Thomas Honker
  honkerspecimen@bellsouth.net


 

 
 *  CONIDAE           
      
1439  Conus acutangulus Lama
rck, Solomon Islands, 14-16 mm, fine+, night scuba, Guadalcanal     7.00

1446  Conus amadis castaneofasciatus Sowerby, India, 60-78 mm, fine+, brown/white, banded, w/o    10.00

1456  Conus arenatus Hwass, Madagascar, 46-55 mm, fine+, see Walls p. 105 at top, extra large     5.00

1441  Conus asiaticus lovellreevei Raybaudi, India, 32-39 mm, fine+, previously listed as alabaster Reeve     5.00

0054  Conus augur Lightfoot, 1786, Madagascar, 46-56 mm, fine, couple, two bands/fine dotted pattern (some normal spire damage on these)    10.00

2735  Conus baccatus Sowerby, 1877, Panama, 19-20 mm, fine+, dredged in 20+ fathoms, scarce now    30.00

1464  Conus bayani Jousseaume, India, 40-55 mm, fine+, white with brown pattern, w/o    10.00

1465  Conus beddomei Sowerby, 1901, Brazil, 22-24 mm, fine++, 4 piece color set, striking color variations, red, green, and brownish with white highlights   125.00

3828  Conus betulinus Linne, India, 60-75 mm, fine+, dredged off Cuddalore, w/o     7.50

4088  Conus bruguieresi Keiner, 1845, Senegal, 26-30 mm, fine+, large, dark grey, only a few    30.00

1473  Conus caracteristicus Fischer, 1807, India, 40-50 mm, fine+, tan pattern on white base, w/o     5.00

3964  Conus catus Hwass, 1792, Marquesas, 27-29 mm, fine+, dark form, see Walls p. 197 top right    10.00

0253  Conus centurio Born, 1778, Colombia, 50-59 mm, fine+, gorgeous dark patterns, trawled off the Guajira Peninsula, a few    50.00

0782  Conus centurio Born, 1778, Colombia, 40-49 mm, fine+, gorgeous patterns, one-time rarity    25.00

2459  Conus cholmondeleyi Melvill, 1900, Tanzania, 54-58 mm, fine+, nice large well patterned specimens    45.00

1475  Conus circumcisus Born, Philippines, 50-60 mm, fine+, diver taken near Cebu    15.00

2417  Conus clenchi Martins, 1943, Brazil, 47-54 mm, fine+, trawled in 35-40 meters, a couple only    60.00

1103  Conus coromandelicus Smith, India, 33-37 mm, fine, dredged in 100 fathoms off Madras    75.00

1104  Conus coromandelicus Smith, India, 27-34 mm, good, dredged in 100 fathoms, decent representative specimens     10.00

3805  Conus cyanostoma Adams, 1854, Australia, 18-22 mm, fine+, trawled off Queensland, a few only    15.00

1487  Conus dalli Stearns, Panama, 49-53 mm, fine++, dark and fresh, attractive tented pattern    15.00

2713  Conus dalli Stearns, Panama, 35-45 mm, fine+, medium size, taken in 2-3 meters    10.00

1491  Conus daucus Hwass, Florida, 39 mm, gem, yellow! This species is very rare now in Florida, especially the yellow form   150.00

1492  Conus delanoyi Trovao, Cape Verde Is., 19-21 mm, fine+, netted pattern, brown/white    15.00

1493  Conus delesserti Recluz, Florida, 45-55 mm, fine+, dredged off East Coast, lip smoothed     5.00

1517  Conus dusaveli H. Adams, Philippines, 78 mm, gem, shades of orange with bluish bands   125.00

3251  Conus ermineus Born, 1778, Venezuela, 60-66 mm, fine+, large size, trawled off Los Monges    20.00

1843  Conus eucoronatus Sowerby, 1903, South Africa, 30-38 mm, fine, decent quality, dredged in 120+ meters    75.00

2479  Conus eucoronatus Sowerby, 1903, South Africa, 36-38 mm, fine++, as nice as they come, just a couple   125.00

1521  Conus euetrios Sowerby, Mozambique, 75-78 mm, gem, bluish base, extra large and dark    75.00

1526  Conus flavescens Sowerby, Florida, 17-22 mm, fine+, tan to dark brown with varied patterns    10.00

1855  Conus floridanus floridensis Sowerby, 1870, Florida, 30-38 mm, fine++, w/o, scarce now, dark attractive specimens    20.00

6466  Conus floridanus floridensis Sowerby, 1870, Florida, 30-38 mm, fine, w/o, slight scar, still very nice    10.00

7066  Conus floridanus floridensis Sowerby, Florida, 40-44 mm, fine, huge size, with operculum, slight scar    15.00

5403  Conus floridulus Adams & Reeve, 1848, Philippines, 30-34 mm, fine+, heavily pustulated, taken in 30 meters    10.00

2988  Conus garciai Da Motta, Honduras, 40-47 mm, fine, nice quality for these trawled shells, typical slight scar with usual damage    15.00

4771  Conus garciai Da Motta, Honduras, 50-54 mm, fine, extra large size, still nice quality for this usually very rough species    25.00

2363  Conus gloriamaris Chemnitz, Philippines, 113 mm, gem, large size, dark and fresh   150.00

0346  Conus granarius Kiener, Colombia, 35-40 mm, fine, beaded spiral cords, high spire    15.00

0347  Conus granarius Kiener, Colombia, 40-49 mm, fine, only a few, brown patterns, high spired    20.00

0348  Conus granarius Kiener, Colombia, 27-35 mm, good, representative examples     5.00

0349  Conus granarius Kiener, Colombia, 50-62 mm, fine, large, attractive patterns, only a few    25.00

0350  Conus granarius Kiener, Colombia, 45-50 mm, fine+, dense spotted pattern    75.00

5612  Conus granum Rockel & Fischoeder, 1985, Philippines, 22-28 mm, fine+, purple, taken by scuba in 30 meters    20.00

1537  Conus gubernator Hwass, 1792, Mozambique, 55-65 mm, fine+, brown to black on bluish base, intriguing patterns    10.00

3583  Conus hybridus Kiener, Senegal, 38-43 mm, fine+, dark grey, only a couple,     5.00

1539  Conus imperialis Linne, Okinawa, 47-51 mm, fine+, from 1980's, Bolo Reef    10.00

1540  Conus inscriptus Reeve, India, 45-58 mm, fine+, typical brown/white, w/o     5.00

2598  Conus jaspideus Gmelin, Florida, 14-19 mm, fine+, night scuba off our coast in 10 fms.     1.50

5228  Conus jaspideus variation Gmelin, Honduras, 14-15 mm, fine+, brown/white, zic-zac pattern, unusual     4.00

3394  Conus jickelii Weinkauff, 1873, Djibouti, 35-39 mm, fine+, dark brown inscriptus type pattern on white base, (shallow water form)    15.00

0515  Conus jucundus Sowerby, Bahamas, 17-22 mm, fine+, live taken, beautiful patterns, (sometimes listed as abbotti or abbotti cardinalis), scarce now    50.00

0517  Conus jucundus Sowerby, Bahamas, 24-30 mm, fine+, larger size which is quite scarce, light brown to brown/white, typically with mid-body band.   200.00

0518  Conus jucundus Sowerby, Bahamas, 31-35 mm, fine+, a few of these big ones, live taken, with operculum.  Light brown color, to dark brown, and usually with mid-body band   400.00

0519  Conus jucundus Sowerby, Bahamas, 35-38 mm, fine+, only a couple, very rare this large size   600.00

1554  Conus lemniscatus Reeve, 1849, India, 30-35 mm, fine+, compare with traversianus, light orange to tan color on white base,    15.00

0033  Conus limpusi Rockel & Korn, 1990, Australia, 30-35 mm, fine+, a few, trawled in 75 fathoms, (previously listed as lizardensis)    30.00

4604  Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875, Mozambique, 29-32 mm, fine+, one from Australia also, trawled in 50 meters off Queensland    30.00

1557  Conus lividus Hwass, Fr. Polynesia, 28-35 mm, fine+, dark specimens, banded     3.50

0273  Conus lohri Kilburn, 1972, South Africa, 66 mm, fine, fantastic burnt orange giant, near world record size, gem but for 1.5 mm chip top of lip   175.00

5494  Conus loroisii Kiener, 1848, India, 50-65 mm, fine+, w/o, large size, greyish/tan    10.00

5462  Conus macarae Bernardi, 1857, Philippines, 40-55 mm, fine+, trawled off Negros, varied colors (form of voluminalis)    15.00

1564  Conus magus Linne, Philippines, 55-68 mm, fine+, large size, dramatic color forms, basic data    10.00

1565  Conus malacanus Hwass, India, 36-44 mm, fine+, w/o, brown/white     5.00

1529  Conus maldivus Hwass, Madagascar, 55-68 mm, fine+, brown/white, some from Mozambique also     7.50

1568  Conus memiae Azuma & Toki, Philippines, 25-27 mm, fine+, large size, just a couple    10.00

5168  Conus miliaris Hwass, 1792, Fr. Polynesia, 16-19 mm, fine+, peach/tan color     2.00

1571  Conus mindanus Hwass, Honduras, 16-20 mm, fine+, pinkish, some from Martinique also    10.00

6606  Conus muriculatus sugillatus Reeve, 1843, Fr. Polynesia, 25-29 mm, fine+, from Tahiti, in black sand    10.00

2588  Conus mus Hwass, 1792, Florida, 21-28 mm, fine+, scuba in 10 fathoms off our coast, very scarce now    20.00

5170  Conus nanus Broderip, 1833, Fr. Polynesia, 11-14 mm, fine, greyish white, uncommon     2.00

1584  Conus nodulosus Sowerby, 1864, Australia, 36-39 mm, fine+, delicate tented pattern, a couple    20.00

2449  Conus nussatella Linne, 1758, Madagascar, 45-55 mm, fine+, dark brown/white, unusual locality    10.00

6011  Conus oishii Shikama, 1977, Taiwan, 33 mm, fine+, orange color form, only one    60.00

6012  Conus oishii Shikama, 1977, Taiwan, 34 mm, fine+, pale yellowish white    35.00

6013  Conus oishii Shikama, 1977, Taiwan, 32 mm, fine+, lavender/tan and white color form    45.00

1589  Conus patricius Hinds, Panama, 75-85 mm, fine+, large size, dark and fresh, top quality    20.00

1657  Conus pennaceus Born, 1778, Mozambique, 56-65 mm, fine++, white tents on chocolate base, see Walls p. 528 bottom, some with bluish cast    25.00

0254  Conus phlogopus Tomlin, 1937, Colombia, 67 mm, gem-, super quality, dense spots fusing into vertical bands, smooth body whorl (unlike lorenzianus which is corded)    45.00

0577  Conus phuketensis Da Motta, Thailand, 66-78 mm, fine+, extra large, live taken, brown/cream, (junior synonym of pretiosus Nevill & Nevill, 1874) some from India also    60.00

5841  Conus phuketensis De Motta, Thailand, 45-55 mm, fine+, normal size, just a few    35.00

1405  Conus poormani Berry, 1960, Panama, 32-33 mm, fine+, dredged in 120+ ft., Bay of Chiriqui, white with brown flammules    10.00

5132  Conus praelatus Hwass, Mozambique, 50-58 mm, fine+, bluish grey tented pattern on brown base    20.00

1593  Conus proximus Sowerby, Philippines, 30-35 mm, fine+, brown dash patterns on cream base    25.00

1594  Conus pulicarius Hwass, Fr. Polynesia, 34-37 mm, fine+, small size, black spotting on white base     3.00

1596  Conus purpurascens Sowerby, Panama, 38-47 mm, fine+, dark and fresh, top quality    15.00

4738  Conus quercinus Lightfoot, 1786, Fr. Polynesia, 48-62 mm, fine+, yellow with fine spiral lines     5.00

6607  Conus rattus Hwass, 1792, Fr. Polynesia, 30-35 mm, fine+, from Huahine, yellow apex     5.00

0688  Conus regius Gmelin, Bahamas, 45-51 mm, fine, unusually large and dark, w/o    20.00

1601  Conus regius Gmelin, Florida, 30-43 mm, fine+, some from various Caribbean locations and Bahamas also    15.00

3573  Conus richardbinghami Petuch, 1992, Bahamas, 17-23 mm, fine, bright red with sparse white cloud pattern, taken night scuba,    50.00

2789  Conus samiae Da Motta, 1982, Philippines, 48-58 mm, fine+, from tangle nets set in 100 meters    15.00

6608  Conus sanguinolentus Quoy-Gaimard, Fr. Polynesia, 35-37 mm, fine+, from Tahiti, dark and fresh    10.00

5169  Conus sponsalis Hwass, 1792, Fr. Polynesia, 10-14 mm, fine, reddish midbody pattern     2.00

0767  Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791, Florida, 40-60 mm, fine, found cast up after Hurrican Wilma, Florida west coast, nice but of course not gem    15.00

0255  Conus spurius arubaensis Usticke, Colombia, 30-40 mm, fine, bold black square blotches on white, (=spurius baylei Jousseaume-see Vink in La Conchiglia, 1982 on spurius complex)     5.00

2556  Conus spurius arubaensis Usticke, Colombia, 45-58 mm, fine, w/o, rare golden form, orange pattern on white    65.00

6861  Conus spurius atlanticus Clench, 1942, Mexico, 65 mm, fine+, flat spire, only one    75.00

6862  Conus spurius atlanticus Clench, 1942, Mexico, 58-62 mm, fine+, a couple, trawled in 90 meters off the Yucatan    45.00

0302  Conus suturatus sandwichensis Walls, 1977, Hawaii, 21-27 mm, fine+, tan pastels, banded, a couple only    35.00

0039  Conus tessulatus Born, 1780, India, 43-48 mm, fine+, orange/white, some from Madagascar also     5.00

3108  Conus thomae Gmelin, Philippines, 76-80 mm, gem-, chocolate brown/white   175.00

1621  Conus tinianus Hwass, South Africa, 44 mm, fine+, see p. 676 in Walls, live taken    25.00

2851  Conus tribblei Walls, 1977, Philippines, 50-65 mm, fine+, cream colored base with brown pattern, spiral grooves anterior third of shell    15.00

1624  Conus trochulus Reeve, Cape Verde Is., 38-35 mm, fine+, pale lavender, attractive    20.00

2886  Conus typhon Kilburn, 1975, Mozambique, 33-45 mm, fine, a couple from off Natal, So. Africa also    75.00

3094  Conus typhon Kilburn, 1975, South Africa, 31 mm, fine, from 45 meters, lip with slight roughness    50.00

0040  Conus unifasciatus Kiener, Senegal, 25-30 mm, fine+, dark brown, nice large ones    15.00

5008  Conus ventricosus Gmelin, 1791, Spain, 30-35 mm, fine+, nice quality large specimens, w/o     7.50

1625  Conus venulatus Hwass, Cape Verde Is., 40-45 mm, fine+, dark or light form, (form B)    40.00

1627  Conus venulatus Hwass, Cape Verde Is., 30-45 mm, fine+, light, dark, ateralbus and nivifer forms    95.00

1626  Conus venulatus nivifer Sowerby, Cape Verde Is., 33-37 mm, fine+, grey white base/brown dash pattern    30.00

2104  Conus verrucosus Hwass, 1792, Bahamas, 15-19 mm, fine+, light yellowish or brown/white form (previously listed as jaspideus verrucosus)    15.00

5039  Conus victoriae Reeve, 1843, Australia, 45-47 mm, fine+, dark form with dense pattern, cf. cholmondelyi    30.00

5613  Conus viola Cernohorsky, 1977, Philippines, 39 mm, fine+, lavender and brown, taken by scuba in 30 meters    50.00

2712  Conus virgatus Reeve, 1849, Panama, 50-53 mm, fine+, attractive reddish brown vertical bars    15.00

1633  Conus zeylandicus Gmelin, Madagascar, 50-60 mm, fine+, from Tulear, a couple only     7.50