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CONIDAE
1439 Conus acutangulus
Lamarck, 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
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