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Dear collectors,
 
We are pleased to present you our latest arrivals.
 
Most among you handled with us already in the past. For newcomers e-mail us
for more information about our sales.
 
Wishing you fine shelling on our list that you receive as an attachment
called POPPE.TXT,
 
Best regards,
 
Guido
 
ADDISONIIDAE
        Addisonia excentrica
        Tiberi
        11193
        Spain
 
        10 mm up. Porcellaneous white. UNCOMMON. Lives on the eggs of rays.
        15,-$
 
APORRHAIDAE
        Aporrhais occidentalis
        Beck, 1836
        11243
        Canada
        F-
        42 mm. A live taken specimen with a glossy porcellaneous white
aperture. Proto gone as usual. Minor growth lines on the outer lip.
Attractive price.
        15,-$
 
APORRHAIDAE
        Aporrhais pesgallinae
        Barnard, 1963
        11063
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Short spined form, dark spines. Close to gem if not gem.
        5,-$
 
APORRHAIDAE
        Aporrhais serresianus
        (Michaud, 1828)
        11070
        Spain
        F+++
        40 mm up. Very close to gem, very beautiful, porcellaneous texture.
        8,-$
 
APORRHAIDAE
        Aporrhais serresianus
        (Michaud, 1828)
        11078
        Spain
        F+++
        48 mm. A single award winning specimen, close to gem. FANTASTIC.
        25,-$
 
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
        Architectonica modesta
        (Philippi, 1848)
        11730
        Mozambique
        F+++
        31 mm up. Very selected, close to gem if not gem. Glossy, attractive.
        5,-$
 
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
        Architectonica perspectiva
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11214
        Philippines
        F
        28 mm up. Average 32 mm. Selected out of hundreds, but never with a
perfect aperture. Acceptable.
        2,-$
 
ARCIDAE
        Anadara diluvii
        (Lamarck, 1819)
        11040
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        24 mm up. Nice specimens, round, with a dark brown PERIO.
        3,-$
 
ARCIDAE
        Arca tetragona
        Poli, 1795
        11194
        Spain
        F+++
        19 mm up. Very nice and large. Close to gem if not gem.
        6,-$
 
ARCIDAE
        Bathyarca grenophia
        risso, 1826
        11124
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Uncommon species, from around 100 m.
        8,-$
 
ASTARTIDAE
        Astarte fusca
        (Poli, 1795)
        11308
        Spain
        F+++
        18 mm up. Brown PERIO. Close to gem if not gem. Not very common.
        4,-$
 
ASTARTIDAE
        Digitaria digitaria
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11310
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        6-7 mm. Fabulous sculpture. Different colours.
        6,-$
 
BARLEEIDAE
        Barleeia unifasciata
        (Montagu, 1803)
        11404
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Dark brown glossy specimen.
        2,-$
 
BARLEEIDAE
        Nodulus contortus
        (Jeffreys, 1856)
        11415
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        1 mm up. One of the smallest Gasteropods. Solid shells. Nice.
        2,-$
 
BARLEEIDAE
        Pisinna glabrata
        (von Mühlfeldt, 1824)
        11400
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        1 mm. Slender solid attractive shells.
        2,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Ancistrolepis decora
        Dall, 1925
        11259
        Okhotsk
        F-
        98 mm. A completely white shell, nautrally eroded, traces of perio
near the syphonal canal. Absolutely perfect lip. Undoubtedly live collected.
        60,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Ancistrolepis magnum
        Dall,
        11245
        Bering Sea
        F
        72-78 mm. W/O. W/PERIO. If not magnum, a closely allied species.
Part of the shell not covered with perio, naturally eroded. Rough
condition. Lips quite good.
        50,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Beringius behringii
 
        11246
        Bering Sea
        F-
        103 mm. W/O. Natural condition as usual: rough. Very proto gone.
Traces of perio. Interesting shell.
        60,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Buccinum angulosum
        Gray, 1839
        11251
        Bering Sea
        F
        68 mm. W/O. With traces of perio. Near to perfect lip. Intritacalx
present. Rough condition as usual. Very good for the species. FANTASTIC
angular shape.
        60,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Buccinum humphreysianum
        Bennett, 1825
        11068
        Spain
        F+
        45 mm up. W/O. Very exceptional quality in the peach colours. Never
gem this species. Beauties.
        8,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Buccinum humphreysianum
        Bennett, 1825
        11082
        Spain
        F+++
        54 mm. W/O. Exceptional specimen, peach with few axial and spiral
brown fleck pattern.
        15,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Buccinum humphreysianum
        Bennett, 1825
        11075
        Spain
        F+
        51 mm. W/O. Exceptional specimen, very dark coloured. Always stress
lines, exceptional quality for species.
        15,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Cantharus fragaria
        Wood,
        11567
        Mozambique
        F+++
        22 mm up. Jewels of the sea. Light pink with superb black pattern.
Not often seen. See Hill in his first book. In fact gem, but extreme
microscopic proto gone.
        9,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Cantharus fragaria
        Wood,
        11581
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Jewels of the sea. Light pink with superb black pattern.
Not often seen. See Hill in his first book.
        10,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Cantharus fumosus
        Dillwyn, 1817
        11704
        Mozambique
        F+++
        30 mm up. Rusty brown and cream-yellow. Hyper selected, close to gem if
not gem.
        2,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Cantharus mactanensis
        (Cernohorsky, 1985)
        11517
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Nice form, cf. the one figured in Springsteen and
Leobrera, right specimen. Attractive form, may be separate species ?
        3,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Colus jeffreysianus
        (Fischer, 1868)
        11030
        Spain
        F+
        43 mm up. W/O. W/PERIO. Very nice for species. Lips always fine and
chipped here, but the quality can be called excellent. Olive-green perio.
        20,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Engina mendicaria
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11222
        Philippines
        F
        16 mm up. Top whorls always somewhat eroded, these are a dozen
sorted out of two thousand.
        2,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Manaria fusiformis
        (Clench & Aguayo, 1941)
        11784
        Honduras
        F+++
        58-59 mm. One of the rarest BUCCINIDAE: 400 m deep. Superb
warm-orange colour. Close to gem if not gem. Only two.
        150,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Neptunea pribiloffensis
        Dall,
        11220
        Bering Sea
        F
        124 mm. W/O. Natural condition as usual: rough with defects. Proto
gone. Very nice lip.
        30,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Neptunea pribiloffensis
        Dall,
        11253
        Bering Sea
        F
        99 mm. W/O. Natural condition as usual: rough. Proto gone.
        30,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Phos cyanostoma
        A. Adams,
        11725
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. White or cream with a purple mouth. Nice.
        3,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Pisania crenilabrum
        (A. Adams, 1855)
        11840
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Light brown, solid, with pattern on periphery.
        3,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Pisania fasciculata
        (Reeve, 1848)
        11836
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        20 mm. A beauty with numerous spiral lines on orange-brown background.
        4,-$
 
BUCCINIDAE
        Troschelia berniciensis
        (King, 1846)
        11505
        Spain
        F
        79 mm. W/O. W/PERIO. Nice specimen, but young lip with slight
defects. Excellent quality for species. Light green periostracum. Very
rare.
        80,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria fernandesi
        Beu, 1977
        11584
        Mozambique
        Dead
        57 mm up. Similar to p. 23. Same quality as the specimens figured
or better. Dark aperture. Often small holes in the shell as in the central
figure.
        35,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria fernandesi
        Beu, 1977
        11692
        Mozambique
        F+++
        56 mm. A nice specimen, super quality. Better than anything
figured. Normal size. Gem apart from minuscule Murex attack in the spire,
hardly visible.
        50,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria fernandesi
        Beu, 1977
        11646
        Mozambique
        F
        62 mm. A nice specimen, super quality. Better than anything
figured. Normal size. Gem apart from minor holes because of sponge and
Natica attacks. Not very visible, unless closely studied. Very beautiful
aperture.
        60,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria fernandesi
        Beu, 1977
        11644
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        74 mm. Gem and good size and superb aperture. Can be further
cleaned on dorsum, but up to the collector to judge and do this. Rare item
in this condition.
        100,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria marginata
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11131
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        24 mm up. W/O. Nice brown, excellent quality. Not so common.
        12,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bufonaria nobilis
        (Reeve, 1844)
        11242
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        61 mm. See p. 29, upper right. Nice specimen.
        5,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa granularis granularis
        (Röding, 1798)
        11587
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up. Nice quality for this common species of which we see junk
in quantity.
        6,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa granularis granularis
        (Röding, 1798)
        11686
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        62 mm. A VERY LARGE specimen. Dark colour, nice quality.
        10,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa latitudo wolfei
        Beu, 1980
        11281
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        58 mm up. Similar to p. 84. Selected spiny specimens. Superb.
        10,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa quirihorai
        Beu, 1987
        11264
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        56 mm. A very large specimen, already adult, but still light. Very
beautiful and uncommon.
        15,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa quirihorai
        Beu, 1987
        11299
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        47 mm. W/O. Deep water species. Good size. UNCOMMON.
        25,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa ranelloides
        (Reeve, 1844)
        11597
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        44 mm up. Fresh superb specimen. Not figured. Close to the ones on
page 87 lower photo on the left but with better colours, as the one on the
top right. Apparently not very common.
        40,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa rhodostoma rhodostoma
        (Beck in Sowerby II, 1835)
	11600
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Similar to p. 56, fig in the middle. A little rough outer
surface, bright mouth.
        8,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa rhodostoma thomae
        (d'Orbigny, 1842)
        11849
        canaries
        F+++
        19 mm up. Dived, 20 m deep. Pink mouth. Nice. Uncommon.
        15,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa rosa
        (Perry, 1811)
        11594
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        34 mm up. Classic, but already better than the average, close to
photo on the lower half of page 59 specimens on the right.
        6,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Bursa rosa
        (Perry, 1811)
        11593
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        41 mm. Specimen of exceptional beauty for the species: bright
purple inside of aperture with yellow border. Better than anythting figured
on pages 58-59.
        10,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Tutufa oyamai
        Habe, 1973
        11740
        Mozambique
        F+++
        63 mm. Slightly subadult, fine quality, almost gem and large size.
Unusual locality.
        20,-$
 
BURSIDAE
        Tutufa oyamai
        Habe, 1973
        11483
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        49 mm. W/O. An almost pure white specimen, but in the interstices,
fantastic brown spots. Great sculpture. Best ever seen.
        35,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Axelella  minima
        Reeve, 1856
        11351
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        6 mm up. ULTRA RARE. From the Western Sahara. Cream beauties. A few.
        185,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Cancellaria cancellata
        (Linnaeus, 1767)
        11011
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Classics. Some can be further cleaned.
        2,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Cancellaria lyrata
        Brocchi, 1814
        11109
        Senegal
        F+
        42 mm up. Nice selected shells, from f+ to gem. Fantastic shapes.
        10,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Cancellaria similis
        Sowerby, 1833
        11004
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        25 mm up. Can be further cleaned, quite different sculptures.
        4,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Scalptia obliquata
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11703
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up.  Cream coloured, delicate sculpture.
        3,-$
 
CANCELLARIIDAE
        Trigonostoma scalata
        (Sowerby, 1832)
        11118
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up.Nice axial sculpture. Deep water. Uncommon.
        10,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Acanthocardia paucicostata
        Sowerby, 1834
        11067
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        25 mm up. Very beautiful specimens. Smallest Acanthocardia in
Europe, large shells for the species.
        3,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Acanthocardia spinosa
        (Lightfoot, 1786)
        11084
        Spain
        F+++
        76 mm up. Selected spiny beauties. Impressive large cardium. Can be
called gem.
        10,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Acanthocardia tuberculata
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11098
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        50 mm up.The dark form.
        2,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Fragum hemicardium
        Linnaeus, 1758
        12191
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        37 mm up. White beauties. Glossy, good size, nice sculptures.
        6,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Laevicardium crassum
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11026
        Spain
        F+++
        50 mm up. Selected LARGE specimens, from F+ to gem. With
olive-brown PERIO well preserved.
        4,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Parvicardium minimum
        (Philippi, 1836)
        11357
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        4-5 mm. Pure white deep water Cardium.
        6,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Parvicardium vroomi
        Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
        11324
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        3-4 mm. Uncommon interesting Parvicardium.
        6,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Plagiocardium papillosum
        Poli, 1795
        11013
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        13-14 mm. Spanish form, very large and cute.
        4,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Plagiocardium papillosum
        Poli, 1795
        11006
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        7-8 mm. From west Africa. Cute and slightly different from the Med.
ones.
        3,-$
 
CARDIIDAE
        Trachycardium magnum
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11754
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        46 mm up. Selected specimens, nice colours.
        8,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Cardita calyculata
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11003
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Selected large specimens. Dull, good sizes.
        2,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Cardita monodi
        Nicklès,
        11107
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        15-16 mm. Different colours.
        3,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Cardita monodi
        Nicklès,
        11108
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. LARGE.
        5,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Cardita monodi
        Nicklès,
        11448
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. A few exceptional colours.
        10,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Cyclocardia crebicostata
        Macandrew & Forbes, 1847
        11244
        Bering Sea
        F
        13 mm up. W/PERIO. Umbos very eroded. Interesting and hard to get
shell.
        8,-$
 
CARDITIDAE
        Glans aculeata
        (Poli, 1795)
        11031
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        16-19 mm. With scales, in the pink colours. Some must be further
cleaned.
        3,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Casmaria erinacea vibex
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11717
        Mozambique
        F+
        49 mm. Quite exceptional specimen, very smooth, without pattern
apart from little points on the corssing of spiral and axial stress lines.
Beauty.
        12,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Oocorys keyteri
        Kilburn, 1975
        11575
        Mozambique
        F+++
        75 mm up. Fabulous specimens in superb quality for an Oocorys.
Light orange with white lip. Close to gem.
        85,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium areola
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11683
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        53 mm up. A pale colour form with olive-brown blotches. Nice for
comparison with muangmani.
        4,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium craticulatum
        (Euthyme, 1885)
        11531
        Mozambique
        F+++
        55 mm. A very beautiful warm brown-pink specimen, close to gem.
Swollen, very good size.
        9,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium craticulatum
        (Euthyme, 1885)
        11606
        Mozambique
        F+++
        73 mm. A very beautiful warm brown-pink specimen, close to gem. BIG.
        15,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium faurotis
        (Gizmo, 1888)
        11724
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        46 mm up. Selected, a few deep water items.
        10,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium glabratum fernandezi
 
        11710
        Mozambique
        F+
        68 mm. Very beautiful shell, gem apart from an 0,3 mm hole in spire
from Natica attack. (Hardly visible). Exceptional quality.
        30,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium labiatum iheringi
        (Carcelles, 1953)
        11188
        Brazil
        Dead
        41 mm. A very nice specimen, trawled dead but looks absolutely gem.
Not figured in Kreipl: a much paler form, with nice pattern. RARE.
        35,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium labiatum iheringi
        (Carcelles, 1953)
        11187
        Brazil
        Dead
        54 mm. A very nice specimen, trawled dead but looks close to gem.
Two minor pin holes, not through the shell. Same colour as the one figured
in Kreipl, but much better quality. RARE.
        40,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium labiatum iredalei
        (Bayer, 1935)
        11682
        Mozambique
        F
        63 mm. Lightning orange. With defects. Same quality as the one
figured in Kreipl. Knobs shining through.
        35,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium labiatum zeylanicum
        Lamarck, 1822
        11680
        Mozambique
        Dead
        54 mm. Very beautiful specimen, lightning orange. Small defects:
Natica attack in spire, siphonal canal touched. I feel this quite rare and
a beautiful shell. Could be called fine+ quality.
        15,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium labiatum zeylanicum
        Lamarck, 1822
        11681
        Mozambique
        F+++
        72 mm. Very beautiful specimen, lightning orange. Very minor
defects only. Two rows of knobs and big.
        40,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium microstoma
        (von Martens, 1903)
        11599
        Mozambique
        Dead
        95,7 mm. WORLD RECORD in size. Former WR 95 mm. A dead taken
specimen with good colours, but siphonal canal gone, probalby from hermit
crab. Interesting to have.
        65,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium saburon
        (Bruguière, 1792)
        11088
        Senegal
        F+++
        33-35 mm. Only two DWARF specimens, perfectly adult and heavy.
Close to gem, and the best available. Interesting.
        8,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Phalium saburon
        (Bruguière, 1792)
        11111
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        49 mm up. Fabulous quality, close to gem if not gem, some with the
classic rust. From 200 m and deeper.
        8,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Sconsia finkli
 
        11633
        Colombia
        F+
        51 mm. Looks to me as very close to lindae, but specialists claim
that this is different. We did not as yet find the name finkli in
literature. Close to gem.
        22,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Sconsia finkli
 
        11634
        Colombia
        F+
        53 mm. W/O. Looks to me as very close to lindae, but specialists
claim that this is different. We did not as yet find the name finkli in
literature. Absolute gem. Very nice pattern.
        35,-$
 
CASSIDAE
        Semicassis royanum
        (Iredale, 1914)
        11749
        New Zealand
        Dead
        131 mm. A nice specimen with good colours. Very nice quality, minor
growth line, on not harming place. Can be called F+. ULTRA RARE.
        350,-$
 
CERITHIIDAE
        Clypeomorus batillariaeformis
        Habe & Kosuge, 1966
        11510
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Grey, selected. Nice pattern. Close to gem if not gem.
        2,-$
 
CERITHIIDAE
        Rhinoclavis aspera
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11539
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        41 mm up. From white to flecked and/or with spiral bands. Selected.
        3,-$
 
CERITHIIDAE
        Rhinoclavis cf. fasciatum
        (Bruguière, 1792)
        11611
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        72 mm up. Large beauties, heavy sculpture, glossy.
        5,-$
 
CERITHIIDAE
        Rhinoclavis cf. kochi
        (Philippi, 1848)
        11671
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        36 mm up. Glossy. Nice. May be another species ?
        2,-$
 
CHAMIDAE
        Chama brassica
        Reeve, 1846
        11255
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        53 mm. Superb specimen, dark purple with nice fringes.
        22,-$
 
CHITONIDAE
        Chiton olivaceus
        Spengler, 1797
        11378
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        25-27 mm. Ultra selected very well prepared beauties.
        2,-$
 
CHITONIDAE
        Chiton olivaceus
        Spengler, 1797
        11173
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. Ultra selected very well prepared beauties.
        3,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Columbella adansoni
        Menke, 1853
        11850
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. Dar glossy beauties. The former rustica "striata".
        4,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Columbella ocellata
        Link, 1807
        11355
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Always decidious proto. From Gran Canaria these.
        2,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Mitrella broderipi
        (Sowerby, 1844)
        11345
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        6 mm up. Dark brown glossy beauties.
        4,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Mitrella bruggeni
        Van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
        11325
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Glossy, dark brown, a few patterned ones. Quite local.
        10,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Mitrella gervillei
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11348
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. Always desidious protoconch. Dark glossy beauties.
        2,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Mitrella minor
        (Scacchi, 1836)
        11353
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Glossy, selected. Uncommon.
        3,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Parametaria epamella
        Duclos, 1846
        11212
        Philippines
        F+++
        19 mm up. Great beauties, slender, cone shape. Black and white.
From F+++ to gem. In many very upper proto gone, otherwise perfect.
        2,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Parametaria epamella
        Duclos, 1846
        11213
        Philippines
        F+++
        19 mm up. Great beauties, slender, cone shape. A few YELLOW ones.
From F+++ to gem. In many very upper proto gone, otherwise perfect.
        5,-$
 
COLUMBELLIDAE
        Strombina monfilsi
        Emerson, 1993
        11169
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        33 mm up. W/O. Orange-brown beauties. Different from Senegalese
ones. UNCOMMON.
        15,-$
 
CONDYLOCARDIIDAE
        Cuna gambiensis
        Nicklès, 1955
        11420
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Good to have one from this family.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus angioiorum
        Röckel & moolenbeek, 1992
        11862
        Djibouti
        F+/Gem
        36 mm. RKK - Pl. 37, Fig. 1. Pure white with nice separate spots.
Better than the one figured. Not found for years now.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus angioiorum
        Röckel & moolenbeek, 1992
        11847
        Djibouti
        F+/Gem
        32 mm up. RKK - Pl. 37, Fig. 2. Pure white with nice separate
spots. Better than the one figured. Not found for years now.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus angioiorum
        Röckel & moolenbeek, 1992
        11854
        Djibouti
        F+/Gem
        32 mm up. W/PERIO. RKK - Pl. 37, Fig. 2. Pure white with nice
separate spots when cleaned. Now with light transparent perio that is
easily cleaned off. Better than the one figured. Not found for years now.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus angioiorum
        Röckel & moolenbeek, 1992
        11861
        Djibouti
        F+++
        28 mm. W/PERIO. Not figured. An usual broad specimen: shoulder 17
mm. With light transparent perio that is easily cleaned off. EXCEPTIONAL
SHAPE. Gem, but some stress lines.
        40,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus arenatus "granulosa"
        Dautzenberg, 1937
        11672
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        31 mm. See RKK Pl. 11, fig. 6, granulate form. Not very common.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus arenatus "granulosa"
        Dautzenberg, 1937
        11676
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        36 mm up. See RKK Pl. 11, fig. 6, granulate form. Not very common.
        12,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus arenatus SET
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11655
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+/Gem
        41 mm up. A set of three different colours, showing variability:
from dark to white with only small dots. Interesting and beautiful.
        10,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus baeri
        Röckel & Korn, 1992
        11698
        Mozambique
        Dead
        37 mm. Similar to the Paratype, Plate 60, fig. 22. Lip completely
gone. Pattern still visible. Very poor but worth having because ULTRA RARE.
For the scientific collection.
        165,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus bandanus
        Reeve, 1843
        11456
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        76 mm. Close to Pl. 1, Fig. 12. Very beautiful speicmen.
        18,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus bertarollae
        Costa & Simone, 1997
        11823
        Brazil
        F+/Gem
        22-25 mm. BRIGHT RED with white. Superb conus, newly named after Mrs.
Berta Roll.
        125,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus bruuni
        Powell, 1958
        11834
        NEW CALEDONIA
        F
        29 mm. Not figured. An almost white specimen with some pale brown
flecks. Growth line on ventral side, otherwise all right. ULTRA RARE.
        200,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus bruuni
        Powell, 1958
        11839
        NEW CALEDONIA
        Dead
        52 mm. RKK - Pl. 16, Fig. 17. Very large, lip heavily filed.
Glossy, small growth mark on dorsum. Very purle. ULTRA RARE.
        225,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus bullatus
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11556
        Marquesas
        F+++
        57 mm. RKK - Pl. 43, Fig. 12, slightly paler, neater and more
attractive pattern. The very rare Marquesas form. Minor defects inside the
lip. Beauty. Only one.
        185,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus canonicus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11652
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        41 mm up. Selected specimens. Pinkish aperture. Close to RKK, pl.
65, fig. 4.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus capitaneus "ceciliae"
        Crosse, 1858
        11883
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        46 mm. RKK - Pl. 23, Fig. 14, but this is a dark brown live taken
specimen. Glossy and with a superb sculpture all over the shell.
        40,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus capitaneus "ceciliae"
        Crosse, 1858
        11875
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        54 mm. RKK - Pl. 23, Fig. 14, but this is an orangebrown live taken
specimen. Glossy and with a superb sculpture all over the shell.
        40,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus catus "nigropunctatus"
        Sowerby, 1857
        11801
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        37 mm. Between RKK - Pl. 15, Fig. 24 and 25.  Intermediate specimens.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus cedonulli "mappa granarius"
        Kiener, 1845
        11838
        colombia
        F+/Gem
        39 mm. Cream brown. A classic now.
        35,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus centurio
        Born, 1778
        11831
        Guadaloupe
        F+/Gem
        50 mm up. A few, absolutely very nice quality. Attractive shells,
white and chocolate with some yellow.
        50,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus cocceus
        Reeve, 1844
        11450
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        39 mm. Not figured. A BRIGHT ORANGE specimen with white pattern.
SUPERB.
        100,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11501
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. Close to RKK - Pl. 7, Fig. 23. Nice selected ones from
east Africa.
        2,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11367
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Average size 21 mm.  Between RKK - Pl. 7, Fig. 22 and
fig. 26. Classics. From F++ to gem. A few with stress lines, no growth
mistakes.
        2,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11380
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Average size 21 mm.  Close to RKK - Pl. 7, Fig. 23. From
F++ to gem. A few with stress lines, no growth mistakes. With small
chocolate flecks.
        2,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11373
        Philippines
        F+
        26 mm up. Classics, but very LARGE. Close to R.. plate 7, fig. 22.
Stress lines, no growth lines. Close to gem.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus "aristophanes"
        Sowerby II, 1857
        11366
        Philippines
        F+
        20 mm up. Close to Pl. 7 fig. 29: mainly greyish, almost no
pattern. Close to gem if not gem.
        4,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus coronatus "aristophanes"
        Sowerby II, 1857
        11379
        Philippines
        F+
        25-27 mm. Only two: greyish, adult. Spire eroded. Completeley grey,
without any pattern.
        20,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus episcopatus
        da Motta, 1982
        11665
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+/Gem
        80 mm. Similar to RKK - Pl. 62, Fig. 12, but with slightly smaller
white blotches. Big contrast between the brown and white, real beauty.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus exiguus "bougei"
        Sowerby III, 1907
        11520
        New Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        14-17  mm. ORANGE-YELLOW beauties with a pink protoconch. Similar
to RKK - Pl. 5, Fig. 19, but without the white blotch. Not common. Most
consider this a valid species.
        45,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus fergusoni
        Sowerby, 1873
        11832
        Panama
        F+
        132 mm. A GIANT. Pure white, lip smoothed as normal for this size,
hardly visible. Sponge holes in the early whorls only. Superb quality/size
combination.
        70,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus finkli
        Petuch, 1987
        11824
        Colombia
        F+/Gem
        45 mm up. Pure white, light orange apex. Spiral sculpture.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus flavidus
        Lamarck, 1810
        11814
        Mozambique
        F+++
        32 mm up. Close to RKK - Pl. 31, Fig. 10 with slightly higher
spire. Warm orange. Nice quality for species. Close to gem.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus gubernator
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11808
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        59 mm up. Very beautiful shells with distinctive contrasting patterns.
        12,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus gubernator
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11815
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        64 mm up. Interesting pattern with a dark background and less
contrasting chocolate flecks. Different form the other ones.
        12,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus gubernator
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11800
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        62 mm. The must of Cartier. No further comment.
        35,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus inscriptus "adenensis"
        Smith, 1891
        11807
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        58-59 mm. RKK - Pl. 38, Fig. 13. A rare form without a pronounced
pattern. Only two.
        40,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus janus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11802
        Mozambique
 
        63 mm up. Different colours available, blackish and brown patterns.
Nice quality, attractive shells.
        14,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus legatus
        Lamarck, 1810
        11488
        Reunion
        F+/Gem
        36 mm. The smooth form, very close to RKK, pl. 66, fig. 10. Beautiful.
        55,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus leopardus
        Röding, 1798
        11544
        Philippines
        F+++
        120 mm. A well sized beauty and very EXCEPTIONAL, because at 3 mm
from the shouldere there is a white ribbed spiral band that renders this
freak a great item. Excellent condition for species: W/O.
        65,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus lischkeanus "kermadecensis"
        Iredale, 1913
        11679
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        32 mm. Not figured. Grey background with two broad dark brown
bands. Slightly subadult. Glossy, nice. Uncommon.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus litoglyphus
        Carpenteri, 1865
        11677
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+++
        51 mm.  RKK - Pl. 22, Fig. 22. Very close. F+++ to gem, which is
exceptional in the species. Looks naturally varnished.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus lividus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11841
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+/Gem
        41 mm up. RKK - Pl. 4, Fig. 3. Classics. Nice specimen.
        2,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus lividus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11827
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+/Gem
        42 mm. RKK - Pl. 4, Fig. 5, but lighter colour. Uncommon form.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus longurionis
        Kiener, 1849
        11516
        Mozambique
        F+
        49 mm. RKK - Pl. 57, Fig. 9, but much better quality and colours.
Ultra rare. Only one. Grey and brown pattern.
        75,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus magus "consul"
        Boivin, 1864
        11449
        Philippines
        F+++
        65 mm. Not figured. Very remarquable specimen: upper half
olive-brown, lower half white bakcground with spiral lines and orange
flecks. Lip smoothed.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus namocanus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11825
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up.  Green and white specimens.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus nimbosus
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11669
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. Selected specimens, close to RKK, pl. 17, fig. 5.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus obscurus
        Sowerby, 1833
        11654
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        32 mm.  giant of this small attractive species. Absolutely perfect
and dark brown. See Pl. 42, fig. 17.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus orbignyi elokismenos
        Kilburn, 1975
        11699
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F
        66 mm. Not figured. A cream shell with almost no pattern. Very deep
water form Mozambique.  Proto gone and minor chips on lip. UNCOMMON.
        10,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus parvatus
        Reeve, 1844
        11502
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. RKK - Pl. 8, Between Fig. 23 and 25. Blue-grey with nice
spotting. Selected.
        3,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus
        Born, 1778
        11830
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        45-46 mm. Fantastic pattern of white triangles on a brown and
orange background. SLENDER TYPE.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus
        Born, 1778
        11837
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        42 mm up. Pattern of white triangles on a brown and orange
background. Quite flattened top.
        10,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus
        Born, 1778
        11653
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        58 mm UP. Fantastic pattern of white triangles on a brown and
orange background.
        20,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus "elisae"
        Kiener, 1845
        11503
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        49 mm up. Very dark beauties, similar to Pl. 63 fig. 12.
Blue-black, ultra fine pattern.
        60,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus "elisae"
        Kiener, 1845
        11595
        Mozambique
        F+++
        58 mm. A LARGE specimen, similar to RKK, pl. 63, fig. 13. BROWN
dominant in this variant. Ultra fine pattern. Slightly more white than in
the fig. 13. Interesting. Close to gem.
        65,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus "elisae"
        Kiener, 1845
        11519
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        62 mm. A LARGE specimen, similar to RKK, pl. 63, fig. 12. Slightly
lighter in colour. With a nice white band parallell to the exterior
aperture border. Ultra fine pattern.
        85,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus "elisae"
        Kiener, 1845
        11519
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        62 mm. A LARGE specimen, similar to RKK, pl. 63, fig. 12. Slightly
lighter in colour. With a nice white band parallell to the exterior
aperture border. Ultra fine pattern.
        85,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus lohri
        Kilburn, 1972
        11571
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        36 mm. RKK - Pl. 63, Fig. 21, but much much more beautiful: warm
red-brown. FABULOUS specimen in excellent condition and hardly visible two
darker bands. With minimal pattern on the ventral side and spire. Most
authors consider this a separate species.  RARE.
        200,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus lohri
        Kilburn, 1972
        11577
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        40 mm up. RKK - Pl. 63, Fig. 20 and 21, but much much more
beautiful: warm red-brown. FABULOUS specimens in excellent condition and
hardly visible two darker bands. Most authors consider this a separate
species.  RARE.
        300,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pennaceus "racemosus"
        Sowerby, 1874
        11434
        Madagascar
        F+/Gem
        47 mm. Not figured. A blue and black shell of incredible beauty.
One out of thousands.
        150,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus plinthis
        Richard, 1988
        11833
        N. Caledonia
        F+
        23  mm. Similar to RKK - Pl. 48, Fig. 22, but much better. Lip
smoothed. Nice example of this rarity.
        300,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pulcher
        Lightfoot, 1786
        11095
        Senegal
        F+++
        57-64 mm. Well defined pattern and excellent quality. Lips very
slightly smoothed, look GEM. Very BEAUTIFUL.
        10,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pulcher "siamensis"
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11874
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        36 mm. A Young specimen from Gran Canaria, special because the
dominant colour is white, with small spotting only. Interesting.
        12,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pulcher "siamensis"
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11866
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        47 mm up. A few, dark, from Gran Canaria. Fine pattern and nice
quality.
        12,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus pulcher "siamensis"
        Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
        11881
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        59 mm. The real subspecies endemic to the Canary Islands. Delicate
lips. FANTASTIC quality and pattern.  Only one from Gran Canaria. Dark.
        15,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus ramalhoi
        Coomans & all., 1986
        11690
        mozambique
        F
        25 mm. An UNCOMMON needle Cone in quite nice quality. Lower lip a
little damaged. Live trawled. Rare. Similar to RKK, Pl. 57, fig. 32 but
much better quality and pattern.
        40,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus ramalhoi
        Coomans & all., 1986
        11810
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        25 mm. An UNCOMMON needle Cone. Fantastic quality. Live trawled.
Rare. Similar to RKK, Pl. 57, fig. 32 but much better quality and pattern.
        75,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus recluzianus roseorapum
        G. Raybaudi & da Motta, 1990
        11868
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        44 mm. RKK - Pl. 28, Fig. 22. Much nicer quality. The pink form.
Deep water.
        28,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus spurius "lorenzianus"
        Dillwyn, 1817
        11817
        Colombia
        F+/Gem
        71 mm. W/O. Very beautiful example, quite large, fine dot pattern.
Also called phlogopus.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus teramachii
        Kuroda, 1956
        11663
        Mozambique
        F-
        86 mm. Never perfect. These are selected for the collection.
Acceptable, many minor defects.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus teramachii
        Kuroda, 1956
        11664
        Mozambique
        F
        88 mm. Never perfect. Very selected, very perfect lip, some mud
staining on spire. Exceptional nice for the species.
        65,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus tessulatus
        Born, 1778
        11442
 
        F+/Gem
        37 mm up. W/O. FABULOUS bright red specimens from Coco's island. As
bright as Pl. 12, Fig. 13. Close to gem if not gem.
        50,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus tessulatus
        Born, 1778
        11583
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        54 mm. Warm bright orange specimen. Almost equal to Pl. 12, fig. 21
but better.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus tessulatus
        Born, 1778
        11569
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        57 mm. Close to Pl. 12, fig. 14, not so broad but the spots
numerous and well set in even spacing.
        5,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus tessulatus
        Born, 1778
        11576
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        41 mm. Close to Pl. 12, fig. 15 but better: almost no red between
the spiral bands. This specimen is dominant white with two splendid orange
dots in bands. SUPERB.
        15,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus textile "euetrios"
        Sowerby, 1882
        11675
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        68 mm. The BLUE textile. OUTSTANDING pattern and with a bright blue
background colour.
        80,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus textile "euetrios"
        Sowerby, 1882
        11674
        Mozambique
        F+++
        72 mm. The BLUE textile. OUTSTANDING pattern and with a bright blue
background colour. Large, close to gem.
        100,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus textile "eumitus"
        Tomlin, 1926
        11809
        mozambique
        F+/Gem
        42 mm. Ultra dark blue with two brown bands and serrated pattern.
Attractive price for this specimen. Not at all a synonym of cholmondeleyi
as said in RKK.
        100,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus textile "eumitus"
        Tomlin, 1926
        11563
        mozambique
        F-
        61 mm. Fantastic shell. Gem apart from lip damage: small chips from
bad treatment by fisherman. Ultra dark blue with two brown bands and
serrated pattern. Attractive price for this specimen. Not at all a synonym
of cholmondeleyi as said in RKK.
        200,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus thalassiarchus
        Sowerby, 1834
        11233
        Philippines
        F+++
        72  mm up. RKK - Pl. 35, Between Fig. 15-17. The dark form, seldom
offered now. Lips slightly smoothed. Fantastic design, close to thomae.
        20,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus thalassiarchus
        Sowerby, 1834
        11458
        Philippines
        F+
        62 mm. EXCEPTIONAL specimen with a very attractive pattern:
Background white, pattern consisting in small dots. Lip smoothed, minor
defects.
        30,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus zeylanicus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11666
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        44 mm. RKK - Pl. 11, Fig. 22. Sister specimen, but without the
stress line on the dorsum. Nice.
        6,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus zeylanicus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11667
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        54 mm. RKK - Pl. 11, Fig. 21, but much paler, turning to a fleshy
appearance. Quite special.
        8,-$
 
CONIDAE
        Conus zeylanicus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11668
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        54 mm. Not figured, specimen entirely covered with small spots, has
something from the aurisiacus atmosphere.
        12,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Babelomurex  mansfieldi
        (Mc Ginty, 1940)
        11164
        Brazil
        F+/Gem
        20 mm. Looks like meyendorfi, somewhat rough, but very nice for
species. RARE.
        25,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila meyendorffi
        (Calcara, 1845)
        11876
        Canaries
        F+++
        16 mm up. Live taken in sea anemones. Very hard to get this
quality, but some still with light erosion on spire.
        2,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila neritoidea
        (Lamarck, 1816)
        11693
        Mozambique
        F+
        19 mm up. Always rough. With bright purple aperture. Best possible
for the species.
        3,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila panormitana
        (Monterosato, 1869)
        11119
        Spain
        F-
        21 mm. W/O. Live taken but with defects. Still valuable shell.
        10,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila panormitana
        (Monterosato, 1869)
        11114
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. W/O. Very close to gem. Often with pink gloss, a few
still need cleaning exta.
        12,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila squamosa
        (Bivona, 1838)
        11039
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        28 mm up. W/O. FABULOUS nice specimens, white and cream white. Frilled.
        8,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila squamosa
        (Bivona, 1838)
        11032
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        31 mm up. W/O. FABULOUS nice specimens, LARGE CREAM. Frilled.
        12,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila squamosa
        (Bivona, 1838)
        11033
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        27 mm up. W/O. FABULOUS nice specimens, with a light pink colour.
Frilled.
        12,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila squamosa
        (Bivona, 1838)
        11025
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. W/O. FABULOUS nice specimens, PURE WHITE LARGE. Frilled.
        12,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Coralliophila squamosa SET
        (Bivona, 1838)
        11461
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        27-37 mm. W/O. FABULOUS SET of 3 specimen, one pink, one cream, one
giant white. The best on some dozen fished.
        75,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Latiaxis cariniferus
        (Sowerby, 1834)
        11103
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        26 mm up. W/O. Formerly called amaliae. Quite rare, superb species.
        30,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Latiaxis kawamurai helenae
        Azuma
        11598
        Mozambique
        F+
        60 mm. A LARGE specimen, with a very beautiful shape: very elongate, with
the siphonal canal turning to the right. Light brown and white. Nice
quality/size with minor defects on aperture only.
        50,-$
 
CORALLIOPHILIDAE
        Latiaxis species
 
        11592
        Mozambique
        F+
        36-42 mm. Shape in the sense of japonicus and lischkeianus. Strange
sculpture. To study. Growth lines.
        15,-$
 
COSTELLARIIDAE
        Vexillum regina
        Sowerby, 1828
        11568
        Mozambique
        F+++
        73 mm up. Dark brown, black and white, LARGE and with a superb
sculpture. Fabulous specimen, close to gem if not gem.
        40,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11307
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Classics, ultra selected on quality, in the cream and browns.
        2,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11314
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Classics, ultra selected on quality, WHITE.
        2,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11364
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14-16 mm. Incredible specimens from scallops that took the shape in
their border. Brownish.
        4,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11306
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. PINK, only two, rare colour.
        4,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11363
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. GIANTS with on the outer side small knobs. Great things
to have for this species.
        6,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Calyptraea chinensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11370
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Incredible specimens from scallops that took the shape in
their border. Brownish. GIANTS.
        8,-$
 
CREPIDULIDAE
        Crepidula porcellana
        (Lamarck, 1799)
        11332
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. Different colours. Fresh and selected. From deep water.
        3,-$
 
CULTELLIDAE
        Ensis ensis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11295
        Great Britain
        F+++
        73-88 mm. W/PERIO. The rare thin Ensis from European beaches.
British. Close to gem if not gem.
        8,-$
 
CUSPIDARIIDAE
        Cardiomya costellata
        (Deshayes, 1830)
        11126
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        5-7 mm. A quite rare species, superb.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea achatidea "longiqua"
        (Sch. & Schilder, 1938)
        11012
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        33 mm up. The Mauritanian population, very seldom seen. Quite
light, nice colorations.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea bernardi
        (Richard, 1974)
        11287
        Fr. Polynesia
        Dead
        10-13 mm. These are dead collected but very fresh specimens. Base
still glossy, dorsum a little bit dull. Colour good. Not found for several
years now and rarer every day.
        350,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea brevidentata fluctuans
        (Iredale, 1935)
        11279
        Australia
        F+++
        24 mm. Similar to Pl. 76, Fig. 3-6, slightly darker dorsal blotch.
Anterior and posterior extremely pale. Nice blue. Close to gem (look gem)
but some stress on lower right side. UNCOMMON.
        50,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea caputserpentis
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11772
        Thailand
        F+/Gem
        33 mm. Fabulous specimen with a bright red streak, 3 mm wide,
dropping of on the left side. 4 specimens officially known. Great beauty.
RARISSIME.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea catholicorum
        (Schilder & Schilder)
        11504
        N. Hebrides
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Selected. Very hard to obtain now. Similar to fig. 29-30,
pl. 70. Orange pale beauties with a dorsal line, the characteristic of the
species.
        40,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea catholicorum
        (Schilder & Schilder)
        11518
        N. Hebrides
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Not figured, three specimens  much darker than the normal
form, with three bands starting on the left side, and finishing in the
middle of the shell. Quite exceptional.
        65,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea caurica elongata
        Perry, 1811
        11788
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        38 mm up. A few only from this geographical subspecies. Wide
openstanding mouth in general.
        4,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea caurica elongata
        Perry, 1811
        11771
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        52 mm. A very LARGE example with wide aperture, typical for this
geographical subspecies.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea caurica elongata
        Perry, 1811
        11789
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        32 mm. A very dark specimen, tending to nigerisation. Exceptional.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cernica viridicolor
        Cate, 1962
        11490
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        29 mm. Close to Pl. 87, Fig. 21 but with a much more beautiful and
defined pattern, slightly more slender. Base colour not orange. Not often
offered.
        60,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cernica viridicolor
        Cate, 1962
        11428
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        20 mm. Pl. 87, Fig. 25 but the dorsum almost without dots.
Beautiful piece.
        60,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea chinensis variolaria
        Lamarck, 1810
        11804
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        33 mm. Close to Plate 53, fig. 7, but dorsal blotch not so dark,
more elongate and much bigger. Nice piece.
        12,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea chinensis violacea
        Rous, 1905
        11812
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        25-29 mm. A couple only with typical darker purple region on the
base. Interesting, not common at all.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea comptonii comptonii
        Gray, 1847
        11228
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Similar to Pl. 33,  fig. 12. Shape a little bit more
elegant. These are orange beauties, with 3 bands. Selected quality, which
is difficult.
        20,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cribraria comma
        Perry, 1811
        11819
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. From Plate 69 fig. 4 to 6. From dark to pale. Different
colours. Distinctive dotches in general.
        4,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cumingii astaryi
        (Schilder, 1971)
        11290
        Marquesas
        F+++
        12-14 mm. Similar to Pl. 70, Fig. 11, this colour and brighter.
Close to gem (look gem).
        40,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cumingii astaryi
        (Schilder, 1971)
        11297
        Marquesas
        F+++
        15-17 mm. Similar to Pl. 70, Fig. 11, this colour and brighter.
Close to gem (look gem). From Nuku Hiva.
        75,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea cumingii astaryi "lefaiti"
        (Martin & Poppe, 1989)
        11237
        Marquesas
        F+/Gem
        16-17 mm. Similar to Pl. 70, Fig. 16-17 but darker and brighter.
Solid orange-brown with pure black spots, very round.
        250,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea decipiens
        E. A. Smith, 1880
        11249
        Australia
        F+
        62 mm. A GIANT. Shape and pattern similar to Pl. 3, Fig. 17. Very
IMPRESSIVE, minor dorsal growth line not harming the beauty.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea decipiens
        E. A. Smith, 1880
        11266
        Australia
        F+
        61,8 mm. A GIANT. Shape similar to Pl. 3, Fig. 17, but much darker.
Very IMPRESSIVE. Close to perfect.
        175,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea eburnea
        Barnes, 1824
        11268
        Solomons
        F+/Gem
        44 mm. Similar to Pl. 82, fig. 7. Sister specimen. Pure white.
        50,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea erosa
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11673
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        31 mm up. Different forms and shapes from east Africa.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea exusta
        Sowerby, 1834
        11427
        Somalia
        F+++
        55 mm. Similar to Pl. 27, Fig. 6 but more slender. Fantastic
quality. Close to gem.
        225,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea felina
        Gmelin, 1791
        11695
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. LARGE specimen, hyper selected. The nice East African race,
with yellow base and green, speckled dorsum. Only one from this locality.
        3,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea fimbriata quasigracilis
        (Lorenz, 1989)
        11803
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Similar to Pl. 56, fig. 18-19, 23, 24, 25. Different
colours, from blue-grey to brown-cream. Few dots only on this variant.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea fultoni
        Sowerby, 1903
        11763
        Mozambique
        F+++
        71-74 mm. Honest specimen, quite large. Dorsum as fig. 3 on Plate
2. Well swollen, little granulation, which is already uncommon. No longer
found in quantity. Close to gem if not gem.
        920,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea granulata cassiaui
        Burgess, 1965
        11551
        Fr. Polynesia
        Dead
        23 mm. Not figured this form. Cassiaui has, according to my field
experiences, never been found alive. This is a quite fresh gem. Extremely
rare, nice broad shape.
        450,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea hirundo francisca
        (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
        11430
        Madagascar
        F+/Gem
        16 mm. Similar to Pl. 77, Fig. 3. EXTREMELY RARE. No detailed
locality: old collection. Base colour greyish-brown.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea humphreysii
        Gray, 1825
        11423
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. A large specimen from Australia. Better than Pl. 62, fig.
20. Bright orange base and plenty of spots.
        25,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea isabella
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11639
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. Different forms, nice red ends. For the locality record.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea jeaniana
        (Cate, 1968)
        11437
        Australia
        F+
        57 mm. Not figured. FANTASTIC RARE form, not found for over 19 years: base
light orange-brown, dorsum covered with olive flecks. ULTRA RARE.
        3000,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea kieneri
        Hidalgo, 1906
        11642
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Close to Pl. 78 fig. 2 but with less small points, and
with more dark flecks on the dorsum. A few. Green, lemon yellow and brown
spots.
        3,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea lamarcki
        Gray, 1825
        11778
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        32 mm up. Average 38 mm. Many different colours and callus. All
nice beauties.
        3,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea leviathan titan
        (Schilder & Schilder, 1962)
        11280
        PHILIPPINES
        Dead
        87 mm. Similar to Pl. 24, Fig. 19 in shape. A dead found and very
ORANGE coloured shell. FANTASTIC size.Outer layer of gloss gone. For the
specialised collection.
        75,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea limacina
        Lamarck, 1810
        11240
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. Average 23 mm. FABULOUS subadult already dark brown
examples. Not figured. From F+ to Gem. Never seen before, hard to get.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea limacina
        Lamarck, 1810
        11223
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. Average 23 mm. FABULOUS subadult chocolate-brown
examples. Not figured. From F+ to Gem. Never seen before, hard to get.
        22,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea limacina
        Lamarck, 1810
        11863
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        18 mm. Not figured. A very EXCEPTIONAL specimen, with spiral lines
running over the dorsum: dark chocolate on chocolate. Young shell. Never
seen before.
        30,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea limacina facifer
        (Iredale, 1935)
        11425
        Australia
        F+++
        33 mm. A giant, quite dark, from this subspecies. Spectacular.
Close to gem.
        20,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea luchuana
        Kuroda, 1960
        11292
        Japan
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. Variable from dark and closely set pattern to pale with
few spots.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea lurida oceanica
        (Schilder, 1930)
        11263
        Ascension
        F+
        37 mm. Similar to Pl. 30, Fig. 25 but a more beautiful specimen.
Some classic stress lines. Not found for years.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea mappa
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11489
        Philippines
        F+++
        74 mm. A quite unusual specimen: has the characteristics of the
panerythra. Very dark colour, elongate, dark spot on base. Pattern quite
rough: spots bigger than on Pl. 15, Fig. 1. Close to gem.
        35,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea mappa
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11429
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        71 mm. A quite unusual specimen: has the characteristics of the
panerythra. Very dark colour, dark spot on base. Pattern ultra fine and of
exquisite beauty.
        60,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea mappa panerythra
        Melvill, 1888
        11820
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        62 mm up. Quite typical and dark, tending to the red form. Nice
dorsal lines, close to gem if not gem.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea mappa panerythra
        Melvill, 1888
        11777
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        62 mm up. Average 70 mm. THE RED FORM, not often seen the latest
years. From fine+ to gem. More attractrive than the ones from the
Philippines. Selected dorsal lines for beauty.
        25,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea mappa panerythra
        Melvill, 1888
        11770
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        67 mm.  A very elongate and dark specimen with distinctive pattern.
Beuatiful dorsal lines, drops falling down.
        40,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea martini
        Schepman, 1907
        11549
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Similar to Pl. 68, Fig. 25. Warm brown colour. Quite hard
to get now and very beautiful.
        75,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea miliaris
        Gmelin, 1791
        11217
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Green beauties. Similar to Pl. 82, fig. 9-16. Green or
yellowish with a nice pattern of white dots.
        4,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea miliaris
        Gmelin, 1791
        11218
        Philippines
        F
        39 mm. Specimen from old collection, a little bit dull. Very
spectacular because without any pattern.
        50,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis
        Gmelin, 1791
        11694
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Similar to Pl. 101, Fig. 12. The east African race. Live
taken, glossy beauties.
        6,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea owenii vasta
        (Schilder & Schilder, 1838)
        11515
        Madagascar
        F+++
        16 mm up. Similar to Pl. 78, Fig. 32. Deep blue-green. Little
stress lines but very beautiful. Most dealers should call this gem.
        30,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea owenii vasta
        (Schilder & Schilder, 1838)
        11508
        Madagascar
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. Similar to Pl. 78, Fig. 32. Deep blue-green. Only one gem
now.
        45,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea owenii vasta
        (Schilder & Schilder, 1838)
        11764
        Mozambique
        F+
        18 mm up. Close to Pl. 78, Fig. 33. Deep blue-green with brown
flecks, tending to purple. Broader and more massive than the ones from
Madagascar. Truly rare. Live taken but gloss somewhat altered by cleaning
technique. Otherwise gem.
        65,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea poraria
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11288
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Not figured. Three slightly FREAKISH speicmens.
        8,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea pseudoteres
        (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
        11543
        N. Caledonia
        F+
        17 mm. A VERY RARE shell and much sought after. A distinct species
: not the same as rashleighana. A YOUNG specimen in gem condition and
therefore quoted as F+.
        250,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea pulicaria
        Reeve, 1846
        11241
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        21 mm. Similar to Pl. 34, Fig. 19. Sister specimen. White with
brown lines.
        35,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea pulicaria
        Reeve, 1846
        11234
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. Similar to Pl. 34, Fig. 17. Sister specimen. Light orange
with brown lines.
        35,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea punctata berinii
        Dautzenberg, 1906
        11779
        Mozambique
 
        15-16 mm. Classics. Similar to Pl. 67 fig. 21 and a little bigger
spots sometimes.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea rabaulensis
        (Schilder, 1964)
        11550
        philippines
        F+++
        24 mm. Similar to Pl. 68, Fig. 20. Almost exactly the same,
slightly more adult on the base. Becomes harder to get every day. This is a
large, very dark example.
        245,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea rashleighana
        Melvill, 1888
        11272
        Hawaii
        F+++
        17 mm. Similar to Pl. 73, Fig. 13. Very minor defects only, hardly
visible with the naked eye. RARE now.
        275,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea reevei
        Sowerby, 1832
        11235
        aUSTRALIA
        F+
        40 mm. Not figured. A quite dark specimen of good size. Natural
repairs on the right size. Much better than usual.
        40,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea reevei
        Sowerby, 1832
        11435
        aUSTRALIA
        F+
        40 mm. A fabulous swollen shell in excellent condition for the
species. Width: 28 mm. Lip on the right light pink.
        75,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea reevei
        Sowerby, 1832
        11436
        aUSTRALIA
        F+
        33 mm. A shell in excellent condition for the species with a 6 mm
blood red spire and heavy pink on the base and both ends. VERY EXCEPTIONAL.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea saulae
        Gaskoin, 1843
        11890
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        19-23 mm. Similar to Pl. 66, fig. 4. Fantastic DARK BEAUTIES. The
best that we have seen for years. Blue-grey warm background, chocolate
spots on top. Close to gem if not gem.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea saulae
        Gaskoin, 1843
        11888
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        23-24 mm. Similar to Pl. 66, fig. 4. Fantastic DARK BEAUTIES. The
best that we have seen for years. Blue-grey warm background, chocolate
spots on top. Close to gem if not gem.
        18,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea saulae
        Gaskoin, 1843
        11895
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        25-27 mm. Similar to Pl. 66, fig. 4. Fantastic DARK BEAUTIES. The
best that we have seen for years. Blue-grey warm background, chocolate
spots on top. Close to gem if not gem.
        22,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea saulae
        Gaskoin, 1843
        11887
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        27-28 mm. Similar to Pl. 66, fig. 4. Fantastic DARK BEAUTIES. The
best that we have seen for years. Blue-grey warm background, chocolate
spots on top. Close to gem if not gem.
        32,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea spurca "verdensium"
        Melvill, 1888
        11842
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. A few live taken beauties, close to Pl. 86, figs. 15 and
16. Very dark, darker than the ones shown. Brownish, not orange, with
purple tinge in base.
        8,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea spurca "verdensium"
        Melvill, 1888
        11867
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        26 mm.  A single large one, close to Pl. 86, figs. 15, from Gran
Canaria. Very dark, darker than the ones shown. Brownish, not orange, with
cream base.
        12,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea staphylaea consobrina
        Garrett, 1879
        11269
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        27 mm. Not figured. An elongate VERY LARGE specimen.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea staphylaea laevigata
        Dautzenberg, 1832
        11643
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. Quite dark. From the limit between laevigata and nolani.
Personally I do not see much difference with dark ones from other regions.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea stercoraria
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11097
        Senegal
        F+
        62 mm up. Hyper selected specimens of the never gem sterco. Very
beautiful.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea stercoraria
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11143
        Senegal
        F
        78 mm up. Always with defects, but these few are truly BIG.
        10,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea stercoraria
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11090
        Senegal
        F+
        48 mm up. Only two, with a balanus in the callus on top of the
shells. RARE.
        25,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea succincta adusta
        Lamarck, 1810
        11805
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        34 mm. Similar to Pl. 50, Fig. 18, slightly paler in dorsal colour.
Black callus all around. Nice piece, reddish teeth.
        12,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea surinamensis
        Perry, 1811
        11790
        Colombia
        F+++
        33 mm. A LARGE shell, broad, Very similar to Pl. 105, Fig. 2.
Little stress lines, otherwise perfect, yellowish dorsum, thick callus on
both sides.
        195,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea talpa
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11432
        Fr. Polynesia
        F+++
        78 mm. FANTASTIC shell with an almost uniform warm orange-brown
colour. Bands virtually obsolete. Close to gem if not gem.
        75,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11648
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        21-26 mm. Small forms, different colours, from this area.
Pelluscens type also present.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11638
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. Large forms, different colours, from this area.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11387
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        19-22 mm. SMALL specimens. With or without dorsal blotch, many with
well pronounced callus, protruding a little as in the subteres.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11394
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        22-25 mm. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, but WITH
dorsal blotch more or less pronounced. Some tending to pelluscens shape.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11389
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        22-25 mm. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, NO
dorsal blotch or very very little.
        2,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11396
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        25-30 mm. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, but WITH
dorsal blotch more or less pronounced. Some tending to pelluscens shape.
        3,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11395
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        25-30 mm. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, NO
dorsal blotch or very very little. Medium size.
        4,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11390
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, but WITH
dorsal blotch more or less pronounced. LARGE.
        5,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres
        Gmelin, 1791
        11388
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Nice specimens, similar to Pl. 74 figs 11 to 18, NO
dorsal blotch or very very little. A few only.
        8,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea teres pellucens
        Melvill, 1888
        11230
        Marquesas
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. A single one, not exactly figured. Very cute, collected 1m deep.
        20,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea thomasi
        Crosse, 1865
        11565
        Hawaii
        Dead
        16 mm. This is the real thomasi that corresponds to the holotype in
the British Museum. Similar to the one figured in La Conchiglia (1993), nr.
269, page 35, figs. 3 to 5. Very beautiful and attractive price. (Former
ostergaardi)
        1000,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea thomasi
        Crosse, 1865
        11579
        Hawaii
        Dead
        17 mm. This is the real thomasi that corresponds to the holotype in
the British Museum. Similar to the one figured in La Conchiglia (1993), nr.
269, page 35, figs. 3 to 5. Very beautiful and attractive price. (Former
ostergaardi)
        1200,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea tigris "schilderiana"
        Cate, 1961
        11640
        Hawaii
        F+++
        119 mm. Selected specimen. Close to gem. Intermediate between Pl.
18 fig. 1-2.
        150,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea tigris "schilderiana"
        Cate, 1961
        11641
        Hawaii
        F+/Gem
        119 mm. Selected specimen. Close to gem. Sister specimen of Pl. 18,
fig. 2, almost exactly the same.
        200,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea vitellus
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11219
        Philippines
	F+++
        35 mm. FREAK specimen, with the dorsum partly covered by algae,
leaving a white dull area.
        15,-$
 
CYPRAEIDAE
        Cypraea ziczac "misella"
        Perry, 1811
        11589
        MOZAMBIQUE
        F+/Gem
        15 mm. Similar to Pl. 64, fig. 7. Sister specimen. Only one.
        8,-$
 
CYSTISCIDAE
        Granulina marginata
        (Bivona, 1832)
        11402
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up.  Live taken broad beauties. White. A few with animal dried in.
        5,-$
 
CYSTISCIDAE
        Granulina minuscula
        (Locard, 1897)
        11350
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Transluscent species from 300 m and down.
        16,-$
 
CYSTISCIDAE
        Granulina species
 
        11175
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        1-2 mm.  Interesting shells from between 50 and 60 m deep. Only a few.
        15,-$
 
DENTALIIDAE
        Dentalium marchandi
        Nicklès, 1979
        11338
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Cream coloured, hard to get. Close to gem if not gem.
        6,-$
 
DENTALIIDAE
        Dentalium marchandi
        Nicklès, 1979
        11331
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Pink coloured, hard to get. Close to gem if not gem. A
few only.
        8,-$
 
DENTALIIDAE
        Fissidentalium species
 
        11845
        Indian Ocean
        F
        54 mm. An ultra interesting specimen, from between 6160 and 6120 m
deep. Top eroded and one growth line. Fabulous item to have. One of the
deepest shells we ever got. Live collected.
        200,-$
 
DIASTOMATIDAE
        Cassiella abylensis
        Gofas, 1987
        11182
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Brown specimens. Hard to get.
        8,-$
 
DIASTOMATIDAE
        Cassiella abylensis
        Gofas, 1987
        11181
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. White form. Hard to get.
        8,-$
 
DONACIDAE
        Donax trunculus
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11024
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. W/PERIO. Nice, selected on size. Olive-brown to pale
brown perios.
        2,-$
 
DONACIDAE
        Donax venustus
        Poli, 1795
        11110
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up.Slender species, glossy. With PERIO.
        2,-$
 
DONACIDAE
        Egeria congica
        (O. Boettger, 1885)
        11199
        Zaire
        F+
        124 mm. A GIANT specimen with excellent PERIO in olive colour.
Superb and interesting.
        25,-$
 
ELLOBIIDAE
        Melampus luteus
        Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
        11507
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. From pale cream to dark brown. Probably dead collected,
but nice quality.
        2,-$
 
ENTALINIDAE
        Entalina tetragona
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11372
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. From F+ to gem. Fabulous large beauties from 900-1200 m
deep. Hard to get.
        20,-$
 
EPITONIIDAE
        Cirsotrema cochlea
        Sowerby,
        11323
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. W/O. Ultra selected GIANTS. RARE.
        50,-$
 
EPITONIIDAE
        Cirsotrema varicosa
        Lamarck, 1822
        11604
        Mozambique
        F+++
        mm up. Look very different from the Philippine form. Interesting
for any collection. Close to gem if not gem.
        8,-$
 
EPITONIIDAE
        Epitonium rugosum
        Kuroda & Ito, 1961
        11270
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        61 mm. W/O. LARGE superb example. Jewel of the sea.
        85,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Colubraria ceylonensis
        (Sowerby, 1833)
        11447
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        39 mm up. See Parth in Spixiana june 1992. Fine sculpture. RARE.
        75,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Dolicholatirus celinamarumai
        Kosuge, 1981
        11289
        Philippines
        F+++
        46 mm. Very slender deep water species. nice condition, close to
perfect. See American Conchologist. March. 1996.
        28,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus cf. salisburyi
        H.C.Fulton, 1930
        11872
        Philippines
        F+++
        126 mm up. Pure white, snow white specimens. Minor defects only.
Close to salisbury, but ribs less pronounced and more axial ribbing.
Interesting.
        12,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus colus
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11880
        Philippines
        F
        125 mm up. An unusual specimen, may be another species, with a very
long siphonal canal: about 66 m long. Very slender. Defects.
        8,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus colus
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11865
        Philippines
        F+
        107 mm up. A few, with pattern on the spire, may be not colus, but
figured in several Japanese books also as colus. Quite nice quality.
        8,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus crassiplicatus
        Kuroda,1959
        11873
        Philippines
        F+++
        112 mm up. Nice specimens, pure white. May be not this species.
Minor defects only.
        10,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus pulchellus
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11023
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. W/O. Brown and cream, well patterned nice Fusinus. F+ to
gem. Highly selected.
        2,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus pulchellus
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11036
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. W/O. Brown and cream, well patterned nice Fusinus. F+ to
gem. Highly selected. LARGE.
        5,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus salisburyi
        H.C.Fulton, 1930
        11879
        Philippines
        F
        150 mm up. Cream white, or cream with darker yellow zones. Thick
shells, thick lips. With defects as always, but highly selected here.
        15,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Fusinus salisburyi
        H.C.Fulton, 1930
        11864
        Philippines
        F+
        221 mm. Superb giant in nice quality with spiral ridges only,
almost no axial ribbing.
        35,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Latirus cuna
        Petuch, 1990
        11769
        Honduras
        F+++
        61 mm. W/O. Fabulous BRIGHT ORANGE specimen. Close to perfect.
Grand beauty.
        65,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Latirus filosus
        (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
        11005
        Guinea
        F+++
        45 mm up. A population with short siphonal canal, pale brown
banding. Interesting. Came together with other specimens.
        5,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Latirus filosus
        (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
        11018
        Guinea
        F+++
        50 mm up. VEry contrasting lines. Also brown between axial plicae.
        8,-$
 
FASCIOLARIIDAE
        Latirus polygonus
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11381
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up. Orange brown with white and dark brown. Very selected.
        3,-$
 
FICIDAE
        Ficus howelli
        Clench & Aguayo, 1940
        11783
        Venezuela
        F+/Gem
        38 mm. A warm brown-orange-cream colour with chocolate flecks. RARE.
        85,-$
 
FISSURELLIDAE
        Diodora graeca
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11301
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Selected, quite dark. Nice sculptures.
        2,-$
 
GADILIDAE
        Cadulus fraseri
        Nicklès, 1955
        11197
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. From 900 m deep, a giant Cadulus.
        20,-$
 
GLYCYMERIDIDAE
        Glycymeris insubrica
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11137
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        65 mm up. Already large shells, close to gem. Part of the thick
perio well preserved.
        4,-$
 
GLYCYMERIDIDAE
        Glycymeris insubrica
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11174
        Spain
        F+++
        75 mm up. Ultra large shells, close to gem. Part of the thick perio
well preserved.
        8,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis coccinea canariensis
        Nordsieck, 1975
        11128
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        40 mm up. Good size. Endemic subspecies. Not easy to get.
        12,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis coccinea canariensis
        Nordsieck, 1975
        11127
        Canary Isl.
 
        55 mm up. LARGE. Endemic subspecies. Not easy to get.
        15,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis tuberculata
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11870
        France, Brittany
        F+
        80-90 mm. Uncleaned large, hyper selected specimens with minor
defects only. From fine to gem. On this size level, the tuberculata is
never or very seldom gem.
        6,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis tuberculata
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11877
        France, Brittany
        F+
        90-100 mm. Uncleaned large, hyper selected specimens with minor
defects only. From fine to gem. On this size level, the tuberculata is
never or very seldom gem.
        10,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis tuberculata
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11889
        France, Brittany
        F+
        110 mm up. Uncleaned GIANTS, hyper selected specimens with minor
defects only. From fine to gem. On this size level, the tuberculata is
never or very seldom gem.
        15,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis tuberculata
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11897
        France, Brittany
        F+
        100-110 mm. Uncleaned large, hyper selected specimens with minor
defects only. From fine to gem. On this size level, the tuberculata is
never or very seldom gem.
        15,-$
 
HALIOTIDAE
        Haliotis tuberculata
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11896
        France, Brittany
        F-
        126 mm. Fabulous GIANT, never seen this size before. Probable WORLD
RECORD (former record 112 mm). Live taken shell, but numerous sponge holes
microscopic small almost. To clean.
        45,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Harpa amouretta crassa
        Röding, 1798
        11596
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up. Selected beauties. Large and heavy. Different colours and
patterns.
        6,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Harpa cabriti
        Fischer, 1860
        11530
        Somalia
        F-
        74 mm. The best that we had for some time now. No longer fished,
orange-red striking colours. GORGEOUS specimens. Only two. Major defects
but not very visible.
        68,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Harpa costata
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11538
        Mauritius
        F+/Gem
        72 mm. An OUTSTANDING specimen. Fabulous regular ribs, absolute
gem, good dark colours. Rare quality.
        850,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Harpa major
        Röding, 1798
        11521
        MADAGASCAR
        F+/Gem
        89 mm up. OUTSTANDING big and heavy from Madagascar. Most are
tending to brown, some with blue between the ribs. Close to gem if not gem.
Impressive sizes.
        12,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Harpa major
        Röding, 1798
        11537
        New Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        55-64 mm. A very special dwarf form, extremely pale with nice
contrasting black lines on the ribs. Never seen before. Broad shape.
        12,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Morum dennisoni
        (Reeve, 1842)
        11743
        Colombia
        F+/Gem
        48 mm. Orange shield. One of the more famous shells of the world,
listed by Dance.
        65,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Morum lindae
        Petuch, 1987
        11750
        Columbia
        F+/Gem
        35 mm. A RARE species, close to dennisoni. With some pink on the
shield.
        150,-$
 
HARPIDAE
        Morum vicdani
        Emerson, 1995
        11529
        Saya de Malha Bank
        Dead
        49-52 mm. Only two, extremely rare pieces. Dead with some borer
holes in spire, but still having all characteristics of the species.
        650,-$
 
HELICELLIDAE
        Candidula gigaxii
        L. Pfeiffer, 1850
        11186
        Belgium
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Classic brown, nice sculpture.
        2,-$
 
HELICIDAE
        Cepaea nemoralis
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11239
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        24 mm. A very SPECTACULAR specimen, albolabris form, and with the
black bands reversed into cream on a deep yellow background.
        10,-$
 
HELICIDAE
        Hemicycla cf. sarcostoma
        Webb & Berthelot, 1832
        11374
        Canary Isl.
        F+++
        20 mm up. W/PERIO. Glossy beauties with a thick lip. VERY RARE.
From F+ to rare. Attractive large land snails, endemic from the Canaries.
        30,-$
 
HIPPONICIDAE
        Cheilea equestris
        (Linnaeus, 1767)
        11463
        Philippines
        F+++
        30 mm. Fabulous specimen, close to perfect, with the two parts,
which is almost never seen in collections.
        100,-$
 
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
        Ischnochiton rissoi
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11313
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        12-14 mm. Well prepared classic specimens, in the browns.
        2,-$
 
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
        Ischnochiton rissoi
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11305
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Well prepared classic specimens, in the browns. LARGE.
        4,-$
 
ISCHNOCHITONIDAE
        Ischnochiton stroemfelti
        Bergenhayn, 1931
        11320
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Well prepared, dark endemic species.
        4,-$
 
KELLIIDAE
        Bornia sebetia
        (O.G. Costa)
        11352
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        5 mm up. Traingular shape, glossy, delicate.
        3,-$
 
LIMOPSIDAE
        Limopsis aurita
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11362
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Very large specimens, with nice perio.
        18,-$
 
LITTORINIDAE
        Littorina brevicula
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11146
        Japan
        F+
        12 mm up. W/O. Coloured Littorina, little erosion only, close to gem.
        2,-$
 
LITTORINIDAE
        Littorina scabra
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11762
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        24 mm up. Highly selected. Brown with patterns.
        2,-$
 
LITTORINIDAE
        Littorina striata
        King , 1832
        11104
        Canary Isl.
        F+++
        12 mm up. Ultra large, very nice quality for species.
        3,-$
 
MACTRIDAE
        Mactra glauca
        Born, 1778
        11045
        Spain
        F
        85 mm up. Nice specimens, but with chiping on the lips.
Periostracum well present near the borders, and hidding these defects for a
good part. Large impressive species.
        6,-$
 
MACTRIDAE
        Mactra stultorum
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11058
        Spain
        F+
        45 mm up. Coloured specimens, most W/PERIO around. Minor defects only.
        2,-$
 
MACTRIDAE
        Spisula solida
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11133
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        28 mm up. W/PERIO. Nice specimens. A classic, sometimes very
common, sometimes very rare.
        2,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Gibberula philippii
        Monterosato, 1878
        11411
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Glossy live taken beauties.
        2,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella canaryensis
        Clover,1972
        11316
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        16 mm. An overall greish specimen with a patern of white dots
shining through. Close to gem.
        200,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella cf. ansonae
        Clover, 1976
        11588
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. Probably an undescribed species close to the ansonae.
Nice ribbing, cream white to greyish.
        18,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella chudeaui
        Dautzenberg, 1910
        11125
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Glossy cute species, from white to cream, a few with
spiral bands.
        5,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella cornea
        Lamarck, 1822
        11101
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        20-23 mm. Superb, look gem if not gem. Horn colour with light banding.
Attractive shells.
        12,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella cornea
        Lamarck, 1822
        11100
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        24 mm up. Superb, look gem if not gem. Horn colour with light
banding. LARGE.
        20,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella deliciosa
        Bavay, 1912
        11328
        W. Sahara
        F+
        10-12 mm. Northern rare population. Look gem, but not by very close
examination. Interesting.
        20,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella deliciosa
        Bavay, 1912
        11365
        W. Sahara
        F+
        15 mm up. Different colours. Northern rare population. Look gem,
but not by very close examination. Interesting.
        25,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella denticulata
        Link, 1807
        11471
        Senegal
        F+/Gem
        34 mm. A GIANT, very elongate specimen. Out of collection. EXCEPTIONAL.
        45,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella fulminata
        Kiener, 1841
        11165
        Brazil
        F+++
        13-15 mm. The smaller population from Salvador. Close to gem if not
gem.
        3,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella gloriosa
        Jousseaume, 1884
        11176
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm. One of the rarest Marginellidae. Only one available now.
Fabulous line pattern.
        100,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella hernandezi
        (Contreras & TAlavera, 1988)
        11401
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        1 mm up. Transluscent slender species, live taken.
        15,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella martini
 
        11189
        Brazil
        F+
        23 mm up. Glossy beauties, never gem this species, these are highly
selected with very minor defects only.
        12,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella oryza
        Lamarck, 1822
        11196
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        6 mm up. Fabulous little jewels, chocolate brown broad band on
cream. RARE. F+++ to gem.
        20,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella sebastiana
        Marche & Rosso, 1979
        11019
        Mauritania
        F+++
        40 mm up. Breathtaking beautiful shells, warm red. Super glossy.
Mauretanian population. From f+++ to gem.
        5,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella senegalensis
        Clover, 1990
        11016
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        25 mm up. From f+ to gem. PINK form, with almost no black in the
pattern.
        15,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella senegalensis
        Clover, 1990
        11009
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        26 mm up. From f+ to gem. PINK form, with black in the pattern.
        15,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella senegalensis
        Clover, 1990
        11002
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        25 mm up. From f+ to gem. CREAM and BLACK form. Nice.
        15,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella senegalensis
        Clover, 1990
        11015
        W. Sahara
        F+
        30 mm up. F+ but very beautiful. LARGE PINK form.
        20,-$
 
MARGINELLIDAE
        Marginella spryi
        Clover, 1974
        11609
        Mozambique
        F+++
        7 mm. Globose, light cream species. Close to gem if not gem.
        2,-$
 
MESODESMATIDAE
        Paphies cornea
        poli, 1795
        11130
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. Different colours, silky gloss.
        2,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Cancilla filaris
        Linnaeus, 1771
        11093
        Philippines
        F+
        18 mm up. Normal size, from fine to gem. White with fine spiral
pattern, high and low spires, some variation.
        3,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Cancilla filaris
        Linnaeus, 1771
        11087
        Philippines
        F+
        23 mm up. VERY LARGE specimens, from fine to gem. White with fine
spiral pattern.
        6,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Cancilla praestantissima
        Röding, 1798
        11094
        Philippines
        F+
        19 mm up. Selected, close to perfect. Looks as slender filaris.
Bordeaux and white.
        4,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Imbricaria punctata
        (Swainson, 1821)
        11736
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. VERY BIG specimens. Cream with spiral sculpture.
        3,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Mitra cardinalis
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11211
        Philippines
        F+++
        48 mm up. Nice specimens, not so common. Very slight defect as most
usual is the very upper proto that is naturally gone, otherwise gem. Cream
with rust-red pattern.
        4,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Mitra dactylus
        (Linnaeus, 1767)
        11285
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        23 mm up. Medium size 28 mm. Selected, from fine+ to gem. White
with flesh pattern, in general with darker band around the shoulder.
        2,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Mitra stictica
        (Link, 1807)
        11645
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        44 mm. One superb blood red and white specimen.
        2,-$
 
MITRIDAE
        Subcancilla annulata
        Reeve, 1844
        11647
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        27 mm up. Nice white with brown spots and dark spiral band in the
center.
        8,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Bolinus brandaris "trispinosa"
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11064
        Spain
        F+
        68 mm. W/O. A single specimen of this very RARE form with three spine
rows. Only a few spines somewhat damaged, but still very beautiful.
        20,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Bolinus brandaris "trispinosa"
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11464
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        68 mm. W/O. Very close to absolutely perfect. RARE form. Exceptional.
        75,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Chicoreus emilyae
        Petuch, 1987
        11799
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        66 mm. W/O. A fantastic pink shell with nice frondations. Real
flower. UNCOMMON in this size and condition.
        125,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Chicoreus groschi
        (Vokes, 1978)
        11748
        Mozambique
        F
        45 mm up. Black Murex, close to the brunneus, but different. Never
gem. These are the best available, but have rough areas here and there.
Still worth to be in the collection.
        20,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Chicoreus jickelii
        Tapparone Canefri, 1875
        11746
        Mozambique
        F+++
        45 mm up. Natural erosion on the back, but very limited. Nice for
the species. Not common at all.
        40,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Chicoreus jickelii
        Tapparone Canefri, 1875
        11735
        Mozambique
        F+
        60 mm up. Very large, but with natural erosion on the back. Not
common at all.
        50,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Chicoreus litos
        Vokes, 1978
        11687
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        59 mm up. Cream white. Very nice for species, close to gem if not gem.
        25,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Cytharomorula grayi
        (Dall, 1889)
        11336
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Solid, nice dark brown band. From 150 m deep these, and
from Gran Canaria.
        15,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Drupa lobata
        Blainville, 1832
        11684
        Mozambique
        F+++
        23 mm up. Several, very nice quality. Dorsums hardly eroded. Black
mouth. Close to gem if not gem.
        5,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Drupa morum
        (Röding, 1798)
        11691
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        26 mm up. Large, selected, with nice dorsum, but can be further
cleaned. Purple mouth.
        2,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Drupa ricina
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11709
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. Special specimens, without black dots on the dorsums.
Cute, beautiful yellow on the white mouth.
        2,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Favartia brevicula
        (Sowerby, 1834)
        11700
        Mozambique
        F+
        24 mm up. The best in the species. Large and heavy. Some think this
may be another species. Impressive.
        25,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Habromorula ambrosia
        Houart, 1995
        11293
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        18 mm. See La Conchiglia, nr. 278, p. 30. Delicate deep water
species. Uncommon.
        45,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Hadriania craticuloides
        (Vokes, 1964)
        11051
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        25 mm up. W/O. Light pink-brown. Looks like a Coraliophila. Very
beautiful for the species.
        6,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Hadriania craticuloides
        (Vokes, 1964)
        11057
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. W/O. Light pink-brown. Selected large specimens, with a
dark end on the siphonal canal.
        8,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Hadriania craticuloides
        (Vokes, 1964)
        11044
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        28 mm. W/O. Looks like a Coraliophila. Very beautiful for the
species. Fabulous cream coloured specimen.
        10,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Haustellum dolichourus
        Ponder & Vokes, 1988
        11487
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. Very nice cute specimens. A rare Muricid.
        30,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Haustellum fernandesi
        Sowerby, 1903
        11753
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        55 mm. Only one. Rare again. Nice quality.
        45,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Hexaplex chicoreus depressospinosus
        Dunker
        11148
        Philippines
        F+
        70 mm. A special form from this common species, with the spines
somewhat hanging down. Classic brown and white colours this one. Fairly
nice condition.
        6,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Homalocantha anatomica
        (Perry, 1811)
        11759
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        48 mm up. Selected white beauties. Pure white.
        8,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Homalocantha anatomica zamboi
        (Burch & Burch, 1960)
        11478
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        63 mm. Selected among hundreds, a wild specimen with fabulous spines.
        50,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Morula spinosa
        (A. & H. Adams, 1853)
        11231
        Philippines
        F+++
        16 mm up. Adults. Purple mouth, dark spines, some need some further
cleaning and there may be minor damage near the protos. From F+ to gem.
        3,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Murex forskoehlii
        Röding, 1798
        11848
        Egypt
        F+/Gem
        70 mm. Rather small gem, another appearnace than the big ones. Nice
colour: some small brown spots on the body whorl. See Ponder & Vokes, P.
150, fig. F. ULTRA RARE.
        65,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Murex forskoehlii
        Röding, 1798
        11835
        Egypt
        F+/Gem
        100 mm. Again a VERY beautiful specimens with very long spines. See
Ponder & Vokes, P. 150, fig. F. ULTRA RARE.
        150,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Murex purdyae
        (Radwin & Attilio, 1976)
        11685
        Mozambique
        Dead
        55 mm up. FAMOUS Murex, almost always dead collected. These are no
exceptions on the rule, but the quality is quite nice, with thepattern well
visible. Cream with light brown flecks. Very minor defects only.
        85,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Ocenebra erinacea hanleyi
        Dautzenberg, 1887
        11129
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. W/O. Fabulous spines. Brown. Ultra selected fresh stock.
        6,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Orania fusulus
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11168
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Nice specimens. Much sought after and UNCOMMON.
        6,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Pterynotus bednalli
        (Brazier, 1878)
        11278
        Australia
        F+++
        63,5 mm. Cream with dark brown pattern around the wings. Nice.
Close to absolutely perfect beauty.
        165,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Pterynotus phyllopterus
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11274
        Martinique
        F+++
        77 mm. W/O. Martinque colour: dark salmon. Superb winging. Very
good, possible minor defect on dorsal wing, not harming the beauty.
Attractive price for the FAMOUS species.
        320,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Siphonochelus bullisi
        Gertman, 1969
        11761
        Colombia
        F+/Gem
        33 mm. W/O. A superb brown very attractive Typish with multiple
siphons. LARGE.
        100,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Thais versicolor
        Gray, 1839
        11635
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Very beautiful shells, always with a thin outer lip.
Orange with white flecks and covering black pattern.
        4,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Trophon fraseri
        Knudsen, 1950
        11152
        Senegal
        F+
        37 mm up. W/O. Very beautiful specimens. Spines on shoulder. As
nice as they come.
        35,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Trophon gruveli
        Dautzenberg,
        11304
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        9-10 mm. Beautiful specimens. Long siphonal canal.
        25,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Trophon gruveli
        Dautzenberg,
        11179
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. A few GIANTS.  Cream. RARE.
        65,-$
 
MURICIDAE
        Trophonopsis acanthodes
        Watson, 1882
        11470
        Argentina
        F+/Gem
        110 mm in length. W/O. Nice specimen for species, long spines.
Classic defects. Not found for years now.
        325,-$
 
MYTILIDAE
        Lithophaga aristata
        (Dillwyn, 1817)
        11238
        Portugal
        F+/Gem
        20-31 mm. Atlantic specimen. With intritacalx covering the PERIO.
Looks dirty, very interesting species.
        4,-$
 
MYTILIDAE
        Lithophaga aristata
        (Dillwyn, 1817)
        11236
        Portugal
        F+/Gem
        31 mm up. Atlantic specimen. With intritacalx covering the PERIO.
Looks dirty, very interesting species. LARGE.
        6,-$
 
MYTILIDAE
        Lithophaga aristata
        (Dillwyn, 1817)
        11171
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        21-28 mm. Strange shape, not easy to get. With intritacalx covering
the PERIO. Looks dirty, very interesting species.
        4,-$
 
MYTILIDAE
        Modiolus agglutinans
        Cantraine, 1835
        11029
        Spain
        F
        25-30 mm. From fine to gem, medium is F+ Very nice, glossy dark
perio. RARE.
        6,-$
 
MYTILIDAE
        Perna picta mauretanica
        (Pallary, 1900)
        11144
        Senegal
        F+
        115 up. GIANT Atlantic specimens, most of the perio well preserved,
never seen before. Only two, as good as they come.
        14,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Cyclope pellucida
        Risso, 1826
        11339
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        7 mm up. Selected, glossy, nice patterns.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Hebra corticata
        (A. Adams, 1852)
        11376
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Bizarre shape. From f+ to gem.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius arcularius
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11727
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Grey and white beauties. White shield.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius callospira
        (A. Adams, 1852)
        11702
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Cute, white shield.
        3,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius corniculus
        (Olivi, 1792)
        11122
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Nice selected beauties, with axial sculpture.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius corniculus
        (Olivi, 1792)
        11121
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Nice selected beauties, smooth shell, silky gloss.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius coronatus
        (Bruguière, 1792)
        11391
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Cream coloured, glossy. From F+ to gem.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius coronatus
        (Bruguière, 1792)
        11369
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Grey coloured, glossy. From F+ to gem.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius cuvieri
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11326
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Dark coloured specimens from Spain.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius delicatus
        A. Adams,
        11734
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Glossy, beautiful, light cream.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius distortus
        (A. Adams, 1852)
        11382
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        22 mm up. Grey with pattern. Silky gloss. From F+ to gem.
        3,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius echinatus
        (A. Adams, 1852)
        11368
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Grey and white, with pattern. Very spiny. From F+ to gem.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius elatus
        (Gould, 1846)
        11354
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Smooth species, cream with brown pattern.
        5,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius gemmuliferus
        (A. Adams, 1852)
        11629
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. Intricate sculpture, beautiful.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius goreensis
        (v.Maltzan, 1844)
        11361
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Interesting form comparison with other European species.
Not often offered.
        3,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius graniferus
        Kiener,
        11737
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. In the brown and greys.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius granum
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11333
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Super fresh glossy beauties with superb patterns.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius heynemanni
        (von Maltzan, 1884)
        11327
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        8 mm up. Very UNCOMMON species, close to gem if not gem. Cream with
a pattern.
        8,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius horridus
        Dunker, 1847
        11375
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Mainly tending to orange. From the Sulu sea.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius margaritiferus
        Dunker, 1847
        11603
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Black and white and strange colour, with special sculpture.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius muelleri
        (von Maltzan, 1884)
        11105
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        11 mm up. Cream with intricate sculpture. Not common.
        6,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius muelleri
        (von Maltzan, 1884)
        11106
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Cream with intricate sculpture. Not common. LARGE.
        10,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius mutabilis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11037
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. Selected, glossy specimens.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius pfeifferi
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11377
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Black with white pattern. From Gran Canaria.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius pygmaeus
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11123
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. The real pygmaeus, from southern Spain.
        2,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius recidivus
        (Von Martens, 1876)
        11340
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Fabulous nice fresh specimen. A few only.
        20,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius sufflatus
        (Gould, 1860)
        11384
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Greyish with pattern and silky gloss.
        3,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius vaucheri
        (Pallary, 1906)
        11347
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Well patterned specimens, brown band under periphery.
        8,-$
 
NASSARIIDAE
        Nassarius venustus
        (Dunker, 1846)
        11383
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Fine pattern, from dark to pale. From f++ to gem.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Cryptonatica septentrionalis
 
        11853
 
        F+++
        8 mm. W/O. W/PERIO. Ultra rare cream/white species. From 270 m deep.
        35,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Lunatia grossularia
        (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
        11083
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. W/O. Rare deep water species from Europe. Nice. Fresh stock.
        8,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica acinonyx
        Marche-Marchand, 1956
        11061
        Mauritania
        F+++
        25 mm up. W/O. Cream, some rust, with chocolate contrasting spots.
Selected. Uncommon.
        10,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica arachnoidea
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11608
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. VERY BEAUTIFUL species. Solid, glossy, dark brown on
golden background.
        2,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica cf. gualteriana
        Recluz, 1844
        11705
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. Grey with some pattern. May be another species.
        2,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica filosa
        (Philippi, 1845)
        11047
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. W/O. Normal sizes. Attractive line pattern species.
African form.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica filosa
        (Philippi, 1845)
        11053
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. W/O. Very large, nice patterns, fresh, a few, becomes rare.
        5,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica fulminea
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11069
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. W/O. From Fine+ to gem, some with perio.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica fulminea
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11048
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. W/O. rom Fine+ to gem, some with perio.
        6,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica lemniscata
        Philippi, 1851
        11170
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. W/O. Brown. Interesting.
        6,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica monodi
        Marche-Marchad, 1957
        11059
        Senegal
        F+++
        20 mm up. W/O. Light brown, white base, diffuse darker pattern.
Attractive.
        6,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica monodi
        Marche-Marchad, 1957
        11054
        Senegal
        F+++
        26 mm up. W/O. Light brown, white base, diffuse darker pattern.
Attractive.  LARGE.
        10,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica onca
        Röding, 1798
        11660
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. White with contrasting black dotches set in spiral lines.
Beauty.
        10,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica prietoi
        Hidalgo, 1873
        11177
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. W/O. Ultra rare and much sought after Natica. Close to gem
if not gem. A few only.
        40,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica stellata
        Hedley, 1913
        11262
        Philippines
        F+++
        37 mm up. W/O. Bright orange and with perfect lip. SUPERB and very
large. Close to gem.
        6,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica vittata
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11046
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. W/O. Normal sizes, intricate pattern.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Natica vittata
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11060
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up.W/O. GIANTS, intricate pattern.
        10,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices didyma
        (Röding, 1798)
        11532
        Mozambique
        F+++
        37 mm. Selected, but no operculum. Not often seen from East Africa.
Close to gem.
        2,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices guillemini
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11076
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. W/O. Splendid glossy, tending to the purple.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices guillemini
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11062
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. W/O. Splendid glossy, tending to the purple. GIANTS.
        6,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices melanostomus
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11618
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        28 mm up. Silky gloss, dark chocolate collumella.
        2,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices sebae
        (Récluz, 1844)
        11712
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        28 mm. Only one from east Africa.
        3,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices simiae
        Deshayes in Deshayes & Edwards, 1838
        11284
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. W/O. Only a couple, very dark pattern. The best in their
genre.
        7,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Polinices tumidus
        (Swainson, 1840)
        11524
        Mozambique
        F+++
        36 mm up. Pure white, no operculum, very large. A few from east
Africa. Close to gem.
        2,-$
 
NATICIDAE
        Tanea euzona
        (Récluz, 1843)
        11719
        Mozambique
        F+++
        22 mm. From East Africa. Very beautiful species. Close to gem.
        5,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana bicuspidata
        Gould,
        11344
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Fabulous futuristic shape and sculpture.
        4,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana commutata
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11359
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        7 mm up. Some W/PERIO. Nice solid shells.
        4,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana lamellosa
        Conrad, 1841
        11250
        Bering Sea
        F
        8 mm up. W/PERIO. Umbos eroded as always. Hard to get.
        8,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana minuta
        (O. F. Müller, 1776)
        11225
        Shetlands
        F
        13-14 mm. W/PERIO. Umbos eroded as always. A RARE species.
        14,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana pella
        (Linnaeus, 1767)
        11346
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        7 mm up. Nice sculpture, special shape. From the Atlantic.
        4,-$
 
NUCULANIDAE
        Nuculana pella
        (Linnaeus, 1767)
        11360
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Nice sculpture, special shape. From the Atlantic. A few
GIANTS.
        7,-$
 
NUCULIDAE
        Acila beringiana
 
        11265
        Bering Sea
        F
        13 mm up. W/PERIO. Umbos and part of the shell naturally eroded as
usual. Interesting, not often offered. From 210 m deep.
        8,-$
 
NUCULIDAE
        Acila beringiana
 
        11256
        Bering Sea
        F
        12 mm up. W/PERIO. Umbos and part of the shell naturally eroded as
usual. Interesting, not often offered. From 410 m deep.
        8,-$
 
NUCULIDAE
        Nucula sulcata
        (Bronn, 1831)
        11102
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Most of the PERIO well preserved, little dirty as always.
        2,-$
 
ODONTOSTOMIDAE
        Tomigerus clausus
        Spix
 
        11190
        Brazil
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Fantastic shape, aperture returned.
        10,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Agaronia acuminata
        (Lamarck, 1811)
        11007
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
        50 mm up. Classic patterned ones.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Agaronia acuminata
        (Lamarck, 1811)
        11014
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
	54 mm up. Cream coloured without pattern. UNCOMMON. A few fresh ones.
        10,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Amalda aureomarginata
        Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988
        11398
        N. Caledonia
        F+++
        28 mm up. FABULOUS deep water species (450m deep) with a bright
purple and orange band. Rare. From F++ to gem. Excellent quality.
        200,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Amalda similis
        Sowerby, 1830
        11755
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        50 mm up. Chocolate deep water shells. Uncommon.
        30,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Ancilla cf. vernedei
        Sowerby, 1859
        11542
        Philippines
        F+++
        73 mm. I'm not sure if this is truly vernedei, but in any case it
is very close, the only difference, being the longer spire when compared
with the TC Lan specimen.
        150,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Ancilla fuscolingua
 
        11397
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        26 mm up. W/O. Deep water Ancilla, fantastic snow pattern on the
spire. One of the rarest.
        200,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Ancilla ventricosa fulva
        (Swainson, 1825)
        11722
        Madagascar
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. GLOSSY BRIGHT ORANGE.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Ancillista velesiana
        Iredale, 1936
        11282
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        63 mm up. W/O. Superb specimens, orange and dark brown.
        15,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Melapium elatum
        (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
        11733
        Mozambique
        F-
        46 mm up. Cream with chocolate lines and blue-purple callus on the
lip. Large. RARE. Only half a dozen have been fished every year since about
three years. Damaged on the lip, but still valuable for any collection.
        85,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Melapium elatum
        (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
        11558
        Mozambique
        F+++
        46-52 mm. Only two live taken ones. Cream with chocolate lines and
blue-purple callus on the lip. Large. RARE. Close to perfect, but these are
never gem and only half a dozen have been fished every year since about
three years.
        175,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva annulata amethystina
        Röding, 1798
        11206
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        28 mm up. Average 33 mm. Special specimens with an ivory back
ground. Amethystina pattern (according to Zeigler and P.), but with the
colour on background more as in their nebulosa on plate 13.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva annulata amethystina
        Röding, 1798
        11208
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Special specimens with an ivory-yellow back ground. A few.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva annulata amethystina
        Röding, 1798
        11209
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        26 mm up. Average 35 mm.  Classic colour. Bankground with a tinge
of pink.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva annulata carnicolor
        Dautzenberg,1927
        11445
        Philippines
        F+++
        50 mm. Giant specimen, somewhere between amethystina and
carnicolor. Very interesting and  beautiful. Close to gem.
        15,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva annulata intricata
        Dautzenberg, 1927
        11607
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        48 mm up. Very big nice ones, sensu Zeigler and Porecca, plate 13,
fig 5, little paler. Impresive because of the size.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva caerulea
        Röding, 1798
        11720
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        45-49 mm. Very selected large beauties. Only two.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva caroliniana
        Duclos, 1835
        11651
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        30-31 mm. Nice big specimens. Blue interior.
        5,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva flammulata
        Lamarck, 1811
        11008
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. LARGE SWOLLEN form, sandy-grey with classic pattern. Most
lower half darker than upper half.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva lentiginosa
        Reeve,
        11619
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Determination based on Zeigler and Por. Plate 10, fig.
26, sold to us as cf. paxillus. Interesting.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva reticularis
        Lamarck, 1811
        11747
        Nicaragua
        F+/Gem
        28 mm up. Special form, two darker bands, triangles. White and
flesh colour. No exact locality data known. 1997.
        15,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva reticularis ernesti
        Petuch
        11745
        Nicaragua
        F+/Gem
        39 mm. Sharp spire, sayana atmosphere.
        8,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva sericea
        Röding, 1798
        11215
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        50-58 mm. Pale colour form. Gem apart from protoconch.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva sericea
        Röding, 1798
        11216
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        62 mm up. Pale to average dark colour forms. Gem apart from protoconch.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva sidelia
        Duclos, 1835
        11732
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        23 mm up. From pale to dark.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva tremulina
        J. B. Lamarck, 1811
        11729
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
	88 mm. Very beautiful large specimen. Golden back colour. Big.
        15,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva tremulina
        J. B. Lamarck, 1811
        11205
        Philippines
        F+++
        35-50 mm. Typical Philippine form, cream with pattern. Fine+ to
gem, rather gem.
        5,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva tremulina
        J. B. Lamarck, 1811
        11207
        Philippines
        F+++
        52 mm up. Typical Philippine form, cream with pattern. LARGE. Fine+
to gem, rather gem.
        8,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva vidua albofasciata
        Dautzenberg, 1927
        11386
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        32 mm up. Average 40 mm. Green with hardly visible bands, fine
pattern.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva vidua cincta
        Dautzenberg, 1927
        11385
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. With more pronounced spiral pattern. Also as the
albofasciata, but with two clear bands.
        3,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva vidua macleaya
        Duclos, 1835
        11392
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        33 mm up. Similar to the albofasciata, but with rougher pattern.
More greenish than the one figured. Few only.
        4,-$
 
OLIVIDAE
        Oliva vidua rumphi
        Dautzenberg, 1927
        11393
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        34-37 mm. With some dark streaks from top to bottom almost. A few
only out of hundreds.
        4,-$
 
ORTHALICIDAE
        Auris bilabiata melanostoma
        Moricand, 1836
        11184
        Brazil
        F+/Gem
        44 mm up. Black thick lip. Classic. Very beautiful land-snail.
        10,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Aperiovula adriatica
        (Sowerby, 1828)
        11113
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. These are very coloured and different from the others,
tending to gold. Never seen before. Solid for species.
        10,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Aperiovula adriatica
        (Sowerby, 1828)
        11112
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. These are very coloured and different from the others,
tending to gold. Never seen before. Solid for species. LARGE.
        15,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Aperiovula adriatica
        (Sowerby, 1828)
        11459
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        16mm up. ULTRA DARK, only three. Exceptional beauties.
        25,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Neosimnia spelta
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11335
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Nice glossy selected white and cream specimens.
        4,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Neosimnia spelta
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11337
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Nice glossy large selected white and cream specimens.
        6,-$
 
OVULIDAE
        Volva volva
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11728
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        105-109 mm. BRIGHT for species, pink with red and orange, all mixed
in one colour, darker towards the end. Rare from east Africa.
        20,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella caerulea
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11041
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Highly selected, quite nice, from f+ to gem.
        2,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella caerulea
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11027
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        40 mm up. Highly selected, quite nice, from f+ to gem. Quite variable.
        3,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella candei
        d'Orbigny, 1840
        11056
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. From fine+ to gem, dorsums can be further cleaned, but
fairly nice. From Fuerteventura and very hard to get, rare, seldom seen.
        10,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella candei
        d'Orbigny, 1840
        11049
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up. From fine+ to gem, dorsums can be further cleaned, but
fairly nice. From Fuerteventura and very hard to get, rare, seldom seen.
LARGE, only three.
        15,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella candei crenata
        Orbigny, 1840
        11043
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        38 mm up. A few from Gran Canaria, endemic.
        4,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella intermedia
        Murray, 1857
        11042
        Spain
        F+++
        30 mm up. Ultra selected, from F+ to gem, different colours, quite
nice dorsums.
        2,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella nigra
        (Da Costa, 1771)
        11050
        Spain
        F+
        65 mm up. Medium size 80 mm. Very nice condition. Minor defects
only for this large size. RARE in Europe, and the most spectacular of our
Patella's. Fresh stock.
        8,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella piperata
        Gould, 1846
        11034
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. A seldom offered species, endemic. These are from Gran
Canaria. Some variation. From F+ to gem.
        5,-$
 
PATELLIDAE
        Patella ulyssiponensis  aspera
        Röding, 1798
        11882
        Canaries
        F+++
        37 mm up. Endemic from the Canaries: blue-grey inside, outside
almost black, eroded on top, nicely sculptured near the borders.
        6,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys commutata
        (Monterosato, 1875)
        11072
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        20-23 mm. Different colours in the red-brown and cream range. Can
be further cleaned.
        3,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys commutata
        (Monterosato, 1875)
        11080
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        25-28 mm. Different colours in the red-brown and cream range. Can
be further cleaned.
        5,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys commutata
        (Monterosato, 1875)
        11073
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. GIANTS. Different colours in the red-brown and cream
range. Can be further cleaned.
        10,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys commutata
        (Monterosato, 1875)
        11482
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        25-28 mm. GIANTS. Exceptional colour pattern: completely red-brown,
with one cream streak from the umbo down to the border.
        18,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys farreri
        (Jones & Preston, 1904)
        11512
        USSR
        F+/Gem
        72 mm. The Russian form of the species:  very dark brown, ultra
nice sculpture. Excellent quality. Beautiful.
        15,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys flabellum
        Gmelin, 1791
        11081
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
        25-29 mm. Guinean forms. Different colours, nice.
        2,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys flabellum
        Gmelin, 1791
        11074
        Guinea
        F+/Gem
        30-38 mm. Guinean forms. Different colours, nice.
        4,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys flexuosa
        (Poli, 1795)
        11071
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        25-29 mm. Fresh stock, mainly in browns, many different paterns.
Can be further cleaned.
        4,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys flexuosa
        (Poli, 1795)
        11079
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30-34 mm. Fresh stock, mainly in browns, many different paterns.
Can be further cleaned.
        6,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys flexuosa
        (Poli, 1795)
        11065
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. GIANTS. A couple only.
        10,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys multistriata
        (Poli, 1795)
        11198
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. From 70-80 m, which is unusual. Fine sculptures. Most in
the browns, with pattern.
        2,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Chlamys multistriata
        (Poli, 1795)
        11136
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. From 70-80 m, which is unusual. Fine sculptures. Most in
the browns, with pattern.
        4,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Decatopecten amiculum
        Philippi,
        11614
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        30 mm. An exceptional black and cream specimen. A few found each
year only.
        8,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Delectopecten alcocki
 
        11452
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        13,1 mm. Pure milky white with fine sculpture. Extremely rare. From
500 m.
        75,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Delectopecten greenlandicus
        (Sowerby, 1842)
        11852
        Russia
        F+++
        14 mm. Transluscent opaque white shell. Ultra rare. Never gem, but
this is a fine example. One valve much larger than the other.
        135,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Lyropecten nodosus "fragosus"
 
        11678
        Colombia
        F+/Gem
        78 mm. Fabulous BRIGHT ORANGE beauty.
        50,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Manupecten pesfelis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11843
        Canaries
        F+
        52 mm. A reasonably well sized specimen with a superb pattern and
the flattened valves of the Canary Islands. Red-brown with cream traingles.
Dead collected but fresh with hinge present. Needs further cleaning. Minor
chipping of valves.
        12,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Palliolum tigerinum
        (Müller, 1776)
        11229
        Shetlands
        F+/Gem
        16 mm up. The true tigerinum, UNCOMMON: smaller, heavier shells.
Dark colours.
        10,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Pecten maximus
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11099
        Spain
        F+
        85 mm up. These are fabulous nice specimens of a species that is
never gem. Flat valve always smaller than the convex one, who is most often
shortened. In this case with minor chips only. Outer side with some rust as
usual. The pale form from Spain.
        8,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Pecten maximus "alba"
        Wills
        11085
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        85 mm up. Pure white ALBINO form. Some rust on convex valve. Minor
defects only, can be called exceptional for this species and form.
        15,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Pseudamussium septemradiatum
        (O. F. Müller, 1776)
        11055
        Mauritania
        F+/Gem
        25-29 mm. Nice specimen, southern Atlantic form. Some with white
pattern. Close to perfect if not perfect.
        10,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Pseudamussium septemradiatum "marmoratum"
 
        11226
        Great Britain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. Marmorated pattern, or brown-red with fine lines. From
the Northern Atlantic.
        10,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Pseudamussium septemradiatum "marmoratum"
 
        11232
        Great Britain
        F+++
        A growth series of eleven specimen, ranging in size from 12 to 44
mm. Beautiful.
        65,-$
 
PECTINIDAE
        Similipecten similis
        (Laskey, 1811)
        11419
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        Around 4 mm. Interesting deep water species, trawled between 80 and 90 m
deep. Cream with pattern.
        10,-$
 
PEDICULARIIDAE
        Pedicularia sicula
        Swainson, 1840
        11180
        Italy
        F+/Gem
        6 mm. Nice fantastic specimen, extremely rare. Pink inside.
        50,-$
 
personidae
        Distorsio reticularis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11760
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        42 mm up. Dark brown beauties.
        5,-$
 
personidae
        Distorsio robinsoni
        Petuch, 1987
        11785
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        55 mm up. W/O. Average 65 mm. Super attractive pieces. Very
variable. From white to quite brown. Most often with the siphonal canal
super dark.
        15,-$
 
PHASIANELLIDAE
        Phasianella variegata
        Lamarck, 1822
        11711
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. Large. Selected. Glossy beauties, but no operculum.
Intricate patterns on warm orange-brown background.
        3,-$
 
PLEUROTOMARIIDAE
        Perotrochus caledonicus
        Bouchet & Métivier, 1982
        11485
        N. Caledonia
        F+
        37 mm up. Average 40 mm. A few very beautiful specimen. All have
always small chips near the lip, never perfect. From smooth to quite
granulate. RARE.
        420,-$
 
PLEUROTOMARIIDAE
        Perotrochus caledonicus
        Bouchet & Métivier, 1982
        11495
        N. Caledonia
        F+
        45 mm in diameter. A LARGE specimen in very nice condition. Classic
defects.
        500,-$
 
PLEUROTOMARIIDAE
        Perotrochus caledonicus
        Bouchet & Métivier, 1982
        11484
        N. Caledonia
        F+
        37 mm. A quite granulate, VERY RED specimen. Exceptional. Classic
defects near aperture.
        550,-$
 
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
        Otopleura cf. auriscati
        (Holten, 1802)
        11527
        Mozambique
 
        15 mm up. Grey and or white. May be another species. Attractive,
glossy, solid.
        4,-$
 
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
        Pyramidella maculosa
        Lamarck, 1822
        11696
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        19 mm up. May be different, but probably this species.
        3,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Charonia tritonis seguenzae
        A. Aradas & L. Benoît, 1874
        11858
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        32 mm. A very BRIGHT RED juvenile specimen. EXCEPTIONAL. For the
aesthetic collection.
        10,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium cynocephalum
        (Lamarck, 1816)
        11273
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        57 mm. A suberb, very dark brown specimen. Much darker than the
ones we got from the Indian ocean.
        8,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium gallinago
        (Reeve, 1844)
        11716
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        46 mm up. A few, that we received as "aegrotum", the coarsely
sculptured variant, considered by some as a separate species.
        20,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium grandimaculatum
        (Reeve, 1844)
        11715
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        66 mm up. Yellow-orange with contrasting dark brown and pure white
flecks on axial ribs and near the aperture.
        8,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium labiosum
        (Wood, 1828)
        11701
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        21 mm up. Solid, from eastern Africa, not easy to get from that
region.
        8,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium pyrum
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11721
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        81 mm up. Dark orange specimens. Beautiful.
        5,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium ranzanii
        (Bianconi, 1850)
        11621
        Somalia
        F+/Gem
        240 mm. A GIANT specimen, with a dark colour and almost PERFECT in
condition. One of the best in the world. FABULOUS.
        200,-$
 
RANELLIDAE
        Cymatium trilineatum
        (Reeve, 1844)
        11855
        egypt
        F+/Gem
        50 mm up. W/O. Superb specimens in the gem condition. Dark brown
and white. UNCOMMON
        12,-$
 
RINGICULIDAE
        Ringicula coniformis
        Monterosato, 1877
        11356
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        3 mm up. From Spain. Solid beauties.
        2,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Alvania cancellata
         (Da Costa, 1778)
        11403
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        Around 3 mm. Warm light brown. Fantastic sculpture.
        2,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Alvania scabra
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11312
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2-3 mm. Uncommon nice species.
        10,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Alvania spinosa
        (Monterosato, 1890)
        11319
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        3 mm. Fabulous shape.
        8,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Alvania testae
        (Aradas & Maggiore, 1843)
        11318
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2-3 mm. Superb fresh specimens.
        8,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Rissoa cf. interrupta
        (Adams J., 1800)
        11416
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        Around 3 mm. Live taken shells.
        3,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Rissoa inconspicua
        (Alder, 1844)
        11408
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm up. Live taken glossy beauties.
        3,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Rissoa monodonta
        Philippi, 1836
        11342
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Live taken, attractive glossy solid smooth Rissoa.
        6,-$
 
RISSOIDAE
        Zebina browniana
        (D' Orbigny, 1842)
        11191
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Orange-brown, a few with animal remains. Seldom offered.
        5,-$
 
SCAPHANDRIDAE
        Roxania utriculus
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11322
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Pure white, rare.
        8,-$
 
SCISSURELLIDAE
        Anatoma crispata
        Fleming, 1828
        11417
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2 mm. Fantastic sculpture. White or cream. Close to gem if not gem.
From Europe.
        12,-$
 
SIPHONARIIDAE
        Siphonaria pectinata
         (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11856
        Canaries
        F+++
        20 mm up. Black beauties, dorsums in some with erosion as classic.
Sometimes with orange inside.
        2,-$
 
SKENEOPSIDAE
        Skeneopsis planorbis
        (Fabricius, 1780)
        11358
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        1-2 mm. One of the smallest Gasteropods, Ammoniet-shape. Close to
gem if not gem.
        3,-$
 
SKENEOPSIDAE
        Skeneopsis sultanarum
        Gofas, 1982
        11195
        Spain
        F+++
        1-2 mm. Ammoniet-shape. F+ to gem. Dark coloured. Quite local.
        8,-$
 
SPONDYLIDAE
        Spondylus tenellus
        Reeve, 1856
        11472
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        41 mm. Superb dwarf Spondylus, flesh coloured, with attractive
multiple spines. No detailed locality.
        30,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Lambis arthritica
        (Röding, 1798)
        11514
        Sri Lanka
        F+++
        145 mm up. Traces of  PERIO in most. FABULOUS beauties, with dark
aperture, which is rare in the arthritica.  Close to gem if not gem.
        28,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Lambis chiragra
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11540
        Sri Lanka
        F+/Gem
        250-260 mm. W/O. W/PERIO. Black forms from Sri Lanka. Already very
beautiful.
        50,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Lambis chiragra
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11525
        Sri Lanka
        F+/Gem
        300 mm. MONSTER BEAUTY. Black callus in mouth on left side, With
PERIO, with OPERC. Much sought after black form. Close to gem.
        100,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Lambis digitata
        (Perry, 1811)
        11562
        Madagascar
        F+/Gem
        156 mm up. VERY LARGE. Superb pieces. Close to gem if not gem.
        45,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Lambis lambis
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11541
        Sri Lanka
        F+++
        170-175  mm. W/O. Fabulous specimen from Sri Lanka, with dark
callus, orange aperture, straight spines, good size. The best what the
species has to offer. Close to gem if not gem.
        15,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus aurisdianae
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11626
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        51 mm up. From East Africa. Nice, selected. Fresh.
        4,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus aurisdianae x bulla
 
        11627
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        60 mm. Very special. This form, between bulla and aurisdianae is
only found from Kenya to Mozambique. Closer to aurisdianae than to bulla.
One available now.
        10,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus decorus
        (Röding, 1798)
        11602
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        45 mm up. Beautiful specimens with nice pattern on porcellaneous white.
        3,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus dentatus
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11617
        Madagascar, Mozambique, Thailand
        F+/Gem
        43 mm up. Selected beauties. Glossy outer surface.
        5,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus erythrinus erythrinus
        Dillwyn, 1817
        11605
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        34 mm. The real erythrinus, seldom seen these days. Quite large,
dark aperture, brown and grey.
        12,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus labiatus olydius
        Duclos, 1844
        11613
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. Grey-brown as usual, purple aperture. Seldom offered and
now much sought after. We got a few.
        10,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus labiosus
        Wood, 1828
        11713
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        39 mm up. The classics, light and dark brown dorsums.
        10,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus peruvianus
        Swainson, 1823
        11526
        Panama
        F+/Gem
        140-150 mm. Ulta selected beauties, close to gem, bright orange
aperture. Not seen for years this quality.
        50,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus pipus
        (Röding, 1798)
        11707
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        41 mm up. Fantastic specimens with upstandig spines, nice brown and
white on the back, black mouth. Unusual.
        8,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus plicatus pulchellus
        Reeve, 1851
        11166
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        33 mm up. Again only two specimens. Beautiful. Typical ones.
        6,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus raninus
        Gmelin, 1791
        11535
        Mexico
        F+/Gem
        80 mm up. W/O. A few, quite uncommon the latest years. Pink aperture.
        15,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus thersites
        Swainson, 1823
        11757
        N. Caledonia
        F+++
        141 mm up. W/O. A nice example. Good dorsum with gloss and
patterns. Minor defects only.Great beauties.
        75,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus vittatus
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11726
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        55 mm. Orange back. W/O. A wonderful shell for Strombus lovers.
        18,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus vomer
        (Röding, 1798)
        11561
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        55 mm up. Most W/O. Normal size, the classic vomer from New Caledonia.
        15,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus vomer
        (Röding, 1798)
        11555
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        70 mm up. Most W/O. SUPERB specimens, bright colours. Warm red inside.
        30,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus vomer
        (Röding, 1798)
        11547
        N. Caledonia
        F+++
        72 mm.   An exceptional dark brown specimen, with a dark brown lip
and dorsum. Close to gem. Never seen before. Only one.
        50,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Strombus vomer hawaiensis
        Pilsbry, 1917
        11560
        Hawaii
        Dead
        64 mm. A fresh dead taken specimen, fully adult and heavy. One of
the rarest Strombus in the world. Quite nice but visibly dead. Among the
ones we got in the better class already.
        550,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Terebellum terebellum
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11620
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. A few, different colours, quite small and dark, glossy.
        2,-$
 
STROMBIDAE
        Tibia powisi "laurenti"
        Duchamps
        11167
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        39 mm. Superb, with smooth whorls. Seldom seen and much sought
after. RARE. Only one with excellent colours.
        20,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Macoma cumana
        (O.G. Costa, 1829)
        11021
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        23 mm up. White, darker to red on the umbo.
        2,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Macoma melo
        (Sowerby, 1866)
        11035
        Spain
        F+
        23 mm up. F+ to gem. Delicate darker umbos.
        3,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina compressa
        (Brocchi, 1814)
        11151
        Spain
        F+++
        17 mm up. A rare endemic species from the western Mediterranean.
Orange. Close to gem if not gem.
        12,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina donacina
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11172
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. Nice orange specimens.
        2,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina radiata
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11758
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        58 mm up. Glossy, different colours. Very beautiful shells.
        8,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina richardii
        (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
        11138
        W. Sahara
        F+
        45-48 mm. Rare species. Normal size. Nice condition, never
absolutely perfect.
        10,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina richardii
        (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
        11140
        W. Sahara
        F+
        54-58 mm. Rare species. LARGE. Nice condition, never absolutely
perfect.
        15,-$
 
TELLINIDAE
        Tellina richardii
        (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
        11139
        W. Sahara
        F+
        67-74 mm. Rare species. EXTRA LARGE. Nice condition, never
absolutely perfect. A few.
        22,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Hastula albula
        (Menke, 1843)
        11601
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        25 mm up. Average 30 mm. Glossy white specimens, sometimes with
some colour, different sculptures.
        3,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Hastula solida
        (Deshayes, 1857)
        11706
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        32-33 mm. Large, from east Africa.
        2,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Terebra affinis
        Gray, 1834
        11636
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        31 mm up. Grey and brown specimens.
        2,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Terebra chlorata
        Lamarck, 1822
        11623
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        73 mm up. Only three VERY LARGE beauties.
        6,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Terebra connelli
        Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1985
        11615
        Mozambique
        F-
        115 mm. A mythical shell, almost never seen. Two specimens have
been fished, and this is the best one. Upper apex (proto) gone, and growth
defect near the mouth. Lip very good, nice sculpture. Burned orange-brown.
ULTRA RARE.
        145,-$
 
TEREBRIDAE
        Terebra felina
        (Dillwyn, 1817)
        11718
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        48 mm up. White with brown blotches. Selected.
        2,-$
 
TRICOLIIDAE
        Tricolia nordsiecki
        Talavera, 1978
        11414
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        1-2 mm. One of the very difficult to get. Interesting shape.
        6,-$
 
TRICOLIIDAE
        Tricolia tenuis
        (Michaud, 1828)
        11406
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        3 mm up. W/O. Operculum solid white calcareous. From an interesting
area: southern Spain.
        4,-$
 
TRIVIIDAE
        Trivia oryza
        (Lamarck, 1810)
        11708
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Pure white glossy live taken specimens.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Calliostoma kilburni
 
        11573
 
        F-
        18 mm. Only one again, with several growth lines, but still
beautiful and fresh. Rare deep water.
        25,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Calliostoma scotti
        Kilburn, 1973
        11585
        Somalia
        F+/Gem
        44 mm up. OUTSTANDING PEARLED GOLDEN beauties. Excellent quality: very
minor growth lines here and there. Jewels of nature. We did not see this
quality for years.
        25,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Clanculus bertheloti
        (d'Orbigny, 1839)
        11142
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        7 mm up. Broad ribs on base for  the incubation of eggs. Uncommon
and ENDEMIC to the Canary Islands. From Gran Canaria.
        4,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Clanculus corallinus
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11329
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. From light brown to red. Classic.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Clanculus corallinus "atra"
        Monterosato
        11317
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        9 mm. A dark brown specimen for this normally red species. Uncommon.
        5,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Clanculus gennesi
 
        11625
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        11 mm. Beautiful black and white, superb. We could not trace this
back in literature.
        10,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Clanculus jussieui
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11157
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Beauties for the species, quite granulate and nice size.
Anthracit black.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula candei
        (d'Orbigny, 1838)
        11153
        Canary Isl.
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. From Gran Canaria.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula drepanensis
        (Brugnone, 1873)
        11418
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        2-3 mm. RARE. Very nice patterned specimen.
        8,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula joubini
        Dautzenberg, 1910
        11302
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Very large specimen. Nice sculpture and pattern.
        5,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula pennanti
        (Philippi, 1836)
        11028
        Spain
        F+
        10 mm up. The very uncommon form from southern Spain. Not intertidal.
        3,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula racketti
        (Payraudeau, 1826)
        11330
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        5 mm up. Large and well patterned.
        3,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula rarilineata
        (Michaud, 1829)
        11150
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        12 mm up. Greenish with red dots.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Gibbula tingitana
        Pallary, 1902
        11409
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        Around 3 mm. Great shells, carinate whorls, great colours. Hard to
get.
        15,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Jujubinus dispar
        Curini Galletti, 1982
        11155
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        3 mm up. Reddish form. Seldom offered, and very hard to get.
        8,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Jujubinus exasperatus
        (Pennant, 1777)
        11154
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        7 mm up. Splendid red specimen, from 70 m.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Jujubinus montagui
        (Wood, 1828)
        11334
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        5 mm up. Ultra selected large beauties.
        3,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Maurea turnerarum
        (Powell, 1964)
        11267
        N. Zealand
        F+/Gem
        49 mm. One of the RARE species in the Genus. Delicate shel.  The
best available. Light golden appearance.
        125,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Monodonta perplexa
        Pilsbry, 1889
        11185
        Japan
        F+++
        21-22 mm. W/O. Little rough on outer side as always. Nice specimens.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Solariella meyeri
        Kilburn, 1973
        11586
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        14 mm up. Creamish golden metallic. A deep water species.
        5,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tectus pyramis
        (Born, 1778)
        11257
        Philippines
        F+++
        68 mm up. W/O. LARGE specimens in the best possible condition for
this size. Nice green white and cream.
        10,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tectus triserialis
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11806
        Philippines
        F+
        56 mm up. Superb beauties. Never perfect, but these are out of many
and the best.  Green with white sculptured dots on the whorls. RARE.
        20,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tegula fasciata
        (Born, 1778)
        11792
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        15 mm up. Hyper selected: classics, red brown, nice quality.
        2,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tegula fasciata
        (Born, 1778)
        11787
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        9 mm up. Hyper selected: black with pale band on the periphery, and
sometimes with cream flecks on top. A few.
        3,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tegula fasciata
        (Born, 1778)
        11786
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        13 mm up. Hyper selected: BRIGHT RED. Paler pink patterns.  A few.
        4,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Tegula fasciata
        (Born, 1778)
        11793
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Hyper selected: PURE LEMON YELLOW, bright. Only two.
        8,-$
 
TROCHIDAE
        Thalotia chlorostoma
        (Menke, 1843)
        11052
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        23 mm up. Ultra selected specimens. Red to green and brown,with or
without pattern. BEAUTIFUL.
        10,-$
 
TURBINIDAE
        Bolma erectospinosa
        (Habe & Okutani, 1980)
        11254
        Philippines
        F+/Gem
        25 mm. W/O. Dark brown, dark pattern. Long spines. DEEP WATER.
        25,-$
 
TURBINIDAE
        Bolma girgyllus
        (Reeve, 1843)
        11751
        Philippines
        F+++
        72 mm. An ORANGE  specimen. SUPERB. Close to gem, best possible.
        65,-$
 
TURBINIDAE
        Bolma girgyllus
        (Reeve, 1843)
        11744
        Philippines
        F+++
        68 mm. A LEMON YELLOW specimen. SUPERB. Close to gem, best possible.
        75,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Asthenotoma lamothei
        (Dautzenberg, 1910)
        11178
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        9 mm. Wonderful grey-white specimen. RARE.
        35,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Bathytoma visagei
 
        11659
        Mozambique
        F-
        66 mm up. A couple, always poor quality, but very exceptional
already for this species, which is rare.
        25,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Bela brachystoma
        (Philippi, 1844)
        11410
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Very beautiful species. Nice sculpture.
        3,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Bela nebula
        (Montagu, 1803)
        11343
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        4 mm up. Only two brown ones.
        6,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Clavatula diadema
        Kiener, 1840
        11149
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. W/O. Very nice quality.
        8,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Clavatula diadema
        Kiener, 1840
        11162
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        27 mm up. W/O. Very nice quality. LARGE.
        12,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Clavatula sacerdos
        Reeve, 1843
        11141
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        20 mm up. W/O. Fresh brown-cream beauties.
        8,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Clavus unizonalis
 
        11591
        Mozambique
        F+
        19 mm up. A few nice specimens, quite uncommon. Nice quality, but
minor erosion of the spire, not harming much. For the study collection,
interesting.
        4,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Cochlespira pulchella semipolita
        Powell, 1969
        11467
        Philippines
        F+++
        27 mm. Close to gem . Dozens of spines, brown, superb texture. A
marvel of nature. No further comment.
        75,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Comitas ilariae
        Bozzetti, 1991
        11859
        Philippines
        F+++
        61 mm up. Nice specimens, close to gem if not gem. Named not so
long ago.
        16,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Comitas ilariae
        Bozzetti, 1991
        11851
        Philippines
        F+++
        61 mm up. W/O. Nice specimens, close to gem if not gem. Named not
so long ago.
        22,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Drillia nicklesi
        Knudsen, 1956
        11311
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        6-7 mm. Brown uncommon species.
        10,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Gemmula congener cosmoi
        Sykes, 1930
        11657
        Mozambique
        F+
        54 mm. A single specimen in relatively nice condition. Almost never
gem.
        5,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Lophiotoma cingulifera
        (Lamarck, 1822)
        11658
        Mozambique
        F+++
        54 mm. A fantastic fine quality specimen. Cream with delicate
pattern of dark brown dots below the suture and some sand pattern. Very
close to gem.
        5,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Mangelia smithi
        (Forbes, 1840)
        11303
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        5 mm up. Elegant species, slender and fresh.
        8,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Oenopota cf. rugulata
        Möller, 1866
        11860
 
        F+++
        4 mm. May be another species. Hard to get material. Close to gem if
not gem. Only one.
        20,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Oenopota pyramidalis
        Ström,
        11846
        Russia
        F+
        8 mm up. An ultra hard to get species. Cream white. Nice quality
for species: minor lip damage only.
        30,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Sinistrella sinistralis
        (Petit, 1839)
        11405
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. White specimen. RARE.
        35,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Sinistrella sinistralis
        (Petit, 1839)
        11412
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        8 mm up. Brown specimen. RARE.
        35,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Taranis mörchi
        (Malm, 1863)
        11349
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        mm up. White, from 350 m and down. Hard to obtain. Close to gem if
not gem. A few only.
        25,-$
 
TURRIDAE
        Turris crispa
        (Lamarck, 1816)
        11582
        Australia
        F+++
        115 mm up. A couple in very nice condition and ultra big size
(Official WR 128 mm). White with dark, almost black dots. Rare quality and
size.
        30,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia flammifera simplex
        Locard, 1896
        11315
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        17 mm up. Cream to brown. Seldom seen.
        8,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia flammifera simplex
        Locard, 1896
        11341
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        19 mm. A single purple specimen.
        12,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia mesal
        (Deshayes in Lamarck, 1843)
        11161
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        29 mm up. The brown form, excellent for species.
        3,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia mesal
        (Deshayes in Lamarck, 1843)
        11160
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. The white form, excellent for species.
        3,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia mesal
        (Deshayes in Lamarck, 1843)
        11159
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. The white form, excellent for species.
        4,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Mesalia mesal
        (Deshayes in Lamarck, 1843)
        11158
        Spain
        F+/Gem
	35 mm up. The brown form, excellent for species.
        4,-$
 
TURRITELLIDAE
        Turritella monterosatoi
        Kobelt, 1887
        11010
        Spain
        F+
        45 mm up. Highly selected, nice specimens.
        3,-$
 
VASIDAE
        Benthovoluta krigei
        Kilburn, 1971
        11548
        Mozambique
        F+
        59 mm up. Deep water, uncommon dark purple-brown beauties,
selected, but lips never perfect. No growth lines.
        30,-$
 
VASIDAE
        Columbarium juliae
 
        11688
        Mozambique
        F+
        79 mm. A specimen with almost no thick ribs on the whorls. Doesn't
look classic. Quite nice quality.
        50,-$
 
VASIDAE
        Columbarium juliae
 
        11689
        Mozambique
        F
        76 mm up. A couple. Very nice spiral ribs, quite deeplly incised.
Quality reasonable: only classic damage on proto and siphonal canal. Nice
lips.
        65,-$
 
VASIDAE
        Columbarium juliae
 
        11697
        Mozambique
        F+
        75 mm. A specimen with fantastic spiral ribs, three on the last
whorls, very deeply incised. White. May be another species ? Never seen
before. Quite nice quality.
        85,-$
 
VASIDAE
        Columbarium spinicinctum
        von Martens, 1881
        11275
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        51 mm up. Nice delicate slender specimen.
        12,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Callista chione
        (Linnaeus, 1758)
        11844
        Canaries
        F+/Gem
        25 mm. The typical ADULT DWARF from the Canaries. Rare, from 20 m
deep.
        10,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Chamelea striatula
        (da Costa, 1778)
        11132
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        18 mm up. Uncommon species. Not gallina. Deep water.
        5,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Clausinella fasciata
        (da Costa, 1778)
        11224
        Shetlands
        F+++
        19 mm. The chalky dirty looking northern form, pronounced ribbing.
Very interesting shell.
        5,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Gouldia minima
        (Montagu, 1803)
        11371
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Highly selected large specimens.
        2,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Paphia rhomboides
        (Pennant, 1777)
        11038
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        40-49 mm . The large form in the pink-brown colours, different
patterns.
        2,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Pitar rudis
        (Poli, 1795)
        11020
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        16-19 mm. Nice glossy shells, beautiful brown and cream patterns.
Large.
        3,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Pitar rudis mediterraneus
        Tiberi, 1885
        11156
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        15-18 mm. The completely white form. Silk gloss.
        4,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Timoclea ovata
        (Pennant, 1777)
        11321
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        10 mm up. Highly selected. Some with pattern.
        2,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Venerupis aurea
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11022
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        27 mm up. Very variable species. Nice selected, with perio.
        2,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Venus chevreuxi
        Dautzenberg, 1891
        11134
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        35 mm up. Close to the European nux. Uncommon. Pure white. Close to
gem if not gem.
        6,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Venus rosalina
        (Rang, 1834)
        11135
        W. Sahara
        F+/Gem
        35 mm up. The classic Western African one. Selected quality.
        4,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Venus rosalina
        (Rang, 1834)
        11454
        W. Sahara
        F+++
        39 mm up. EXCEPTIONAL specimen, light pink with two radiating cream
bands. Delicate.Close to gem.
        10,-$
 
VENERIDAE
        Venus verrucosa
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11857
        canaries
        F+++
        26 mm up. The small form from the Canaries, much more coloured than
the ones from Europe. Not common.
        4,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Alcithoe aillaudorum
        Bouchet & Poppe, 1988
        11756
        N. Caledonia
        F+/Gem
        52 mm. SUPERB specimen in gem condition.  Very rare deep water.
        600,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Amoria damonii "reevei"
        Sowerby II, 1864
        11559
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        96 mm. Not figured. In fact one of the rarest Amoria forms and much
underestimated in general. Only a couple of dozen in collections and
nothing to do with normal damonii. For specialist collection.
        350,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta gilchristi
        (Sowerby, 1902)
        11650
        Mozambique
        Dead
        24 mm up. W/PERIO. Similar to Pl. 21, Fig. 10-11.  Fresh dead
specimens in still nice condition. Attractive price. Minor defects, but
still have all characteristics of the species.
        35,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta nana
        (Rehder, 1974)
        11649
        Mozambique
        Dead
        21  mm. Similar to Pl. 21, Fig. 8 and 9. Dead found, still slightly
glossy. Protoconch whorls gone. Very rare Volute.
        80,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta nana
        (Rehder, 1974)
        11662
        Mozambique
        Dead
        21  mm. Similar to Pl. 21, Fig. 8 and 9. Dead found, not glossy.
Bears all the features of the species. As the one figured, but no hole. Very rare Volute.
        175,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta nana
        (Rehder, 1974)
        11661
        Mozambi
que
        Dead
        21,5  mm. Similar to Pl. 21, Fig. 8 and 9. Dead found, but still
glossy, splendid sculpture. Much better than the one figured. Very rare
Volute.
        250,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta semirugata "A"
        (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)
        11610
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        36 mm. Similar to Pl. 20, Fig. 9. Nice. Beautiful dark pattern.
        65,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Athleta semirugata "B"
        (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)
        11612
        Mozambique
        F+/Gem
        35 mm. Similar to Pl. 20, Fig. 8 and 10 but without growth line.
        65,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Cymbiola cymbiola
        (Gmelin, 1791)
        11723
        Indonesia
        F+/Gem
        53 mm. Outstanding beautiful specimen from the black form. Quite
small, but better and more striking pattern than any other one we saw.
        450,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Cymbiola intruderi x pulchra
 
        11473
        Australia
        F+++
        68 mm. More intruderi than pulchra, the so-called intermediate
form. Very rare. Not figured. Live taken and close to gem. Almost no
spines. Very attractive.
        385,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Cymbium marmoratum
        Link, 1807
        11145
        Senegal
        F+/Gem
        74 mm. A very beautiful specimen from the small form fro N'Gor.
Quite slender, good colours.
        12,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Ericusa fulgetrum "dictua"
 
        11554
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        128 mm. FABULOUS specimen with BRIGHT ORANGE SUN RAY in the mouth.
        250,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Festilyria queketti
        (E. A. Smith, 1901)
        11616
        mozambique
        F+++
        57-66 mm. Similar to Pl. 7, Fig. 1 and 2. Brown-red beauties. Close
to gem if not gem. Uncommon again.
        45,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Lyria beauii "archeri"
        (Angas, 1865)
        11466
        Guadaloupe
        F+++
        41 mm. A very nice shell, not found for years now, close to gem.
Attractive dark pattern.
        150,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Lyria lyraeformis
        (Swainson, 1821)
        11546
        KENYA
        F+/Gem
        99 mm. Similar to Pl.17 , Fig. 9, but slightly more orange,
otherwise sister specimen. Superb quality and good size.
        425,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Nannamoria johnclarki
        Bail & Limpus, 1997
        11475
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        37 mm. A gem specimen, out of about 20 existing ones of this new
species. Very beautiful.
        1200,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Notovoluta verconis
        (Tate, 1892)
        11468
        Australia
        F+/Gem
        32 mm. An ALBINO specimen. Very attractive.
        150,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Plicoliva zelindae
        (Petuch, 1979)
        11798
        Brazil
        F+
        29-30 mm. Similar to Pl. 18 , Fig. 1 and 2, but much darker. Close
to gem. Live taken rare volute, for the moment available and more common
than a couple of years ago. Good opportunity.
        150,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta cf. polypleura "sunderlandi"
        (Petuch, 1987)
        11631
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        47 mm. An as yet undescribed form, close to sunderlandi. Will be
described this year. Flesh colour with blue and black pattern. For
specialists a must. Few specimens up till now.
        165,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta ebraea
        Linnaeus, 1758
        11552
        Brazil
        F+/Gem
        110-120 mm. Only a few, ultra selected among hundreds. These are
shells that are truly beauties, two have orange bands, one very dark
serrated pattern, one with points, and bizarre spiral lines.
        45,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta morrisoni
        (Petuch, 1980)
        11765
        Honduras
        F+++
        48 mm. Similar to Pl. 2 Fig. 3 but with a much higher spire and
brighter colour. Minuscule drill hole in spire, otherwise gem. Nice piece.
RARE.
        95,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura
        Crosse, 1876
        11776
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        80 mm up. Similar to Pl. 5, Fig. 7, but BRIGHTER ORANGE, superb
specimen, close to gem if not gem.
        35,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura "hilli"
        (Petuch, 1987)
        11766
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        78 mm. A clear, very pale form. Sand dotches prominent. Striking
beauty. Bands with orange backcolour.
        160,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura "hilli"
        (Petuch, 1987)
        11780
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        95 mm. Typical shell, dark colours. Beautiful, already very good size.
        160,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura "hilli"
        (Petuch, 1987)
        11794
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        88 mm. A form WITHOUT RED, blue/brown spotting. Attractive piece.
        160,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura "kotorai"
        (Petuch, 1981)
        11782
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        88 mm. A VERY BEAUTIFUL specimen, with great contrasting colours.
SPECIAL form, because red is absent. Blue and black with brown fine lines
on clear cream.
        160,-$
 
VOLUTIDAE
        Voluta polypleura "kotorai"
        (Petuch, 1981)
        11774
        Honduras
        F+/Gem
        86 mm. A VERY BEAUTIFUL specimen, with great contrasting colours.
The very typical form, but the blotches on the two main spiral lines are
slightly larger than usual. Good size, very striking.
        160,-$
 
XENOPHORIDAE
        Xenophora caribaea
        Petit de la Saussaye, 1856
        11570
        Honduras
        F+++
        79 mm up in diameter.  These are freshly fished beauties, not seen
for years, the others turning up from old collections. Larger than the
former ones and some with here and there an attachment. May be they can be
further cleaned. Also more yellow.
        45,-$
 
XENOPHORIDAE
        Xenophora conchyliophora
        (Born, 1780)
        11580
        Brazil
        F+++
        94 mm. W/O. A superb specimen because of large bivalves attached.
Small sponge holes in base, and needs further cleaning.
        25,-$
 
XENOPHORIDAE
        Xenophora crispa
        (Koenig, 1825)
        11077
        Spain
        F+/Gem
        30 mm up. W/O. Selected, quite fabulous specimens.
        8,-$
 
XENOPHORIDAE
        Xenophora tulearensis
        Stewart & Kosuge, 1993
        11574
        Madagascar
        F+++
        105 mm up. Nice brown corrugated base. We formerly sold this as
corrugata. Endemic from Madagascar. Close to gem if not gem.
        40,-$
 
 
 
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