SCHOONER SPECIMEN SHELLS
Buccinidae

Updated August 29, 2008

Feature Guide........Contact us........Other Families

Buccinidae

Policies and Payment

Exeptional Specimens

Order   (specimenshells@yahoo.com)
(It's best to include stock number, species and price when ordering - thanks!)

Stock #  # Available  Name    Description    Locality  $USD

...12089...(2)...Aenator recens Dell, 1951....10 - 12mm, f.  Cute babies..New Zealand...$3 for both  (2 available)

...9546 ...(1)...Aeneator recens Dell, 1951...40.5mm.F+ w/o. Proto missing, otherwise nice.New Zealand...$23 (1 available)


...17501...(1)...Afrocominella elongata Dunker,1857....28 - 29mm, F++ w/o. Pinkish tan to tan brown with turreted, axially ribbed apex, all live taken...South Africa...$6  (1 available)

...17502...(1)...Afrocominella elongata Dunker,1857...24.5mm, F++ w/o.  Unusual all white specimen...South Africa...$8  (1 available)


...33568...(1)...Antillophos roseatus Hinds, 1844....30mm. F+.  Fresh, dark example with lots of fine axial ribs...Philippines...$4  (1 available)


...19425...(4)...Austrofusus glans Roding, 1798....45 to 47mm, F++ w/o.  Big ones! Brown bands on white with lots of axial shoulder knobs...New Zealand...$3  (4 available)

...19426...(set)...Austrofusus glans Roding, 1798....40 to 45mm, F++ w/o.  Nice sets of 3 to show colour & shoulder knob variations...New Zealand...$7  (1 set available)


...33952...(+)...Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Good, 2003....43 to 50mm. F+ to F++ some w/o.   Delicate looking, step-spired Buccinid with pretty orange spotted pattern. Is it a newly described or endemic local form?...Thailand...$10  (12 available) (oversize)

EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE...Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Good, 2003


EXEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE...Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825

...30937...(1)...Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825....34, 35mm, F+.  Good sized, finely spotted examples with great lips but 1 or 2 slight growth marks...South Africa...$15 firm.  (1 available)


...25686...(10)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....41 to 47mm, F++ w/o.  Deeply channeled sutures, boldly brown spotted, great lip & opercs...India...$3  (10 available)

...24804...(2 pr)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....45 to 53mm, F++.  Portrait-perfect pairs of prettily patterned prime specimens with perfect lips...India...$5/pair (2 pairs available)

...22896...(4prs)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....48 to 58mm, F++.  Contrasting pairs. Excellent fresh specimens, fine full lips & canals...India...$5/pair (4 pairs available)

...22864...(7)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....45 to 50mm, F+.  Bold pattern & complete lips...Indonesia...$3  (7 available)

...22884...(1)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....37mm, F+.  Odd freak with shoulder grown over a barnacle..Indonesia..$5 (1 available)


...31438...(1)...Babylonia valentiana Swainson, 1822....53mm, F++ w/o.  Get your lady love a Babylonian valentine today!! Beautifully blotched and spotted pattern, with well channeled sutures and perfect lip...Somalia...$18  (1 available)


...24805...(4)...Babylonia zeylanica Bruguiere, 1789....52 to 65mm, F++.  Purple apex & base, with full, intact lips...India...$3  (4 available)

...25687...(9)...Babylonia zeylanica Bruguiere, 1789....53 to 57 mm, F++ w/o.  Bands of brown spots & blotches, with excellent lips and purple apex & umbilicus...India...$3  (9 available)


...213...(1)...Bailya parva C. B. Adams, 1850....10 - 11mm, F++ w/o.  Cute little guys!..Bahamas...$3  (1 available)


...34051...(1)...Buccinanops gradatus Deshayes, 1844....84mm. F+ w/o.  Giant specimen of this big Nassaridae species, with good lip & operc too...Uruguay...$10  (1 available)

...34052...(1)...Buccinanops gradatus Deshayes, 1844....71mm. F+ high w/o.  Good, big example of this very Buccinum-like Nassaridae...Uruguay...$8  (1 available)


...34035...(2)...Buccinanops moniliferum Valenciennes, 1834....48, 51mm. F++.  Unusual Nassaridae with brown spiral bands & shoulder spines...Uruguay...$4  (2 available)


...9560...(1)...Buccinulum (buccinulum) pertinax Von Martens, 1878... 27-33mm, F+w/o. w/proto.New Zealand...$12 (1 available)


NOTE: We have a decided surplus of this species!! Feel free to put on your bargaining hat accordingly.......

...31101...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....119mm, F+ w/o. & w/p.   Large, fresh taken example with complete periostracum. Lip & syphonal canal slightly chipped...Korea...$30  (1 available)

...31105...(2)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....100 to 104 mm, F+high w/o. & w/p.   Excellent examples, each in great condition for the species, though with some very minor apex or lip damage...Korea...$27  (2 available)

...31106...(4)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....90 to 95mm, F+ w/o & w/p.   Great, mid-sized specimens with flared, adult lips & complete perio...Korea...$25  (4 available)

...31107...(5)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....82 to 87mm, F+ to F+ high w/o & w/p.   For the space-limited collector. Good examples, showing mostly complete adult lip flare & periostracum...Korea...$23  (5 available)

...29164...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....103mm, F+ w/operc.  Perio is eroded but the lip is well flared & nearly perfect...Korea...$27  (1 available)

...29165...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....98mm, F+ w/operc.  No perio but flared & thickened lip...Korea...$25  (1 available)

...29166...(2)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....115.5, 114 mm, F+ w/operc.  Large, with most of the nuclear whorl, periostracum & flared but chipped lip...Korea...$32  (1 available)

...29167...(3)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....108 to 112 mm, F+ high w/operc. Great examples with well flared, mostly intact lips & complete perio...Korea...$32 (3 available)

...29168...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....107mm, F+ (part of lip just broke - otherwise great!) w/operc.  Nice specimen at a bargain price...Korea...$19  (1 available)

...29169...(3)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....103 to 105 mm, F+ w/operc.  With mature, re-rolled, slightly rough lips & full perio...Korea...$28  (3 available)

...29170...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....99mm, F+ w/operc.  Interesting example with darker than average perio...Korea...$22  (1 available)

...29171...(3)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....96 to 98mm, F+ w/operc.  Good specimens, with complete perio but slightly rough, flared lips...Korea...$20  (3 available)

...29172...(4)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....88 to 94mm, F+ w/operc.  Nice typical specimens with complete perio & fully adult lips...Korea...$16  (4 available)


...31109...(1)...Buccinum opistoplectum Dall, 1907....91mm, F+ high w/o. & w/p.  Great, big example with complete apex & syphonal canal. Lip slightly rough...Korea...$26  (1 available)

...31111...(1)...Buccinum opistoplectum Dall, 1907....67 to 71 mm, F+ w/o. & w/p.  Good sized examples with slightly rough lips...Korea...$22  (1 available)


...26357...(3)...Buccinum sagamianum Okutani, 1977....37 to 42 mm, F+ Solid. w/o.  A bit like a miniature Ancistrolepis. "One time supply" according to our source...Japan...$33 firm  (3 available)


...33623...(1)...Buccinum undatum sinistrosum Jeffreys, 1867....45mm. F.  The named form for the really rare sinistral (left handed) whelk, though with broken lip...England...$300  (1 available)


...31113...(4)...Buccinum cf. yokomaruae Yamashita & Habe, 1965 (May be undescribed. Formerly listed as B. mirandum Smith, 1875).....40 to 48mm, F+ high w/o. & w/p.  Tan with brown mottled bands & nearly obsolete spiral cords...Korea...$11  (4 available)

...31114...(2)...Buccinum cf. yokomaruae Yamashita & Habe, 1965 (May be undescribed. Formerly listed as B. mirandum Smith, 1875)....37.5  mm, F++ w/o. & w/p.  Sweet smaller specimens with good lips & opercs...Korea...$15  (2 available)


NEW...34340...(1)...Cantharus assimilis Reeve, 1846....12mm. F++.  Small species with strongly beaded axial ribs...Canary Islands...$4  (1 available)


...25212...(5)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....23 to 26mm, F++.  Nicely contrasting brown on cream axial ridges...Australia...$2   (5 available)

...32625...(+)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....25 to 30mm. F++.  With well formed, orange tinted apperture & unusual brown spotting closer in pattern to C. wagneri...Philippines...$3  (10 available)

...9541...(3)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817...21mm, F+ w/o.Dark brown.Australia...$5 for all 3 of the critters  (3 available)

...31043...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....27 & 28mm, F++.  Good pair showing variability of brown markings & orange apperture...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

...29638...(2)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....32, 34mm, F++.  Great examples, with orange dentate lip & "smoked" black surface sculpture...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

...30185...(3)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....30 to 34mm, F++.  With fully adult, orange dentate lip & dark brown axial ridges...Philippines...$3  (3 available)

...30187...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....29 & 31mm, F++.  Nice pair, showing extremes of light & dark phases...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)

...25535...(2)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....26 to 27mm, F++.  Boldly brown spotted axial ribs...Philippines...$2  (2 available)

...25689...(10)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....26 to 28mm, F++ w/o.  Typical examples with fuzzy perio intact...India...$2  (10 available)

...25037...(1)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....25mm, F++.  Dentate lip intact, brown axial ridges...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

...15004...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....32mm, F+.  Light and dark phase pair..Philippines...$4/pair (1 pair available)

...12585...(1)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....21mm, F++ w/o.  Good but a bit small..Guam...$2  (1 available)


...12583...(3)...Cantharus gemmatus Reeve, 1846....26 - 30mm, F++ w/o.  Nice clean examples..Costa Rica...$2.50  (3 available)

...15005...(4)...Cantharus gemmatus Reeve, 1846....28 - 30 mm, F++ w/o.&perio. Dark fuzzy brown with white mouth..Peru...$3 (4 available)


...31344...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....21mm, F+.  Prettily brown mottled Buccinidae...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

...27639...(3)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....19 to 22mm, F++.  Slender little Buccinidae, mottled in brown & speckled with white...Philippines...$3 for 2 of them. ( 3 available)

...27810...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....16mm, F++ w/o.  Rarely supplied with operc due to its small size. Primo for opercular perfectionist at a pitifully low price!...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

...28147...(+)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....20 to 26mm, F+.  Elongate, mottled with shades of brown on cream...Philippines...$2  (10 available)

...28482...(3)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....21 to 24mm, F+.  Cancellate & brown blotched Buccinidae...Philippines...$4 for all three.  (3 available)

...29096...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....26mm, F++.  Fine, beaded sculpture with bold orange blotches on white...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

...27312...(5)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....23 to 26mm, F++.  Brown mottled, finely beaded Buccinidae...Philippines...$2  (5 available)

...25421...(2 prs)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....18 to 22mm,   Beaded ribs & brown blotched pattern...Philippines...$3/pr  (2 pairs available)

...25038...(5)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....18 to 22mm, F++.  Great banded pattern & cancellate sculpture...Philippines...$2 (5 available)

...15660...(8)...Cantharus iostomus Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....16 - 21mm, F+.  Tan with brown patterned axial riblets...Philippines...$2 (8 available)

...20719...(15)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1843....15 to 17mm, F++.  Great pattern of brown blotches & bands on tan...Philippines...$3 for 2 of them (15 available)


NEW...34341...(2)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....37, 41mm. F++.  Brown lined deep water Buccinidae with wide spaced axial ribs...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

...33856...(1)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....37mm. F++.  Nice specimen with distinctive yellow rimmed serrated lip intact...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...31340...(1)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....35mm, F++.  With strong, brown tinted axial ribs & intact, fully formed, finely dentate lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...30841...(8)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....32 to 38mm, F++.  Nice, brown mottled specimens, with fully developed lips...Philippines...$5  (8 available)


...33169...(3)...Cantharus melanostomus Sowerby, 1825....44 to 47mm. F++ w/o.  Large, with orange dentate lip & black parietal glaze...Indonesia...$8  (3 available)


...9523...(set)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848...27 - 14mm, f/F+...Set of 10 shows size & colour variations. Florida..$30/set of 10  (1 set available)

...9523A...(2)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848...20-24mm, F+ w/o ....Florida..$4  (2 available)

...9523B...(5)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848...18-20mm, F+Brown lined.Florida..$3  (5 available)

...9528...(2)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848...25mm, F++ Dark apex..Florida..$3  (2 available)

...12615...(3)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848...24 - 26mm, F++.  (1 w/o.)white, gray & brown..Florida...$3.50  (3 available)


...29443...(1)...Cantharus multangulus Philippi, 1848....24mm, F+.  Neat little Buccinidae with fine tan spiral lines...Florida...$5  (1 available)


...27811...(4)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1846....20 to 23mm, F++.  Orange nodules on brown with contrasting pretty pink apperture. Large too!...Philippines...$3  (4 available)

...30186...(4)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1844....23 to 24mm, F++.  Aptly named, orange with brown spiral lines & lovely lavender-pink edged apperture...Philippines...$3 for 2  (4 available)

...23729...(prs)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1846....14 to 17mm, F+.  Black lined,orange nodules & pink apperture. Reeve named it well!...Philippines...$3/pair  (5 pairs available)

...15662...(6 pairs)...Cantharus (Clivipollia) pulchra Reeve, 1844....12 - 16mm, F++. Nice quality typical specimens...$3/pair  (6 pairs available)


..32335...(1)...Cantharus pulcher Reeve, 1846....20mm. F++.  Pretty pinkish orange, with well developed lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...32597...(9)...Cantharus (Pollia) pulcher Reeve, 1846....17 to 23mm. F+.  With orange beaded surface & pinkish apperture...Philippines...$3  (9 available)


...15006...(1)...Cantharus ringens Reeve, 1846....25 - 28mm, F++ w/o.  Brown and blueish-gray with white mouth..Costa Rica...$2.50  (1 available)


...25688...(9)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....34 to 37mm, F++ w/o.  With velvety brown periostracum intact & complete, dentate lips...India...$3  (9 available)

...15405...(2)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....45 - 47mm, F++.  Orange-tan with brown columella..Philippines...$3  (2 available)

...15884...(2)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....50 - 60 mm, F++ w/o.  Orange lip, brown lines & black columella..India...$4   (2 available)


sold...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....36mm, F++.  Dark spiral ridges, with thick, crenulate orange lip...Philippines...retained for photo

...9554...(2prs)...Cantharus undosus Linneaus, 1758..25 - 34mm, F+. Brown lined with orange lips..Taiwan...$2/pair  (2 prs available)

...29639...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....30mm, F++.  Strong brown on white spiral cords & lirate lip...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...31595...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....38mm, F+.  Nice, clean, brown spiral corded example...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...12584...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....36mm, F++ w/o.  Striking brown on cream, with orange lip..Tahiti...$3  (1 available)

...23367...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....32mm, F++.  Rich chocolate brown spiral ridges...Philippines...$2  (1 available)

...15007...(4)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....29 - 35mm, F++.  Light brown on cream - unusual color..Philippines..$2  (4 available)

...9542...(6prs)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....31 - 23mm, F+.SE India..$3 for 2  (6 prs. available)


NEW...34342...(1)...Cantharus variegatus  Gray, 1839....35mm. F++.  Boldly clouded & banded in brown on slate blue-gray...Cape Verdes...$10  (1 available)

...27166...(3)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....36 to 39mm, F++ w/o.  Boldly mottled in brown & blue-gray...Cape Verde Islands...$8  (3 available)

...19715...(1)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....36 to 38mm, F++ w/o. Selected specimens, purple-gray with brown variegated axial bars...Cape Verde Islands...$10  (1 available)

...24163...(1)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....36 to 40mm, F++ w/operc.  Beautiful blue-gray with brown clouding, full, purple stained highly serrated lips...Cape Verde Islands...$10  (1 available)


...9545...(1)...Cantharus viveratus Keiner, 1834...33mm- 27mm, F+33w/o Africa...$4  (1 available)


NEW...34537...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....34mm. F++.  With complete serrated lip strong axial ridges & twin brown spiral bands...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

NEW...34343...(2)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....13mm. F+.  Light brown banded & spotted between the axial ridges...French Polynesia...$3  (2 available)

...29640...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....31mm, F+. With square brown spots, toothed lip & extended siphonal canal...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

...27640...(2)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....26, 32mm, F++.  With fully developed lip & standout brown stained axial ridges...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

...Sold....Cantharus wagneri ....32 & 22mm, F++.  Pair shows the difference between these 2 species: fumosus with brown on the axial ridges, wagneri with brown between the ridges...Philippines...Retained for the photo

...25039...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....23mm, F+.  3 bands of brown spots between axial ridges...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...15008...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....35mm, F+.  Tan with rows of brown intercostal blotches..Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...15663...(5prs)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....10 - 15mm, F+. ..Philippines...$2/pair  (5 pairs available)


.NEW...34685...(1)...Cantharus sp. (#54)....33mm. F++.  Banded in brown, with low axial ribs & intact, finely dentate varixed lip...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...32458...(1)...Cantharus sp...29mm. F++.  Possibly a very pale form of fumosus, pastel orange with white apperture...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


NEW...34783...(1)...Colubraria antiquata Hinds, 1844....20mm. F+.  About as big as this small species gets...Philippines...$55  (1 available)

....30808...(1)...Colubraria antiquata Hinds, 1844....22mm, F+.  Small scarce species, dark, finely sculptured, yet with fully developed lip & shield...Philippines...$55  (1 available)

...28859...(1)...Colubraria antiquata Hinds, 1844....32mm, F+ high.  With complete, fine-toothed lip. Bargain specimen of this scarce species due to small dorsal hole...Hawaii...$25  (1 available)

...20740...(3)...Colubraria antiquata Hinds, 1844....12 to 16mm, F+ high.  RARE! Hard to get these little guys...Philippines...$20  (3 available)


...15652...(1)...Colubraria castanea Kuroda & Habe, 1952....41, 42mm, F+.  Thinner than C. muricata & with shiney callous...Philippines...$25 (1 available)

...22573...(1)...Colubraria castanea Kuroda & Habe, 1952....37 mm, F++.  Full lip & shield on this uncommon species...Philippines...$27 (1 available)

...28485...(set)...Colubraria castanea Kuroda & Habe, 1952....29, 38 & 45mm, F++.  3 piece growth series...Philippines...$45/set  (1 set available)


...27818...(2)...Colubraria cf. canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979....19, 20mm, F++.  Dark brown miniature RARE endemic species...Sao Tome...$50  (2 available)


...29101...(1)...Colubraria cumingii Dohrn, 1861....44mm, F++.  With brown & white dashed spiral lines & heavily beaded surface texture...Philippines...$18  (1 available)


...27819...(3)...Colubraria kathiewayana Fittkan & Parth, 1992...16, 17mm, F++.  Finely beaded, dark brown & recently described...Brazil...$20  (3 available)


...31268...(1)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....77mm, F+ high.  Large, thick lipped specimen with "the BEST colour" darker than usual brown mottling...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

...29103...(1)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....52mm, F++.  With full, complete lip & canal...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

...29276...(1)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....84mm, F++.  Big, top quality specimen with busy brown pattern...Philippines...$14  (1 available)

...26064...(1)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....61mm, F+ w/o.  Excellent example, with great lip & brown speckling...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

...19870...(2)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....76, 83mm, F++.  Thick lips & full parietal shields on these great, heavy specimens...Zanzibar or Australia - your choice!...$12  (2 available)

...15653...(2)...Colubraria muricata Lightfoot, 1786....39 - 47mm, F+.  Tan with brown & white bands & brown flecks..Philippines..$8  (2 available)


...30118...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....46mm, F++.  Good sized specimen with thick lip varix...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

...29720...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....29mm, F+.  Tan-gray, with smooth, expansive parietal callus...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...27647...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....23mm, F+.  Slightly small but with fully adult features...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

...28160...(3)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1830....40 to 43mm, F++.  Fresh specimens with well thickened lip varix...Philippines...$5  (3 available)

...29277...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....40mm, F++.  Slender species, with smooth parietal shield & fully thickened lip...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...27017...(2)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....35, 40mm, F++.  Great examples of this unusually smooth species...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

...26021...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1823....29.5mm, F++.  Smooth, brown speckled specimen with fully developed parietal shield...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...23354...(1)...Colubraria nitidula Sowerby, 1833....25mm, F+ high.  Smaller, hard-to-get member of this genus...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


...29721...(1)...Colubraria affin nitidula Sowerby, 1833....25 mm, F+.  Similar to C. nitidula , but more squat, darker & with brown dots on the outer lip. Shells of the Philippines plate 34, figure 14...Philippines...$12  (1 available)


...27821...(3)...Colubraria obscura Reeve, 1844....35 to 41mm, F++.  Finely cancellate & brown mottled...Brazil...$10  (3 available)

...15810...(2)...Colubraria obscura Reeve, 1844...39 - 41mm, F++. Good rich patterned specimaens..Hondurus...$8 (2 available)

...28860...(2)...Colubraria cf. obscura Reeve, 1844....51, 56mm, F++.  Large, top quality examples with smooth columellar callus & dentate lip...Hawaii...$45 for the biggie, $30 for the other one, which is STILL big.  (2 available)

...15809...(1)...Colubraria obscura Reeve, 1844....47mm, F++.  Tan, cancellate & brown banded. LARGE..Hondurus...$18  (1 available)


...31277...(1)...Colubraria tortuosa Reeve, 1844....41mm, F++.  Great specimen, with fully developed dentate lip & pustulose parietal shield...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

...33855...(1)...Colubraria tortuosa Reeve, 1844....41mm. F+ high. Tortured indeed, with distinctively twisted spire & single, slightly offset varix per whorl...Philippines...$8  (1 available)


NEW...34782...(1)...Colubraria sp....39mm. F+.  Seems to match Shells of the Philippines plate 34, fig. 13...Philippines...$12  (1 available)

..30206...(1)...Colubraria sp. ....39mm, F+.  With solid, well varixed lip & smooth, shiny parietal shield...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

...30415...(1)...Colubraria sp.....44mm, F+.  With brown, finely beaded surface texture & well callused cream lined apperture. Shells of the Philippines Plate 34 figure 14...Philippines...$17  (1 available)

...29038...(1)...Colubraria sp. ....45 mm, F+.  Light cream colour & minimal shield development. Possibly sub-adult...Philippines...$9  (1 available)


...22640...(1)...Cominella acutinodosa Reeve, 1846...21 mm, F++. Big shoulder knobs & wild (for family) orange & brown pattern...Australia...$3 (1 available)


...12090...(1)...Cominella elegantula Finlay, 1927....7 - 8mm, F+.  Babies  (proto & 3 whorls)..New Zealand...$2   (1 available)


...12016...(1)...Cominella nassoides nassoides Reeve, 1844....62 mm, F+  (a few growth marks)..New Zealand..$2.50  (1 available)


...9540...(2)...Cominella virgata H.A. Adams, 1853...23.5, 22.5mm.F+ w/o Black mouth..New Zealand...$2 (2 available)


...30809...(1)...Englatax datillioi Houart, 1998....14mm, F++.  Small, yet elegantly beaded & fine lined in brown, with fully formed lip...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

...32178...(1)...Ergalatax dattilioi Houart, 1998....15mm, F++.  Name's quite a mouthfull for so small a Buccindid...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

...27869...(1)...Engalatax dattilio Houart, 1998....13 to 15mm, F+.  Recently described Buccinidae...Philippines...$7  (1 available)


...27865...(1)...Engina karinae Usticke, 1953....19 to 20mm, F++ w/o.  Standout white mid-band on brown...Brazil...$6  (1 available)


...15664...(+)...Engina lanceolata Kuroda & Habe, 1971....7 - 10mm, F+.  White with beaded brown axial ribs..Philippines...$3/pair (15 pairs available)


...30132...(set)...Engina mactanensis & 2 lannumi....10 to 20mm, F++.  5 piece set of Engina species, identified by our supplier to be 3 mactanensis & 2 lannumi...Philippines...$9/set  (1 set available)

NEW...34848...(1)...Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985....12mm. F+.  Endemic small Buccinidae with well varixed lip...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...27866...(1)...Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985....11 to 12mm, F+.  Tiny brown spotted nodules...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


...12595...(8)...Engina mendicaria Linne, 1758...11 - 15mm, f/F+ some w/o.  Sharp yellow lines on black..Thailand...$3  (8 available)


...12091...(2)...Euthrenopsis otagoensis Powell, 1929....7.7 - 11mm, f - small bore hole..New Zealand...$3  (2 available)


...30960...(1)...Euthria ponsonbyi Sowerby, 1889....39mm, F++ w/o.  Pastel orange-tan, with thick, toothed lip, complete apex & siphonal canal...South Africa...$30  (1 available)


...34055...pr...Fusitriton magellanicus Roding, 1798....107 & 109mm. F+ w/o.  Excellent pair, showing variable syphonal canal length, one with & one without thick, brown periostracum...Uruguay...$25/pair  (1 pair available)


...30028...(3)...Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield, 1846....84 to 99 mm, F+ w/perio.  Au naturel specimens of this Ranellidae...Japan...$9  (3 available)

...29176...(1)...Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield, 1846....124mm, F+ HIGH w/perio & operc.  Nice, Big example with unusually pale, tan coloured perio...Korea...$12  (1 available)

...29179...(3)...Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield, 1846....95 to 105 mm, F+ high w/perio & operc.  Slightly smaller specimens but still with fully adult lips...Korea...$8  (3 available)

...29182...(1)...Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield, 1846....91mm, F+ w/perio & operc.  For those with space restrictions, a slightly smaller example...Korea...$8  (1 available)


...29761...(1)...Japelion adelphicus Dall, 1907....89mm, F+.  Great example of this Buccinidae , with intact protoconch, periostracum & complete if slightly rough lip...Taiwan...$32  (1 available)


...30566...(2)...Muricanthus megacerus Sowerby, 1834....79, 80mm, F++ w/o.  With strong but blunt shoulder spines, rich brown offset against china white apperture...Gabon...$14  (2 available)

...30567...(1)...Muricanthus megacerus Sowerby, 1834....61mm, F+ high w/o.  Rich brown, with big varices & blunt shoulder spines...Gabon...$12  (1 available)


...25263...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....51mm, F+. Large & Lovely, heavily corded & with full, beaded lip...Australia...$7  (1 available)

...25264...(1 pair)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....39 to 41mm, F++.  Nice pattern-pairs, one mostly brown, the other with lots of white mottling...Australia...$8/pair  (1 pair available)

...30840...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....50mm, F++.  Good specimen , with full, dentate, dark rimmed apperture...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...29364...(1)...Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....49mm, F+.  With unusual beaded spiral cords...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


...15009...(1)...Nassaria acuminata Reeve, 1844....30 - 35mm, F+.  White with raised lines & brown bands..Philippines...$4  (1 available)


sold....Nassaria cf. amboynensis Watson, 1881....32 & 33mm, F++.  Two-tone pair, one tan the other pure white (possibly albino)...Philippines...retained for photo


...30510...(1)...Nassaria cf. pusilla Roding, 1798....32 to 35 mm, F++.  Fat & finely reticulate, with full lip & siphonal canal...Indonesia...$7  (1 available)

...15868...(1)...Nassaria pusilla Roding, 1798...14 - 21mm, F++.  Similar to N.fusiformis but more squat..Philippines...$4  (1 available)

...25661...(8)...Nassaria pusilla Roding, 1798....23 to 29mm, F+.  Small, squat & solid, very like the Nassaridae this Buccinid is named for...India...$7   (8 available)


NEW...34446...(2)...Nassaria spinigera Hayashi & Habe, 1965....47 to 50mm. F++.  Prime examples, with fully formed & well varixed lip...Thailand...$6   (2 available)

...33814...(4)...Nassaria spinigera Hayashi & Habe, 1965....46 to 52mm. F++.   Big Buccinidae with fully formed lips & sharply nodulose brown spiral cords...Philippines...$7  (4 available)


...32751...(1)...Nassaria sp. ....32mm. F++.  Buccinidae with high spire & strong, beaded axial cords. See Shells of the Philippines plate 44, fig. 15...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

...32794...(1)...Nassaria sp. C7....35mm. F++.  Squat, brown banded Buccinindae. Seems to match Shells of the Philippines pl. 44 fig. 20....Philippines...$  (1 available)


...31116...(2)...Neptunea arthritica Bernardi, 1857....94 to 98 mm, F+ w/o. & w/p.   Good, big examples, about as nice as the species comes, with bold brown spiral bands but typically slightly rough lips...Korea...$17  (2 available)

...31119...(1)...Neptunea cf. arthritica Bernardi, 1857....57mm, F+ w/o. & w/p.   Somewhat juvenile specimen of this unusual axially red-brown lined, fairly globose & unshouldered form...Korea...$12  (1 available)


...26179...(1)...Neptunea constricta Dall, 1907....140mm, F+ w/o.  Great, fully formed specimens with decent lips, but someone has artfully attempted to replace the decollate protoconch apex with some sort of cement or epoxy filler (can be removed)...Japan...$30  (1 available)


...29187...(1)...Neptunea intersculpta Sowerby, 1899....102mm, F+ w/operc.  Nicely elongated & with strong spiral cords...Korea...$30  (1 available)


...34247...(2)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....54, 56mm. F++.  Big, heavy examples with prominent shoulder knob & intact lip...Mexico...$4  (2 available)

...31208...(2)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....58 to 68mm, F+/F++.  High spired & well shouldered, in deep mahogany brown, with full, dentate lips...Peru...$4  (2 available)

...31209...(4)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....49 to 51mm, F+/F++.  Slightly smaller specimens for those with stuffed Buccinidae trays...Peru...$3  (4 available)

...32954...(6)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....48 to 59mm. F+ high.  Fresh examples with intact lips & partial periostracums...Peru...$4  (6 available)


...15010...(1)...Paraeuthria plumbea Philippi, 1841....23, 30mm, F++ w/o.  Dark gray-brown & smooth..Argentina..$5   ( available)


NEW...29835...(1)...Penion fairfieldae Powell, 1947....170mm. F+ high.  Big example with totally intact, thickened lip & strong columellar glaze...New Zealand...$23   (1 available)

NEW...29836...(1)...Penion fairfieldae Powell, 1947....154mm. F+.  With nicely thickened lip but slightly rough canal & apex...New Zealand...$18   (1 available)

NEW...29836A...(1)...Penion fairfieldae Powell, 1947....170mm. F.  Large if slightly rough bargain specimen...New Zealand...$10   (1 available)


...33529...(2)...Phos beaui Fischer & Barnardi,1860....27, 29mm. F++.  Phabulous Phos! Finely ribbed & lightly banded, with sharp, mildly notched lip...Barbados...$6  (2 available)


NEW...34588...(8)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....45 to 55mm. F+ high.  Axial ridges with fine spiral cords & brown bands on white...Peru...$4  (8 available)

...31218...(8)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....45 to 53mm, F+ high.  Big for the genus, with tan tinted axial ridges & well formed appertures...Peru...$4  (8 available)

...32955...(4)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....48 to 54mm. F++.  Large for the genus, with fine spiral cords & strong axial ribs...Peru...$5  (4 available)


...33322...(3)...Phos cyanostoma Adams, 1851....17 to 19mm. F++.  Similar to P. textum but with dark brown rather than orange aperture...Philippines...$6  (3 available)

...31172...(1)...Phos cyanostoma Adams, 1851....18, 21mm, F+.  Creamy white with bright orange lined apperture...Philippines...$6  (1 available)


NEW...34852...(1)...Phos elegantissimum Auth?....16mm F+.  Delicate, deep water Buccinidae species. ID by supplier...Philippines...$11  (1 available)


NEW...35105...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....25mm. F++.  Top grade typical example with good lip & apex...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

...33865...(1)...Phos cf. hirasei Sowerby, 1913....33mm.F+.  Unique specimen with bonus barnacle piggyback rider...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

...25082...(4)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1930....22 to 24mm, F++.  Nice species, delicately sculpted & subtly shaded...Philippines...$6  (4 available)

...32755...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....27mm. F+.  Lovey albinistic example with lots of fine axial ridges & even finer spiral cords...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

...29680...(2)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....23, 26mm, F++.  With fine axial ribs...Philippines...$6  (2 available)

...29772...(4)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....21 to 25mm, F++.  Wonderfully fine cancellate sculpture & light brown markings...Philippines...$5  (4 available)

...30455...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....28mm, F+.  With wavy axial ribs & fine brown spiral lines...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

...30266...(2)...Phos hirase Sowerby, 1913....25, 27mm, F++.  With narrow axial ribs & fine brown spiral lines...Philippines...$6  (2 available)

...31255...(4)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....26 to 29mm, F+ high.  With finely ribbed axial ridges & light tan bands...Philippines...$5  (4 available)

...27464...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....27 mm, F++.  Finely cancellate sculpture & brown spotted varices...Philippines...$6  (1 available)

...25468...(6)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....18 to 23mm, F+.  Another batch of these...Philippines...$6 (6 available)


...33323...(3)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....27 to 30mm. F++.  Subtly banded in orange-tan, with thick lip varices...Philippines...$3  (3 available)

...25292...(3)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....24 to 27mm, F++.  Great sculpture & beautifully brown banded...Australia...$3  (3 available)

...26044...(1)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....28 mm, F+.  Axially ridged tan mottled Buccinidae...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

...15812...(1)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844...21, 23mm, F++.  White with brown blotched bands..Philippines...$3  (1 available)


...34275...pr...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758 .....39mm. F++ w/o.  GREAT light and dark pair - ebony and ivory!!...ex col...$8/pair  (1 pair available)

...33707...(1)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....27, 30mm. F++.  Spectacularly spiny axial ribs with fine spiral cords...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

...34274...(2)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758 ...39mm. F++ w/o.  Light creamy tan with darker mid-band...ex col...$4  (2 available)

...Sold...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....35mm, F+.  Big, with beaded axial ridges...Philippines...Retained for the photo

...9549...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....31, 29mm, gem- w/o. Dark brown beauty!..Australia..$6  (1 available)

...9526A...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....35mm, F++ .Australia...$4  (1 available)

...15655...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....28mm, F+.  Tan with light brown band..Philippines...$4  (1 available)


...25293...(2)...Phos textum Gmelin, 1791....21 to 23mm, F++. Pretty! Snowy white with bright orange apperture...Australia...$5  (2 available)


...30160...(6)...Phos varicosus Gould, 1851....18 to 23mm, F+.  Light tan & white, with dark apex...Philippines...$6  (6 available)


...33864...(1)...Phos species....26mm. F+.  Fatter than hirasei & smoother than senticosus. Unsure of species...Philippines...$6  (1 available)


...27907...(2)...Pisania bernardoi Costa & Gomes, 1998....13 to 15mm, F+.  Dark brown, recently described, mini-buccinidae...Brazil...$12  (2 available)


...33577...(1)...Pisania ignea Gmelin, 1791....31mm. F+.  Yellow-tan with bands of brown markings & intact, slightly undulate lip...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

sold...Pisania ignea Gmelin, 1791....34mm, F++.  With fully formed, coarsely dentate lip & brown on tan pattern...Philippines...retained for photo


...12593...(1)...Pisania cf tincta Conrad, 1846....31mm, F+ w/o. "Elongated 'freak'"...Florida...$3  (1 available)


NEW...34362...(1)...Pollia vicdani Kosuge, 1984....39mm. F+.  Spiral threaded over axial ridges, with broad, brown & white bands...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

...31249...(3)...Pollia vicdani Kosuge, 1984....34 to 37mm, F++. Pollia wanna cracker?? Axially ridged, spirally corded & patterned with white & tan bands. Scarce Buccinid...Philippines...$8  (3 available)


...29136...(1)...Reticubuccinum acutispiratum Dall, 1907....52 to 60 mm, F+ w/operc.  Nice examples, with flared adult lips, though a bit rough & some with partial perio...Korea...$8  (1 available)

...29137...(6)...Reticubuccinum acutispiratum Dall, 1907....40 to 50mm, F+ w/operc.  Slightly smaller specimens, though most still have the flared adult's lip...Korea...$6  (6 available)


...29506...(1)...Searlesia dira Reeve, 1846....34mm, F++ w/operc.  Neatly corded Buccinidae with strongly lyrate apperture...Alaska...$3  (1 available)


NEW...35013...(5)...Siphonalia fusoides Reeve, 1846....45 to 50mm. F++ w/o.  Great specimens! good sized, spiral corded, lightly banded in tan & with excellent lips...Korea...$5  (5 available)

NEW...35014...(5)...Siphonalia fusoides Reeve, 1846....42 to 44mm. F++ w/o.  Nice examples with intact lips. Slightly smaller & so is the price...Korea...$4  (1 available)


...26400...(10)...Siphonalia pfeifferi Sowerby, 1900....35 to 40mm, F++ w/o.  With brown spotted spiral cords & well developed parietal ledge...Japan...$10  (10 available)


NEW...35011...(2)...Siphonalia spadicea fuscolineata Pease, 1860....41 to 44mm. F++ w/o.  Nice, high spired mini Buccinid with fine, brown, stand-out spiral lines...Korea...$30  (2 available)

NEW...35012...(2)...Siphonalia spadicea fuscolineata Pease, 1860....34 to 38mm. F++ w/o.  Good slightly smaller specimens, strikingly spiral lined in brown, with intact lips...Korea...$25  (2 available)


NEW...34365...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....48mm. F++.  With well thickened lip & long, upturned canal...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

...31074...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....60mm, F++.  Lightly speckled in brown, with complete lip & recurved syphonal canal...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

...26992...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....52mm, F++ w/o.  Once thought to be a Fasciolariidae, it has now been assigned to Buccinidae. Looks a bit like both...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

...25586...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....52mm, F++.  Thick white lip & brown spiral dashes...Philippines...$8  (1 available)

...25587...(2)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....46 to 47mm, F++ w/o.   Great dark examples with superb apex & lip...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

...26032...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....54mm, F++ w/o. Top-notch!! Pastel yellow-tan with wonderfully recurved siphonal canal...Philippines...$12  (1 available)


sold...Solenosteira fusiformis Blainville, 1833....66, 67 mm, F++.  Big examples, with strongly carinate & spiny shoulders & good lips...Peru

...31222...(6)...Solenosteira fusiformis Blainville, 1833....53 to 56mm, F++.  With spiny shoulder knobs tinted in tan...Peru...$3  (6 available)

...32959...(8)...Solenosteira fusiformis Blainville, 1833....45 to 55mm. F++.  Neat Panamic Buccinid, spirally corded, knobby shouldered & with intact lips...Peru...$3  (8 available)


...31223...(2)...Solenosteira mendozana Berry, 1959....44 to 48mm, F++.  Similar to S. pallida but less carrinate, more heavily corded & with stronger fasciole...Peru...$5  (2 available)


...27952...(1)...Solenosteira pallida Broderip & Sowerby, 1846....57 mm, F++.  Big example with intact lips...Ecuador...$4  (1 available)


...35004...(1)...Volutopsius emphaticus Dall, 1907....70 to 77 mm. F+ w/o.  Good, live trawled lovlies, typically a rough species, these are about as nice as they usually come...Korea...$40  (1 available)


...35006...(2)...Volutopsius hirasei Pilsbry, 1907....76, 77 mm. F+ nicely w/o.  Good examples of this often rough Buccinid, with minimal erosion & just a couple of tiny lip chips...Korea...$80  (1 available)

...35007...(2)...Volutopsius hirasei Pilsbry, 1907....72 mm. F+ solid w/o.  Just a few rough spots on these otherwise excellent examples of this sub-arctic Buccinid...Korea...$65  (1 available)


..35001...(2)...Volutopsius middendorffi Dall, 1891....88 to 89 mm. F+ w/o.  Large, lovely live taken examples with good, flared lips but a touch of natural erosion on the spire & dorsum ...Korea...$65  (1 available)


Policies and Payment

Order   (specimenshells@yahoo.com)
(It's best to include stock number, species and price when ordering - thanks!)

Quick Links

List Home Page .....Policies and Payment ....Gallery

Home ....Wants & Wishes Bulliten Board ....E-Contact Us
 

Web Page design and construction by Mariah Lawson and Ross Mayhew.