Thomas Honker
  honkerspecimen@bellsouth.net


 

* 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

*  ERATOIDAE          
5556  Erato scabriuscula Sowerby, 1832, Panama, 08 mm, gem, taken in shallow water, Gobernadora Island     5.00

*  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

*  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

*  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

*  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