SCHOONER SPECIMEN SHELLS

Muricidae

Updated August 23, 2010

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Stock #   Name   Description   Locality   $USD   # Available

SOLD...Aspella producta Pease, 1861....20 mm. f high.  Reunion.  .retained for photo

....36822...(1)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....26 mm. F+ high. Good clean specimen (often with concretions) with brown, clublike spines...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....31247...(1)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....22 to 26 mm. F++.  White, with stand-out, brown tipped, club-like blunt shoulder spines...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....32608...(+)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....22 to 27 mm. F+ high.  Good specimens with well formed lip & spines...Philippines...$6  (+ available)

....31988...(2)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....27, 28 mm. F++.  Good sized examples without the typical coraline encrustations...Philippines...$10 (2 available)

....29635...(3)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....24 to 25 mm. F+.  Well developed specimens with dentate lip & club-like spines...Philippines...$6  (3 available)

....34166...(1)...Attiliosa nodulifera Sowerby, 1841....24 mm. F+.  White, with dark, squarish shoulder knobs...Philippines...$4   (1 available)

....37260...(1)...Bedeva blosvillei Deshayes, 1832....48 mm. F++. Good sized, dark banded specimen with thickened, lyrate lip & brown lined columella...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....37169...(1)...Bedeva blosvillei Deshayes, 1832....47 mm. F+. Neat species, elongate & with knobby shoulders, spiral lined in cream & brown...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....25197...(1)...Bedeva paivae Crosse, 1864....22 to 24 mm. F+.  Rich brown & ridged, with a pale shoulder line...Australia...$3  (1 available)

....7130...(1)...Bolinus brandaris Linne, 1758....67 mm. F+ w/o. Good spiny examples complete with opercs...Spain...$6  (1 available)

....24517...(1)...Bolinus brandaris Linne, 1758....70 mm. F+.  Good typical example...Mediterranean...$5  (1 available)

....24625...(2)...Bolinus brandaris Linne, 1758....64 to 68 mm. F+  With well developed lip, shield & canal...Mediterranean...$6  (2 available)

SOLD...Boreotrophon cf. gunneri Loven, 1846....24.5 mm. F. Atlantic Canada. ..retained for photo

NEW....37602...(1)...Ceratostoma cf. burnetti Adams & Reeve, 1849....88 mm. F++ w/o. Large spectacular specimen with wonderfully wavy or folded varical wings...ex col...$75 (1 available)

NEW....37608...(1)...Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin, 1791....56 mm. F++ w/o. Excellent specimen of this striking species, with brown body and large, white, wavy varices...ex col...$15 (1 available)

....28895...(1)...Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin, 1791....81 mm. F+. Large, with well developed foliate varices, but a few sponge perforations...Washington...$18 (1 available)

....28896...(1)...Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin, 1791....77 mm. F+ w/o. Great specimen, with broad brown bands & complete with operc...Washington...$20 (1 available)

....29871...(1)...Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin, 1791....68 mm. F+ w/operc.  With brown mid-band & leafy varices...California...$15  (1 available)

NEW....37605...(1)...Ceratostoma fournieri Crosse, 1861....50 mm. F++ w/o. Nice, big, orange-tan tinted specimen with wavy varices & white aperture, larger than any listed in Rice...Japan...$25 (1 available)

....28897...(2)...Ceratostoma nuttalli Conrad, 1837....29 to 38 mm. F+ w/o.  Typical specimens in shades from gray to tan...California...$4  (2 available)

....28898...(3)...Ceratostoma nuttalli Conrad, 1837....34 to 37 mm. F+ w/o.  Creamy white albino examples...California...$8  (3 available)

Chichoreus

....37111...(1)...Chicoreus (Naquetia) annandalei Preston, 1910....84 mm. F++. Big example in top condition, with complete apex, lip, varical wings & siphonal canals...Philippines...$29 (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus artemis Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976....41 mm. F++ w/o. Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus artemis Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976....42 mm. F+. ex col. ...retained for photo

....22820...(2)...Chicoreus axicornis Lamarck, 1822....45 to 49 mm. F+ solid.  Good lip with big, brown, recurved shoulder spines...Australia...$7  (2 available)

....23382...(1)...Chicoreus axicornis Lamarck, 1822....34 mm. F+.  Nice pink apex & brown spines...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....37404...(1)...Chicoreus axicornis fm. kawamurai Shikama, 1964....38 mm. F++. Good if slightly smaller example of the light colour form, with fully developed lip & full siphonal canal...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....23697...(pair)...Chicoreus axicornis fm. kawamurai Shikama, 1964....37 to 38 mm. F++.  Pretty pair, one natural tan, the other pure white...Philippines...$12/pair (1 pair available)

SOLD....Chicoreus brevifrons Lamarck, 1822....94 mm. F+ w/o.  Guadeloupe.  retained for photo

NEW....37606...(1)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....75 mm. F++ w/o. Jumbo specimen with wonderfully intact varical spines & siphonal canal...Japan...$8 (1 available)

....30861...(1)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....80, 83 mm. F+ high.  Should be called C. blackei!! Large, super-dark specimens with complete, finely serrate lip & wonderfully frondose spines...Thailand...$12  (1 available)

....29882...(2)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....49, 52 mm. F++.  Cute & clean! Nicely black lined junior specimens, without the typical encrustations...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....16682...(3)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....64 - 68 mm. F++ w/operc.  Nice, dark normal specimens...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

....18034...(4)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....49 to 62 mm. F+.  Beautiful black spines & brown spiral  cords...Philippines...$4  (4 available)

....16683...(3)...Chicoreus brunneus  Link, 1807...49 - 60 mm. F++ w/operc.  Good speciemsn at a great price - who could ask for more?..Philippines...$5   (3 available)

....7213....(2)...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....69 mm. F+ w/proto...BLACK brownies!..Marshall Is...$7 (2 available)

SOLD....Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....65, 68 mm. (photo of the bigger one), F++ w/o.  Philippines. retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....65 mm. F+ high. Thailand.  retained for photo

....24348...(1)...Chicoreus capucinus Lamarck, 1816....40 mm. F+.  Dark, solid brown all over...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....22512...(1)...Chicoreus capucinus Jousseaume, 1881....52 to 56 mm. F+ to F++ 1 w/operc. Good mid sized examples...New Guinea...$4  (1 available)

....22513...(2)...Chicoreus capucinus Jousseaume, 1881....44 to 49 mm. F++.  Brown, with pale toothed lips, foliate varices...New Guinea...$3  (2 available)

....33815...(1)...Chicoreus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980....25 mm. F++. Great example of this small, scarce species, similar to orchidiflorus but with canal spines & different wing shape...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980....29 mm. F++. Philippines. ...retained for photo

....35585...(1)...Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....80 mm. F+.  Pure, snowy white albino example. Thought it was a small ramosus at first glance......Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....34763...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....80 mm. F+ w/o.  Excellent example, with fully developed lip & operculum too...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....33562...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....77 mm. F++ w/o.  Delightful, long spined example with intact siphonal canal...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

....30788...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....25 mm. F+ nicely, w/o.  Small but spectacularly spiny specimen of the cnissy murex...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....32728...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....53 mm. F+.  Good mid-sized specimen with brown lined intervarical nodes...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....31745...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1889....73 mm. F+ nicely w/o.  Nice mid sized specimen, brown lined on white, with just a few spire spines missing...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....31746...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1889....70 mm. F+ high w/o.  Great spire & canal on this prime example...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....29028...(1)...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....38 mm. F++ w/o.  Lovely miniature specimen for a mini price...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

SOLD....Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....63, 74 mm. F++ w/o. Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus cnissodus Euthyme, 1888....73 mm. F++.  South China Sea.  ..retained for photo

NEW....37611...(1 pr)....Chicoreus cornucervi Roding, 1798....93 & 100 mm. F++ w/o. Amazing pair, one with incredibly long, recurved spines, presumably from quiet waters, the other one probably from the rough side of the reef (wrong side of the tracks?) with the same but reduced spines & somewhat extended spire...Australia...$35/pair (1 pair available) OVERSIZE

....28150...(1)...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....55 mm. F++ w/o.  Rare dark brown form. Shape is definitely C. crocatus...Philippines...$43 (1 available)

....27462...(1)...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....16 mm. F+.  Fascinating bright orange juvenile specimen. Start your own growth series!...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....20884...(1)...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....43 mm. F++. Melanistic? Structure looks right, dark brown all over...Philippines...$30  (1 available)

....18032...(2)...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....48 to 55 mm. F+.  Orange-spined, not bad, special price...Philippines...$18   (2 available)

....23699...(2)...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....43 to 48 mm. F+ high. "Burnt" orange intervarcies, with PURE orange spines. QUITE attractive!...Philippines...$16 (2 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus crocatus Reeve, 1845....57 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo

SOLD....Chicoreus damicornis Hedley, 1903....49 mm. F+ w/o.  Australia. retained for photo

....36028...(1)....Chicoreus dodongi Houart, 1995....24 mm. F+. Relatively recently minted smaller species, with brown markings & pretty orange-pink varical spines...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN ....35673...(1)...Chicoreus dodongi Houart, 1995....26 mm. F++.  Big for this small, recently described, orange & black spined Murex......Philippines...$24  (1 available)

....7137...(3)...Chicoreus dodongi Houart, 1995....23- 25 mm. F++..singles..Philippines....$8 (3 available)

....28684...(1)...Chicoreus florifer Reeve, 1846...66 mm. F+ w/o.  Interesting freak specimen, obviously live taken yet completely encrusted with coraline algae - it was carrying around a lot of extra weight!...Florida...$15  (1 available)

....28943...(2prs)...Chicoreus florifer Reeve, 1846....45 to 47 mm. F++.  Great light & dark pairs.   s, one white & one with brown varices...Florida...$13/pair.   (2 pairs available)

SOLD....Chicoreus florifer dilectus Adams, 1855....55 to 65 mm. F++. Florida. retained for photo

....30535...(1)...Chicoreus gubbi Reeve, 1849....47 mm. F+ w/o.  Dark brown & with un-turned shoulder spines like the corners of a miniature pagoda roof...Gabon...$60  (1 available)

....28154...(3)...Chicomurex laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....38 to 42 mm. F++. Bright orange, with brown dashed varices & purple columella...Philippines...$6 (3 available)

....34661...(1)...Chicomurex laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....64 mm. F++ w/o. Large dark example complete with operc...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....34662...(1)...Chicomurex laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....46 mm. F++. With thick brown varices & deep purple columella...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

SOLD....Chicoreus laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....47 mm. F++. Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD....Chicoreus laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....45 mm. F++. Glorious bright orange Philippines.  ..retained for photo

....22834...(1)...Chicoreus longicornis Dunker, 1860....27 to 35 mm. F++. Snow white albino examples...Australia...$12 (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus mergus Vokes, 1974....39, 36 mm. F+ high.  Panama.  ..retained for photo

....37170...(1)...Chicoreus microphyllus Lamarck, 1816....37 mm. F+. Cute, brown spiral lined juvenile specimen...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....33962...(1)...Chicoreus microphyllus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....61 to 67 mm. F++.  Typically spined & dark brown specimens with good, full lips...Thailand...$6  (1 available)

....33963...(2)...Chicoreus microphyllus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....43 to 49 mm. F++.  Brown spiral lined specimens with well formed lips...Thailand...$5  (2 available)

....33964...(+)...Chicoreus microphyllus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....40 to 70 mm. F++.  Typical examples - torrefactus on the cheap!..Thailand...$4  (12 available)

....29884...(3)...Chicoreus microphyllus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....57 to 64 mm. F+.  Nicely dark & spinous slightly smaller specimens with high spires...Philippines...$4 (3 available)

....31761...(1)...Chicoreus microphyllus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....68, 77 mm. F+ high w/o.  Deep brown local form with reduced spines...Thailand...$4  (1 available)

....33200...(1)...Chicoreus microphyllus fm. torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....49 mm. F+ w/o.  Live taken little one to start your growth series...Thailand...$4  (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus cf. microphyllus Lamarck, 1816....49 mm. F++ w/o. Philippines. ...retained for photo

....37171...(1)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....48 mm. F+ high. Rare, totally snow white albino example. First time for we've one of these!...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

....37420...(1)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....42 mm. F++ w/o. Gloriously dark fresh specimen with deep day-glo pink spines...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....36820...(1)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....41 mm. F++. Beautiful bright orange-pink & in top condition...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....30193...(1)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....40, 43 mm. F++.  Tan with orange spines & hot pink lined lips...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....32200...(5)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....35 to 40 mm. F++.  With frondose, pastel pink tinted spines...Philippines...$5  (5 available)

....23700...(3)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....31 to 35 mm. F++.  Lovely examples with deep rose pink spines...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

....18033...(4)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977...33 to 44 mm. F+/F++.  Lots of lovely, noble pink frondose spines...Philippines...$5   (4 available)

....23319...(3)...Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977....43 to 47 mm. F++. Fabulously frondose fun! - with deep rose pink spines...Philippines...$7 (3 available)

....31992...(1)...Chicoreus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973....23 mm. F+ Solid.  With nice varical wings & intact tail spines...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus palmarosae Lamarck, 1822....66 mm. F++ w/o. Sri Lanka. ....retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus palmarosae Lamarck, 1822....92 to 94 mm. F+ high.  Thailand.  ..retained for photo

....35056...(1)...Chicoreus penchinati Crosse, 1861....20, 22 mm. F+ solid.  Lovely specimens with nice pattern of brown bars & varical spots...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....36258...(1)...Chicoreus penchinati Crosse, 1861....41 mm. F++. Big brown example with pink apex & columella...Philippines....$11  (1 available)

....33852...(1)...Chicoreus penchinati Crosse, 1861....34 mm. F+.  Dark brown lined, with orange-pink apex & columella...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

SOLD...Chicoreus rosarius Perry, 1811....125 mm. F+ high w/o. Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus rosarius Perry, 1811....80 mm. F++.  Philippines.  ..retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus rubiginosus Reeve, 1845....50 mm. F+.  Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD....Chicoreus saltatrix Kuroda, 1964....45 to 52 mm. F++.  Philippines. ..retained for photo

SOLD...Chicoreus saltatrix Kuroda, 1964....41 mm. F++. Philippines. ...retained for photo

....36828...(1)...Chicoreus saulii Sowerby, 1841....79 mm. F++. Spiral lined in brown, with hot pink branched varical spines...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

....30925...(1)...Chicoreus sauliae Sowerby, 1841....70 mm. F+ w/o.  Dark brown with smooth pastel orange columella & nicely foliate spines intact...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....33436...(1)...Chicoreus sauliae Sowerby, 1841....71 to 76.3 mm. F++. Excellent examples with beautiful hot pink varical spines & fully developed lips...Philippines...$12 (1 available)

SOLD....Chicoreus cf. sauliae Sowerby, 1841....78, 82 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo

....36833...(1)...Chicoreus strigatus Reeve, 1849....32 mm. F++. Burnt orange with lots of brown varical spines & a pink apex...Philippines...$11 (1 available)

....37263...(1)...Chicoreus superbus Sowerby, 1889....63.5 mm. F++. Amazing example, Good sized & with all the fine varical spines & foliations totally intact....Philippines...$18 (1 available)

....36829...(1)...Chicoreus superbus problematicus Lan, 1981....70 mm. F++. Superb superbus! Banded in tan & lined with fine, raised brown cords, excellent lip & canal...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....34542...(1)...Chicoreus superbus Sowerby, 1889....34 mm. F++ w/o.  Interesting junior specimen showing the fine varical spines usually lost on larger examples...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31965...(1)...Chicoreus superbus Sowerby, 1889....45 mm. F+.  Freak specimen with syphonal canal bent nearly 90 degrees...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....29273...(1)...Chicoreus superbus Sowerby, 1889....53 to 62 mm. F+.  Superb(us) specimens, with brown spiral markings & sharp spined varices...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....18314...(1)...Chicomurex superbus Sowerby, 1889....65 mm. F++.  Very nice! If jazz musicians started collecting shells would there be a genus called Chickorea?...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....20666...(3)...Chicoreus superbus Sowerby, 1889....51 to 61 mm. F to F+.  Decent starter specimens at a good price...Philippines..$6  (3 available)

....16679...(3)...Chicomurex superbus Sowerby, 1889....60 - 70 mm. F++. FRILLS!!...Philippines...$8  (3 available)

....33961...(2)...Chicoreus torrefactus....71 to 74 mm. F++. Big, dark brown typical examples with fully developed lips...Thailand...$7 (2 available)

....36329...(1)...Chicoreus torrefactus Sowerby, 1841....104 mm. F++ w/o. Big specimen of this larger, brown striped form, with better spines than C. microphyllus...Philippines....$18  (1 available)

....34453...set...Chicoreus venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975....50 to 52 mm. F++ 2w/o. Great 3 piece set, 1 pale, 1 tan banded & 1 bright orange-pink...Thailand...$29/set (1 set available)

....35477...(1)...Chicoreus venustulus jickelii Rehder & Wilson, 1975....44 mm. F++.  Striking form with bold broad brown mid-band...Philippines...$12 (1 available) larger than other dealers have for sale..Brazil...$165  (1 available)

SOLD....Chicoreus venustulus Radwin & D'Attilio, 1975....32, 33 mm. F++.  Philippines. retained for photo

....33581...(1)...Coronium coronatum Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978....44, 48 mm. F+. Rare & unusual Muricid looks more like Columbariidae. These are fairly typically sized...Brazil...$100 (1 available)

....36344...(1pr)...Cronia biconica Blainville, 1832....14 mm. F++. Cute pair shows variability of surface texture...Philippines....$4/pair  (1 pair available)

....34543...(1)...Cronia contracta Reeve, 1846....28 mm. F+.  Light gray (usually brown) specimen with full lip & raised spiral cords over axial ridges...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....31995...(1pr)...Cronia cf. contracta Reeve, 1846....28 & 29 mm. F++ w/o.  Light & dark pair. Brown spiral lines on white, with strong axial ridges...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

SOLD...Cronia contracta Reeve, 1846....38 mm. F+. Philippines. ...retained for photo

....37176...(1)...Cronia funiculus Wood, 1828....23 mm. F+. Strongly corded & ribbed, with deep purple interior...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....36839...(1)...Cronia funiculus Wood, 1828....25 mm. F++. Neat little Muricid, with black & white checkerboard pattern, spiny varices & purple interior...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....37177...(1)...Cronia margariticola Broderip, 1833....28 mm. F+. Black spiral corded & with dentate lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....36834...(1)...Cronia margariticola Broderip, 1833....27 mm. F++. With strong axial ridges & brown spiral cords...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....35209...(1)...Cronia margariticola Broderip, 1833....20 mm. F++.  With aperture so purple it might have been eating blueberry pie!...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....36840...(1)...Cronia margariticola Broderip, 1833....18 mm. F++. Strikingly striped specimen, finely nodulose & banded in black & white...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

SOLD...Cronia margariticola Broderip, 1833....19 - 25 mm. F+. Thailand.  .retained for photo

....27846...(1)...Cronia ochrostoma Blainville, 1832....16 mm. F.  With big axial ribs & pastel orange lined apperture...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....22109...(8)...Drupa grossularia Roding, 1798....21 to 24 mm. F++.  Bright orange apperture on these nice, clean examples...Philippines...$3 for 3  (8 available)

....29473...(1)...Drupa grossularia Roding, 1798....21 mm. F++.  With orange apperture & well developed lip "fingers"...Solomon Islands...$2  (1 available)

....33965...(4)...Drupa ricinus arachnoides Lamarck, 1816....27 to 28 mm. F++.  Typical form with bright orange-yellow line around the aperture rim...Thailand...$3  (4 available)

....36835...(1)...Drupa ricinus albolabris Blainville, 1832....22.5 mm. F++. Spiny, well developed example with black spines contrasting with the all white body & lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....28905..(1)...Drupa ricinus ricinus Linne, 1758....25 mm. F+ high.  The nominate form, with black spines & white apperture...Hawaii...$2  (1 available)

....28905A...(1pr)...Drupa ricinus ricinus Linne, 1758....20 & 19 mm. F++. Pair of the critters...Indonesia.....$4/pair  (1 pair available)

....33047...(1pr)...Drupa rubusidaeus Roding, 1798....39 & 41 mm. F+ nicely.  Pair: one cleaned to show the body well, the other with fantastic color in the the aperature. Nicely spinose, with glorious rose pink aperture...Solomon Islands...$10/pair  (1 pair available)

....35480...(1)...Drupella rugosa Born, 1778....26 mm. F++.  With rows of brown knobs...Philippines...$3 (1 available)

....36853...(1)...Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998....17.5 mm. F++. Large for the species, with strong sculpture, brown banding & thick, varixed lip...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....35670...(1)...Ergalatax datillioi Houart, 1998....15 mm. F++.  Recently published mini Muricid......Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....32178...(1)...Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998....15 mm. F++.  Name's quite a mouthfull for so small a Muricid...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....27869...(1)...Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998....13 to 15 mm. F+.  Recently described Muricidae...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

SOLD...Englatax datillioi Houart, 1998....14 mm. F++.  Philippines.  .retained for photo

....12899...(3)...Eupleura nitida Broderip, 1833....15 - 18 mm. F+. Dark gray with white "wings"...Fiji...$2  (3 available)

....18313...(3)...Eupleura nitida Broderip, 1833....17 - 21 mm. F+. Great locality!...Peru...$4  (3 available)

....12607...(3)...Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890....19 - 25 mm. F+(3 smaller w/o.) light gray...Florida...$3  (3 available)

.Favartia

NEW....37638...(1)...Favartia cirrosa Hinds, 1844....18 mm. F++. Great specimen of this small Muricid with nicely recurved varical spines...Philippines...$12

....37264...(1)...Favartia cirrosa Hinds, 1844....20 mm. F++ w/o. Could this be your favorite Favartia? Long canal is intact & comes with operc. too...Philippines...$15 (1 available)

....37406...(1)...Favartia cirrosa Hinds, 1844....16 mm. F++. Excellent specimen with recurved varical spines & siphonal canal intact...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....34451...(1)...Favartia cirrosa Hinds, 1844....15 mm. F++.  ZOUNDS!! I love this dark, super-frilly guy!!...Thailand...$15   (1 available)

....37265...(1)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....15 mm. F++ w/o. Neat mini-Muricid with spinous axial ridges...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....36825...(1)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....13 mm. F++. Excellent example of the tiny pink form...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....36071...(+)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....6 to 8 mm. F++. Pink tinted mini-murex pairs...Philippines...$5/pair  (8 pairs available)

....29670...(1)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....13 mm. F++.  Good specimen of this micro-murex...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....19761...(1)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio....14, 17 mm. F++.  Frilly little guys with light pink recurved syphonal canal...Philippines...$5   (1 available)

....883...(2pr)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Att., 1979....15-17 mm. F++.  Good, decent large folks - pairs of them!...Phillipines...$10/pair   (2 pairs available)

....15719...(1)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....12mm. F++  Light pink and frilly...Philippines...$5   (1 available)

....886...(3pr)...Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Att, 1979....10-12 mm. F++.  Ever been to Oz, Dorothyae? ...Phillipines...$5/pair  (3 pair available)

....19139...(1)...Favartia cf. dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....9 mm. F+.  Little guy, perhaps another species...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....32110...(10)...Favartia incisa Broderip, 1833....16 to 20 mm. F++.  Chubby & squat, with lots of strong, wide varices. Almost resembles some Coralliophila...Panama...$5  (10 available)

....37069...(1)...Favartia cf. rosamiae D'Attilio & Myers, 1985....14 mm. F++. Excellent example, but unsure of ID due to small spines along the whole lip & somewhat different shape...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....25444...(3)...Favartia rosamiae D'Attilio & Myers, 1985....11 to 13 mm. F++. Cute little Muricid with white frilly wings...Philippines...$3   (3 available)

....15720...(2)...Favartia rosamiae D' Atillio & Myers, 1985....10-14 mm. F+. Fully adult, with lamellose varices...Philippines...$3   (2 available)

....887...(3prs)...Favartia rosamiae D' Atillio & Myers, 1985....10- 14 mm. F+. pairs...Philippines...$5/pair  (3 pairs available)

....36826...(1)...Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....143 mm. F++. Good sized top grade example with totally intact orange rimmed aperture...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....33697...(3)...Haustellum cf haustellum Linne, 1758....50 to 54 mm. F++.  I am not convinced these are the nominative species for the genus. Anyway, they are beautiful specimens, with protoconch & 3 adult whorls...Philippines...$7  (3 available)

....24136...(1)...Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....120 mm. F+.  Big, typical example, slightly short siphonal canal...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....16611...(1)...Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....106 mm. F+.  Normal white & brown with nice orange-pink lip...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....18495A...(1)...Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....129 mm. within a hair of F++.  Splendid large specimen with an over-sized body whorl - quite something!...Philippines...$15  (1 available)

....25697...(6)...Haustellum affin haustellum Linne, 1758....75 to 85 mm. F++ w/o.  I really don't think these are H. haustellum L. - they are adults, but only half the size normal for the species. Anyone know what they really are?...India...$7  (6 available)

....16678...(2)...Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....118 - 128 mm. F++.  Big, bulbous bodies, rich brown markings & orange lined appertures...$5  (2 available)

....34186...(1)...Haustellum haustellum cf. fm. kurodai Shikama, 1964....34 mm. F+ w/o. Juvenile specimen with tiny recurved spines on the siphonal canal & operc dried in place...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

SOLD...Haustellum hirasei Dautzenberg, 1915....66 mm. F++.  RARE!! Taiwan.  retained for photo

SOLD...Haustellum cf. kiiensis Kuroda & Kira, 1955....60, 66 mm. F+, smaller one w/o  South China Sea.  .retained for photo

...32114...(7)...Haustellum recurvirostris Broderip, 1833....40 to 48 mm.76YLOL F++ w/o.  Nice brown & white banded examples...Panama...$4  (7 available)

SOLD...Haustellum tweedianum McPherson, 1959....73 mm. F++.  Australia.  .retained for photo

....34678...(1)...Haustellum vicdani Kosuge, 1984 (#47)....26 mm. F+.  White with brown dashed ribs...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....35326...(4)...Haustrum scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833....18 to 22 mm. F++ w/o. Endemic Muricid with scaly spiral cords & intact, bifid toothed lip...New Zealand...$5  (4 available)

SOLD....Hexaplex cichoreum Gmelin, 1791....91 mm. F+.  Philippines. retained for photo

....32918...(1)...Hexaplex Gmelin, 1791....78, 84 mm. F+.  Lots of sharp, recurved black spines...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

SOLD...Hexaplex erythrostomus Swainson, 1831....111 mm. F+.  Mexico.  ..retained for photo

NEW....37565...(2)...Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....111, 112 mm. F++ w/o. Glorious big specimens with hot pink aperture & dark brown parietal glaze...Panama...$15 (2 available)

NEW....37566...(2)...Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....99, 106 mm. F++ w/o. Excellent examples with intact everything & bright, rich colours...Panama...$13 (2 available)

NEW....37567...(2)...Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....94 mm. F++ w/o. Still respectable sized specimens in top condition & with bright colours...Panama...$11 (2 available)

....34205...(1)....Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....79 mm. F+ w/o.  Pretty pink dentate lip & columella & brown parietal glaze...Panama...$8  (1 available)

....22806...(8)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....46 to 50 mm. F++ w/operc. Lots of black recurved spines stand out against white...Australia...$8 (8 available)

....29494...(1)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....78 mm. F+.  GINORMOUS to be sure!! May be  Chicoreus...Australia...$14  (1 available)

....25718...(1)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....43 mm. F+ w/o.  Albinistic colour form, white with just hints of tan on the latest spines...West Australia...$8  (1 available)

....25902...(6)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....43 to 49 mm. F++ w/o.  Virtually all white examples of this typically brown spined species...Australia...$8  (6 available)

....22525...(4)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....42 to 46 mm. F++.  Great singles, lots of recurved brown spines...Australia...$4  (4 available)

....33594...(1)...Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....57 mm. F++ w/o.  Unusual example with no brown on the varices but a pretty pastel orange-pink aperture & dorsal blush...Australia...$16  (1 available)

....37172...(1pr)....Homalocantha anatomica Perry, 1811....30 & 39 mm. F+ w/o. Interesting pair showing the apical tips & heavy spination usually lost on older adults...Philippines...$10/pr. (1 pair available)

....36353...(1set)...Homalocantha cf. anatomica Perry, 1811....14, 23 & 26 mm. F+. Set of 3 really cute juvenile specimens to start your ultimate growth series...Philippines....$9/set  (1 set available)

....33051...(1)...Homalocantha anatomica Perry, 1811....31 mm. F+.  Odd junior specimen with dark purple interior...Solomon Islands...$4  (1 available)

....32694...(1)...Homalocantha anatomica fm. pele Pilsbry, 1918....50 mm. F+ high, with nice frills.  With wonderfully serate lip varix & a rare and unusual purplish coloured body...Hawaii...$40  (1 available)

SOLD...Homalocantha anatomica Perry, 1811....39 mm. F++.  Solomon Islands.  ..retained for photo

....30568...(1)...Homalocantha melanomathos fm. chinii Biraghi, 1984....36, 38 mm. F++ w/o.  Striking black spiny varices on white...Congo...$75  (1 available)

....30569....(1)...Homalocantha melanomathos fm. chinii Biraghi, 1984....32.5 mm. F++ w/o. Great example with bold black on white spiny varices...Congo...$55 (1 available)

....36107...(1)....Homalocantha pele Pilsbry, 1921....43 mm. F++ w/o. Spectacular lavender purple all over with white aperture...Hawaii...$30  (1 available)

....35954...(1)...Homalocantha pele Pilsbry, 1921....48 mm. F++ w/o.  Beautiful bright orange specimen. You'll hula with delight!...Hawaii...$50  (1 available)

....35957...(3)...Homalocantha pele Pilsbry, 1921....48 to 50 mm. F++ w/o.  Great, full grown operculate specimens suffused with pastel purple-brown...Hawaii...$28  (3 available)

SOLD...Homalocantha pele Pilsbry, 1921....52 mm. F++ w/o.  Hawaii.  ...retained for photo

....36827...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....53 mm. F++. Nice size specimen with every black lip spine intact...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

...33314...(1)...Homalocantha cf. scorpio Linne, 1758....33 mm. F+.  Odd example without flared adult lip. Either juvenile H. scorpio or possibly another similar species...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31984...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....53, 55 mm. F++.  Large for the species, with well developed, spatulate, black lip spines...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

....32598...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....39 mm. F++.  Fine, black varixed example with club-like lip spines all intact...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....31242...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....38 mm. F++.  Sweet, slightly smaller specimen...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31243...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758....46 mm. F+.  Big bargain  due to a couple of damaged lip spines...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....18975...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758...36 to 42 mm. F++ w/o.  Fresh, dark examples of this famous species...Philippines..$5  (1 available)

....16760...(1)...Homalocantha scorpio Linne, 1758...29 mm. F+ w/operc.  Black spines on white. odd shape, cute!...Philippines...$6   (1 available)

SOLD...Homalocantha secunda Lamarck, 1822....30 to 33 mm. F++.  Australia.  ..retained for photo

....37112...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960....37 mm. F+. Decent junior specimen with most varical spines intact...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....29861...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960....39 mm. F++.  With all spines & canal intact, this is a primo, if slightly junior specimen...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....12603...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch, 1960....51 mm. F++ w/o.exotic, classic Zambos..Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....31747...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch, 1960....51 mm. F+ w/o.  Slightly rough fresh taken specimen with most club-like spines intact...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....31986...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960....44 mm. F+.  Interesting example with complete, extended protoconch & pinkish tan colouration...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....28421...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960....45, 47 mm. F++.  Complete with small fingerlike fine projections on the lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....7124....(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960....49 mm. F++. Nice orange aperature...Philippines...$8   (1 available)

....15723...(1)...Homalocantha zamboi Burch & Burch, 1960...41, 44 mm. F++.  Cute,with nice orange-pink appertures..Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....30570...(2)...Jaton decussatus Gmelin, 1791....45, 48 mm. F++ w/o.  Large, pure white albino specimens with interesting lumpy varices...Senegal...$24  (2 available)

....31947...(1)...Jaton decussatus Gmelin, 1791....42 to 48 mm. F+ high w/o.  Skunk-like species!! Snowy white varices stand out against nearly black body...Senegal...$10  (1 available)

....31948...(3)...Jaton decussatus Gmelin, 1791....37 to 40 mm. F+ high.  Creamy white specimens with no black - quite the contrast with the usual form!...Senegal..$9  (3 available)

....30571...(1)...Jaton flavidus Jousseaume, 1888....39 mm. F+ high.  Big, with brown speckled spiral cords & nicely foliate lip varix...Senegal...$50  (1 available)

Murex

....31750...(1)...Marchia martinetana Roding, 1798....23 mm. F+.  With broad pink spines...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....32757...(1)...Marchia martinetana Roding, 1798....19 mm. F++. With thick, squarish purple spines...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

....35675...(1)...Morula granulata Duclos, 1832....18 mm. F+.  Covered in big, black granules, so the name is appropriate......Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....22532...(4)...Morula spinosa H.& A. Adams, 1853....24 to 27 mm. F++.  Spiral rows of black spines & lovely lavender apperture...$3  (4 available)

SOLD....Morula spinosa H.& A. Adams, 1853....31 mm. F++.  ...retained for photo

....37421...(2)...Morula uva Roding, 1798....23, 25 mm. F++. Nice, clean specimens with fully developed dentate lip & purple interior...Philippines...$8 (2 available)

....37261...(1)...Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841....55 mm. F+ high w/o. Tan brown, with lots of short, sharp varical spines & complete with operc...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....28373...(1)...Murex cf. chrysostoma Sowerby, 1834....52 mm. F++.  Either a melanistic specimen (much more brown than typical) or another similar species without the orange lined apperture...Venezuela...$24  (1 available)

....12599...(1)...Murex chrysostoma Sowerby, 1834....47 mm. F+ w/o.tan with orange striped aperture..Venezuela...$5   (1 available)

....33829...(1)...Murex kiiensis Kuroda & Kira, 1955....83 to 86 mm. F+.  Good examples with well developed lips, long canals & brown banded & lined pattern...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....15595...(4)...Murex mactanensis Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979...11 - 13 mm. F++. Great quality, strong sculpture..Philippines...$7   (4 available)

....15727...(1)...Murex mindanoensis Sowerby, 1841.... 65 mm. F+. Decent specimens...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....28236...(1)...Murex nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845....74 mm. F++.  Great specimen, most spines intact...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

....16563..(1)...Murex nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845....91 mm. F.  Cream to tan with dark tipped shoulder spines...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Murex nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845....98 to 112 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo

....33941...(+)...Murex occa Sowerby, 1834....60 to 70 mm. F+ to F++.  Lots of lovely examples of this neat species with upturned, very sharp spines...Thailand..SPECIAL!..$9 firm  (a goodly number available)

....32126...(2)...Murex olssoni Vokes, 1967....51, 54 mm. F++ w/o. Big, pastel orange-tan with lots of short but sharp varical spines...Panama...$30 (2 available)

....764 ...(11)...Murex cf rubidus Baker, 1891....27 - 32 mm. F++ solid, w/o.  Cute little normals - ...Florida....$5  (11 available)

SOLD....Murex rubidus Baker, 1891....26 mm. F++ w/o. BRIGHT YELLOW!!!...St. Martins. retained for photo

....33646...(2)...Murex tenuirostratum Lamarck, 1822....85 to 94 mm. F+ high.  Great examples of this spirally brown banded, thin & sharp spined species...Philippines...$12  (2 available)

....33645...(1pr)...Murex tenuirostratum Lamarck, 1822....80 to 95 mm. F+/F++.  Good pairs of this species showing the plain & brown lined forms...Philippines..SUPERSPECIAL!!...$14/pair firm  (1 pair available)

....20451...(1)...Murex cf. trapa Roding, 1798....82 mm. F+.  Looks right but locality is considerably west of normal...Red Sea...$16  (1 available)

....20452...(1)...Murex cf. trapa Roding, 1798...61 mm. F+.  Typical, but very Eastern locality...Red Sea...$10  (1 available)

....31744....(1)...Murex troscheli Lischke, 1868....118 mm. F++ w/o. Good sized example with most spines intact...Philippines...$12 (1 available) OVERSIZE

....33223...(1)...Murex sp.....8 mm. F++.  Tiny, pinkish tan, ex pisces & thought by supplier to be a new species. Could also be Buccinidae...South Africa...$7  (1 available)

Murexiella

....33295...(1)...Murexiella balteata Sowerby, 1841....31 mm. F+.  Large example & an unusual colour form without colouration of the varices....Philippines...$25  (1 available)

....31331...(1)...Murexiella balteata Sowerby, 1841....21 mm. F++.  Neatly brown trimmed spines on this mini-murex...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....32014...(1)...Murexiella balteata Sowerby, 1841....24 mm. F+.  With black, spiny varices...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....32862...(1)...Murexiella balteatus Sowerby, 1841....28 mm. F++. Huge, unusual albinistic example with great lip but no colour on the varices...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....36831...(1)...Murexiella balteata Sowerby, 1841....20 mm. F++. Unbeatable balteata! Has full apex, lip & each brown spine intact...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....25594...(1set)...Murexiella balteata Sowerby, 1841....14 to 20 mm. F+ to F++.  Brown, pink & orange colour forms of this species...Philippines...$18/set  (1 set available)

....37113...(2)...Murexiella judithae D' Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....21, 23 mm. F++. Good, dark, well spined specimens with long & recurved siphonal canals....Philippines...$17 (2 available)

....33296...(2)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....20, 23 mm. F++.  Spectacularly spinose & practically perfect specimens. Prickly as a burr!...Philippines...$18  (2 available)

....36821...(1)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....19 mm. F++. Nice specimen with spines intact...Philippines...$17 (1 available)

....30198...(4)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....15 to 21 mm. F++.  Judith would like!! Pretty pinkish-tan with frodose varical spines, longest on the shoulders...Philippines...$15  (4 available)

....30735...(1)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....20 mm. F++.  Small pastel orange species with wonderfully frondose spines...Philippines...$17 (1 available)

....32015...(1)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....25 mm. F++.  Large for the species, with full length syphonal canal & wonderfully frilled varices...Philippines...$22  (1 available)

....31287...(1)...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....22, 23 mm. F++.  Great mini-murex species with spines & siphonal canal intact...Philippines...$18  (1 available)

SOLD...Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....25 mm. F+.  Philipppines. ...retained for photo

....32128...(6)...Murexiella lappa Broderip, 1833....22 to 26 mm. F++ w/o.  Rich orange-tan with strongly spinous varices...Panama...$6  (6 available)

....37266...(1)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....18 mm. F++ w/o. Amazing example, with almost every shoulder spine & the long, recurved canal intact...Philippines...$9 (1 available)

....33297...(1)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....23 mm. F+.  Pastel orange with perfect lip, but several missing major shoulder spines....Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....31458...(1)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....18 mm. F+ high.  Just 5 strong varices per whorl...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....17898...(3)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....18 to 21 mm. F+/F++.  Spiny little things!...Philippines...$8 (3 available)

....17898A...(6)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....18 to 21 mm. F+.  SPECIAL!!...Philippines...$4 (6 available)

....15598...(2)...Murexiella martini Shikama, 1977....14, 15 mm. F++.  Spines galore!...Philippines...$7  (2 available)

EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN ....35656...(1)...Murexiella pelepili D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....22 mm. F++.  Exceptional!! Dark brown with long, frilly, shoulder spines intact...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....17897...(2)...Murexiella pelepili D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....25 mm. F+ .  Pretty cute!!!...Philippines...$14  (2 available)

NEW....37636...(1)...Murexiella cf. pelepili D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....26 mm. F++. Amazing fresh specimen with all lip spines & frills intact as well as a siphonal canal as long as the body whorl...Philippines...$25

NEW....37637...(1)...Murexiella cf. pelepili D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....26 mm. F. Good (beached?) starter specimen, with some spine wear & a bit sun-bleached (or albino!)...Philippines...$15

SOLD...Murexiella pelepili D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....23 mm. F++.  Philippines.  retained for photo

....30567...(1)...Muricanthus megacerus Sowerby, 1834....61mm. F+ high w/o. Rich brown, with big varices & blunt shoulder spines...Gabon...$12 (1 available)

NEW....37563...(1)...Muricanthus radix Gmelin, 1791....80 mm. F++ w/o. Spectacularly spiny specimen! Makes me think of calthrops or medieval mace heads...Panama...$18 (1 available)

NEW....37564...(2)...Muricanthus radix Gmelin, 1791....70 to 77 mm. F++ w/o. Great examples with virtually every black spine intact...Panama...$16 (2 available)

....31949...(1)...Muricanthus radix Gmelin, 1791....56 mm. F+.  Shows a hint of juvenile pattern, but has well developed & bifurcate black spines on the most recent growth...Peru...$9  (1 available)

....33739...(1)...Muricanthus radix Gmelin, 1791....66, 71 mm. F++ w/o. Black-spined bulbous beauties...Panama...$13  (1 available)

....32118...(2)...Muricanthus radix Gmelin, 1791....53 & 60 mm. F++ w/o.  Fresh, brown to black spined...Panama...$10  (2 available)

....27886...(1)...Muricopsis josei Vokes, 1994...17 to 20 mm. F++ w/o. Beautiful!! Spiny orange-tan with white apperture...Brazil...$20  (1 available)

....27887...(1)...Muricopsis necocheanus Pilsbry, 1900...14, 15 mm. F++.  Spineless, resembling a miniature Fasciolaridae...Brazil...$18  (1 available)

....36836...(1)...Nassa serta Bruguiere, 1789....42 mm. F++. Rich red brown with a mid-band of pink triangles...Philippines...$7 (1 available)

....35589...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....67 mm. F++.  Huge, super-dark brown specimen with brown rimmed aperture......Philippines...$8  (1 available)

....35190...(2)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....35, 36 mm. F+.  Decent specimens of this smaller Muricid (not Nassaridae)...Hawaii...$3 (2 available)

....25263...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....51 mm. F+. Large & Lovely, heavily corded & with full, beaded lip...Australia...$7  (1 available)

....25264...(2prs)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....39 to 41 mm. F++.  Nice pattern-pairs, one mostly brown, the other with lots of white mottling...Australia...$8/pair  (2 pairs available)

....30840...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....50 mm. F++.  Good specimen , with full, dentate, dark rimmed apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....29364...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....49 mm. F+.  With unusual beaded spiral cords...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....32474...(1)...Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910....41 mm. F+.  Nice little specimen with less developed lip frill. Good start for a growth series...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....28242...(2prs)...Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910...45 to 51mm. F++.  Junior light & dark pairs...Philippines...$15/pair  (2 pairs available)

....28241...(5)...Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910....52 to 55 mm. F++. Nicely foliate lips & brown on white pattern...Philippines...$12 (5 available)

....7096....(1)...Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910..84 mm. F+ high.  Decent, large specimen...Philippines...$23  (1 available)

....19880...(1)...Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910....74 mm. F+.  Nicely frilled & with great siphonal canal...Philippines...$20  (1 available)

....33580...(2)...Naquetia trigonulus Lamarck, 1816....50, 54 mm. F+.  Good sized specimens with frilly, undulated lip varices...Philippines...$15  (2 available)

....33787...(1)...Naquetia trigonulus Lamarck, 1816....53 mm. F+ solid, w/o.  Pure white albino specimen...Philippines...$25  (1 available)

....37173...(1)...Naquetia trigonulus Lamarck, 1816....49 mm. F+. Nice brown mottled example with full siphonal canal & leafy lip extensions...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

....32778A...(1)...Naquetia trigonulus Lamark, 1816....44 mm.  Nice and normal adult...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

SOLD...Naquetia trigonulus Lamarck, 1816....55 mm. F+ high.  Philippines.  ..retained for photo

....37228...(2)...Naquetia triquetra Born, 1778....53, 57 mm. F++ w/o. Good sized, typically patterned examples with well formed lip wing, complete with operc....Tanzania...$12 (2 available)

....37229...(1pr)....Naquetia triquetra Born, 1778....50 & 52 mm. F++ w/o. Nice colour pair, one quite pale with a few brown markings, the other tan with brown axial ribs & varices...Tanzania...$20/pr. (1 pair available)

SOLD...Naquetia triqueter Lamark, 1816.....50 mm. F+ w/o.  Tanzania.  ..retained for photo

NEW....37562...(4)...Neorapana muricata Broderip, 1832....54 to 59 mm. F++ w/o. Nice, chunky specimens with big spiral ridges roughened like some sort of wood shaping tool!...Panama...$8 (4 available)

....28939...(2sets)...Nucella lamellosa Gmelin, 1791....41 to 50 mm. F++ w/o.  5 piece sets of big ones, in colours from snow white to dark brown...Oregon...$29  (2 sets available)

....28940...(3sets)...Nucella lamellosa Gmelin, 1791....35 to 45 mm. F++ w/o.  5 piece sets of typical sized specimens in a range of colours...Oregon...$24  (3 sets available)

....34222...(1)....Nucella lamellosa Gmelin, 1791....41 mm. F++ w/o.  Pure white albino specimen with lots of frilled axial ridges...Washington...$12  (1 available)

....28937...(1set)...Nucella emarginata Deshayes, 1839....15 to 25 mm. F++ w/o.   Great 9 piece set in a range of sizes & colours from light gray to nearly black...Washington...$15  (1 set available)

....37377...(5)...Nucella lapillus Linne, 1758....27 to 33 mm. F++ w/o. Good adult examples with thickened, lightly dentate lips...Atlantic Canada...$3 (5 available)

....37378...(3)...Nucella lapillus Linne, 1758....28 to 30 mm. F++ w/o. Pretty pastel orange banded colour form...Atlantic Canada...$5 (3 available)

....28941...(4prs)...Nucella lima Gmelin, 1791....18 to 22 mm. F++ w/o.  Strongly corded, with bands of rust brown on cream...Oregon..$5/pair (4 pairs available)

....7111...(1)...Ocenbra minirosa Abbott, 1954....6 mm. F++. Normals, from 900 feet deep...Florida...$10  (1 available)

....845...(1)...Ocenbra muricoides A. Adams....9-11 mm. F+ - F++ w/o.  Seldom listed!!...Florida ...$7.5  (1 available)

....32180...(1)...Orania pacifica Nakayama, 1988....11 mm. F++.  Covered in finely nodulose axial ridges, with tan mid-band...$4  (1 available)

SOLD...Orania pacifica Nakayama, 1988....15 mm. F++. Philippines. ...retained for photo

SOLD...Orania pacifica Nakayama, 1988....13 mm. F++.  Philippines.  .retained for photo

....32181...(2)...Orania walkeri Sowerby, 1908....7 to 9 mm. F++.  Tan mini-muricidae with fine axial sculpture. Not in Rice...Philippines...$8  (2 available)

....15235...(3)...Paratrophon patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854....16-20 mm. F++ w/o.  Adults... New Zealand...$7  (3 available)

....35316...(+)...Paratrophon quoyi Reeve, 1845....15 to 18 mm. F++ w/o. A cutie! Strong, nodulose spiral cords...New Zealand...$5  (+ available)

....27350...(1)...Paratrophon quoyi Reeve, 1846....17 mm. F++ w/o.  Quoy-o-boy! Coarsely corded gray mini-Muricidae...New Zealand...$5  (1 available)

SOLD...Phylocoma convoluta Broderip, 1834....17 mm. F+. Philippines. ...retained for photo

....30388...(1)...Phyllonotus brassica Lamarck, 1822....84 mm. F+.  With nicely pink rimmed apperture & bold brown on white spiral bands...Peru...$8  (1 available)

....7200...(1)...Phyllonotus erythrostomus Swainson, 1831....93 mm. F+.  Like Pink??...W. Mexico...$5  (1 available)

....30172...(1)...Phyllonotus erythrostomus Swainson, 1831....78 mm. F+.  With pretty pastel pink apperture...Mexico...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Phyllonotus erythrostomus Swainson, 1831....96 mm. F+ solid.  Mexico. ..retained for photo

....27227....(1)...Phyllonotus pomum occulatus Reeve, 1845....105 mm. F+ w/o. GIGANTIC specimen of this form!...Curacao...$25 (1 available)

....7161...(1)...Phyllonotus pomum Gmelin, 1791....65 mm. F+ nicely...Florida...$4   (1 available)

....7083....(1)...Phyllonotus pomum Gmelin, 1791....60 mm. F+high, w/o. SPECIAL...Eleuthra...$3  (1 available)

....7079....(1)...Phyllonotus pomum forma. ??....average 60 mm. F++ w/o..This is a very nice form - it has a name, but I can't find it...Domincan Republic...$10 (1 available)

....30740...(1)...Phyllonotus pomum Gmelin, 1791....56 mm. F++ w/o.  Prime quality junior specimen at a junior price...Guadeloupe...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Phyllonotus pomum Gmelin, 1791....76 mm. F++ w/o.  Guadeloupe. ...retained for the photo

....28945...(1)...Pteropurpura festiva Hinds, 1844....36, 39 mm. F+.  With intriguing rolled back foliate varices...California...$5  (1 available)

....35134...(1)...Pterynotus acanthopterus Lamarck, 1811....68 mm. F+ w/o.  Nice specimen, with well developed lip varix & more brown spotting than usual...Australia...$20  (1 available)

....37405...(1)...Pterynotus barclayanus Adams, 1873....25 mm. F++. Beautiful, big, deep purple colour & completely clean & intact example...Philippines...$20 (1 available)

....32860...(1)...Pterynotus barclayanus Adams, 1873....16 mm. F+.  With frilled varices & bright purple aperture...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

SOLD...Pterynotus barclayanus Adams, 1873....18.3 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo

NEW....37603...(1)...Pterynotus elongatus Lightfoot, 1786....74 mm. F+ high w/o. Wonderful all white example with nice big, flared last varical wing...ex col...$35 (1 available)

NEW....37604...(1)...Pterynotus elongatus Lightfoot, 1786....70 mm. F+ high w/o. Unusual & rare pastel orange colour form...ex col...$50 (1 available)

....30744...(1)...Pterynotus elongatus Lightfoot, 1786....64, 66 mm. F++.  Mid-sized specimens showing more spire spines than larger ones...Philippines...$32  (1 available)

....37174...(1)...Pterynotus (Marchia) martinetana Roding, 1798....26 mm. F+. Striking specimen with pastel pink varical spines & brown squares in between...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

NOTE:P. miyokoae Kosuge has become less rare recently. I am "open to reasonable offers" on the specimens below :--1)

....37132...(2)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....70, 71 mm. F++ w/o. Huge specimens of this brown banded form of P. loebbecki, with all varical wings wonderfully intact...Philippines...$45 (2 available)

....36514...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....70 mm. F++ w/o. Huge & truly impressive specimen with every wing intact...Philippines...$85

....36515...(1pr)....Pterynoyus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....66 & 68 mm. F++ w/o. Nice colour variation pair, one mostly white with a few brown markings, the other nearly all brown, both in prime condition...Philippines...$140/pr. (1 pair available)

....37133...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....66 mm. F++ w/o. Delightful big specimen with virtually perfect leafy varical wings...Philippines...$40 (1 available)

....37134...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....57 mm. F++ w/o. Lovely & practically perfect brown banded specimen...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

....22115...(2)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....56 to 63 mm. F+ to F++, w/operc.  Wildly foliate wings on this charming species...Philippines...$55  (2 available)

....30935...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....56 mm. F+ high w/o.  Less large, leafy lovelies with fully developed lips...Philippines...$25 (in box with 30935) (1 available)

....28960...(2)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....40, 47 mm. F++ w/o.  Nicely brown banded specimens with wonderfully intact, bladelike varices...Philippines...$30  (2 available)

....23712...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....51 to 54 mm. F++ w/operc.  Beautifully frilled, cream & tan banded, top quality specimens....Philippines...$45  (1 available)

....33565...(1)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....62 mm. F++. Spectacular specimen with cream & tan banded highly foliate wings...Philippines...$55 (1 available)

....30932...(6)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....48 mm. F+ w/o. Cute junior bargain specimen, nicely banded & mostly intact...Philippines...$30 (6 available)

....30934...(5)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....60 to 64 mm. F++ w/o.  Delightful, fully developed examples of this once rare species...Philippines...$35 (in their own separate box) (5 available)

....30930...(2)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....65 to 70 mm. F+ high w/o.  Big specimens with beautifully intact, spiny edged leafy varices, but with slightly underdeveloped lips...Philippines..SPECIAL!..$25 firm  (2 available)

....30931...(6)...Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979....54 to 63 mm. F+ high w/o.  Nice examples, with mostly intact leafy varices, recurved edge spines, but partly unfinished lips...Philippines...$20  (6 available)

SOLD...Pterynotus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973....28+ mm. F high - Philippines.  retained for photo

SOLD...Pterynotus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973....25 mm. F+ nicely. Philippines. retained for photo

NEW....37609...(1)...Pterynotus pellucidus Reeve, 1845....44 mm. F++ w/o. Truly top grade specimen with even the spire "wings" intact...Japan...$15 (1 available)

SOLD....Pterynotus pinnatus Swainson, 1822....92 mm. F++.  Huge! larger than any listed, with fine wings between the spines...Philippines... retained for photo

....36572...(1)...Pterynotus triformis Reeve, 1845....48 mm. F+ w/o. Great example of the black colour form, large & with nice wings...Australia...$15

....34561...(2)...Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....24, 25 mm. F+.  Decent miniatures. Start your growth series here...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....26048...(1)...Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....38 mm. F+. Good starter or study specimen...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

....33298...(1)....Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....37 mm. F+.  With beautifully flared & slightly recurved varical vanes...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....29067...(1)...Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....33 mm. F++.  Cute junior specimen with leafy varices completely intact...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

SOLD....Pterynotus tripterus Born, 1778....36 mm. F+ high. Philippines. retained for photo

....34279...(1)....Purpura pansa Gould, 1853....32 mm. F++ w/o.  With 5 spiral rows of short spines & intact lip...Mexico...$5   (1 available)

SOLD....Purpura pansa Gould, 1853....63 mm. F++ w/o.  Costa Rica. ....retained for photo

NEW....37570...(5)...Risomurex cf. deformis Reeve, 1833....11 to 12 mm. F++. Cute mini-Murex in Halloween colours, black with spiral rows of pumpkin orange pustules...Panama...$17 (5 available)

Siratus

....34510...(1)...Siratus cailleti Petit, 1856....43, 45 mm. F+ w/o.  With varical spines & full lips but slightly abbreviated siphonal canals...Guadeloupe...$12   (1 available)

....7210...(1)...Siratus cailletti Petit, 1856....43 mm. F+.  Still not THAT common!...Puerto Rico...$9  (1 available)  

....30749...(1)...Siratus cailleti Petit, 1856....48, 53 mm. F++ w/o. Faintly tan banded & with sharp varical spines...Guadeloupe...$12 (1 available)

....28368...(1)...Siratus coltrorum Vokes, 1990....38 mm. F/F+.  Lightly crabbed, decent size...Brazil...$15  (1 available)

....27916...(1)...Siratus coltrorum Vokes, 1991....31 to 35 mm. F++.  Well mottled in rich cinnamon brown...Brazil...$35  (1 available)

....27917...(1)...Siratus coltrorum Vokes, 1991....25 mm. F++.  Lovely examples mottled in rich cinnamon brown...Brazil...$20  (1 available)

....34513...(1)...Siratus consuela Verrill, 1950....38 mm. F+ solid w/o.  Darker colour phase, pinkish tan with chocolate brown varical spots...Guadeloupe...$30 (1 available)

....34276...(1)....Siratus laciniatus Sowerby, 1841....53 mm. F++.  Good sized specimen in pastel orange, with brown lip varix & canal in top condition...Philippines...$9   (1 available)

SOLD...Siratus perelegans Vokes, 1965....47, 49 mm. F+ w/o.  Guadeloupe.   retained for photo

....37175...(1)...Siratus pliciferoides Kuroda, 1942....59.5 mm. F+ w/o. Decent starter specimen, smaller & with some spine loss...Philippines...$5 (1 available)

...36656...(1)...Siratus pointieri Merle& Garrigues, 2008....65 mm. F++ w/o. HUGE! Lovely long-tailed specimen of this recently described Caribbean Murex...Guadeloupe...$120 (1 available)

....36443...(1)....Siratus pointieri Merle & Garrigues, 2008....51 mm. F++ w/o.  Lovely new species with long siphonal canal, white with brown intervarical nodes...Guadeloupe...$75  (1 available)

....24865...(3)...Siratus venustulus Radwin & D'Attilio, 1975....34 to 38 mm. F++.  Beautiful orange with brown spotted varices & purple columella...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

SOLD....Siratus venustulus Radwin & D'Atillio, 1975....42 - 50 mm. F++. Philippines...SPECIAL!! retained for the photo

....36841...(1)...Spinidrupa spinosa Adams, 1853....23 mm. F++. Better than average example with no concretions & all spines intact...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....33135...(1)...Stramonitrophon plicatus Lightfoot, 1786....42 mm. F+ high - nice quality, w/o. Tan, with white bladed ribs & shoulder spines...Argentina...$45 firm (1 available)

....32707...(6)...Thais (Nucella) cingulata Linne, 1758....18 to 27 mm. F.  With strong, flat topped spiral cords. Fresh beached...South Africa...$6  (6 available)

....31266...(9)...Thais kieneri Deshayes, 1844....31 to 41 mm. F+.  Boldly patterned with dark brown spines on cream bodies...Philippines...$4  (9 available)

NEW...37559...(4)...Thais kioskiformis Duclos, 1832....42 - 44 mm. F++ w/o. Great examples with intact, finely dentate lips & striking black & white pattern...Panama...$6 (4 available)

....37267...(1)...Thais langi Clench & Turner, 1948....15 mm. F+ w/o. All black West African mini-Muricid...Cameroon...$18 (1 available)

....26318...(5)...Thais cf. mancinella Linne, 1758....36 to 41 mm. F++.  Spiny globes with orange lined appertures...Sri Lanka...$3  (5 available)

....30582...(1)...Thais nodosa Linne, 1758....34 mm. F+ w/o.  Junior specimen with just one columellar spot...Senegal...$4  (1 available)

SOLD....Thais nodosa Linne, 1758....61 mm. F+ w/o.  Senegal. ....retained for photo

....15125...(1)...Thais rugosa Born, 1778....25- 30 mm. F++ some w/o. gray-brown with cream bands on knobs..India...$3   (1 available)

NEW...37560...(2)...Thais speciosa Valenciennes, 1832....22 - 24 mm. F++ w/o. Has several rows of sharp spines...Panama...$3 (2 available)

....25609...(1)...Thais speciosa Valenciennes, 1832....24 mm. F++ w/o.  Bands of brown lines between rows of spines...Costa Rica...$3  (1 available)

....25097...(2)...Thais (Mancinella?) sp....22 to 23 mm. F+.  Bright orange-red colour. May be a juvenile...Philippines...$2  (2 available)

....26239...(+)...Thais sp....25 to 35 mm. F+ nicely.  Sculptured like tissoti but coloured likeintermedia...Korea...$5  (+ available)

....32152...(1)...Trohon carduus Broderip, 1833....21 to 25 mm. F++ w/o.  Highly spiny, biconic Muricids, resembling some Coralliophilidae...Panama...$20  (1 available)

....34064...(1)...Trophon geversianus Pallas, 1774....63 mm. F+ w/o.  BIG specimen with lots of low foliate ribs...Argentina...$45  (1 available)

....29430...(3)...Trophon geversianus Pallas, 1774....28 to 32 mm. F+ w/operc.  Wonderfully inflated body whorl, white bladed ribs & brown apperture...Argentina...$15  (3 available)

....34043...(2)...Trophon pallidus Powell, 1951....17, 18 mm. F+.  Small white species with strong axial ribs over fine spiral cords...Chile...$25  (2 available)

....29147...(1)...Trophon paucicostata Habe & Ito, 1965....54 to 59 mm. F+ w/operc.  Although these have typical varcies damage, they have good lips, canals & apex and a brown spiral band characteristic for this scarce species...Korea...$135 (negotiable)  (1 available)

NEW....37634...(1)...Typhinellus occulosus Garrard, 1963....16 mm. F+. Small scarce species with long dorsal tube & flared lip varix...Philippines...$50

....37407...(1)...Typhinellus occlusus Garrard, 1963....35 mm. F+ high. Big specimen of this rare Muricidae with huge varical wings & a siphonal tube rising off the previous dorsal varix...Philippines...$70 (1 available)

NEW....37635...(1)...Typhinellus species....33 mm. F++ Large red-brown species. May be T. occulosus but colour is different...Philippines...$80

....23722...(8prs.)...Urosalpinx cinerea Say, 1822....22 to 27 mm. F+.  Light & dark pairs, one typically brown form, the other in scarce albinistic white...New York...$5/pair  (8 pairs available)

....35482...(1)...Vitularia miliaris Gmelin, 1791....33 mm. F+.  Mostly white with toothed lip...Philippines...$8 (1 available)

NEW....37561...(2)...Vitularia salebrosa King & Broderip....44, 47 mm. F++ w/o. Good, dark brown examples with strong axial lamellae & orange rimmed, toothed aperture...Panama...$6 (2 available)

....32770...(1)...Vitularia sp.....32 mm. F++.  Quite unusual form, black & white with purple toothed-lip aperture. Could also be Cronia species...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

SOLD...Vexilla vexilla Gmelin, 1791....21 mm. F+ solid. Reunion. ...retained for photo

....36842...(1)...Vexilla vexillum Gmelin, 1791....21 mm. F++. Fully mature, with thick lip. Buy it & you won't be vexed!...Philippines...$6 (1 available)

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