...$6 (1 available)



....27749...(1)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....33 mm. F++ w/o.  Super-dark specimen, rich walnut brown all over...Tanzania...$4  (1 available)

Relisted....16111...set...Polinices melanostoma Gmelin, 1791....20 - 25 mm. F+.  Banded & speckled light & dark phases  (4 pieces)...Zanzibar...$7  (1 set available)

....28097...(7)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....34 to 40 mm. F++.  Good sized specimens with great lips...Australia...$3  (7 available)

....20664...(2)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....22 to 24 mm. F+.  Bold brown bands & dark columellar callus...Japan...$3  (2 available)

....23612...(1)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....35 to 37 mm. F++.  Excellent examples, with smooth, full, unfiled lips. Not easy to get this nice...Zanzibar...$3  (1 available)

....25305...(5)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....31 to 38 mm. F+.  Elongated & with dark brown columella...Australia...$3   (5 available)

....35474...(1)...Polinices melanostomus Gmelin, 1791....48 mm. F++. Huge example with faint brown bands & black columelar callus...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....36691...(1)...Polinices maurus Lamarck, 1816 (D6)....29 mm. F++. Almost egg shaped, tan with brown columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


NEW....37554...(3)...Polinices otis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....25 - 27 mm. F++ w/o. Rich gray-brown, with brown umbilicus. Elevate your collection with an otis...Panama...$4 (3 available)


NEW....37553...(2)...Polinices panamensis Recluz, 1844....41 mm. F++ w/o. Nice fat moons with good lips and operc & thin, varnish-like perio...Panama...$6 (2 available)

....31215...(3)...Polinices panamaensis Recluz, 1844....28 to 37 mm. F+/F++.  Globular & snow white, with thick parietal callus & deep umbilicus...Peru...$5  (3 available)



....25306...set...Polinices powisiana Recluz, 1844....25, 31 & 34 mm. F++.  Nice set - different colors and banding...Australia...$12/set  (1 set available)

....25307...(3)...Polinices powisiana Recluz, 1844....29 to 30 mm. F++ w/operc.  Great specimens, one broad brown band...Australia...$6  (3 available)



....35475...(1)...Polinices sagamiensis Pilsbry, 1904....45 mm. F++. Heavy, yellowish-brown with white apex & aperture...Philippines...$7 (1 available)



SOLD....Polinices sebae Recluz, 1842....49 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo

....35476...(1)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....43 mm. F++. Delicate & white with black columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....32481...(1)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....29 mm. F++.  With perfect, expansive lip & dark brown umbilical callus...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....30262...(1)..Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....27 mm. F+.  Unusually dark coffee coloured specimen...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....29130...(2)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....31 mm. F++.  Great specimens, with brown columellar callous & perfect, sharp lip...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

....19885...(6)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....34 to 37 mm. F+.  Highly inflated! white with dark brown columella...Philippines...$4  (6 available)

....25308...(1)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....30 mm. F+.  Big, brown banded, complete lip...Australia...$5  (1 available)

....25309...(2)...Polinices sebae Recluz, 1844....17 to 22 mm. F+.  Brown & white banded...Australia...$4  (2 available)



....34680...(1)...Polinices simiae Deshayes, 1838....26 mm. F++. Elegantly patterned species with twin mottled tan bands & a dark brown columella...Philippines...$6 (1 available)



....25314...(2 prs)...Polinices sordidus Swainson, 1821....22 to 27 mm. F+.  Pretty really, not sordid at all!...Australia...$4/pair  (2 pairs available)

....25315...(5)...Polinices cf. sordidus Swainson, 1821....28 to 34 mm. F+.  A dark form, gray with dark brown interior...Australia...$4   (5 available)



SOLD....Polinices tumidus Swainson, 1840....53 mm. F++.  Zanzibar. retained for photo

....16114...(9)...Polinices tumidus Swainson, 1840....18 - 27 mm. F+ w/o.  Pure white....Bali...$2.50  (9 available)

....36687...(1)...Polinices tumidus Swainson, 1840....26 mm. F+. Milky white with thick callus covering the umbilicus...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....31220...(5)...Sinum cymba Menke, 1828....47 to 53 mm. F++.  Pastel purple-gray, with white base & wide, deep brown apperture. Sharp lips intact too...Peru...$6  (5 available)

SOLD....Sinum cymba Menke, 1828....59 mm. F++.  Peru. retained for photo

....30393...(+)...Sinum cymba Menke, 1828....40 to 50 mm. F++.  Nice fresh examples with thin sinuous lip intact...Peru...$5  (15 available)

....32993...(3)...Sinum cymba Menke, 1828....44 to 56 mm. F++.  Lovely specimens with wonderfully intact, slightly beaded lips...Peru...$6  (3 available)

....32994...(4)...Sinum cymba Menke, 1828....45 to 55 mm. F+/F++ w/o.  With scarcely seen reduced operculum included...Peru...$8  (4 available)


....36661...(1)...Sinum javanicum Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....29 mm. F++. Nice top quality example of this uncommon Naticid with distinctive purple-brown protoconch...Philippines...$12 (1 available)


....37238...(1)...Sinum species....25 mm. F++. Very flattened & all white species, just can't quite identify it...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


SOLD....Tanea lineata Recluz, 1844....15 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo



....33704...(2)...Tanea picta Recluz, 1844....16 to 18 mm. F++. Orange-tan with 3 thin white spiral bands marked with small brown chevrons...Philippines...$4 (2 available)


NERITIDAE

....31135...(18)...Clithon corona Linne, 1758....10 to 16 mm. F+ w/o.  Microscopically fine flecked patterns with short shoulder spines...3 for $4  (18 available)

SOLD...Clithon corona Linne, 1758....9 to 14 mm. F+.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....29099...(4)...Clithon corona Linne, 1758....11 to 13 mm. F++ w/operc.  With unique long shoulder spines...Philippines...$3 for 2 of them.  (4 available)

....29100...(1)...Clithon corona Linne, 1758....15 mm. F++ w/operc.  Large adult with shoulder spines lost...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....36700...(2)...Nerita albicilla Linne, 1758....32, 35 mm. F++. Busy pattern of fine black lines & "v" markings, with white aperture & pustulose parietal shield...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....17572...(2sets)...Nerita albicilla Linne, 1758....21 - 26 mm. F+.  8 piece pattern variation sets, black & brown broken bands on white, with some pink & yellow accents...Philippines...$9/set  (2 sets available)

....17577....pr...Nerita albicilla Linne, 1758....18 - 26 mm. F++ w. opercs.  Dark, well developed pairs...American Samoa...$3/pair  (1 pair available)


....36694...set...Nerita chamaeleon Linne, 1758....21 to 27 mm. F++. Nice 4 piece colour & pattern variation set nearly matches the 4 examples in Shells of the Philippines plate 11, fig. 11...Philippines...$7/set (1 set available)

....27740...(3)...Nerita chameleon Linne, 1758....13 to 14 mm. F+ nicely.  Different patterns but they don't change!...Philippines...$2  (3 available)


....36701...(1)...Nerita exuvia Linne, 1758....40 mm. F++. Highly unusual specimen started life as an albino but seems to have switched on its colour genes in a couple of stages...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....36695...(1)...Nerita exuvia Linne, 1758....32 mm. F++. Black & mustard yellow, with raised, strong spiral cords...Philippines...$4 (1 available)



....17559...(3sets)...Nerita histrio Linne, 1758....13 - 18 mm. F+.  5 piece variety pac from alternate locality...India...$9/set  (3 sets available)



....34245...(10)...Nerita luteofasciata Miller, 1879....3 to 5 mm. F+. Tiny species with brown columella & fine detailed gray & white pattern...Mexico...$3 for 2 (10 available
)


....17569...set...Nerita peloronta Linne, 1758....17 - 21 mm. F++ w. opercs.  3 piece sets, corded and smooth forms in shades of light orange, purple & black...Florida..$5/set  (1 set available)

....28786...sets...Nerita peloronta Linne, 1758....16 to 26 mm. F++ w/o.  Nice, fresh sets of 3 pattern variations...Cuba...$4 for 3  (3 sets available)



....32415...(1)...Nerita cf planospira Anton, 1839....32 mm. F+.  Good sized specimen with typical dahed black on white pattern...Philippines...$3  (1 available)



....20665...set...Nerita plicata Linne, 1758....16 to 25 mm. F to F+.  15 piece study set, showing pattern variation...Philippines...$15/set  (1 set available)

....17578..4sets..Nerita plicata Linne, 1758....15 - 22 mm. F+.  5 piece creamy white sets, some with pink blush, some with purplish spots...Tonga...$4/set   (4 sets available)

....35558...(1)...Nerita plicata Linne, 1758....20mm. F++. Creamy white all over, with strong spiral cords & lip teeth...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....36692...(1)...Nerita polita Linne, 1758....33 mm. F++. Large & heavy, with thick lip & orange teeth...Philippines...$4

....30482...sets...Nerita polita Linne, 1758....20 to 25 mm. F++ w/operc.  Polite select specimens of this rhyming species, in a nearly infinite variety of patterns & colours...Thailand...$5 for 3 or $8 for 5  (3 sets available)

....29223...25prs...Nerita polita Linne, 1758....22 to 28 mm. F++ w/operc.  Very polite, light & dark extreme pairs of this glossy smooth, pebble-like snail...Hawaii...$3/pair  (25 pairs available)



SOLD....Nerita scabricostata Lamarck, 1822....36, 38 mm. F++ w/o.  Ecuador. retained for photo

....34246...(4)...Nerita scabricostata Lamarck, 1822....19 to 20 mm. F+. Black spiral corded, with typical apical erosion...Mexico...$2 (4 available)


....24191...(2)...Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791....22 to 24 mm. F++ w/operc.  Jet black, with pastel orange pimpled parietal area...Cape Verde Islands...$4/all three  (2 available)


....36698...(1)...Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822....18 mm. F++. Strongly corded, with distinctive red-brown columellar spot...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....35559...pr...Nerita squamulata LeGuillon, 1841....20 mm. F++. Lovely pattern pair of this highly variable species...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)


....28787...set...Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791....14 to 18 mm. F++ w/o.  4 piece pattern study set...Cuba...$5/set  (1 set available)


....36485...(1)...Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791....36 mm. F++. With strong black & white spotted cords, pustulose, yellow stained parietal area & intact, dentate lip...Tanzania...$5 (1 available)


....28788...sets...Nerita versicolor  Gmelin, 1791....14 to 22 mm. F++ w/o.  3 piece variation sets speckled in black & red...Cuba...$5 for 3  (4 sets available)


....37059...(1)...Neritina (Clithon) oualaniensis Lesson, 1831....9 mm. Gem. Amazingly complex pattern for so tiny a shell. Check it out under a lens or low power 'scope...Philippines...$3 (1 available)



....33644...(4 sets)...Neritina pulligera Linne, 1758....20 to 25 mm. F++ w/o. 3 piece sets show a range of gray to orange pattern variations...Thailand...$5/set (4 sets available)

....34094...prs...Neritina pulligera Linne, 1758....18 to 24 mm. F++ w/o. With yellow to orange rimmed aperture & odd, dark brown parietal glaze. Technically a freshwater species...Thailand...$5/pr. (+ pairs available)



....35692...(1)...Neritina variegata Lesson, 1831....9 mm. F++. Small, scarce, lightly banded & finely patterned species...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....36696...(1)...Nerita undata Linne, 1758....39.5 mm. F++. Large & solid, with thick lip & snow white aperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....24137...(7)..Nerita undata Linne, 1758....21 to 24 mm. F++.  Contrasting pair. Spirally corded & with good, undamaged lips...India...$4/pair (3 pairs available)



....36332...set...Nerita sp.....14 to 26 mm. F+. Neat 8 piece set supplier says contains N. signata, undata, albicilla & chameleon. You get to play detective (because we're too lazy too!!)...Philippines...$15/set  (1 set available)

....32418...(1)...Nerita sp.....31 mm. F+.  Very high spired (almost looks like a Phasianella) with fine white axial lines on black...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....32464...(1)...Nerita sp.....18 mm. F+.  Jet black, with white apperture & finely toothed columella...Philippines...$  (1 available)

....32465...(1)...Nerita sp. (#91)....21 mm. F+.  Greenish, with black maculations & red rimmed columellar pad...Philippines...$  (1 available)


....37058...(1)...Neritina turrita Gmelin, 1791....19 mm. F++. Delightful angled stripe pattern & with great lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....24518...prs...Neritina turrita Gmelin, 1791....12 to 16 mm. F++.  Pretty pastel pink & orange colours...Philippines...$3/pair  (9 pairs available)


....36693...pr....Neritina waigiensis Lesson, 1831....16 & 18 mm. F++. Extreme pair! one banded like a humbug in brown & creamy yellow, the other in bright red with black & white alternating bands...$6/pr. (1 pair available)

....30154...set...Neritina waigiensis Lesson, 1831....16 to 20 mm. F++.  3 piece colour/pattern set shows the extreme variability of this species...Philippines...$5/set  (1 set available)

SOLD....Neritina waigiensis Lesson, 1831....15 to 18 mm. F+. Philippines. retained for photo


....28936...(1 set)...Neritina zebra Bruguiere, 1792....6 to 10 mm. F++. Cute trios showing a variety of black on white zig-zag zebra patterns...Hawaii...$5 for 3 (1 set available)


....17584....(sets_..Neritodryas dubia Gmelin, 1791....13 - 21 mm. F+.  5 piece sets of various black zig-zag patterns on yellow...Philippines...$12/set   (2 sets available)

....36697...(1 pr)...Neritodryas dubia Gmelin, 1791....Totally smooth, with bold black spiral patterns...Philippines...$5/pr. (1 pair available)


...28243...(1)...Neritopsis radula Linne, 1758....14,16 mm. F+ nicely.  With intriguingly notched columella...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


...22980...(sets)...Puperita pupa fm. tristis Orbigny, 1842....8 to 11 mm. F+.  3 piece set of different patterns in black with fine white speckles...Philippines...$5/set   (+ sets available)


....31182...(+)...Smaragdia rangiana Recluz, 1842....7 to 9 mm. F+.  Vibrant green with white axial pattern. S. viridis is the Atlantic species...3 for $4  (lots available)

....36699...(1)...Smaragdia rangiana Recluz, 1842....8 mm. F++. Bright pea green with spiral rows of white markings. About as big as this tiny species gets...Philippines...$3

SOLD....Smaragdia rangiana Recluz, 1841....8 to 10 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo

....22393...(+)..Smaragdia rangiana Recluz, 1841....5 to 7 mm. F+.  Jade green with whitish markings...Philippines...$3/pair  (+ pairs available)


...29133...(1)...Smaragdia pauluciana Gassies, 1870....4 to 5 mm. F++.  Cream with brown pattern scarce micro-nerite (not in Rice)...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....30398...(3sets)...Theodoxus luteofasciatus Miller, 1879....11 to 14 mm. F++.  5 piece pattern variation sets show the huge variabilty of this beautiful little Neritidae...Peru...$7/set  (3 sets available)


ODOSTOMIDAE

....37389...(+)...Odostomia trifida Totten, 1834....1 to 2 mm. F+. These are so tiny they are hard to identify, but I'm fairly sure it is this species & not bisuturalis...Atlantic Canada...$3 for 2 (lots available)


PLANAXIDAE

....18404...(8)..Angiola lineata da Costa,1778....7 -9 mm. F++.  Shiny black Planaxidae with tan spiral lines...Cape Verde Is...$3 for 2 of them.  (8 available)


....12707...lots...Planaxis lineatus da Costa, 1778....5 - 7 mm. F+. Tiny brown & white...Mexico...$2 for 3 or 4  (lots available)


....25668...prs...Planaxis nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....10 to 12 mm. F++ w/o.  Smooth & black (of course) complete with tiny opercs...India...$3/pr   (3 pairs available)


....22389...prs...Planaxis nucleus Bruguiere, 1789....15 mm. F++ some w/operc.  Jet black, uneroded apex & full dentate lip...Venezuela...$3/pair (2 pair available)


....12708...(6)...Planaxis sulcatus Born, 1780....20 - 23 mm. F+. Light-colored apex, black & white speckled body whorls...Fiji...$1.50  (6 available)

....15732...prs...Planaxis sulcatus Born, 1780....13 - 18 mm. F+.  Black & white with brown apex..Philippines...$3/pair  (7 pairs available)


 

POTAMIDIDAE

....12880...(3 sets)...Batillaria minima Gmelin, 1791....11 - 19 mm. F+.  1 gray, 1 brown & white striped...Florida...$3 for 3 (3 sets available)


....36715...(1)...Cerithidea cingulata Gmelin, 1791....23 mm. F++. Dark brown colour form with lighter sub-sutural line...Philippines...$3(1 available)


....12877...(2)...Cerithidea scalariformis Say, 1825....18 - 25 mm. F++. Gray-brown with cream bands...Florida...$3 (2 available)


....31351...(1)...Telescopium telescopium Linne, 1758....65 mm. F.  Typically brown & somewhat rough example of this monospecific Genus...Philippines...$4  (1 available)


....37077...(1)...Terebra cf. boucheti Bratcher, 1981....41 mm. F++ w/o. Brown axial "streaks" are more like brown blotches, but description matches otherwise...Philippines...$14 (1 available)


Relisted....25684...(8)...Terebralia cf. palustris Linne, 1767....24 to 27 mm. F++ w/o.  Dark brown juveniles complete with tiny opercs...India...$5 for 4 of the beasties  (8 available)


PSEUDOLIVIDAE

....27151...(2)...Fulmentum septimentum Rang, 1832....10 to 12 mm. F++.  Tiny & brown banded. Quite interesting, and not listed in Rice...Angola...$25 (2 available)


 

PYRAMIDELLIDAE

....29936...(35 prs)...Otopleura auriscati Holten, 1882....19 to 25 mm. F++.  Speckled brown on cream pattern pairs...Philippines...$5/pair  (35 pairs available)

....32596...(1)...Otopleura cf. auriscati Holten, 1802....24 mm. F++.  With unusual spiral bands of brown dots. Could even be another species...Philippines...$4  (1 available)


....37322...(1)...Otopleura nodicincta Adams, 1855....17.5 mm. F+. White, with brown blotches & finely nodulose texture...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....37321...(1)...Pyramidella dolabrata terebella Muller, 1874....24 mm. F+. Colour form with 5 black spiral bands...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....12576...(18)..Pyramidella dolabrata Linne, 1758....16 - 25 mm. F+.  hard to get dark form...St. Vincent...$3  (18 available)


SOLD....Pyramidella ventricosa Guerin, 1931....17 mm. F++.  Philippines.  retained for photo


RISSOIDAE

....12025...(8)...Alvania rosana Bartsch, 1911....1 - 1.5 mm. F+. Sieved from fine mud...New Zealand...$2  (8 available)


....12045...(4)...Estea  (Pisinna) rufoapicata Suter, 1908....3 - 4 mm. F+. Apex coloured...New Zealand...$2  (4 available)


....15213...(15)...Rissoina sp....5 mm. f(beach).  Pure white....Florida...$2 for 3  (15 available)

....25096...(4)...Rissoina reticulata Sowerby, 1824....16 to 17 mm. F+.  Giant of their genus. With nice sculpture when viewed under magnification...Philippines...$5 for 2   (4 available)


....15734...(8)...Zebina gigantea Deshayes, 1850....4 - 6 mm. F+.  White to tan...Philippines...$3  (8 available)


SCAPHANDRIDAE

....36451...(6)...Cylichna alba Brown, 1827....4 to 5mm. F+.  Tiny Barrel Bubble species..Nova Scotia...$7  (6 available)


SILIQUARIIDAE

SOLD....Siliquaria anguina Linne, 1758....43 to 50 mm. F++.  Philippines.  retained for photo


SIPHONARIIDAE

....32713...(4)...Siphonaria oculus Krauss, 1848....20 to 26 mm. F+.  False Limpet with bold pattern of white ribs on black...South Africa...$3  (4 available)


STRUTHIOLARIIDAE

....24930...(1)...Struthiolaria papulosa Martyn, 1794....83 mm. F+.  Massive, thick lipped & heavily callused ...New Zealand...$14  (1 available)

SOLD...Struthiolaria papulosa Martyn, 1794....65 to 67 mm. F++ w/o.  New Zealand.  retained for photo

....19439..set...Struthiolaria papulosa Martyn, 1794....45 to 63 mm. F++ w/o.  3 piece set shows pattern variations, all with opercs & thickened, flared lips...New Zealand...$12/set  (1 set available)


TONNIDAE

SOLD....Eudolium pyriformis Sowerby, 1914....57 mm. F+ high.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....29117...(2)...Eudolium pyriformis Sowerby, 1914....34, 36 mm. F+.  Solid if slightly sub-adult specimens...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

....25584...(1)...Eudolium pyriformis Sowerby, 1914....60 mm. F+ high.  Large for the species...Costa Rica...$12  (3 available)

....25585...(3)...Eudolium pyriformis Sowerby, 1914....51 to 55 mm. F+.  Tiny Tuns with good lips...Costa Rica...$9  (3 available)

....35658...(1)...Eudolium pyriforme Monterosato, 1869....33 mm. F+. Cute junior specimen, orange-tan speckled & with finely toothed lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....36783...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....44 mm. F++. Well developed example with thickened lip toothed on the anterior third...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....36244...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....39 mm. F++. All white albino example of this usually tan mottled Tun...Philippines....$15  (1 available)

....12669B...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....59 mm. F++. Bright, crisp colors & pattern...Zanzibar....$6  (1 available)

...29931...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....65 mm. F++.  Heavy & fully mature, with thick, dentate lip & columellar callus. Prime, solid specimen...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....30654...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....45 mm. F+.  Nice example, with thick, well flared lip & strongly toothed & callused columella...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....26920...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....33 mm. F++.  With full, thickened lip, this may be a dwarf form...Tanzania...$5  (1 available)

....26226...(1)...Malea pomum (forma?) linne, 1758....39 mm. F++.  A compact form similar to M. noronhensis but from an ocean away...Zanzibar...$5  (1 available)

....15295...(1)...Malea pomum Linne, 1758....54 mm. F+....White & fawn with brown spots...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....26921...(1)...Tonna allium Dillwyn, 1817....42 mm. F++.  Small specimen, yet with full, varixed lip...Tanzania...$5  (1 available)

SOLD....Tonna allium Dillwyn, 1817....81, 86 mm. F+.  Philippines. retained for photo

....36500...(1)...Tonna cumingi Reeve, 1849....82 mm. F+ high. Rich brown with a few markings & nearly smooth. Thin, dentate lip is intact...Philippines...$10


....15298....(1)...Tonna dolium Linne, 1758....58 mm. F+.  Alternate brown & white spotted ribs...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....32473...(1)...Tonna dolium Linne, 1758....80 mm. F++.  With orange-tan speckled ribs & thickened, fully developed lip...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....33997...(2)...Tonna cf. dolium Linne, 1758....140 mm. F+. Nice sized specimens with heavily spotted, close packed ribs. Our supplier says it's not T. dolium, but it seems to match shells of the Philippines, plate 26 fig. 8a...Thailand...$32 (2 available)

....34904...(1)...Tonna dolium Linne, 1758....145 mm. F. Monster specimen, with nicely brown spotted spiral ribs & intact lip. Siphonal canal a bit rough...Philippines?...$28 (1 available)


....31740...(1)...Tonna galea Linne, 1758....120 mm. F+ high.  Good sized examples in rich brown...Thailand...$15  (1 available)

....30679...(1)...Tonna cf. galea Linne, 1758....60 mm. F+.  Fine junior example, with lightly spotted pattern & good lip...Greece...$9  (1 available)


SOLD....Tonna maculosa Dillwyn, 1817....83 mm. F+.  Curacao. retained for the photo

....24193...(3)...Tonna maculosa Dillwyn, 1817....40 to 45 mm. F++.  Small but sweet...Curacao...$5  (3 available)


SOLD....Tonna olearium Linne, 1758....152 mm. F+.  Philippines.  retained for photo   OVERSIZE


....30680...(1)...Tonna perdix Linne, 1758....66 mm. F.  With decent lip but appears to be fresh dead...Philippines...$4  (1 available)



SOLD...Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778....135 mm. F+. Philippines. retained for photo

....34880...(1)...Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778....135 mm. F++. GOOD, large specimen of this handsmome critter!!....Philippines...$18 (1 available)

SOLD...Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778....115 mm. F+ high.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....31814...(1)...Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778....56, 59 mm. F++.  Junior examples but with fully formed lips, 4 brown stripes & complete with little purple protoconch...Thailand...$5  (1 available)

....25786...(4)...Tonna sulcosa Born, 1778....95 to 98 mm. F++.  Nice examples with well toothed lips & brown spiral bands...India...$6   (4 available)   OVERSIZE


....34879 ...(1)...Tonna species freak....83 mm. F+. SQUARE, man!!! Hipster-challenged example of this orange spotted & well ribbed species, either T. dolium or T. marginata...Philippines...$15 (1 available)


TRICHOTROPIDAE

....32716...(1)...Separatista cf. blainvilliana Petit, 1851....8 mm. F+.  Slightly junior specimens of this rare species...Thailand...$15  (1 available)


....29872...(8)...Trichotropis cancellata Hinds, 1843....18 to 21 mm. F+.  Gently beached & therefore without hairy periostracum...California...SPECIAL!!.$5  (8 available)


TRIPHORIDAE

....35697...(1)...Triphora cancellata Hinds, 1843....16 mm. F++. Dark brown sinistral mini-cerith......Philippines...$5 (1 available


SOLD...Triphora sp.....34 mm. F+.  Philippines.  retained for photo


....20813...(3)...Viriola pagoda Hinds, 1843....15 to 18 mm. F++. Good size for species, with nice micro-sculpture...$7 (3 available)


TRIVIIDAE

....25358...(6)...Trivia merces Iredale, 1924....10 to 11 mm. F+.  Finely ridged & with brown dorsal spots...Australia...$3  (6 available)

SOLD....Trivia merces Iredale, 1924....13 - 15 mm. F+.  Tasmania.  retained for photo


....34854...(1)...Trivia oryza Lamarck, 1811....10 mm. F++. Pure white & finely textured surface...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....31187...(+)...Trivia oryza Lamarck, 1811....8 to 11 mm. F+.  Tiny, textured, pure white relatives of the Cypraea...Philippines...$5 for 2  (15 available)

....27924...(3)...Trivia oryza Lamarck, 1811....8, 9 mm. F++.   White globes...Philippines...$2  (3 available)


NEW....37574...(3)...Trivia pacifica Sowerby, 1832....9 - 10 mm. F++. Smaller species with twin, large, brown dorsal spots...Panama...$4 (3 available)


....12834...(+)..Trivia quadripunctata Gray, 1827....5 - 8 mm. F+.   Pastel pink & tiny...Gulf of Mexico...$2.50   (+ available)


....16057...(1)...Trivia suavis Schilder, 1931....8 mm. F++.  Live taken! Pure white...South Africa...$16  (1 available)


....33060...(2 prs.)...Trivirostra oryza Lamarck, 1811....9 to 10 mm. F++. Pure white & finely ribbed all over...Solomon Islands...$3 for 2 (2 pairs available)


TRUNCATELLIDAE

....28721...(5 pairs)...Truncatella guerini A. & B. Villa, 1841....7 to 8 mm. F+.  Tiny tan Truncatellidae...Philippines...$3/pair  (5 pairs available)


TURBINIDAE

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available 

....35047...(1)...Astralium haemotraga Menke, 1829....21 mm. F+.  Large for the species & with rich, lavender base & strong axial ridges...Philippines...$6  (1 available)


....36264...(1)...Angaria cf. delphinus Linne, 1758....28 mm. F+ high. Beautiful deep red colour form with long black upturned spines...Philippines....$8  (1 available)

....27002....(1)...Angaria delphinus Linne, 1758....28 mm. F+ w/o. Rich dark red with lots of black spines...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....35751...(1)....Angaria delphinus atrata Reeve, 1842....36 mm. F+ w/o. Wine red with low shoulder spines......Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....36453...(1)....Angaria delphinus melanacantha Reeve, 1842....39 mm. F+.  Dark greenishtan with long white upturned spines...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

NEW....37613...(1)...Angaria delphinus fm. melanacantha Reeve, 1842....75 mm. F++ w/o. Beautiful big specimen with lip & long, upturned spines mostly intact...ex col...$10 (1 available)

....32342...(2)...Angaria delphinus fm. melanacantha Reeve, 1842....56 to 61 mm. F+.  Delightfully spiny specimens, with the long, upturned shoulder spines virtually all intact...Philippines...$9  (2 available)


....32891...(1)...Angaria melanacantha Reeve, 1842....55 mm. F++.  Great example with long, upturned spines...Philippines...$7  (1 available)


....36454...(2)...Angaria vicdani Kosuge, 1980....43 to 48 mm. F.  Decent starter specimens with pink spotted spines, at least one of which is fully intact...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

....31130...(1)...Angaria vicdani Kosuge, 1980....38 to 42 mm. F+ nicely. With long branched peripheral spines mostly intact...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....26449....(1)....Angaria vicdani Kosuge, 1980....45 mm. F+ w/o.  Outrageously long pink spines...Philippines...$20  (1 available)



....27779...(2)...Arene venusta Woodring, 1929....5 mm. F++.  Red & brown mottled little turbans...Brazil...$10  (2 available)


....30092...(1)..Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....40 mm. F++.  With most of the peripheral spines intact & a lovely sulfur yellow interior...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....16665B...prs...Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....46 to 50 mm. F+ to F++. Good pairs, on the large side...Philippines...$6/pair  (4 pairs available)

....16665...prs...Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....40 to 45 mm. F+ to F++.  Good pairs of a variable species...Philippines...5/pair   (10 pairs available)

....16665C...pr...Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....52 & 55 mm. F+ to F++. SPLENDID size-Big contrast pair!...Philippines...$10/pair  (1 pair available)

....16665A...(2)..Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....55 to 56 mm. F+ to F++. GIANTS! ...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

....35413...(1)...Astralium calcar Linne, 1758....29 mm. F+ w/o. An example of the high spired spineless form similar to Shells of the Philippines Plate 8, fig. 2b...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....35193...(1)...Astralium species....27 mm. F++ w/o. With neat peripheral flange & deep purple base...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....36118...(1)....Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....16 mm. F+. Somewhat knobby & high spired Turbinidae, suffused with purple-pink...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....27634...(1)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....20 to 22 mm. F+.  Apperture accented in deep rosy pink...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....27780...(1)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....12 mm. F++.  Colour so rich & dark it is purple...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....26808...(2)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....15, 19 mm. F++.  Nodulose & spiny, with rich purple base...$6  (2 available)

....27004...(1)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....17 mm. F++.  Typically high spired & deep magenta red...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....27302...(1)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....15 mm. F++.  Deep purple-pink with saw-toothed peripheral spines...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....34531...(1)...Astralium haemotragum Menke, 1829....20 mm. F++. Very nice example with vivid purple-pink columellar stain & without the coraline encrustations so typical of this species...Philippines...$9 (1 available)


....33538....(1)...Astralium mactanense Habe & Okutani, 1980....24 mm. F+. With odd, coraline looking topside & deep pink, finely beaded base...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....34731...(1)...Astralium mactanense Habe & Okutani, 1980....24 mm. F++. Gorgeous species with bladed shoulder ridge & purple-pink base...Philippines...$9 (1 available)


....31582...(1)...Astralium roseobasis Kreipl, K. & H. Dekker, 2003....17 mm. F+.  High spired Turbinid with pretty purple-pink columella. ID from supplier...Philippines...$8  (1 available)


....12837...(5)...Astraea haematraga  Menke, 1829....22 - 29 mm. f/F+.  Spikey white pyramids with mauve columella...Thailand...$6   (5 available)


....36075...(1)....Astraea heliotropium Martyn, 1784....72 mm. F+ w/o. Much better than average example of this favorite, live taken & well cleaned, complete with operc...New Zealand...$34  (1 available)

....35298...(2)...Astraea heliotropium Martyn, 1784....77, 81 mm. F+ w/o. Large examples with good peripheral spines, Au naturel, some earlier growth with easily removed bryzoan encrustation, And complete with operc...New Zealand...$35 (2 available)

....35299...(2)...Astraea heliotropium Martyn, 1784....58, 53 mm. F+ w/o. Nice, clean, mid-sized specimens, lip & peripheral spines mostly intact & operc included...New Zealand...$30 (2 available)

....35300...(5)...Astraea heliotropium Martyn, 1784....42 to 49 mm. F+ w/o. Starter specimens of this scarce Turbinidae, complete with operc...New Zealand...$18 (5 available)


....9067...(6)...Astraea tecta Lightfoot, 1786....24 - 18 mm. F++ w/o.  Little pyramids with good data...Bahamas...$5  (6 available)

....15521...sets...Astraea tecta Lightfoot, 1786....22 - 31 mm. F+  (most w/o.)  3 piece set in white, brown & yellow...Florida...$15/set   (2 sets available)

....15522...pr....Astraea tecta Lightfoot, 1786....24 mm. F+.  One white, the other yellow...Honduras...$9  (1 available)

....12836...(4)...Astraea tecta Lightfoot, 1786....17 - 24 mm. F+.  Pearly interiors...Florida...$4  (4 available )

....34290...(3)...Astraea tecta Lightfoot, 1786....35 to 40 mm. F+. Big, white, conical tops with natural white coraline algae encrustations...Caribbean...$5 (3 available)


....27406...(2)...Bolma erectospinosa Habe & Okutani, 1980....16 mm. F+.  With saw-toothed peripheral spines & coppery dorsal surface...Philippines...$7  (2 available)


....33231...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....64, 68 mm. F+ w/o. Large, lovely, operculate, typically tan & orange coloured examples with long, leafy peripheral spines virtually all intact. About as good as they get...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

....32385...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....64 mm. F++.  Perhaps the nicest, biggest example of this we've seen in years. Light tan with virtually every peripheral spine intact...Philippines...$32  (1 available)

....33233...(3)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....62 to 64 mm. F+. Nice specimens with long, leafy shoulder blades mostly intact...Philippines...$22 (3 available)

....23083 ...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1861....60 mm. F+ high. A splendid specimen: very worthy!!....Philippines....$22  (1 available)

....29261...(3)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....57 to 64 mm. F+ nicely.  Big, with great lips & bright orange columellar stain, but slightly blunted peripheral spines...Philippines...$15  (3 available)

....9167...(set)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....45, 50 & 60 mm. F/F+. 3 piece growth series...Philippines...$20/set (1 set available)

....33236...(6)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....50 to 65 mm. F decently. Clean, decent bargain specimens ...Philippines...$6 (6 available)

....33237...2 sets...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....50 to 55 mm. F high. 4 piece colour variation set in pretty pastel shades of lilac, tan, orange & yellow, though with some spine losses...Philippines...$25/set (2 set available)

....23678...(4)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....47 to 50 mm. F+.  Mild damage to the foliate peripheral spines, but nice otherwise, being large & in a variety of pastel shades...Philippines...SPECIAL!..$10  (4 available)

....15760...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1861....45 mm. F. due to broken spines but an otherwise OK starter specimen..Philippines...$9   (1 available)

....16763...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....41 mm. F+.  Tan & brown with light orange spines: decent...Philippines...$19  (1 available)

....36510...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....40 mm. F++. Tan with black radial stripes. A bit small but in excellent condition with most spines intact...Philippines...$20

....17934...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....40 mm. F++. Mid-sized, but with fabulous spine development, about as close to Gem as this species gets...$25  (1 available)

....20507...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....40 mm. F+.  A few spines missing, but otherwise nice...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....36510...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....40 mm. F++. Tan with black radial stripes. A bit small but in excellent condition with most spines intact...Philippines...$20

....9103....(5)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1861....35 - 40 mm. f. But for the price, not bad...Philippines...$7  (5 available)

....30711...(1)...Bolma girgyllus Reeve 1843....38 mm. F.  Nice pattern of brown on tan, with bright orange columellar area...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....30406...set...Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....24 to 31 mm. F+.  Batch of 3 baby Bolmas in different patterns, including a small, possible albino example...Philippines...$20/set  (1 set available)

....33301...pr....Bolma girgyllus Reeve, 1843....20 & 35 mm. F. Start your growth series with these two...Philippines...$10/pr. (1 pair available)


....32463...(1)...Bolma guttata Adams, 1853....11 mm. F++. DARK orange, with fine peripheral spines...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....34535...(2)...Bolma guttata Adams, 1853....12 to 13 mm. F++ w/o. Cute pinkish-tan tops with operc dried in place...$25 (2 available)


....32724...pair...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....17 mm. F++.  Good light & dark pair, one with brown mottling, the other without, both with nice peripheral spines...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....31956...(1)...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....41, 42 mm. F+.  Deep pinky purple with short, pointy peripheral spines...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....20508...(4)...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....35 to 40 mm. F+ .  With flared lip & full parietal shield...Philippines...$13  (4 available)

....20509...(6)...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....27 to 32 mm. F+ to F++.  Lip not quite adult, but pretty much full size & with good spine development...Philippines...$10  (6 available)

....20510...2pr...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....23 to 26 mm. F+ to F++.  Nice little light & dark pairs, the darker ones with red-brown blotches...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....15761...(4)...Bolma guttata fm. millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....28 - 44 mm. F high....What a name!! Pastel pink but slightly rough...Philippines...$3  (4 available)

....23350...(1)...Bolma guttata millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....25 mm. F+.  Great sculpture of triangular spines & fine rows of tiny beads...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....23727...(1)....Bolma guttata fm. millegranosa Kuroda & Habe, 1958....22 mm. F+ high: decent.  Good sized example with peripheral spines like a cicular saw blade!...Philippines...$9  (1 available)


....29711...2pr...Bolma cf. henica Watson, 1885....13 to 14 mm. F+.  Neat little sharp spined, low spired pair of baby Bolmas , one plain, the other mottled in dark red...Philippines...$15/pair  (2 pairs available)

....30091...(2)...Bolma henica Watson, 1885....35, 36 mm. F+ high.  With nicely channeled sutures & interesting coppery sheen...Philippines...$10  (2 available)

....20505...(5)...Bolma henica Watson, 1885....32 to 36 mm. F+.  Minor spine &/or lip damage, but  big & dark, these are still fine specimens...Philippines...$12   (5 available)

....33238...(1)....Bolma henica Watson, 1885....41 mm. F+. Big example, finely beaded & with most peripheral spines intact. Coppery brown with pearly white base...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....34436...(1)...Bolma henica Watson, 1885....38 mm. F++ w/o. Large, long spined lovely bronze example...Thailand...$15 (1 available)


....28137...(4)...Bolma microconcha. Kosuge, S., 1985....11 to 12 mm. F++.  Deep, dark red with fine peripheral spines...Philippines...$12  (4 available)

....33569....(1)...Bolma microconcha Kosuge, 1953....13 mm. F+. Deep red mini-turbo with spines reduced to spiral rows of fine beads. ID from supplier...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....27636...(1)...Bolmamicroconcha. Kosuge, S., 1985....10 mm. F++.  Rare!! Bright Red with brown & white spire markings...Philippines...$15  (1 available)


....31623...(1 pr)....Bolma minutiradiosa Kosuge, 1983....11 and 13 mm. F++.  Contrasting colour pair of this small, flattened, sharp spined species...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....36683...(1 pr)....Bolma minutiradiosa....13 & 14 mm. F++. Pretty pair, one in bright red, the other mottled in tan brown & pink...Philippines...$12/pr. (1 pair available)

....30807...(1)...Bolma minutiradiosa Kosuge, 1983....16 mm. F++ w/o.  Small but sweet specimen with peripheral spines mostly intact...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....34837...(1 pr)....Bolma minutiradiosa Kosuge, 1983....10 & 13 mm. F+. Spectacular colour pair, one deep rose pink, the other bright safety-cone orange...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....30297...pr....Bolma persica Dall, 1907....22 & 26 mm. F+.  Extreme pair, one darkly mottled & with shorter spines, the other with lighter colour & longer spines...Philippines...$15/pair  (1 pair available)

....30408...(1)...Bolma persica Dall, 1907....27 mm. F+. With lots of close, saw-toothed peripheral spines...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....31289...(1)...Bolma persica Dall, 1907....22 mm. F+.  Finely speckled in brown & with painfully sharp peripheral spines...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....31957...(1)...Bolma persica Dall, 1907....26 mm. F+.  Good sized example with long spines & lots of fine, dark red beaded spiral cords...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....27005...(1)...Bolma persica Dall, 1907....28 mm. F+. Albinistic - very pale, with lavender tipped spines: delicate and exquisite!!...Philippines...$22  (1 available)

....20712...(7)...Bolma persica Dall, 1907....23 to 25 mm. F+.  Dark red speckles and lots of peripheral spines...Philippines...$9  (7 available)


....36117...(1)....Bolma sp.....13 mm. F+. Small species, with lots of fine, sharp peripheral spines & brown mottled surface...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....27306...(6)...Bolma sp.....10 to 12 mm. F++.  Dark red tiny tops with fine peripheral spines...Philippines...$5  (6 available)

....32877...(7)...Bolma sp.....12 to 14 mm. F++.  Excellent, spiny rimmed, finely beaded mini Trochid...Philippines...$  (7 available)

....32867...set...Bolma sp.....12 to 13 mm. F++.  3 piece colour variation set, one deep red, one brown & tan mottled & one bright orange...Philippines...$15 /set (1 set available)

....34836...(2)...Bolma sp.....11 to 12 mm. F+ high. Recurved row of peripheral spines make them look a bit like miniature circular saw blades when viewed from above...Philippines...$15 (2 available)


....35376...(11)...Cookia sulcata Gmelin, 1791....80 to 95 mm. F+ some w/o. Big, solid specimens, fresh beached & in natural condition, with barnacles, tube worms & coraline encrustations (some so heavy they look like lumps of cement!) A neat natural display or you can play archeologist/treasure hunter with a dental pick...New Zealand...$15 (11 available)


SOLD...Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888....78 to 95 mm. F++ w/o.  Philippines.  retained for photo

SOLD....Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888....88, 90 mm. F++. retained for photo

....35663...(1)...Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888....83 mm. F++. Excellent specimen with all long peripheral spines intact. Rarely this good...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....30145...(3)...Liotina peroni Kiener, 1839....12 to 14 mm. F++.  Tiny Turbinidae  with great, punctate microsculpture...Philippines...$4  (3 available)


....26225...(4)...Lunella cf. cinerea Born, 1798....15 to 18 mm. F+ to F++.  colour sets of 3 in shades of orange-tan & greenish gray...Korea...$7/set  (4 sets available)


....35314...(1)...Lunella (Dinassovica) smaragdus Gmelin, 1791....53 mm. F+ w/o. Big & dark, with distinctive gray-green operc included...New Zealand...$4 (1 available)


....37026...(1 pr)....Otopleura auriscati Holten, 1802....18 & 19 mm. F++. Neat pattern pair mottled in brown...Philippines...$5/pr (1 available)


SOLD....Phasianella australis Gmelin, 1791....54 to 66 mm. F+ w/o.  Australia. retained for photo

....28704...(1)...Phasianella australis Gmelin, 1791....59 to 61 mm. F+.  Boldly banded patterns...Australia...$4  (1 available)


....15757...(5)...Phasianella solida Born, 1778....12 - 13 mm. F+.  Pinkish-tan with brown & white patterns...Philippines...$3.50   (5 available)

....22150...sets..Phasianella solida Born, 1778....10 to 15 mm. F++.  Lots of busy pattern variation on these 5 piece sets...Philippines...$10/set of 5  (+ set available)


....25667...(9)..Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822....15 to 17 mm. F++ w/o.  Tan with lines of red & cream spots, complete with tiny white shelly opercs...India...$3  (9 available)

....15758...(5)...Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822....11 - 17 mm. F+.  Various patterns in shades of gray, brown & pink...Philippines...$2.50   (5 available)


....37025...(1)...Pyramidella teres Adams, 1855....21 mm. F++. Scarce species, all white & very acute spire...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....36873...(1)...Pyrene epamella Duclos, 1836....21 mm. F++. Snow white with a pattern of brown dashes & axial squiggles...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....36876...(1)...Pyrene flava Bruguiere, 1789....22 mm. F++. Our supplier says its "the best for this species & a good size too"...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....36872...(1)...Pyrene ocellata Gmelin, 1791....17 mm. F++. Jet black with bold white spots...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....36874...(1)...Pyrene punctata Bruguiere, 1789....17 mm. F++. Neat pattern of white specks & clouds against a red-brown background...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....36875...(1 pr)....Pyrene testudinaria Link, 1807....14 mm. F++. Extreme colour pair, one patterned in brown, the other in orange...Philippines...$5/pr. (1 pair available)


....24539...(1)....Turbo argyrostoma Linne, 1758....57 mm. F+.  Cream with spiral cords & brown zig-zag markings...Australia...$5  (1 available)

....9009...pair...Turbo argyrostoma Linne, 1758....58 & 52 mm. F+.   SPLENDID contrast-pair: sculpture is very different...Thailand...$6/pair   (1 pair available)

....34740...(1)...Turbo argyrosyomus Linne, 1758....62 mm. F+. Unusual colour form, entirely mottled in bright blue-green...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....32332...(1)...Turbo chrysostomus Linne, 1758....51 mm. F+.  Bold, brown axial pattern on white, with shiny golden apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


....35594...(1)...Turbo brunneus Roding, 1798....40 mm. F+ high. The uncommon green form with totally unfiled lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....29815....(1)..Turbo brunneus Roding, 1798....22 mm. F+.  Unusual purple colour with brown & tan dashed spiral cords..Philippines..$3  (1 available)

....30164...pr....Turbo brunneus Roding, 1798....36 & 37 mm. F.  Brown mottled, with greenish cast (no they're not seasick!)...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)


....1437...(2)...Turbo cailleti Fischer & Bernardi, 1856....24 - 27 mm. F/F+ (with opercs from different specimens but the spame species) Selected singles, correctly-priced....Bahamas...$5  (2 available)


SOLD....Turbo chrysostoma Linne, 1758....51 mm. F+ w/o.  Indonesia.  retained for photo


....32332...(1)...Turbo chrysostomus Linne, 1758....51 mm. F+.  Bold, brown axial pattern on white, with shiny golden apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


....9003...(1)....Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791....37 mm. F+  (lip rough).   Chocolate color...S.Africa...$3  (1 available)


....15532...(4)...Turbo cinerea Born, 1778....24 - 29 mm. F+.  Gray with white markings & pearly interior...Fiji...$3  (4 available)

....15533...(1 set)...Turbo cinerea Born, 1778....22 - 26 mm. F+.  6 piece set shows colours from light gray to orange-brown...Fiji...$12/set   (1 set available)


....36684...(1)...Turbo heterocheilus Pilsbry, 1888....16.5 mm. F++ w/o. Striking! bold chestnut brown axial flames on creamy-tan, complete with operc...Philippines...$6



....16669...(2)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758
....58 - 59 mm. F++ w/operc.  Intricate brown, tan & black spiral patterns, with the blue-green "cat's eye" operculum. These are big ones!...Philippines...$8  (2 available)

....16670...(3)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....52 - 54 mm. F++ w/operc.  Good sized, variable patterned examples...Philippines...$6  (3 available)

....29947...(3)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....58 to 63 mm. F.  Large, with rich, clean colours & patterns. lips a bit rough but dorsal displays are very nice...Philippines...$3  (3 available)

....30583...(2)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....49, 43 mm. F++.  Great specimens, typically brown patterned & with lips totally intact...Solomon Islands...$4  (2 available)

....31621...(1)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....10 mm. F+ w/o.  Intriguing by specimen complete with operc. Rarely seen at this tiny size...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....20893...(1)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....47 mm. F+ w/operc.  Not a scar on this one. Very pretty but lip gently smoothed to natural contour...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....19160...(2)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....53 to 61 mm. F++ w/o.  Nice! with pastel green un-filed lip...Indonesia...$6   (2 available)

....34853...(1)...Turbo petholatus Linne, 1758....8 mm. F+. Fascinating juvenile specimen in solid bright orange...Philippines...$3 (1 available)


....26168...(7)...Turbo sp....4 mm. F++.  Tiny, dark red Turbinidae...South China Sea...$3  (7 available)


TURRITELLIDAE

 

Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

....15165...(1)...Turritella goniostoma Valencienns, 1832....80 mm. F++.  Whorls almost flat-sided. brown on cream...Mexico...$4.5  (1 available)

SOLD....Turritella goniostoma Valencienns, 1832....101 - 115 mm. F+.   Mexico. retained for photo


SOLD...Turritella leucostoma Valenciennes, 1832....78 mm. F. Baja Calif.  retained for photo

....15169...(5)...Turritella leucostoma Valencienns, 1832....83 - 102 mm. F+/F++.   Brown spots & bands on cream...Mexico...$4  (5 available)


....34756...(1)...Turritella terebra (E9)....140 mm. F+. Big, dark brown example with bonus baby too...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....35747...(1)...Turritella terebra Linne, 1758....115 mm. F+. Nice example shows increased darkening with each whorl...Philippines...$6 (1 available) (Oversize)


VERMETIDAE

....33823....(1)...Serpulorbis colubrinus Roding, 1798....44 mm. across F+. Looks like one of those novelty rubber dog droppings! Black & coiled...Philippines...$12 (1 available)


XENOPHORIDAE

SOLD...Tugurium caribaeum Petit, 1856....65 to 69 mm. F+.  Brazil.  retained for photo  


....35661...(1)...Xenophora cerea Reeve, 1845....57 mm. F++. Brown shell is entirely covered in white shell fragments & small pieces of coral rubble...Philippines...$17 (1 available)


....12850...(1)...Xenophora conchilophora Born, 1780....42 mm.  (with attachments) F+.  (1 w/o.)  Chunks of coral attached...Florida...$10   (1 available)


....35660...(1)...Xenophora corrugata Reeve, 1842....47 mm. F++. Has made an interesting selection of flat, dark pebbles & single bivalve shells...Philippines...$15 (1 available)


SOLD...Xenophora exusta Reeve, 1843....76 mm. F+ w/o.  Philippines.  retained for photo


....33901...(10)...Xenophora (Tugurium) cf. indica Gmelin, 1791....75 to 80 mm. F+. Good sized examples with just a row of small attachments at the sutures. Looks a bit like a giant Caliostoma!...Thailand...$7 (10 available)

....33902...(5)...Xenophora (Tugurium) cf. indica Gmelin, 1791....67 to 74 mm. F+. Mid-sized specimens of this mostly smooth species. Does this make them lazy carriers?...Thailand...$6 (5 available)


SOLD...Xenophora japonica Kuroda & Habe, 1971....58 mm. F++. Unusual in that it has selected stony "cup corals" almost exclusively...Philippines. retained for photo

....36304...(3)...Xenophora japonica Kuroda & Habe, 1971....43 to 51 mm. F+. Cute juvenile examples, with the usual assortment of attachments but in miniature...Philippines....$6  (3 available)


SOLD...Xenophora merkranensis Newton, 1905....73 mm. F++. Philippines.  retained for photo


SOLD...Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1843....113 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo

....36562...(1)...Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1842....95 mm. F++. Big, pure white example with intact sinuous lip & a lovely assortment of Turrid & bivalve attachments...Philippines...$10

....31190...(1)...Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1843....55 mm. (not including attachments) F+.  2 unusual add-ons! Has a piece of what appears to be coal & the metal socket of a pencil eraser...Philippines...$35  (1 available)

SOLD...Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1843....53 mm. (without attachments) F++.  Fascinating variety of additions, including a misshapen soda-pop cap...Philippines.  retained for photo

....37324...(1)...Xenophora cf. pallidula Reeve, 1842....70 mm. F+ w/o. Unique specimen has one long Terebra triseriata attached. Looks like a lolipop on a stick that got dropped in the dirt!...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

SOLD...Xenophora cf. pallida Reeve, 1843....76 mm. F+ w/o. Unique freak specimen with "San Miguel" beer cap as its most recent attachment...Philippines. retained for photo


....36317...(1)...Xenophora cf. solaroides Reeve, 1845....37 mm. F+. Good example of this smaller species. Junior shell collector (just what the hobby needs!)...Philippines....$12  (1 available)

....19750...(+)...Xenophora solaroides Reeve, 1845....approx 40 to 50 mm. F+.  These have a great assortment of attachments including small corals...Philippines...$9   (+ available)


 

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