Updated August 29, 2008
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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)
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