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NEW....39506...(1)...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....240 mm. F+. Amazing two-for-one freak, with forked first spine and doubled lip spine!...Philippines...$28 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....39152...(1)...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....230 mm. F++. Glorious jumbo specimen with all spines complete and pastel orange aperture...Philippines...$45 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38590...(1)...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....230 mm. F++. Glorious big example with pastel orange aperture & every spine intact...Philippines...$45 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....36439...(1)....Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....255 mm. F. Big ones hard to get now!! Big, bargain, black-mouthed beast! Spines are not quite filled in & a couple of tips are missing but these black mouthed ones seem endemic only to Sri Lanka...Sri Lanka...$40 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....22868...(3)...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....150 to 210 mm. F+ nicely. Heavy, long spined & with pretty pink apperture...Indonesia...$10 (3 available) OVERSIZE
....37990...(1)...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....195 mm. F++. Great, fully mature example, with fully formed & intact spines & a bold brown & white mottled pattern...”Indo Pacific”...$24 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38970...(3)...Lambis chiragra fm. arthritica Roding, 1798....140 to 155 mm. F++. Top notch examples of the form, fully developed & with all spines intact...Philippines...$12 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....36001...(1)....Lambis chiragra fm. arthritica Roding, 1798....133 mm. F++. Great example of this dwarf East African form, with black lined aperture & all spines intact...Tanzania...$12 (1 available)
SOLD...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....260 mm. F+. Sri Lanka. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....250 mm (approx). F++. India. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD...Lambis chiragra Linne, 1758....119 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
Re-listed....16220...(2)...Lambis crocata Link, 1807....124, 125 mm. F++. Good examples with all spines intact...Philippines...$8 (2 available)
Re-listed....16719...(2)...Lambis crocata Link, 1807....113, 122 mm. F++. Orange mouthed & well spined specimens...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
....6083...(1)...Lambis crocata Link, 1807....112 mm. F+. Not perfect, but nice nevertheless...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
SOLD....Lambis crocata Link, 1802....123 mm. F++. Tanzania. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39434...(1)...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....143 mm. F++ w/operc. Glorious, huge, fully adult & fully intact example...Tanzania...$45 (1 available)
NEW....39435...(1)...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....123 mm. F++. Lovely, fully developed, clean specimen with thick lip & lirate, yellow throated aperture...Tanzania...$38 (1 available)
NEW....39436...(1)...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....133 mm. F+. Fully developed & intact though slightly pale bargain specimen of this scarce Strombus...Tanzania...$25 (1 available)
....36478...(1)...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....127 mm. F++. Marvelous, fully developed & totally intact specimen. Hard to find one nicer!...Tanzania...$45 (1 available)
....37619...(1)...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....118 mm. F++ w/operc. Fabulous fresh specimen with well developed fingers all intact and with boldly brown & white lined yellow throated aperture. As nice as they come...Tanzania...$34 (1 available)
SOLD...Lambis digitata Perry, 1811....155 mm. F++. Tanzania. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
Re-listed....16214...(2)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....180, 200 mm. F+. Nice, big examples with spines intact...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
....38973...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....183 mm. F++. Large, lovely example with all spines intact and “bronzed” lip & columellar callus...Philippines...$8 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....39153...(2)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....170 mm. F++. Great examples with intact, well thickened lips and all spines intact...Philippines...$9 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....38591...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....159 mm. F+. Nice female example with upturned lip spines and unusual brown & white zig-zag pattern...Philippines...$7 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....15600...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....168 mm. F+. TOPS! The dorsum has one of the best patterns I've ever seen for the species...Philippines...$7 (1 available) OVERSIZE
...37135...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....161 mm. F+ w/operc. Major healed dorsal injury has resulted in a freakish forked spine made from the third lip spine & the first posterior spine combined. Check out the picture (neat shell even if you don't want to buy)...Philippines...$45 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38053...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....153 mm. F+. Good specimen with all spines intact, but a chip on the anterior li...ex col...$7 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....12900...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....133 mm. f. Good example of an advanced juvenile...Philippines...$3 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38056...(1set)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....106, 113 & 132 mm. F+/ F++. Interesting 3 piece set, all fully adult, showing a range of sizes, patterns & apertural callus colours...ex col...$19 (1 set availablae) OVERSIZE
....31163...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....103 mm. F+ w/operc. Interesting female specimen with extremely recurved spines...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....36728...(1)...Lambis lambis Linne, 1758....94 mm. F++ w/operc. Amazing, fully adult dwarf specimen complete with operc...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
SOLD....Lambis millepeda Linne, 1758....114 mm. F+ high. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38971...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....180 mm. F++. Big, beautiful specimen with fully developed lip and all spines intact...Philippines...$32 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38972...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....163 mm. F++. Great example, thick lipped, fully spined and with dark purple, lyrate aperture...Philippines...$17 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38054...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....170 mm. F++. Large & spectacular specimen, with all spines intact & with fully developed orange rimmed, deep purple lined aperture...ex col...$20 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....36722...(1)...Lambis scorpius Linne, 1758....159 mm. F++. Magnificent specimen with every spine intact. Perhaps the best one we've had!...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....30143...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....155 mm. F+. Fully mature lip & spines, with white lined deep purple apperture...Philippines...$9 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....29957...(2)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....128 to 154 mm. F++. With long, intact, nodose spines, orange lip & deep purple apperture. As nice as we've seen...Philippines...$12 (2 available) OVERSIZE
....36002...(2)...Lambis scorpius Linne, 1758....128, 136 mm. F+ high. Nice normals, with intact spines, fully developed, orange lined lip & deep purple lined interior...Philippines...$8 (2 available)
....38055...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....135 mm. F++. Fine, fully mature example with all spines intact & fully adult aperture...ex col...$15 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....35742...(1)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....130 mm. F++. Unusually pale colour form, nearly white, with a few orange markings & pink apex. Purple interior & all lip spines intact...Philippines...$25 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....28783...(2)...Lambis scorpio Linne, 1758....102, 119 mm. F+. Very pale dorsums with highly developed purple & white toothed orange lined appertures...Solomon Islands...$9 (2 available)
SOLD....Lambis scorpius fm. scorpius Linne, 1758....135 mm. F++ . Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39154...(1)...Lambis truncata Linne, 1758....325 mm. F+. Huge freak specimen with forked 4th spine. Unusual and uncommon...Philippines...$38 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....39148...(1)...Lambis truncata Linne, 1758....300 mm. F++. Huge specimen in excellent condition, with all spines intact & fully filled, and with distinctive blunted apex almost completely covered in parietal callus...Philippines...$35 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....39348...(3)...Lambis truncata Linne, 1758....275 to 285 mm. F+ high. Jumbo specimens with well developed and intact, if less than totally filled in spines...Philippines...$28 (3 available)
....39155...(3)...Lambis truncata Linne, 1758....250 to 275 mm. F++. Great examples with fully thickened lips, glazed parietal shield and all spines intact...Philippines...$30 (3 available) OVERSIZE
SOLD...Lambis violacea Swainson, 1821....106 mm. F++ w/operc. Mauritius. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....34174...(1)....Rimella cancellata Lamarck, 1816....24 mm. F++. Good example with fat, finely toothed lip & intact, upturned syphonal canal...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Rimella cancellata Lamarck, 1816....24 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Rimella cancellata Lamarck, 1816....25, 27 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29398...(2)...Rimella crispata Sowerby, 1842....18 to 21 mm. F+. With strong axial ridges & thick, dentate lip...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
SOLD....Rimella crispata Sowerby II, 1842....15 - 19 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37978...(1)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....88 mm. F+. Good sized specimen with pretty, purple lined lip...Florida...$12 (1 available)
....37977...(1set)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....58 to 87 mm. F+. Nice 5 piece study set shows growth, lip & pattern development from corded, brown zig-zag marked juvenile to big, thick lipped, dark lined adult...Florida...$22 (1 set available) OVERSIZE
....37740...(2sets)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....72 to 83 mm. F+/F++. Fantastic five piece colour variation set shows the full range, including the scarce white form with purple lined lip...Florida...$34 (2 sets available)
....37741...(5)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....72 to 82 mm. F++. Unusual purple-lipped colour form, grayish rather than brown, with white lip, lined with royal purple...Florida...$12 (5 available)
....37739...(4)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....73 to 81 mm. F+/F++. Typical colour form with dark orange & purple lined lip...Florida...$5 (4 available)
....37235...(1)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....80 mm. F+ high. Good example of the species, with spire intact & with brown parietal glaze...Florida...$7 (1 available)
....37979...(1)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....79 mm. F+. Lovely adult example, with thick lip & dark aperture...Florida...$6 (1 available)
....37742...(1)...Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....62 mm. F++. Not just albinistic, this one is full blown, pure as the driven snow albino. And not beach faded because the interior & parietal glaze are fully smooth & shiny...Florida...$25 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791....67 mm. F+. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus alatus & pugilis....69 to 80 mm. F++. Caribbean. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....15973...(1)...Strombus aratrum Roding, 1798....63 mm. F++. Apperture orange, lip & callous rich brown...Australia...$9 (1 available)
....15974...(1)...Strombus aratrum Roding, 1798....56 mm. F++. "Pastel" form - lacks intense brown lip & callous...Asutralia...$11 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus aratrum Roding, 1798....72 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus aratrum Roding, 1798....63 to 70 mm. F++. Australia........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39527...(1)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....69 mm. F+. Good sized example with well thickened lip & intact lip spine & protoconch...Somalia...$4 (1 available)
....37427...(1)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....71 mm. F+ w/operc. Large & lightly freaky! Has a slightly tilted apex like a jauntily angled hat! Infrequently retained small Strombid operc. included...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....17854...(2)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....62 to 68 mm. F++. Fresh dark orange throats & thickened lips...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....22862...(4prs)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....53 to 68 mm. F++. Select pairs, with thick lip, orange apperture & full canal & lip "horn"...Indonesia...$5 (4 pairs available)
Re-listed....28099...(2)...Strombus aurisdianae linne, 1758....64, 65 mm. F+. Solid examples with well thickened lips & deep orange throats....Philippines...$4 (2 available)
....25856...(5)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....58 to 63 mm. F+. Good, big, thick lipped adults with orange-pink interior...Philippines...$3 (5 available)
....37428...(1)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....58 mm. F+. Odd, unique & interesting injury freak has given rise to not one, but three short lip projections...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....31617...(1)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....58 mm. F++. Top quality specimen with perfect lip, syphonal canal, and apex...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....16601...(2)...Strombus aurisdianae Linne, 1758....52, 58 mm. F+. warty gray backs typical, nice apricot-orange appertures...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....31618...(1pr)...Strombus pair....51 and 49 mm. F++. Pretty pair, one S. aurisdianae and S. bulla, for comparison of these closely related species...Philippines...$7 (1 set available)
NEW....39466...(2)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....59, 60 mm. F++. Great examples with long lip spine, white apical glaze & orange throat...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....38980...(1)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....70 mm. F++. Nice example, with full lip, apical & columellar glaze, intact canal & lip spine...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....15972...(2)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....52 - 63 mm. F++. Cream & tan, intense interior, snow white parietal glaze...Solomon Islands...$5 (2 available)
....35247...(1)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....61 mm. F++. Great example, with thick lip & complete lip spine & siphonal canal...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....17855...(1)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....60 mm. Gem. Shiny white calloused apex, bright orange apperture. Lovely!...Solomon Islands...$4 (1 available)
....18909...(1)...Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....57 mm. Gem. Dark orange apperture, shiny white ventrum & tan mottled backs. As fresh & perfect as they get!...Australia...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus bulla Roding, 1798....73 mm. F++. Philippines.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39328...(5)...Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....48 to 52 mm. F+. Nice examples with high spires and good lips...Australia...$4 (5 available)
....15976...(3)...Strombus campbelli Grifith & Pidgeon, 1834....53 - 58 mm. F++. White with orange-tan markings...Australia...$4 (3 available)
....20253...(1)...Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....57 mm. F++. Intricate, fine brown zig-zag pattern, full lip & apex. mmm-mmm, good!...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....17856...(2)...Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....50 to 52 mm. F++. Snow white apperture & nicely brown patterned backs...Australia...$3 (2 available)
....6008....(2)...Strombus campbelli Grifith & Pidgeon, 1834...46+ mm. F++. Australia...$3 (2 available)
NEW....39369...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....66 mm. F+. Juvenile injury has produced a stepped spire with an unusual sub-sutural groove...India...$6 (1 available)
NEW....39370...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....48 mm. F+. Early injury has produced a mid-body furrow that even creases the posterior lip. Looks a little like Aporrhais...India...$7 (1 available)
NEW....39371...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....55 mm. F+. Has unusual Buccinidae-like aperture due to growth over a couple of barnacles...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....38990...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....84 mm. F++. Big specimen with “bronzed” lip & columellar callus...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....38991...(2)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....75 mm. F+. With lip & columella callus so darkly “bronzed” it is almost black...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....38992...pr....Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....67 & 71 mm. F++. Pair shows nice variation of dorsal pattern...Philippines...$8 (1 pair available)
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN....34726...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....80 mm. F+. Nicely. FANTASTIC injury freak with odd spire & major dorsal/sutural deformity. Must have scared the critter pretty badly, because it became white as a ghost shortly after the injury!!...Philippines...$30 (1 available)
....36719...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....61 mm. F++. Typically sized specimen with nicely callused lip & columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....15601...(2)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758...59, 60 mm. F+ high. Light tan with flared white lip...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
....25685...(8)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....55 to 60 mm. F++ w/operc. With thick, "bronze" tinted lip & columellar callus and great canals & apices...India...$3 (8 available)
....20404...(2)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....56 to 59 mm. F+. Step-spired freaks, look vaguely like Turridae...India...$4 (2 available)
....31284...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....56 mm. F+ w/operc. Scarce, dark brown banded colour form...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....24075...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....55 mm. F++. Unusual specimen, squat & dwarfish, with odd shaped but fully adult lip...India...$7 (1 available)
....20403...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....54 mm. F+. Strange, bulbose axial ridge opposite the apperture...India...$5 (1 available)
....1142...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....49, 54 mm. F. Albino...Thailand...$4 (1 available)
....25890...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....53 mm. F+. Interesting injury freak with odd suture line & pinched apperture...India...$4 (1 available)
....24914...(1pr)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....51 & 53 mm. F++. NICE pair! One typically axial brown marked, the other the unmarked "golden" form...India...$15 (1 pair available)
....22903...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....51 mm. F+. Freak with extra ventral "hump". The camel of Conchs...India...$7 (1 available)
....35641...(1)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....49 mm. F++ w/operc. Unusual banded colour form with broad, dark gray mid-band...Philippines...$14 (1 available)
....15977...(3)...Strombus canarium Linne, 1758....39 - 44 mm. F++ w/operc. Dwarf form with fully adult lips...Australia...$4 (3 available)
....38047...(1)...Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791....141 mm. F+. Huge specimen with completed self-repair on the lip. Must have been rolled in a storm a few months previously...Bahamas...$10 (1 available)
....31913...(1set)...Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791....124 to 132 mm. F+. 2 piece set of fairly typical specimens showing variation of lip line, knob size & overall shape, & one with pinkish parietal shield...Florida/Puerto Rico...$22 (1 set available) OVERSIZE
....37962...(2)...Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791....104, 106 mm. F++. Presumably known as the “Milk Conch” for its pure white aperture, these are good, thick-lipped examples...Florida...$12 (2 available) OVERSIZE
SOLD....Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791....122 mm. F++. Bahamas. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....27359...(1)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....56 mm. F++ w/operc. Huge & unusually dark brown example...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....32805...(3)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....51 to 53 mm. F+. Large specimens of this not too common conch...Philippines...$8 (3 available)
....31659...(1)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....52 mm. F++. Jumbo specimen with fully intact lip...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....36723...(1)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....50 mm. F+. Good sized specimen with jet black aperture...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....27198...(1)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....50 mm. F++. LARGE, fresh, & shiny with dark lined apperture...Tanzania...$8 (1 available)
....26493...(1set)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....44 to 50 mm. F++. Nice 4 piece set showing a nice variety of cream & brown patterns...Philippines...$20 (1 set available)
....32804...(3pr)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....40 to 50 mm. F+. Nice pairs, more or less ribbed & showing variability of pattern...Philippines...$7 (3 pairs available)
....33408...(4)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....44 to 49 mm. F+. Possibly a local form? Somewhat fatter & pinker than typical specimens...Tanzania...$7 (4 available)
....32030...(1pr)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....47 mm. F++. Pattern pair, one with typical brown zig-zags, the other almost patternless...Philippines...$10 (1 pair available)
....6001...(2)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....47 mm. F++. BIGGIE!...SE India...$7 (2 available)
....18913...(1pr)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....38 to 43 mm. F++. Golden-tan patterned backs & a black lined apperture. Get your teeth into a pair of these!...Solomon Islands...$7 (1 pair available)
....23475...(1)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....42 mm. F+. Fresh dark specimen, totally black apperture...Zanzibar...$4 (1 available)
....33058...(+)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....32 to 42 mm. F++. With strong, close packed axial shoulder ribs & bold brown blotched patterns...Solomon Islands...$5 (10 available)
....16129...(1set)...Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758 ....37 - 41 mm. F++. HIGH contrast set of 3 - nice!...Solomon Islands...$8 (1 set available)
SOLD....Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....53 mm. F++. Tanzania. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus dentatus Linne, 1758....52 mm. F++. Zanzibar. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....18912...(1)...Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821....48 mm. F++. Tan patterned back, brown lined apperture, nice specimen...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....17858...(1)...Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821....43.5 mm. F++. Smaller, fully adult specimen...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....16547...(1)...Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821....40 mm. F+. Brown & white markings, white lip with purple-brown appertural lirae...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....32363...(1)...Strombus epidromis Linne, 1758....81 mm. F++. Nice, mature specimen with thickened, "bronzed" lip & parietal callous...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....28101...(3)...Strombus epidromis Linne, 1758....69 to 80 mm. F+. White, with nicely thickened & bronzed lip...Australia...$5 (3 available)
....30758...(1)...Strombus epidromis Linne, 1758....71 mm. F++. With intact apex, fully adult lip & paler than average dorsal pattern...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus epidromis Linne, 1758....68 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29959...(1)...Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817....35 mm. F+. With strong axial ridges, dorsal shoulder knobs & bright orange columella...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....31616...(1)...Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817....30 mm. F+. Patterned form with thick, dark lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....31809...(+)...Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817....22 to 29 mm. F+/F++ w/opercs. Good singles of this mini-conch...Thailand...$5 (+ available)
SOLD....Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817....28 to 31 mm. F++. Philippines........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....32806...(8)...Strombus fragilis Roding, 1798....32 to 42 mm. F++. Similar pattern to dentatus but scarcer & without lip teeth...Philippines...SPECIAL!!...$8 (8 available)
....35187...(1)...Strombus fragilis Roding, 1798....35 mm. F++. Fresh, dark mourhed specimen of this uncommon mini-conch...Hawaii...$10 (1 available)
....36725...(1)...Strombus fragilis Roding, 1798....30 mm. F++. Bright orange with thin brown spiral lines that turn white where they cross the swollen lip varix...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....37241...(1)...Strombus cf. fragilis Roding, 1798....23 mm. F++. Deep orange with white shoulder spots and black lined aperture...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus fragilis Roding, 1798....41 mm. F++. Philippines.......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39528...(2)...Strombus fusiformis Sowerby, 1842....28, 30 mm. F++. Nice specimens of this small, localized specie...Somalia...$9 (2 available)
....38569...(20)...Strombus fusiformis Sowerby, 1842....27 to 34 mm. F++. Nice examples of this East African endemic...Somalia...$9 (20 available)
....38570...(2sets)...Strombus fusiformis Sowerby, 1842....26 to 33 mm. F++. Nice 5 piece pattern & colour variation sets...Somalia...$35 (2 sets available)
....38981...(1)...Strombus fasciatus Born, 1778....42 mm. F++. Pretty specie with bright orange aperture & brown spiral markings...Red Sea...$7 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus galeatus Swainson, 1823....190 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus galeatus Swainson, 1823....190 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus galeatus Swainson, 1823....175 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....6056...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....150 mm. F+. BIGGIE rooster-conchs!...Brazil...$18 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....6057...(3)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....140+ mm. F+. Normals...Brazil...$15 (3 available) OVERSIZE
....37242...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....137 mm. F+ high. Great gallus specimen with big shoulder knobs and long canal & lip extension...Brazil...$19 (1 available)
....37965...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....128 mm. F+. Unusual colour form with solid pastel yellow body whorl...Florida...$25 (1 available)
....28380...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....128 mm. F+. With thickened & well extended posterior lip...Brazil...$10 (1 available)
....34277...(2)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....118, 128 mm. F++. Nice examples with well developed lips & siphonal canals...Florida...$18 (2 available)
....30756...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....119 mm. F+ high. Nice, clean specimens with fully adult lips & long, mostly intact anterior & posterior canals...Guadeloupe...$12 (1 available)
....37963...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....112 mm. F+. Good example has full developed, if not fully thickened lip...Florida...$9 (1 available)
....37617...(1)...Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....108 mm. F++ w/operc. Interesting semi-dwarf specimen, with full siphonal canal & posterior lip extension & pastel pink, thickened, flared lip...ex col...$14 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus gallus Linne, 1758....129 mm. F+ solid. Curacao. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....24917...(1pr)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....58 & 61 mm. F+. Neat Jumbo pair with 2 radically different patterns...Mozambique...$10 (1 pair available)
....25726...(1)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....48 mm. F++. Nice orange dorsal bands...Australia...$2 (1 available)
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN....34727...(1)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++. Pure Golden!! Lovely light orange colour form of this typically brown mottled species...Philippines...$20 (1 available)
....20267...(1)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....40 mm. F++. Rich purple stain on interior of lip...Comores Islands...$3 (1 available)
....27069...(1)...Strombus gibberulus Linne, 1758....32 mm. F+. Odd specimen (semi-dwarf?) with deep purple apperture...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....38993...(1)...Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....39 mm. F++ w/operc. With purple rimmed aperture and complete with saw-toothed operc...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....37802...(5)...Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....36 to 47 mm. F+/F++. Good examples with purple brown lined apertures & brown dorsal markings...”Indo Pacific”...$3 (5 available)
....36721...(1)...Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....46 mm. F+. White with brown rimmed aperture & thin bands of brown axial dashes...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....37801...(3)...Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....42 to 45 mm. F++. Pure white colour form, identified as form albus but the shape is wrong...”Indo Pacific”...$4 (3 available)
....37505...(1)...Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....38 mm. F++ w/operc. Beautifully banded & well inflated, with purple rimmed aperture, complete with operc. & full lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus gibberulus fm. gibbosus Roding, 1798....40 to 53 mm. F++. ”Indo Pacific”. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38045...(1)...Strombus gracilior Sowerby, 1825....79 mm. F+ high. Highly albinistic, all white with just a touch of tan on the spire & parietal glaze...West Mexico...$15 (1 available)
....37967...(1)...Strombus gracilior Sowerby, 1825....76 mm. F++. Nice, big specimens with thick lips & orange rimmed white apertures...West Mexico...$9 (1 available)
....37738...(1)...Strombus gracilior Sowerby, 1825....78 mm. F+. Spire & shoulder a bit eroded, but lip is intact & fully glazed...West Mexico...$6 (1 available)
....38046...(2)...Strombus gracilior Sowerby, 1825....67 & 70 mm. F+ high. Albinistic specimens, virtually white, with just a touch of pastel orange...West Mexico...$12 (2 available)
....37966...(2)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....100 mm. F++. Huge, spectacular examples, slightly worn at the apex but with thick lip & fully glossy aperture...West Mexico...$29 (2 available)
....37732...(1)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....94 mm. F++. Huge ex col specimens with excellent lips. They don’t come this big any more...West Mexico...$25 (1 available)
....37733...(2)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....85, 87 mm. F++. Lovely large examples from an old collection...West Mexico...$8 (2 available)
....37736...(2)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....72, 79 mm. F+. Bargain beached, but with good lips...West Mexico...$4 (2 available)
....34228...(1)....Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....78 mm. F+. Decent example of this less common conch, with pustulose outer lip...Mexico...$7 (1 available)
....37735...(1)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....75 mm. F++. Good specimen, with full spire, intact, thickened lip & shiny parietal glaze...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
....32145...(7)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....40 to 49 mm. F++ w/operc. Well formed adult lips, high spires & complete with claw-like operc...Panama...$7 (7 available)
....32147...(1pr)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....44, 45 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice colour pair, one typically tan mottled, the other an unusual dark gray-brown markings...Panama...$14 (1 pair available)
....32146...(1pr)...Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....41 mm. F++ w/operc. Good light & dark pair, one with much more red-brown markings than the other...Panama...$12 (1 pair available)
SOLD....Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....79 mm. F++. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822....43 mm. F+. West Mexico. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....39329...(6)...Strombus helli Kiener, 1843....16 to 21 mm. F. Lightly beached bargain examples of this scarce endemic...Hawaii...$15 (6 available)
SOLD...Strombus helli Kiener, 1843....22 mm. F. Hawaii. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus helli Kiener, 1843....17 mm. F. Hawaii. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....23713...(1)...Strombus kleckhamae Cernohorsky, 1971....58 mm. F++. Glorious examples with rich gold-brown-purple appertural staining...Philippines...$23 (1 available)
....39113...(1)...Strombus kleckhamae fm. boholensis Muhlhauser, 1981....58 mm. F++ w/operc. Glorious fully intact live taken example complete with operc...Philippines...$32 (1 available)
....36727...(1)...Strombus kleckhamae fm. boholensis Mulhausser, 1981....59 mm. F++. Fresh, dark-mouthed, top quality specimen of this scarce conch...Philippines...$42 (1 available)
....36303...(1)...Strombus kleckhamae fm. boholensis Muhlhausser, 1981....54 mm. F++. The pastel colour form of this scarce conch, with orange dorsal markings & only a touch of black in the aperture...Philippines....$39 (1 available)
NEW....39376...(1)...Strombus labiosus Wood, 1828....42 mm. F+. Freak spire tilts about 30 degrees towards the aperture...Thailand...$6 (1 available)
....15979...(2pr)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....31 - 40 mm. F++. Light gray with darker markings & orange lips...Australia...$5 (2 pairs available)
....37806...(1)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....39 mm. F++. Good, big specimen of the orange colour form...”Indo Pacific”...$4 (1 available)
....24919...(1set)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....37 to 39 mm. F+. Nice 4 piece set of colour variations...Philippines...$5 (1 set available)
....35644...(1pr)....Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....34 & 39 mm. F+. Wild colour pair, one brown mottled on white, the other an all yellow form...Philippines...$5 (1 pair available)
....20277...(1pr)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....31 & 34 mm. F+. Contrasting typical pair...$3 (1 pair available)
....16548...(1)...Strombus labiatus labiatus Roding, 1798....30 mm. F+. Orange-tan colour form. Reddish columella & dark purple outer lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....12844...(1set)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....23 - 34 mm. F+. Nice 8 piece growth & pattern series...$10 (1 set available)
....29685...(2)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....23, 30 mm. F++ w/operc. Unusual colour form. Solid yellow with bright orange apperture...Philippines...$4 (2 available)
....35092...(1)...Strombus labiatus Roding, 1798....28 mm. F++. Unusual bright orange colour form with all black aperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....38983...(6)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....76 to 80 mm. F++. Large, excellent examples with fully intact & fully developed lips...Philippines...$8 (6 available)
....29139...(1)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....78 mm. F++. Magnificent example, with full, heavy, chip free lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....37976...(1)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....75 mm. F+. Beach but decent example with well formed lip & orange-pink interior...”Indo Pacific”...$4 (1 available)
....24638...(1set)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....60 to 72 mm. F+. Nice 3 piece set showing an interesting range of patterns...Philippines...$9..(1 set available)
....24639...(1)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....67 mm. F++. Nicely patterned, thickened lip & pastel orange apperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....32646...(1)...Strombus lentiginosus Linne, 1758....61 mm. F+. Unique injury freak with flattened base & folded syphonal canal...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
NEW....39377...(1)...Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....123 mm. F+. Severe break visible on the penultimate whorl has tilted the entire spire about 30 degrees. Talk about your leftist leanings...Thailand...$15 (1 available)
....25086...(1)...Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....137 mm. F. Decent starter specimen, large & fully developed but with minor lip & apex damage...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....28470...(1)...Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....125 mm. F+ solid w/operc. Good sized examples with brown mottled pattern & fully adult lips. Some lip areas very lightly filed...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....130 mm. F++. "Gulf of Siam". .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....125 mm. F++. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus listeri Gray, 1852....125 mm. F+. ”Bay of Bengal”. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29963...(1)..Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....63 mm. F+. FREAK!! So elongated from the normal shape it looks a bit like some new Volutoconus...Philippines...$17 (1 available)
....28103...(1)...Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....59 mm. F++. Top quality specimen with complete lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....30886...(1)...Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....58 mm. F+. Fascinating freak, with totally atypical large & rounded shoulder knobs...Thailand...$15 (1 available)
....37807...(1)...Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....56 mm. F++. Good, clean, thick lipped example of this common conch...India?...$3 (1 available)
....36334...(1)...Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....55 mm. F++. Interesting freak specimen, with hugely inflated shoulder bulge...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....33567...(1set)...Strombus luhuanus Linne, 1758....43, 46 & 49 mm. F (freaks). Unique set of 3 freak forms. Check the pictures!...Philippines...$15 (1 set available)
SOLD...Strombus maculatus Sowerby, 1842....34 mm. F+. Hawaii. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37808...(2)...Strombus marginatus marginatus Linne, 1758....46, 48 mm. F++. Tan banded examples with carinate shoulder & fully developed, in-rolled lip...India...$4 (2 available)
....34752..(1set)..Strombus marginatus Linne, 1758....36 to 40 mm. F+/F++. Nice set of 4, showing good variation for the species...Philippines...$15 (1 set available)
SOLD....Strombus marginatus succinctus Linne, 1758...47 to 53 mm. F++. India........shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....29941...(1set)...Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959....24 to 33 mm. F++. Neat little trios showing variability of structure & pattern...Philippines...$12 (1 set available)
...1103...(1set)...Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959....21 - 25 mm. F++. Terrific 5-sets!...Fiji...$14 (1 set available)
....15981...(1)...Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959....15 mm. F+. Adult, really micro microurceus...Papua New Guinea....$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959....25 to 31 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959....21 mm. F++. Fiji. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....24922...(1)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1758....34 mm. F++. Maximus of the minimus! Large for species, from more Northern locality...Japan...$7 (1 available)
....24923...(1)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1758....32 mm. F++. Brown maculated back & bright yellow apperture...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....18918...(1)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1758....28 mm. F++. Nicely adult with thick columellar callus & yellow lined lip...Papua New Guinea...$5 (1 available)
....20287...(2)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1771....20 to 26 mm. F+. Lovely lemon yellow lined lip (say that 5 times fast!)...Tahiti...$3 (2 available)
....37160...(1)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1758....24 mm. F++. Fine, fully formed example of this smallest of Conchs...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....15982...(2)...Strombus minimus Linne, 1758....20 - 22 mm. F++. Tan dorsum, white ventrum, small but adult...Papua New Guinea...$3 (2 available)
....38994...(1)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....38 mm. F++ w/operc. With banded, brown mottled pattern & orange-pink interior...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....38571...(3)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....27 to 31 mm. F++. Relatively large examples for this smaller specie...Somalia...$6 (3 available)
....38572...(1set)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....23 to 26 mm. F++. Lovely 4 piece colour variation set, including a scarce all orange specimen...Somalia...$20 (1 set available)
....38573...(5)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....23 to 26 mm. F++. Pretty specimens with bold brown mottled backs & orange-pink interiors...Somalia...$4 (5 available)
....37161...(1)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....27 mm. F+. Odd little injury freak has produced a grooved, sinuous lip...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....37506...(1)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....24 mm. F+ high. Albinistic example with no brown markings & orange aperture...Fiji...$4 (1 available)
....36718...(1)...Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821....21 mm. F++. Dark chocolate brown banded colour form with white apertural rim...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
SOLD...Strombus mutabilis fm. zebriolatus Adams & Leloup, 1938....33.5 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39469...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....118 mm. F+. Still with good, shiny, dark stained aperture, but probably fresh dead, as indicated by a small chip on the columellar callus...Somalia...$195 (1 available)
NEW....39407...(2)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....114, 118 mm. F+. Good ones with light brown throats and intact posterior lip extensions...Somalia...$215 (2 available)
NEW....39406...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....116 mm. F+. Perhaps our best specimen of this typically rough specie, live taken, this has lots of brown in the throat & good lip with just a small chip...Somalia...$225 (1 available)
NEW....39468...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....114 mm. F+. Typically a little rough, but a nice example complete with partial periostracum...Somalia...$210 (1 available)
NEW....39409...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....114 mm. F. Nice, dark throated specimen but with a fresh chip off the posterior lip extension...Somalia...$160 (1 available)
NEW....39467...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....112 mm. F+ w/operc. Absolutely live taken, and while a little rough around the edges, it is the only one we have had with the operc...Somalia...$235 (1 available)
NEW....39471...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....107 mm. F+. Decent specimen with strong apertural stain, though with typically rough edged lip...Somalia...$165 (1 available)
NEW....39526...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....105 mm. F+. Decent example with nice lip extension but some anterior lip damage. Still shows the specie nicely...Somalia...$120 (1 available)
NEW....39408...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....104 mm. F. Good live taken interior gloss but a rough lip edge downgrades this one...Somalia...$150 (1 available)
NEW....39470...(2)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....102 mm. F+. Nice examples with full gloss in the aperture & good posterior lip “horn”...Somalia...$175 (2 available)
NEW....39525...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....99 mm. F+. Nice example with rich brown apertural stain and only slightly rough lip...Somalia...$100 (1 available)
NEW....39472...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....96 mm. F+. Fresh and shiny aperture, though with the usual rough edges...Somalia...$150 (1 available)
....38391...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....117 mm. F+. Great example with well thickened lip, forked lip extension and dark brown aperture stain...Somalia...$200 (1 available)
....38392...(1)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....116 mm. F+. Good, solid, fresh specimen of this East African endemic, though with slightly rough edged lip...Somalia...$150 (1 available)
....38574...(2)...Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....108, 110 mm. F. Good starter specimens of this scarce endemic Strombus, fresh, live taken, with rich brown throat stain & partial periostracum, but with chipped lip edges...Somalia...$100 (2 available)
SOLD....Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965....103 mm. F+. Somalia. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38984...(1)...Strombus peruvianus Swainson, 1823....116 mm. F+. Nice orange-tan specimen with well extended lip finger...West Mexico...$28 (1 available)
....38052...(1)...Strombus peruvianus Swainson, 1823....170 mm. F+. Big, beautifully mature specimen, with well developed lip & extension, and pastel orange-pink interior. One chunk off anterior lip...West Mexico...$27 (1 available) OVERSIZE
....38985...(7)...Strombus pipus Roding, 1798....52 to 61 mm. F++. With rich, dark brown lined apertures and well developed lips...Philippines...$9 (7 available)
....25857...(1)...Strombus pipus Roding, 1798....82 mm. F+ nicely. HUGE specimen with dark brown inner lip. So big it looks like a dark S. lentiginusus...Philippines...$35 (1 available)
....33057...(1)...Strombus pipus Roding, 1798....43 mm. F++. Fresh, shiny, black mouthed examples...Solomon Islands...$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus pipus Roding, 1798....75 mm. F+ high. Tanzania. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38577...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. plicatus Roding, 1798....44 mm. F+. Good, big, thick lipped specimen, though with a healed ventral break...Somalia...$50 (1 available)
....38575...(4)...Strombus plicatus fm. plicatus Roding, 1798....40 to 42 mm. F++. Great specimens of this rarest of the plicatus forms...Somalia...$65 (4 available)
....38578...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. plicatus Roding, 1798....40 mm. F++. Nice sub-adult starter specimen wtih decolate spire & slightly thin lip. Bargain...Somalia...$35 (1 available)
....38576...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. plicatus Roding, 1798....36 mm. F++. Fully adult dwarf example of this scarce endemic...Somalia...$60 (1 available)
....6092...(1)....Strombus plicatus fm. columba Lamarck, 1822....47.3 mm. F++. GIGANTIC!...Zanzibar...$12 (1 available)
....23476...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. columba Lamarck, 1822....39 mm. F++. Super dark, brown mottled back & black throat blotches...Zanzibar...$5 (1 available)
....6094...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. columba Lamarck, 1822....39 mm. F++. Good African normals...Zanzibar...$5 (1 available)
....25858...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. columba Lamarck, 1822....32 mm. F++. Little guys with black lined apperture...Tanzania...$5 (1 available)
....33331...(3)...Strombus plicatus fm. pulchellus Reeve, 1851....26 to 30 mm. F++. Good examples with well developed lips & brown lined apertures...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....35229...(1)...Strombus plicatus fm. pulchellus Reeve, 1851....29 mm. F++. Good specimen with aperture full of dark lined grooves...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....37507...(3)...Strombus plicatus fm. sibbaldi Sowerby, 1832....34 to 41 mm. F+. Neat little conchs with high, pointed spire & well formed lip...India...$4 (3 available)
....25672...(6)...Strombus plicatus fm. sibbaldi Sowerby, 1842....33 to 36 mm. F++ w/operc. Cute mini-conchs with high pointed apices...India...$3 (6 available)
SOLD....Strombus plicatus fm. columba Lamarck, 1822....53 mm. F++. Tanzania. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37969...(1)...Strombus pugilis Linne, 1758....93 mm. F++. Excellent examples selected from dozens, BIG, and with intact, thick orange lip...Florida...$8 (1 available)
....37970...(4)...Strombus pugilis Linne, 1758....79 to 86 mm. F++. Nice, large, selected specimens with fully intact lips & spires...Florida...$6 (4 available)
SOLD....Strombus pugilis Linne, 1758....92 mm. F+. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus pugilis fm. worki Petuch, 1993....82 mm. F++ w/operc. Florida. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....37971...(1)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....93 mm. F++. Glorious giant specimen, with wonderfully intact apex, lip & canal...Florida...$15 (1 available)
....37972...(4)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....82 to 87 mm. F++. Good, big examples with complete lips...Florida...$7 (4 available)
....37975...(1)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....79 mm. F++. Beautiful & uncommon pastel pink colour form...Florida...$15 (1 available)
....37974...(1set)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....76 to 77 mm. F++. Great 3 piece development set, showing increasing lip thickness & parietal glaze...Florida...$14 (1 set available) OVERSIZE
....24642...(2)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....71 to 74 mm. F+. Thick, well developed lips (do not confuse with Mick Jagger)...Florida...$6 (2 available)
....37973...(2)...Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....49 & 52 mm. F++. Unusual dwarf specimens, with reduced shoulder knobs, yet with a flared adult lip...Florida...$12 (2 available)
SOLD....Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791....61 mm. F++ w/operc. DWARF - fully adult...Florida Keys. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39509...(6)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....96 to 107 mm. F++. Good sized examples with dark purple-brown apertures and fully developed lip and extensions...Philippines...$8 (6 available) OVERSIZE
NEW....39510...(5)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....85 to 95 mm. F++ . Nice, if slightly smaller specimens with fully thickened lips & deep purple interiors...Philippines...$7 OVERSIZE (5 available)
....31506...(2)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....129 to 132 mm. F++. BIG, fresh, dark purple throated specimens with fine, fully developed lip & "fingers"...Vietnam...$40 (2 available)
....38043...(1)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....108 mm. F+ high. Nice adult example, with fully thickened lip & glorious, deep, purple-brown interior...ex col...$12 (1 available)
....36726...(1)...Strombus sinuatus Humphrey, 1786....102 mm. F++. Great specimen, with all lip "fingers" intact...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
....29075...(1)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....102 mm. F+ high. Fresh, dark appertural colour & fully thickened lip...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....15136...(3)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....90 - 100 mm. F+ high. w/operc. Classic. Intense purple interior...Philippines...$9 (3 available) OVERSIZE
....38044...(1)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....99 mm. F+ high. Good specimen with adult lip & well developed “fingers”...ex col...$8 (1 available)
Re-listed....15136...(2)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....88, 89 mm. F++ w/operc. Sweet if slightly smaller specimens with fully thickened lips & intact lip projections & complete with opercs...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....31615...(1)...Strombus sinuatus Lightfoot, 1786....84mm. F++. Excellent example with perfect lip "fingers", fully thickened adult lip and glorious purple-brown interior...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....39114...(1)...Strombus terebellatus Sowerby, 1842....51.5 mm. F++. JUMBO example , heavily brown speckled...Philippines...$23 (1 available)
....32803...(4prs)...Strombus terebellatus Sowerby, 1842....37 to 45 mm. F+/F++. Nice extreme pattern variation pairs...Philippines...$16 (4 pairs available)
....35775...(1)...Strombus terebellatus Sowerby, 1842....27 mm. F+. Semi-dwarf orange & white speckled specimen...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
NEW....39559...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....134 mm. F++. Large, magnificent example with well thickened lip, long “finger” and lightly bronzed aperture...Somalia...$28 (1 available)
NEW....39560...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....125 mm. F+high. Great specimen, massive and darkly tanned aperture with lip up to 15 mm thick! Just a tiny piece off the anterior canal...Somalia...$26 (1 available)
NEW....39561...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....122 mm. F++. Lovely thick lipped specimen with rich brown parietal glaze & no flaws...Somalia...$27 (1 available)
NEW....39562...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....118 mm. F++. Nice, massive fully adult example, with dark dorsal pattern and pinkish-tan apertural glaze...Somalia...$25 (1 available)
NEW....39563...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....118 mm. F+high. Interesting example has nicely thickened & bronzed lip, but lacks the typical black axial dorsal markings. “Finger” is a little rough but glaze is great!...Somalia...$25 (1 available)
NEW....39564...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....122 mm. F+. Unusual specimen has long, fang-like lip spine, unfortunately damaged in transit & repaired with cyanoacrylate...Somalia...$22 (1 available)
NEW....39565...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....117 mm. F+. This odd example has a partly bifurcated lip spine similar to Strombus oldi. Margins are slightly rough but parietal glaze is nearly chocolate brown...Somalia...$24 (1 available)
NEW....39566...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....117 mm. F++. Good if slightly sub-adult specimen. Lip is fully formed but not fully thickened. This one lacks the black axial dorsal marks. Could this be sexual dimorphism of colour pattern?...Somalia...$20 (1 available)
NEW....39410...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....125 mm. F++. Glorious, big fresh specimen with well thickened lip, long pointy extension & even with much of the perio intact...Somailia...$27 (1 available)
NEW....39411...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....107 mm. F++. Massive example with heavily thickened purplish lip & parietal glaze...Somalia...$24 (1 available)
NEW....39413...(2)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....106 mm. F+. Nice specimens with fully adult lips, though with a few rough spots...Somalia...$22 (2 available)
NEW....39414...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....98 mm. F++. Great smaller specimen with full, thickened, glazed adult lip...Somalia...$20 (1 available)
NEW....39415...(1)...Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....81 mm. F++. Spectacular truly dwarf example (body only 68 mm.) dark & fresh and with thick, purplish glazed, long spined lip...Somalia...$26 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....118 mm. F+. Somalia. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus tricornis Lightfoot, 1786....117 mm. F++. Somalia. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39372...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....39 mm. F+. Unusual freak specimen with pinched body & flared posterior lip...Thailand...$7 (1 available)
NEW....39373...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....38 mm. F+. Freaky little thing with a strong spiral cord between shoulder & suture...Thailand...$6 (1 available)
NEW....39374...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....50 mm. F+. Freakily tilted apex...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....39115...(1)...Strombus cf. urceus Linne, 1758....58 mm. F+. Spectacular spire freak, highly extended & deeply channeled...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
....34663...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....60 mm. F+. Large example with pale rimmed apperture. Came covered in barnacles but they all fell off...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....24926...(6sets)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....46 to 57 mm. F++. Splendid 5 piece colour variation set in shades from dark brown to the uncommon yellow...Philippines...$19 (6 sets available)
....29943...(2)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....43 to 51 mm. F+ high. Singles of the pastel pink colour form with brown lined apperture...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
....29964...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....50 mm. F+. So elongated from the normal shape it looks a bit like some new Comitas from the backside...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....20300...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....48 mm. F+. Albinistic, but with orange apperture...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....24537...(3sets)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....37 to 47 mm. F++. Nice 3 piece sets show variations of pattern & colour...Philippines...$6 (3 sets available)
....31668...(1set)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....28 to 39 mm. F+. Great 4 piece colour variation set in 4 distinct shades of brown...Philippines...$9 (1 set available)
....29944...(2)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....37 mm. F+ high. Brilliant orange! Striking examples of this scarce colour form...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
....18924...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....34 mm. F++. Pastel orange without dark mottling...Australia...$5 (1 available)
....32760...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....29 mm. F++. Deep water form, all white with pastel yellow aperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....17867...(1)...Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....26 mm. F++ Light tan to brown with dark apperture...Papua New Guinea...$3 (1 available)
....37462...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. orrae Abbott, 1960....43 mm. F+. Decent specimen of the white lipped form...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....15984...(4)...Strombus urcerus fm. orrae Abbott, 1960....31 - 41 mm. F+. White & brown with black siphonal canal...Australia...$2 (4 available)
....31592...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. urceus Linne, 1758....59 mm. F+. Uncommonly large and high spired example with well developed, white rimmed apperture...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....37809...(1set)...Strombus urceus fm. urceus Linne, 1758....30 to 58 mm. F+/F++. Magnificent 8 piece growth and pattern variation set...”West Pacific”...$25 (1 set available)
....15273...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. urceus Linne, 1758....43 mm. F++. Dark brown form...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....31184...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. ustulatus Schumacher, 1817....50 mm. F+. Supremely twisted freak, with columella bent close to 90 degrees! So twisted its hard to identify by shape...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....37810...(1pr)....Strombus urceus fm. ustulata Schumacher, 1817....39 & 46 mm. F+. Light & dark pair of the black- mouthed colour form...”West Pacific”...$7 (1 pair available)
....29945...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. ustulatus Schumacher, 1817....42 mm. F+. Good examples of this form, pastel yellow-tan with jet black lined lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....24538...(1)...Strombus urceus fm. ustulatus Schmacher, 1817....42 mm. F++. Good examples of the black mouthed form...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
Re-listed....25859...(7)...Strombus urceus fm. ustulatus Schumacher, 1817....33 to 35 mm. F++. Form with pale body and black aperture...Philippines...$5 (7 available)
SOLD....Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....40 to 49 mm. F+ high. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus urceus Linne, 1758....30 to 37 mm. F+ high. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Strombus urceus fm. urceus Linne, 1758....32, 36 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD...Strombus urceus fm. urceus Linne, 1758....30 to 35 mm. F+. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....15738...(1pr)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....47, 49 mm. F+. Larger PAIR, one with spot, one plain...Philippines...$9 (1 pair available)
....15987...(2)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....40 - 49 mm. F++. White with brown speckled bands...Solomon Islands...$5 (2 available)
....15275...(2)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....44, 46 mm. F+. White with brown flecks & dark columellar spot...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
....35646...(1)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....45 mm. F++. Thick columellar callous has one prominent central brown spot...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....17869...(1)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....43 mm. F++ w/operc. Mottled brown banded backs...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....15276....(1pr)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....42, 43 mm. F+. PAIR one with columellar spot, one plain...Philippines...$8 (1 pair available)
....29140...(1)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....42 mm. F+. Distinct brown mottled bands & columellar blotch...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....25725...(1)...Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1821....42 mm. F++ w/operc. Richly patterned & fully mature, complete with spiny operc...Australia...$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820....54 mm. F+. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
NEW....39375...(1)...Strombus vittatus Linne, 1758....74 mm. F+. Oddly tilted spire looks like 7 layer wedding cake about to fall over!...Thailand...$8 (1 available)
....31584...(1)...Strombus vittatus Linne, 1758....62 mm. F+. Wonderfully high spired and with complete lip...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
Re-listed....33936...(1)...Strombus vittatus var. australis Schroeter, 1805....88 mm. F++. High spired form with strong axial ridges on the spire & most of the body whorl...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....37811...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. australis Schroeter,?....67 mm. Amazingly high spired variety with axial ridges on most of the body whorl...Fiji...$5 (1 available)
....24744...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....59 mm. F++. High spired form...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....38988...(4)...Strombus vittatus fm. japonicus Reeve, 1851....59 to 67 mm. F++. Specimens of the Japanese form, more squat than the nominate form...Philippines...$9 (4 available)
Re-listed....33935...(2pr)....Strombus vittatus fm. turritus Lamarck, 1822....80 to 89 mm. F++. Nice light & dark pattern pairs...Thailand...$7 (2 pairs available)
Re-listed....33936...(15)...Strombus vittatus fm. turritus Lamarck, 1822....75 to 89 mm. F++. Lovely specimens of this high spired form...Thailand...$4 (15 available) OVERSIZE BAG
....38989...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. turritus Lamarck, 1822....95 mm. F++. Strongly axially ribbed and very high spired subspecie...Thailand...$5 (1 available)
....24929...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. vittatus Linne, 1758....65 mm. F+. Nice large examples...Japan...$3 (1 available)
....24743...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. vittatus Linne, 1758....56 mm. F+. With fine brown pattern & good "bronzing" of the columellar callus & lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....37162...(1)...Strombus vittatus fm. vittatus Linne, 1758....52 mm. F++ w/operc. Neat example complete with rarely retained clawed operculum...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....37243...(3)...Strombus wilsoni Abbott, 1967....16 to 18 mm. F++ w/operc. Excellent examples of this mini-conch species complete with tiny opercs!...Tonga...$12 (3 available)
....6089...(1pr)...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1758....52, 53 mm. F++. Big high contrast pair, one lightly speckled & clouded, the other boldly polka-dotted...India...$5 (1 pair available)
....24644...(1pr)...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1758....45 & 48 mm. F++. Neat pair shows 2 patterns, one spotted, the other with big zig-zag markings...Japan...$5 (1 pair available)
....37163...(1)...Terebellum terebellum fm. puncticulatum Roding, 1798....42 mm. F++. The more distinctly spotted rather than clouded pattern form...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....32328...(1pr)...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1767....41, 42 mm. F++. Nice pair demonstrates pattern variation. One typical nominate form, the other T. t. nebulosum, more banded than spotted...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....33059...(2sets)...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1767....39 to 42 mm. F+. Nice 4 piece pattern variation sets...Solomon Islands...$7 (2 sets available)
....31813...(2sets)...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1767....25 to 30 mm. F++. Neat 4 piece pattern variation sets...Thailand...$7 (2 sets available)
SOLD...Terebellum terebellum Linne, 1767....45 to 50 mm. F++. India. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Tibia fusus Linne, 1758....235 mm. F+. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Tibia fusus Linne, 1758....222 mm. (approx) F+. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD....Tibia fusus Linne, 1758....220 mm. F+ w/operc. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38986...(1)...Tibia insulaechorab Roding, 1798....117 mm. F. With fully intact lip spines, but a touch of wear at each end...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....27365...(1)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....61 mm. F+. Good sized starter specimen with fully thickened lip...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....32035...(1)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....60 mm. F++. Good sized, fully adult specimen with intact, thickened, spined lip...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....23371...(1)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....60mm. F+. Big example with well thickened lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....25090...(5)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....49 to 58 mm. F++. Well toothed lips & good siphonal canals...Philippines...$3 (5 available)
....30769...(3)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....50 to 53 mm. F++. With fully developed lip complete with all lip spines & full length syphonal canal...Philippines...$4 (3 available)
....26099...(6)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1824....42 to 53 mm. F++. Great specimens, with canal & lip spines intact...Philippines...$4 (6 available)
....26674...(1)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....52 mm. F++. Brown lined apperture & lip spines...$4 (1 available)
....36720...(1)...Tibia (Rimella) powisi Petit, 1842....50 mm. F++. Good sized example with siphonal canal & all lip spines intact...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....29399...(1)...Tibia powisi Petit, 1840....47 mm. F++. Excellent fully intact specimen...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Tibia powisi Petit, 1842....52 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
SOLD...Tibia (Rimella) cancellata Lamarck, 1816....31 mm. F++. Philippines. .......shell sold, photo link retained for your enjoyment
....38430...(1)...Tibia (Rimella) crispata Sowerby, 1842....23 mm. F++. Orange-brown banded specimen of this miniature Strombid...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....36717...(1)...Tibia (Rimella) crispata Sowerby, 1842....21 mm. F++. With fully thickened & finely dentate lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
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