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GASTROPODS

COLUMBELLA
nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822) 9mm,Gems,diver taken, 5-20 feet, buried in sand under rocks,Pidgeon Point,Antigua,W.Indies $3.00

COLUMBARIUM
nakayasui (Habe,1975) 55mmUp,Fine+,few specimens available $5.50

CONUS

  1. australis (Roding,1798) 69mm,Fine quality specimen, only one available,from trawler 50-100 fathoms, Tayabas bay, Phillipines $2.50
  2. lateraculatus (Sowerby, 1870) 43mm, Fine,slight rough lip, apex slightly tipped, Tayabas Bay, Luzon,Phillipines $8.00
  3. ochroleucus (Gmelin,1791) 56mm,Fine-Fine+ (usual for species), slight roughlip, form tangle nets 60 fathoms, Panglao Island,Cebu, Phillipines $8.00
  4. reguis (Gmelin,1791) 42mm,diver taken under rocks,worn spex,one small chip on lip,w/operculum,one growth scar on dorsum, Pelican Shoals,off Key West, Florida $15.00
  5. sulcatus (Hwass,1792) 63mm,Fair-Fine,25 feet,Tayabas Bay, Phillipines $5.00
  6. victoriae (Reeve,1843) 50mm,Fair-Fine, only one available, good pattern, slight worn areas, good starter $6.00

    CYPRAEA

    1. architidea (sowerby,1837)40mm, Fine+-Gem, nice specimen with orange margin, only one available $60.00
    2. angustata (Gmelin, 1791) 24mm.F+-Gem,excellent specimen, diver taken,under dead coral heads, Phillipines $2.50
    3. asellus (Linne,1758) 17mm,Fine specimen only one available, one dorsal flaw, good starter at a bargain price $1.50
    4. bistrinotata (Schilder&Schilder,1937) 16mm Up,F+-Gem,diver taken,under coral rubble, Phillipines $2.50
    5. caurica (Linne,1758) 39.25mm,Fine+specimen,only one available,slight rostration,25 percent mealnistic,diver taken,60 feet under coral rubble, New Caledonia $55.00
    6. cribraria (Linne,1758)23mm,F+-Gem, nice spotting, diver taken Phillipines $2.50
    7. cylindrica (Born,1778) 26mm, F+-Gem, nice dorsal blotching, diver taken,under dead coral heads,Phillipines $2.50
    8. lynx (Linne,1758)27mm,Up,Fine+only,small but heavier specimen,Apra Harbor,Guam USA, under coral rubble,5-15feet, diver taken $3.00

  7. (stolida)Linne, 1758) 25mm Up,Fine+-Gems, nice dorsal markings/blotching, diver taken specimens, Phillipines $7.50 ventricilus (Lamarck,1810)48mm,Fair(usual Quality) diver taken,60 feet under coral rubble, Cebu,Phillipines $20.00
DRILLIA
cydia(Bartsch, 1943) 9mm,Up,Fine+,diver taken, buried in sand pockets at 25 feet, Pidgeon Point, Antigua, West Indies $3.50

MURICOPSIS
oxytatus (M. Smith,1938) 16mm Up, Fine-Fine+,w/operculum diver taken in moderate depths, on reef flats, Key West Florida $4.50

MUREX
artemisbrunneus,(Link, 1807)32.8mm,Fine+,38mm Up, 2nd only, diver taken,shallows under rocks,Apra Harbor, Guam $3.00

OLIVIA
albicallosa(Lischke,1868)30mmUp,F+-Gem,w/operculum,from trawlers, 100 fathoms, off Japan $5.00

TURRIS

  1. (turricula) javana(Linne,1758),51mm,Fine from dredge hauls, 100 fathoms off N. Taiwan $2.50
  2. (turricula)subdeclivis(Yokohama)47mm.Fine,from dredge hauls, 100 fathoms, off N. Taiwan $3.50
  3. (turricula)tornata(Dillwyn,1817) 90mm,Fine,from dredge hauls, 100 fathoms,off N. Taiwan $3.50
  4. (thatcheria)mirabilis(Angas,1877)72mmUp,Finequalityspecimens, N. Taiwan $7.50
  5. (thatcheria)mirabilis(Angas,1877)68mm,Up,Fine+qualityspecimens, N. Taiwan $12.50
VEXILLUM
  1. michaudi (Cross & Fischer, 1864)15mm,Fine+,diver taken in sand 20 feet, Kwajalein $2.00
  2. sanguisugum (Linne,1758) 29mm Up, Fine+-Fine++, 30 feet, buried in sand pockets, Kwajalein Atoll $19.90
VOLUTA
  1. cummingii (Broderip, 1832) 28mm,F+-Gem,60-90feet buried in sand ,Baja California $3.00!
  2. (Fulgoraria) delicata(Fulton),1940)43mm,Fine+,from trawler 100 fathoms, off Kii, Japan $12.00
  3. grossi (Iredale, 1927)92.5mm, Fine+, nice color, usual deep water species, from trawler 100 Fathoms, off Tin Can Bay, Australia $85.00 4.(Volutocorbis)lutosa(Koch, 1948) 68mm, Fair-Fine specimen, from trawler 140 fatjom,s, off Cape Town, S. Africa $15.00
  4. n. oblita (Smith,1909) 56.0mm,Fine-Fine+, found buried in sand,brown color form,two distinct dorsal bands, Rombadina City, Broome,W. Australia, only 1 specimen $10.00
  5. Cymbiolacea) pulchra (Sowerby, 1825) 57.25mm,Fair-Fine, one healed dorsal crack, excellencolor still a very nice specimen especially when display aperture up, from trawler,S-E, Queeland, Australia $
  6. undulata(Lamarck, 1804) 63mm, Fair-Fine, dark blotch on dorsum, kine of dull finish to surface, from trawler, S-E, Queeland, Australia $6.00
BIVALVES

PECTIN

  1. rastellum (Lamarck, 1819) 3 piece set; one orange,one yellow,one purple color forms, 14mm Up; complete with display case- All for $15.00
  2. rastellum (Lamarck,1819) 16mm Up,F+-Gems, nice frilly specimens, from tangle nets, Bohol island, Phillipines $12.00 Each
STARTER COLLECTION

Cypraea Starter Collection

3 species from the west pacific and the soloman islands, diver collected; Cypraea bistrinotata (Schilder & Schilder), 1937), Cyp. nucleus (Linne, 1758), and Cyp. coxeni (Cox), 1873) Soloman islands) comes complete with dispaly case and scientific data-All for $15.00

Miter Starter Collection

All from Hawaii, diver collected in sand pockets; Mitra foveolata (Dunker, 1862), M. modesta (Reeve,1848), and pacificum (Reeve,1845) Comes complete with display case and scientific data-All for $10.50

Ovula Starter Collection

3 species from the Phillipines, collected off sea fans, MActan Island, Cebu, Phillipines, Ovula brevirostris (Schumacher, 1817), O. rosea (Angus, 1854), and O, takeoi (Cate, 1973) Comes complete with display case and scientific data-all for $15.00

Terebra Starter Collection

All from Hawaiii, diver taken buried in sand; Terebra(Hastula) mera (Hinds1884),T. funiculata (Hinds,1844), and T. (Hastula)lanceolata (Linne,1758) Comes complete with display case and scientific data-All for $10.50

HAWAIIAN SPECIMENS

GASTROPODS

CASMARIA

  1. erinaceus (Linne,1758)55mm,Up,Fair-Fine crabbed specimens,nice pattern,some gloss,tipped siphonal canals, most with apexs,good starters, and representatvies of this Hawaiian species $4.50
  2. kalosmodix (Melvill,1833)62-70mm,Fair-Fine, crabbed specimen,with intact siphon and everythin,except notable crabbed specimen features-somedull areas etc. $20.00
  3. kalosmodix (Melvill,1883) 70-89mm,Fair-Fine,crabbed specimen,with intact siphon and everything,except notable crabbed specimen features-somedull areas etc. $30.00
  4. kalosmodix (Melvill,1833) Also available-2nd of the above with chipped siphons,etc. for bargain price-inquire.
CYPRAEA
  1. alisonae (Burgess, 1983) 31.50mm,Fine+-Gem, one specimen available this list, some spots on left margin $6.00.
  2. fimbriata (Gmelin, 1791) 11mm,F+-Gem,form Cyp. unifasciata(Mighels, 1845) $2.00.
  3. schilderiana (Cate,1961) 95-103mm, small heavy Hawaiian specimens,F+-Gems,limited quantity available $32.00.
  4. schilderiana (Cate,1961) 108mm, Fine specimen, one only, several sand marks on top of dorsum, white with black spots,a bargain $25.00.
  5. schilderian (Cate,1961) 121.5mm, Fair-Fine,water spots and sand spots over dorsum, white with black/brown spots, a bargain $35.00.
  6. scurra (Gmelin, 1791) 46mm, Fine condition, small chip on frontal lip, some pattern, bargain for the beginning collector $4.50.
  7. vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) 51mm, Fine-Fine+(usually flawed), heavy small one, good spotting $17.50.
  8. vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758) 71mm, large Fair-Fine specimen only, heavy large one, but with noticable healed scars and sand spots over dorsum, large for this hawaiian variation $19.90.
MUREX
  1. pele (Pilsbry,1920) 32mm,Fair, light lavender, good starter for the beginning shell collector $4.50
  2. pele (Pilsbry,1920) 33.50mm,Fine,light lavender,good right hand fronding $8.00.
PATELLA
  1. exarata (Reeve,1854) 23mm Up, Fine condition specimens usual rough apexs, nice when displayed aperture up $3.50 each.
  2. sandwichensis (Pease,1861) 23mm Up Fine conditions, with usual rough apexs $3.50.
STROMBUS

maculatus (Sowerby, 1842) 22mm Up, nice patterns, diver taken, with operculums $3.00.

BIVALVE

CHAMA

fibula (Reeve, 1846) 35-40mm, Fair-Fine(usual for species), all live taken attached to rocks $3.00.



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