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CYPRAEIDAE
0958 Cypraea acicularis
Gmelin, 1791, Florida, 20-24 mm, gem, scuba in 10 fathoms, quite
variable 10.00
0959 Cypraea acicularis
Gmelin, 1791, Florida, 26-27.5mm, gem, extra large size, rare on our
coast 40.00
2416 Cypraea acicularis
Gmelin, 1791, Brazil, 15-19 mm, gem, small size, attractive
variations 5.00
5368 Cypraea acicularis Gmelin,
1791, Florida, 25 mm, gem, large size, scarcer now on our
coast 15.00
6940 Cypraea acicularis Gmelin,
1791, Florida, 28-30 mm, gem, Jumbo size, a couple only
100.00
6941 Cypraea acicularis
Gmelin, 1791, Florida, 30 mm, gem, World Record Size is 33.1 mm., only
one 200.00
0857 Cypraea albuginosa
Gray, 1825, Panama, 20-23 mm, gem, pale lavender margin, dark spotted
dorsum 8.00
5737 Cypraea annulus
(monstrous) Linne, 1758, Kenya, 22-27 mm, gem, rostrated and
monstrous, anterior canal bulbous and some distorted sideways or
downward. We can send photos on request. 75.00
3116 Cypraea arabicula Lamarck,
1819, Panama, 24-26 mm, gem, heavy well spotted margins, dark and
fresh 3.50
1710 Cypraea artuffeli Jousseaume,
1876, Japan, 15-16 mm, fine, live taken but with healed
crack 50.00
0866 Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder
& Schilder, Philippines, 17-19 mm, gem, nice large ones, brownish
orange 3.00
2938 Cypraea broderipii Sowerby,
1832, South Africa, 78 mm, gem, taken by off Natal in 50 meters,
excellent pattern and gloss 3000.00
5807 Cypraea broderipii Sowerby,
1832, South Africa, 77 mm, fine++, heavy with good pattern overall,
slight elongated distortion keeps it from being a gem 2500.00
0042 Cypraea capensis Gray,
South Africa, 28 mm, gem, live taken from Algoa Bay, only
one 30.00
4740 Cypraea caputanguis Philippi,
1849, Fr. Polynesia, 25-31 mm, gem-, from Huahine, form of
caputserpentis 2.00
0869 Cypraea caputdraconis
Melvill, 1888, Easter Island, 29-35 mm, gem, dark and
fresh new stock, large size 10.00
3233 Cypraea
caputserpentis Linne, Marquesas, 32-36 mm, gem, large and dark,
some with flaring margins 5.00
4121 Cypraea carneola
propinqua Garrett, 1879, Fr. Polynesia, 22-30 mm, fine+, from
Huahine, dark and fresh 4.00
2931 Cypraea caurica
Linne, 1758, Egypt, 30-35 mm, fine++, wide body with heavy callous,
just a few 6.00
0875 Cypraea cervus
Linne, Florida, 90-115mm, gem, very hard to get the big ones now, extra
heavy, dark and fresh (not the lightweight form from W. Coast &
Keys) 150.00
3636 Cypraea cervus
Linne, Florida, 70-89 mm, gem, medium size, dark and heavy, a couple
only (not the lightweight form from other parts of Florida)
100.00
6165 Cypraea cervus
Linne, Florida, 75-120 mm, fine/f+, usual flaw, live taken off our
coast, smaller ones fine+, larger fine only 30.00
0878 Cypraea cinerea
Gmelin, Florida, 20-25 mm, gem, dark fresh live taken, scuba in 10
fms. 8.00
5373 Cypraea cinerea
Gmelin, Florida, 26-29 mm, gem, large size, only a
few 15.00
6119 Cypraea cinerea Gmelin,
Florida, 30-33 mm, gem, extra large, only a couple, 10 fathoms off our
coast 40.00
7075 Cypraea cinerea Gmelin,
Florida, 34-36 mm, gem, biggest we get here, a couple 100.00
7076 Cypraea cinerea
Gmelin, Florida, 16-18 mm, f+/gem, rare tiny elongated form (miniscula
elongata) 9x16 mm or 10x18 mm, quite unusual, a couple
only 50.00
0880 Cypraea comptoni Gray,
1847, Australia, 17-21 mm, fine+, only a couple, from shallow
water 10.00
1872 Cypraea cylindrica n/r
Born, 1778, New Caledonia, 30-35 mm, gem, II in Chatenay, melanistic
and rostrated 125.00
0896 Cypraea diluculum
Reeve, Zanzibar, 19-23 mm, gem, small size, distinct
patterns 1.50
0248 Cypraea donmoorei
Petuch, 1979, Colombia, 48-52 mm, gem, trawled off the Goajira
Peninsula 30.00
0249 Cypraea donmoorei Petuch,
1979, Colombia, 60-63 mm, f+/gem, a couple only, scarce 60 mm or
over 90.00
0250 Cypraea donmoorei
Petuch, 1979, Venezuela, 56-58 mm, gem-, only two, nice
quality 40.00
3091 Cypraea eglantina
Duclos, 1833, Philippines, 53-67 mm, gem, green glazed form, just a
few 10.00
3741 Cypraea eglantina
niger Duclos, 1833, New Caledonia, 48 mm, gem, III in Chatenay,
extra rostration 125.00
0899 Cypraea englerti
Burgess & Summers, 1965, Easter Island, 19-23 mm, gem, Easter
Island endemic, normal size 25.00
4118 Cypraea englerti Summers
& Burgess, 1965, Easter Island, 24-25 mm, gem, large size, only a
few of these 35.00
6755 Cypraea englerti Burgess
& Summers, 1965, Easter Island, 26 mm, gem, largest size, just a
few 45.00
4012 Cypraea erosa
Linne, 1758, Fr. Polynesia, 20-32 mm, gem, some from Queensland,
Australia and American Samoa also 1.50
3806 Cypraea errones niger
Linne, 1758, Australia, 23-29 mm, fine+, II-III in Chatenay, brown
dorsum 50.00
3115 Cypraea fimbriata
Gmelin, Zanzibar, 14-15 mm, gem, light grey/tan
pattern 2.00
2468 Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn,
1817, Thailand, 20 mm, gem, only one, taken in early
1970's. 15.00
1402 Cypraea hungerfordi Sowerby,
1888, Taiwan, 35-40 mm, gem, a few, dark and fresh, dredged in 100
fms. 25.00
3967 Cypraea isabella
atriceps Schilder & Schilder, 1938, Fr. Polynesia, 25-30
mm, gem-, from Huahine, large size 5.00
5749 Cypraea isabella
atriceps Schilder, 1938, Fr. Polynesia, 18-23 mm, gem, from
Huahine, normal size 3.50
2547 Cypraea isabella
controversa Gray, 1824, Hawaii, 22-28 mm, gem, large size, dark
spot at terminals, white base 15.00
0916 Cypraea
isabellamexicana Stearns, Panama, 27-30 mm, gem, orange
terminals, very scarce now 45.00
4896 Cypraea lynx Linne,
1758, Philippines, 56-60 mm, gem-, large size, just a
few 10.00
5280 Cypraea lynx vanelli Linne,
1758, Tahiti, 30-37 mm, gem, dark and fresh, only a
few 5.00
4282 Cypraea minoridens
Melvill, 1901, Vanuatu, 06 mm, fine+, a couple
7.00
3743 Cypraea moneta
Linne, 1758, India, 22-28 mm, gem, basic data only, yellow, large
size 1.50
4004 Cypraea moneta
Linne, Fr. Polynesia, 16-22 mm, gem, bright yellow/greenish tinted with
heavy callous 1.50
2930 Cypraea nebrites
Melvill, 1888, Persian Gulf, 30 mm, gem, nice large
size 5.00
6408 Cypraea nigropunctata
Gray, 1828, Galapagos, 31 mm, gem, dark and fresh, large
size 80.00
4444 Cypraea nucleus
Linne, 1758, India, 18-20 mm, gem, basic data
only 2.00
4699 Cypraea nucleus
Linne, 1758, Tahiti, 15-17 mm, gem, elongated with large pustules, var.
'gemmosa' Perry, 1811 3.00
0930 Cypraea obvelata
Lamarck, 1810, Polynesia, 14-20 mm, gem, squat and heavy, bluish dorsum
with gold ring 1.50
6229 Cypraea ocellata
Linne, 1758, India, 25-30 mm, gem, taken in early
90's 1.50
0935 Cypraea owenii Sowerby,
1857, Madagascar, 14-15 mm, gem, bluish with spotted dorsum, hard to
get 30.00
4617 Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot,
Red Sea, 58-70 mm, gem, dark reddish brown variation, spotting still
visible 60.00
0938 Cypraea pericalles Melvill
& Standen, India, 25-29 mm, gem, dredged off
Madras 7.50
0939 Cypraea petitiana
Crosse, Senegal, 20-24 mm, gem, dark and fresh, small
size 7.50
0951 Cypraea poraria
Linne, 1758, Tahiti, 14-17 mm, gem, dark and fresh, new
stock 4.00
0943 Cypraea pulchra Gray,
Oman, 30-39 mm, gem, black spotted at pinkish terminals on greyish
base 40.00
0944 Cypraea pulchra Gray,
Oman, 40-50 mm, gem, large size, nice pinkish terminals and
base 60.00
7079 Cypraea pulchra Gray,
Oman, 51-56 mm, gem-, extra large, select quality
80.00
0946 Cypraea punctata
trizonata Sowerby, Tahiti, 08-10 mm, fine+, just a few, scarce
now 12.00
6481 Cypraea robertsi
Hidalgo, 1906, Panama, 27-29 mm, gem, large size, just a
few 7.00
5411 Cypraea scurra
Gmelin, 1791, Somalia, 35-38 mm, gem, small ones, dark and
fresh 10.00
0955 Cypraea scurra indica
vono Steadman & Cotton, 1943, Tahiti, 28-35 mm, gem, dwarf
form of scurra indica, dark and fresh 15.00
2548 Cypraea semiplota Mighels,
1945, Hawaii, 16-18 mm, gem, starry night, large size, only a
few 75.00
0957 Cypraea spurca
Linne, Western Sahara, 23-29 mm, gem, live taken, dark and
fresh 8.00
3913 Cypraea spurca Linne,
Malta, 31-33 mm, gem, BIG! - largest I have seen to
date 25.00
5922 Cypraea staphylaea
consobrina Garrett, 1879, Tahiti, 07-10 mm, gem, small
subspecies, rounded and less nodose 7.50
0960 Cypraea staphylaea
laevigata Dautzenberg, 1932, Madagascar, 18-20 mm, gem, extra
dark, a few only 3.00
0781 Cypraea surinamensis Perry,
Brazil, 21-22 mm, gem, ex pisce, very scarce now 300.00
0967 Cypraea teres
allisoni Burgess, Panama, 30-33 mm, gem, large size, dark
patterned dorsum 50.00
0968 Cypraea teres
pellucens Melvill, 1888, Tahiti, 20-28 mm, gem, some from
Mozambique also 5.00
4741 Cypraea tigris
lyncichroa Melvill, 1888, Fr. Polynesia, 65-84 mm, gem, from
Huahine 10.00
7103 Cypraea tigris
lyncichroa Melville, 1888, Fr. Polynesia, 64-82 mm, fine+, from
Huahine, small heavy specimens 5.00
0972 Cypraea turdus
Lamarck, India, 35-40 mm, gem-, heavy and well
marked 5.00
5022 Cypraea vitellus
Linne, 1758, Fr. Polynesia, 38-48 mm, gem-, some from Queensland,
Australia also 8.00
6236 Cypraea vitellus
Linne, 1758, Japan, 40-45 mm, fine++, unusual locality, a
couple 5.00
5363 Cypraea vredenburgi Schilder,
Indonesia, 21-23 mm, gem, average size, dark
patterned 35.00
0976 Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby,
1832, Australia, 23 mm, gem, on reef off Queensland, dark and
fresh 2.50
0977 Cypraea zebra Linne,
Florida, 80-95 mm, gem, BIG--some from Bahamas also, scarce
now 90.00
0978 Cypraea zebra
Linne, Florida, 60-78 mm, gem, normal size, super dark attractive
specimens 60.00
5376 Cypraea zebra Linne,
1758, Florida, 45-58 mm, gem, small, dark and heavy, just a
few 30.00
6167 Cypraea zebra
Linne, Florida, 50-93 mm, fine, smaller ones more attractive and with
less noticeable flaw, these are still very nice quality for
species 20.00
6437 Cypraea zebra
Linne, 1758, Brazil, 50-58 mm, fine+, from shallow water, Bahia
State 20.00
1409 Cypraea ziczac
signata Iredale, 1939, Tahiti, 11-13 mm, gem, just a few,
scarce now 7.50
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ERATOIDAE
5556 Erato scabriuscula
Sowerby, 1832, Panama, 08 mm, gem, taken in shallow water, Gobernadora
Island 5.00
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OVULIDAE
4536 Aperiovula adriatica Sowerby,
1828, Spain, 18-20 mm, gem, taken in 30 meters, couple
only 15.00
6599 Cyphoma gibbosa Linne,
1758, Bahamas, 23-30 mm, gem, from Abaco Cays, on
gorgonia 3.00
1005 Cyphoma signatum
Pilsbry & McGinty, Bahamas, 30 mm, gem, cream colored, on gorgonia
in shallow water, only one 10.00
3158 Delonovolva formosa
Adams & Reeve, 1848, Japan, 09-11 mm, gem, purple with orange
terminals, previously listed Crenavolva mucronata Azuma &
Cate 25.00
0998 Dentiovula saturnalia
Azuma & Cate, Japan, 07-09 mm, gem, translucent
yellowish beige 15.00
1004 Dentiovula takeoi
Cate & Azuma, Philippines, 09-11 mm, gem, bright red color, finely
striated 5.00
4086 Jenneria pustulata Lightfoot,
Panama, 24-26 mm, gem, extra large size, dark and fresh new
stock 7.50
1000 Neosimnia spelta
Linne, Spain, 09-13 mm, gem, cream colored, on gorgonia in 6
meters 3.50
0146 Ovula pudica
wilsoniana Cate, Japan, 09-11 mm, gem, pale pastel pink,
banded 15.00
1277 Phenacovolva tokioi
Cate, 1973, Australia, 33-40 mm, fine+, pinkish tan with orange
terminals 15.00
3941 Primovula beckeri
Sowerby, 1900, South Africa, 05-06 mm, fine+, pinkish, taken by scuba
in 45 meters 20.00
0999 Prosimnia semperi
semperi Weinkauff, Philippines, 10-13 mm, gem, yellow, in
tangle nets set in 50 fms. 10.00
0985 Pseudosimnia carnea
Poiret, 1789, Spain, 12-14 mm, gem, dark flesh colored, taken in red
coral 5.00
3694 Pseudosimnia punctata
Duclos, Philippines, 07-09 mm, gem, tan spotted, from
Bohol in tangle net 10.00
0138 Pseudosimnia
whitworthi Cate, Japan, 09 mm, gem, uncommon, on gorgonia in
10-30 fms. 10.00
2322 Simnia rufa
Sowerby, 1832, Panama, 11-12 mm, fine+, near
white 3.50
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TRIVIIDAE
6898 Trivia hordacea Kiener,
1843, South Africa, 03-04 mm, gem, from 40 meters
10.00
6760 Trivia maugeriae Sowerby,
1832, Galapagos, 14 mm, gem, pinkish, rare endemic
90.00
1013 Trivia monacha
DaCosta, Spain, 08-11 mm, gem, taken in shallow water, a
few 2.00
5268 Trivia natalensis Schilder,
1932, South Africa, 04 mm, gem, taken by scuba in 45
meters 10.00
1014 Trivia nix
Schilder, Florida, 10-12 mm, gem, translucent pink, delicate
ribs 8.00
1017 Trivia pediculus
Linne, Florida, 10-12 mm, gem, taken by scuba in 50-70 ft. off our
coast, scarce now 5.00
7021 Trivia pediculus Linne,
Florida, 13-15 mm, gem, extra large size, uncommon
now 8.00
5269 Trivia pellucidula
Gaskoin, 1846, South Africa, 04-05 mm, gem, taken by scuba in 45
meters 5.00
5819 Trivia pullata
Sowerby, 1870, Florida, 07-10 mm, gem, smaller and darker than
pediculus 15.00
3121 Trivia quadripunctata
Gray, 1827, Bahamas, 07-08 mm, gem, flesh colored to light pink,
uncommon 10.00
1019 Trivia sanguinea Sowerby,
Panama, 12-14 mm, gem, dark brown with reddish spot on dorsum, large
size 10.00
5563 Trivia solandri
Sowerby, 1832, Panama, 18-22 mm, gem, from shallow water, Gobernadora
Island 10.00
6899 Trivia spioinsula Cate,
1979, New Caledonia, 07-08 mm, gem, a couple only
15.00
0624 Trivia suavis
Schilder, 1931, South Africa, 08 mm, gem, scuba in 30 meters, only
one 20.00
4643 Trivia suffusa
Gray, 1832, Bahamas, 07-11 mm, gem, pinkish base, dark spots on dorsum,
some almost totally black 6.00
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EPITONIIDAE
6358 Alora gouldi A.
Adams, 1857, Panama, 16-18 mm, fine+, dredged in 100+ fathoms,
w/o 30.00
2681 Epitonium africana
Bouchet & Tillier, 1978, Ivory Coast, 30-40 mm, fine, taken in
50-80 meters, fresh dead 75.00
5100 Epitonium bicarinata
Sowerby, 1869, Fr. Polynesia, 07-09 mm, fine+, small species, from
Tahiti 6.00
4937 Epitonium billeeana
Dushane & Bratcher, 1966, Mexico, 15-18 mm, gem, from Sea of
Cortez, shallow water 30.00
2570 Epitonium cochlea
Sowerby, 1844, Spain, 19-25 mm, fine+, w/o, dredged (=dalli Rehder,
1945) 35.00
4154 Epitonium communis Lamarck,
1822, Spain, 22-27 mm, fine+, w/o, brown color, attractive
ribbing 5.00
3629 Epitonium commutatum Monterasato,
1877, Spain, 20-26 mm, fine+, attractive ribbing, w/o
10.00
5769 Epitonium costulatum Kiener,
1839, Japan, 25-28 mm, fine+, w/o, trawled in 70+ fathoms (previously
listed as okezoko Habe, 1961) 35.00
2605 Epitonium crenata
Linne, 1758, Spain, 15-18 mm, fine+, live taken, w/o, a
couple 10.00
5692 Epitonium fabrizioi Pastorino
& Penchaszadeh, Argentina, 10-13 mm, fine+, named in 1998,
previously listed as magellanicum 15.00
1765 Epitonium ferminiana Dall,
Panama, 47-56 mm, fine+, small but super nice quality! w/o,
dredged in 240+ ft. 25.00
2685 Epitonium georgettina
Kiener, 1839, Argentina, 22-23 mm, fine+, taken in 20+
meters, normal size 15.00
2791 Epitonium scalare Linne,
Philippines, 50-57 mm, fine+, 'Precious Wentletrap', from Manila
Bay 7.50
4079 Epitonium
tenuistriatum D'Orbigny, 1840, Argentina, 16-18 mm, fine+, a
couple, from 20-30 meters 40.00
0239 Epitonium turtonis Turton,
1819, Spain, 30-33 mm, fine+, brown, dredged in 12+ meters,
uncommon 10.00
6062 Epitonium
unifasciatum Sowerby, 1844, Argentina, 12 mm, fine+, just a
couple 10.00
2897 Epitonium varicosa
Lamarck, 1822, Philippines, 45-50 mm, fine+, live taken, with
operculum 10.00
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CORALLIOPHILIDAE
2839 Coralliobia violacea Kiener,
Japan, 21-23 mm, fine+, a few, violet aperture,
5.00
2781 Coralliophila brevis Blainville,
1832, Spain, 10-12 mm, fine+, dredged in 15 meters, a
couple 10.00
1282 Coralliophila
bulbiformis Conrad, Japan, 22-29 mm, fine+, only a
couple, 15.00
1508 Coralliophila
costularis Lamarck, 1816, Japan, 27 mm, fine+, purple aperture,
only one 15.00
1997 Coralliophila
lamellosa P., Spain, 29-34 mm, fine+, dredged in 30 meters,
w/o 5.00
2843 Coralliophila
madreporara Sowerby, Japan, 15-18, fine, taken off Nada,
Wakayama, 5-10 fathoms 10.00
2604 Coralliophila
meyendorffi Calcara, 1845, Spain, 24-32 mm, fine+, from shallow
water, w/o 5.00
3551 Coralliophila
orcuttiana Dall, 1919, Panama, 19-20 mm, fine+, dredged in 240
ft., w/o 20.00
1998 Coralliophila
panormitana Monterosato, 1869, Spain, 20-23 mm, fine+, a
couple, (cf. middendorffi), dredged in 70 meters, w/o
25.00
6687 Coralliophila parva E.
A. Smith, 1877, Panama, 15-16 mm, fine+, a couple, with
operculum 5.00
1996 Coralliophila
squamosa Bivona, Spain, 28-34 mm, fine+, trawled in 70-90
meters, w/o (=lamellosa Philippi, previously listed as alucoides
Blainville), 7.50
6395 Latiaxis basilium Neme
& Neme, 1978, Brazil, 35 mm, fine+, w/o, a couple, taken in 300+
meters 50.00
1081 Latiaxis benoiti Tiberi,
1855, Spain, 28-37 mm, fine+, dredged in 30+ meters, w/o, a few
(previously listed as amaliae Kobelt) 45.00
1999 Latiaxis cariniferus
Sowerby, 1834, Malta, 30-38 mm, fine+, scuba in 10 fathoms, live taken,
w/o (previously listed as babelis Requien) 55.00
2000 Latiaxis cariniferus Sowerby,
1834, Spain, 24-26 mm, fine+, dredged off Malaga, w/o, a couple
(=babelis Requien, 1848) 35.00
1262 Latiaxis diadema
Aradas & Benoit, Philippines, 20-23 mm, fine+, taken in tangle net
off Bohol 15.00
6551 Coralliophila parva E.
A. Smith, 1877, Galapagos, 17 mm, fine+, only one, taken in late
1980's 25.00
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