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Buccinidae
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Stock # Name Description Locality $USD # Available
....9546...(1)...Aeneator recens Dell, 1951....40.5 mm. F+ w/o. Proto missing, otherwise nice. New Zealand...$23 (1 available)
....17501...(1)...Afrocominella elongata Dunker,1857....28 - 29 mm. F++ w/o. Pinkish tan to tan brown with turreted, axially ribbed apex, all live taken...South Africa...$6 (1 available)
....33568...(1)...Antillophos roseatus Hinds, 1844....30 mm. F+. Fresh, dark example with lots of fine axial ribs...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....35536...(1)...Appisania sugimotoi Habe, 1968....21 mm. F++. Neat little Buccinidae with odd dorsal hump from a previous varix...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
....19425...(4)...Austrofusus glans Roding, 1798....45 to 47 mm. F++ w/o. Big ones! Brown bands on white with lots of axial shoulder knobs...New Zealand...$3 (4 available)
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE....33953...(2 prs)...Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Good, 2003....43 to 50 mm. F+ to F++. some w/o. Great pattern pairs, one spotted brown, the other in orange...Thailand...$17/pair (2 pairs available)
....33952...(+)...Babylonia lani Gittenberger & Good, 2003....43 to 50 mm. 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)
EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN AVAILABLE....30936...(1)...Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825....36 mm. F++ w/o. Big for this uncommon species, with fully developed parietal shield & excellent lip...South Africa...$30 (1 available)
....30937...(1)...Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825....34, 35 mm. F+. Good sized, finely spotted examples with great lips but 1 or 2 slight growth marks...South Africa...$15 firm. (1 available)
....25686...(9)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....41 to 47 mm. F++ w/o. Deeply channeled sutures, boldly brown spotted, great lip & opercs...India...$3 (9 available)
....22896...3prs...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....48 to 58 mm. F++. Contrasting pairs. Excellent fresh specimens, fine full lips & canals...India...$5/pair (3 pairs available)
....24804...(2 pr)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....45 to 53 mm. F++. Portrait-perfect pairs of prettily patterned prime specimens with perfect lips...India...$5/pair (2 pairs available)
....22864...(7)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....45 to 50 mm. F+. Bold pattern & complete lips...Indonesia...$3 (7 available)
....22884...(1)...Babylonia spirata Linne, 1758....37 mm. F+. Odd freak with shoulder grown over a barnacle...Indonesia..$5 (1 available)
SOLD....Babylonia valentiana Swainson, 1822....53 mm. F++ w/o. Somalia. retained for photo
....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)
....24805...(4)...Babylonia zeylanica Bruguiere, 1789....52 to 65 mm. F++. Purple apex & base, with full, intact lips...India...$3 (4 available)
....213...(1)...Bailya parva C. B. Adams, 1850....10 - 11 mm. F++ w/o. Cute little guys!...Bahamas...$3 (1 available)
NEW...36658...(4)...Buccinanops deformis King, 1831....30 to 35 mm. F++ w/operc. Interesting Nassaridae, dark gray with orange columellar callus & brown interior...Argentina...$5 (4 available)
....34052...(1)...Buccinanops gradatus Deshayes, 1844....71 mm. F+ high w/o. Good, big example of this very Buccinum-like Nassaridae...Uruguay...$8 (1 available)
....34051...(1)...Buccinanops gradatus Deshayes, 1844....84 mm. F+ w/o. Giant specimen of this big Nassaridae species, with good lip & operc too...Uruguay...$10 (1 available)
....34035...(1)...Buccinanops moniliferum Valenciennes, 1834....48, 51 mm. F++. Unusual Nassaridae with brown spiral bands & shoulder spines...Uruguay...$4 (1 available)
....35337...(1)...Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878....30 mm. F++ w/o. Snowy white with fine spiral cords, including operc...New Zealand...$8 (1 available)
....9560A...(1)...Buccinulum (buccinulum) pertinax Von Martens, 1878....25 & 29 mm. F+ New Zealand ...$8 (1 available)
....35369...pr....Buccinulum pertinax Martens, 1878....16 & 32 mm. F+ w/o. Neat growth pair, smaller one showing apical form, the larger with well developed lip & canal, both operculate...New Zealand...$12/pair (1 pair available)
NOTE: We have a decided surplus of this species!! Feel free to put on your bargaining hat accordingly.......
....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)
....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)
....31107...(5)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....82 to 87 mm. 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)
....31101...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....119 mm. F+ w/o, w/op. VERY MATURE specimen with nice perio - good example, even if lip is a bit chipped...Korea...$18 (1 available)
....31101...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....119 mm. F+ w/o. & w/p. Large, fresh taken example with complete periostracum. Lip & syphonal canal slightly chipped...Korea...$30 (1 available)
....31106...(3)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....90 to 95 mm. F+ w/o & w/p. Great, mid-sized specimens with flared, adult lips & complete perio...Korea...$25 (3 available)
....29164...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....103 mm. F+ w/operc. Perio is eroded but the lip is well flared & nearly perfect...Korea...$27 (1 available)
....29165...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....98 mm. 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 (2 available)
....29168...(1)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....107 mm. 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....99 mm. F+ w/operc. Interesting example with darker than average perio...Korea...$22 (1 available)
....29171...(3)...Buccinum bayani Jousseaume, 1883....96 to 98 mm. 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 94 mm. F+ w/operc. Nice typical specimens with complete perio & fully adult lips...Korea...$16 (4 available)
....31109...(1)...Buccinum opistoplectum Dall, 1907....91 mm. 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....45 mm. F. The named form for the really rare sinistral (left handed) whelk, though with broken lip...England...$300 (1 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)
....31113...(4)...Buccinum cf. yokomaruae Yamashita & Habe, 1965 (May be undescribed. Formerly listed as B. mirandum Smith, 1875)....40 to 48 mm. F+ high w/o. & w/p. Tan with brown mottled bands & nearly obsolete spiral cords...Korea...$11 (4 available)
....27797...(1)...Caducifer cf. atlanticus Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso, 1970....12, 13 mm. F++. Decollated dwarf triton with brown & white axial markings...Brazil,...$12 (1 available)
NEW....36867...(2)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....26 mm. F++. Pretty species, with brown blotched axial ridges & pastel orange aperture...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....25212...(5)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....23 to 26 mm. F++. Nicely contrasting brown on cream axial ridges...Australia...$2 (5 available)
....32625...(+)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....25 to 30 mm. F++. With well formed, orange tinted apperture & unusual brown spotting closer in pattern to C. wagneri...Philippines...$3 (10 available)
....31043...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....27 & 28 mm. F++. Good pair showing variability of brown markings & orange apperture...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
....29638...(2)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....32, 34 mm. F++. Great examples, with orange dentate lip & "smoked" black surface sculpture...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
....30185...(4)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....30 to 34 mm. F++. With fully adult, orange dentate lip & dark brown axial ridges...Philippines...$3 (4 available)
....30187...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....29 & 31 mm. F++. Nice pair, showing extremes of light & dark phases...Philippines...$5/pair (1 pair available)
....25535...(1)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....26 to 27 mm. F++. Boldly brown spotted axial ribs...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....25689...(10)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....26 to 28 mm. F++ w/o. Typical examples with fuzzy perio intact...India...$2 (10 available)
....25037...(1)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....25 mm. F++. Dentate lip intact, brown axial ridges...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....12585...(1)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....21 mm. F++ w/o. Good but a bit small..Guam...$2 (1 available)
SOLD...Cantharus cf. fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....33 mm. F+. Philippines. retained for photo
....9541...(3)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....21 mm. F+ w/o.Dark brown.Australia...$5 for all 3 of the critters (3 available)
....15004...(pr)...Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817....32 mm. F+. Light and dark phase pair...Philippines...$4/pair (1 pair available)
....15005...(4)...Cantharus gemmatus Reeve, 1846....28 - 30 mm. F++ w/o. & perio. Dark fuzzy brown with white mouth...Peru...$3 (4 available)
....12583...(2)...Cantharus gemmatus Reeve, 1846....26 - 30 mm. F++ w/o. Nice clean examples...Costa Rica...$2.50 (2 available)
NEW....36869...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....22 mm. F++. Boldly brown blotched Buccinidae...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....27639...(3)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....19 to 22 mm. F++. Slender little Buccinidae, mottled in brown & speckled with white...Philippines...$3 for 2 of them. ( 3 available)
NEW....36859...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....19 mm. F++. Good specimen of this small, brown mottled Buccinidae...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....36277...pair...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....18 & 20 mm. F++. Well beaded & mottled with brown...Philippines....$5/pair (1 pair available)
....27074....(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....25 mm. F++. Granular textured Buccinidae...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....29096...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....26 mm. F++. Fine, beaded sculpture with bold orange blotches on white...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....27312...(6)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....23 to 26 mm. F++. Brown mottled, finely beaded Buccinidae...Philippines...$2 (6 available)
....20719...(15)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1843....15 to 17 mm. F++. Great pattern of brown blotches & bands on tan...Philippines...$3 for 2 of them (15 available)
....25038...(5)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....18 to 22 mm. F++. Great banded pattern & cancellate sculpture...Philippines...$2 (5 available)
....27810...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....16 mm. 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)
....31344...(1)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....21 mm. F+. Prettily brown mottled Buccinidae...Philippines...$2 (1 available)
....28147...(17)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....20 to 26 mm. F+. Elongate, mottled with shades of brown on cream...Philippines...$2 (17 available)
....28482...(3)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....21 to 24 mm. F+. Cancellate & brown blotched Buccinidae...Philippines...$4 for all three. (3 available)
....15660...(8)...Cantharus iostomus Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834....16 - 21 mm. F+. Tan with brown patterned axial riblets...Philippines...$2 (8 available)
....25421...(2 prs)...Cantharus iostomus Gray, 1834....18 to 22 mm. Beaded ribs & brown blotched pattern...Philippines...$3/pr (2 pairs available)
SOLD....Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....37 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo
....34341...(2)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....37, 41 mm. F++. Brown lined deep water Buccinidae with wide spaced axial ribs...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
....31340...(1)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....35 mm. F++. With strong, brown tinted axial ribs & intact, fully formed, finely dentate lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....30841...(6)...Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985....32 to 38 mm. F++. Nice, brown mottled specimens, with fully developed lips...Philippines...$5 (6 available)
....33169...(3)...Cantharus melanostomus Sowerby, 1825....44 to 47 mm. F++ w/o. Large, with orange dentate lip & black parietal glaze...Indonesia...$8 (3 available)
....9528...(2)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848....25 mm. F++. Dark apex..Florida..$3 (2 available)
....12615...(3)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848....24 - 26 mm. F++. (1 w/o.)white, gray & brown..Florida...$3.50 (3 available)
....9523...(set)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848....27 - 14 mm. f/F+. Set of 9 shows size & colour variations...Florida..$30/set of 9 (1 set available)
....9523A...(2)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848....20-24 mm. F+ w/o. ...Florida..$4 (2 available)
....9523B...(5)...Cantharus multangula Philippi, 1848....18-20 mm. F+. Brown lined...Florida..$3 (5 available)
....29443...(1)...Cantharus multangulus Philippi, 1848....24 mm. F+. Neat little Buccinidae with fine tan spiral lines...Florida...$5 (1 available)
NEW....36861...(1)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1844....21 mm. F++. Beautiful little Buccinid with orange nodules & pink rimmed aperture...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
NEW....36870...(1)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1844....21 mm. F++. Dark colour form with brown body, orange nodules & bright pink aperture...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....27811...(2)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1846....20 to 23 mm. F++. Orange nodules on brown with contrasting pretty pink apperture. Large too!...Philippines...$3 (2 available)
....30186...(4)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1844....23 to 24 mm. F++. Aptly named, orange with brown spiral lines & lovely lavender-pink edged apperture...Philippines...$3 for 2 (4 available)
....15662...(6 pairs)...Cantharus (Clivipollia) pulchra Reeve, 1844....12 - 16 mm. F++. Nice quality typical specimens...$3/pair (6 pairs available)
....23729...(5 prs)...Cantharus pulchra Reeve, 1846....14 to 17 mm. F+. Black lined,orange nodules & pink apperture. Reeve named it well!...Philippines...$3/pair (5 pairs available)
....32335...(1)...Cantharus pulcher Reeve, 1846....20 mm. F++. Pretty pinkish orange, with well developed lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....32597...(9)...Cantharus (Pollia) pulcher Reeve, 1846....17 to 23 mm. F+. With orange beaded surface & pinkish apperture...Philippines...$3 (9 available)
....15884...(2)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....50 - 60 mm. F++ w/o. Orange lip, brown lines & black columella..India...$4 (2 available)
....25688...(10)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....34 to 37 mm. F++ w/o. With velvety brown periostracum intact & complete, dentate lips...India...$3 (10 available)
....15405...(2)...Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin, 1791....45 - 47 mm. F++. Orange-tan with brown columella..Philippines...$3 (2 available)
SOLD....Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....36 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo
....35439...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....38 mm. F++. Big specimen with strong shoulder knobs & great crenulate lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....29639...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....30 mm. F++. Strong brown on white spiral cords & lirate lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....15007...(5)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....29 - 35 mm. F++. Light brown on cream - unusual color...Philippines..$2 (5 available)
....12584...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....36 mm. F++ w/o. Striking brown on cream, with orange lip...Tahiti...$3 (1 available)
....9554...(2prs)...Cantharus undosus Linneaus, 1758....25 - 34 mm. F+. Brown lined with orange lips..Taiwan...$2/pair (2 pairs available)
....31595...(1)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....38 mm. F+. Nice, clean, brown spiral corded example...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....9542...(6prs)...Cantharus undosus Linne, 1758....31 - 23 mm. F+. SE India...$3 for 2 (6 pairs available)
....34342...(1)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....35 mm. F++. Boldly clouded & banded in brown on slate blue-gray...Cape Verdes...$10 (1 available)
....27166...(3)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....36 to 39 mm. F++ w/o. Boldly mottled in brown & blue-gray...Cape Verde Islands...$8 (3 available)
....24163...(1)...Cantharus variegatus Gray, 1839....36 to 40 mm. 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....33-27 mm. F+33w/o. Africa...$4 (1 available)
SOLD.....Cantharus wagneri ....32 & 22 mm. F++. Philippines. retained for photo
....34537...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....34 mm. F++. With complete serrated lip strong axial ridges & twin brown spiral bands...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....27640...(2)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....26, 32 mm. F++. With fully developed lip & standout brown stained axial ridges...Philippines...$4 (2 available)
NEW....37057...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....20 mm. F++. Not big but truly fine example with fully formed & thickened lip. Valkyries would be pleased...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....34343...(2)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....13 mm. F+. Light brown banded & spotted between the axial ridges...French Polynesia...$3 (2 available)
....29640...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....31 mm. F+. With square brown spots, toothed lip & extended siphonal canal...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....25039...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....23 mm. F+. 3 bands of brown spots between axial ridges...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....15008...(1)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....35 mm. F+. Tan with rows of brown intercostal blotches..Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....15663...(5prs)...Cantharus wagneri Anton, 1839....10 - 15 mm. F+. Philippines...$2/pair (5 pairs available)
....35195...(1)...Cantharus cf. wrightae Cernohorsky, 1974....32 mm. F++. Light tan with a white mid-band...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....34685...(1)...Cantharus sp. (#54)....33 mm. F++. Banded in brown, with low axial ribs & intact, finely dentate varixed lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....32458...(1)...Cantharus sp.....29 mm. F++. Possibly a very pale form of fumosus, pastel orange with white apperture...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
NEW....37030...(1)...Colubraria antiquata Hinds, 1844....19 mm. Gem. Rare mini-species in rare condition, fresh & dark...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
NEW....37027...(1)...Colubraria cummingi Dohrn, 1861....57.5 mm. F++. Big specimen of this rare species with full lip & parietal shield...Philippines...$39 (1 available)
NEW....37028...(1)...Colubraria soverbii Reeve, 1844....69 mm. F+ high. Glorious specimen in fresh bright colours & intricate pattern...Philippines...$20 (1 available)
NEW....37029...(1)...Colubraria tortuosa Reeve, 1844....36 mm. F++. Nicely bent, with mid-band of big brown blotches & thick lip varix...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)
....35310...(1)...Cominella maculosa Martyn, 1784....31, 32 mm. F++ w/o. Good, large for the species examples. Supplier claims good ones almost impossible to find...New Zealand...$5 (1 available)
....35311...(3)...Cominella maculosa Martyn, 1784....22 to 24 mm. F++ w/o. Bargain specimens of this hard to find Buccinidae...New Zealand...$3 (3 available)
....9540...(1)...Cominella virgata H.A. Adams, 1853....23.5, 22.5 mm. F+ w/o. Black mouth...New Zealand...$2 (1 available)
....35538...(1)...Engina alveolata Kiener, 1836....16 mm. F+. With strong orange spotted axial ribs...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....15664...(13)...Engina lanceolata Kuroda & Habe, 1971....7 - 10 mm. F+. White with beaded brown axial ribs...Philippines...$3/pair (13 pairs available)
....35539...(1)...Engina (Prodotia) lannumi Schwengel, 1950....23 mm. F++. Uncommon & large, resembles an elongated E. mactanensis...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
NEW....36866...(2)...Engina lannumi ....21, 23 mm. F++. Big for this small Buccinid, nicely elongate & with lots of fine brown mottling. ID by supplier...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
NEW....36863...(1)...Engina lineata Reeve, 1846....10.5 mm. F++. Our supplier calls it "very elusive." Black & white spiral banded...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....34848...(1)...Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985....12 mm. F+. Endemic small Buccinidae with well varixed lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....27866...(1)...Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985....11 to 12 mm. F+. Tiny brown spotted nodules...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
NEW....36858...pr....Engina mendicaria Linne, 1758....15 & 16 mm. F++. Nice colour pair, one lined in white, the other in yellow...Philippines...$5/pr. (1 available)
....12595...(5)...Engina mendicaria Linne, 1758....11 - 15 mm. f/F+ some w/o. Sharp yellow lines on black...Thailand...$3 (5 available)
....12091...(1 pr.)...Euthrenopsis otagoensis Powell, 1929....7.7 - 11 mm. f. Small bore hole..New Zealand...$3 (1 pair available)
....30960...(1)...Euthria ponsonbyi Sowerby, 1889....39 mm. F++ w/o. Pastel orange-tan, with thick, toothed lip, complete apex & siphonal canal...South Africa...$30 (1 available)
....29761...(1)...Japelion adelphicus Dall, 1907....89 mm. F+. Great example of this Buccinidae, with intact protoconch, periostracum & complete if slightly rough lip...Taiwan...$32 (1 available)
NEW....36855...(1)...Latiaxis cristatus Kosuge, 1979....30.6 mm. F++. Big, all white example...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
NEW...37115...(1)...Latiaxis cf. cristatus Kosuge, 1979....35 mm. F+. Very large example in yellowish tan, with flat, upturned shoulder spines...Philippines...$30
NEW....36856...(1)...Latiaxis fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965....42 mm. F++. Great specimen with strong spines & lavender aperture...Philippines...$17 (1 available)
NEW....36854...(1)...Latiaxis mactanica Kosuge, 1979....20 mm. F++. Pastel yellow with brown spots & lots of long, curved spines...Philippines...$24 (1 available)
NEW....37114...(1)...Latiaxis purpuratus Chenu, 1859....19 mm. F++. Fascinating species in shades of dark orange & with broad, up-turned shoulder spines like flower petals...Philippines...$40 (1 available)
NEW....36837...(1)...Lataxiena fimbriata Hinds, 1840....36 mm. F++. Nice sculptured Muricid, despite the similarity of genus name to the Coralliophilidae...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
NEW....37032...(1)...Melanella (Balcis) major Sowerby, 1834....27 mm. F++. Pure shiny white with slightly curved spire...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
NEW....36862...(1)...Nassaria acuminata Reeve, 1848....37 mm. F++. Solid specimen has big, humped axial ridges with over-riding brown spiral band...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
NEW....36857...(1)...Nassaria fusiformis Sowerby, 1859....39 mm. F++. Lovely specimen, pure white with great reticulate sculpture & thickly varixed lip...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....15868...(1)...Nassaria pusilla Roding, 1798....14 - 21 mm. F++. Similar to N.fusiformis but more squat..Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....25661...(10)...Nassaria pusilla Roding, 1798....23 to 29 mm. F+. Small, squat & solid, very like the Nassaridae this Buccinid is named for...India...$7 (10 available)
NEW...37076...(1)...Nassaria cf. recurva Sowerby, 1859....34 mm. Gem. Nicely brown banded, with well spaced axial ridges & varixed lip...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....34446...(1)...Nassaria spinigera Hayashi & Habe, 1965....47 to 50 mm. F++. Prime examples, with fully formed & well varixed lip...Thailand...$6 (1 available)
....33814...(3)...Nassaria spinigera Hayashi & Habe, 1965....46 to 52 mm. F++. Big Buccinidae with fully formed lips & sharply nodulose brown spiral cords...Philippines...$7 (3 available)
....32794...(1)...Nassaria sp. C7....35 mm. F++. Squat, brown banded Buccinindae. Seems to match Shells of the Philippines pl. 44 fig. 20....Philippines...$ (1 available)
....32751...(1)...Nassaria sp.....32 mm. F++. Buccinidae with high spire & strong, beaded axial cords. See Shells of the Philippines plate 44, fig. 15...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
NEW....37053...(1)...Nassarius fissilabris Adams, 1852....8 mm. F++. Get out your lens to check out the fine red spiral line & gray base band on this shiny white micro-Nassa...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....31116...(1)...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 (1 available)
....31119...(1)...Neptunea cf. arthritica Bernardi, 1857....57 mm. 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....140 mm. 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)
SOLD....Neptunea decemcostata Say, 1826....85 mm. F+ high w/o. Canada. retained for photo
....36398...(1)...Neptunea decemcostata Say, 1826....118 mm. F+ w/o. Gerontic, giant beast of a shell, heavy, with thickened & intact lip. Some sponge holes on the upper whorls, but definitely live taken...Canada...$32 (1 available)
....34247...(1)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....54, 56 mm. F++. Big, heavy examples with prominent shoulder knob & intact lip...Mexico...$4 (1 available)
SOLD....Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....58 to 68 mm. F+/F++. Peru. retained for photo
....31209...(4)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....49 to 51 mm. F+/F++. Slightly smaller specimens for those with stuffed Buccinidae trays...Peru...$3 (4 available)
....32954...(6)...Northia pristis Deshayes, 1844....48 to 59 mm. F+ high. Fresh examples with intact lips & partial periostracums...Peru...$4 (6 available)
....15010...(1)...Paraeuthria plumbea Philippi, 1841....23, 30 mm. F++ w/o. Dark gray-brown & smooth..Argentina..$5 (1 available)
....32955...(3)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....48 to 54 mm. F++. Large for the genus, with fine spiral cords & strong axial ribs...Peru...$5 (3 available)
....31218...(8)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....45 to 53 mm. F+ high. Big for the genus, with tan tinted axial ridges & well formed appertures...Peru...$4 (8 available)
....34588...(8)...Phos crassus Hinds, 1843....45 to 55 mm. F+ high. Axial ridges with fine spiral cords & brown bands on white...Peru...$4 (8 available)
....33322...(3)...Phos cyanostoma Adams, 1851....17 to 19 mm. F++. Similar to P. textum but with dark brown rather than orange aperture...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....31172...(1)...Phos cyanostoma Adams, 1851....18, 21 mm. F+. Creamy white with bright orange lined apperture...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....34852...(1)...Phos elegantissimum Hayashi & Habe, 1965....16 mm. F+. Delicate, deep water Buccinidae species. ID by supplier...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
....36069...(2)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....28, 29 mm. F++. Fine specimens, with fully developed & slightly flared, varixed lip...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....35446...(2)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....24, 30 mm. F++. Lots of axial ribs & a strong, white edged lip varix...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....35223...(2)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....23, 25 mm. F++. Good examples, with tan bands over strong cancellate sculpture...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....35105...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....25 mm. F++. Top grade typical example with good lip & apex...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....25082...(3)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1930....22 to 24 mm. F++. Nice species, delicately sculpted & subtly shaded...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
....29680...(2)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....23, 26 mm. F++. With fine axial ribs...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....29772...(4)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....21 to 25 mm. F++. Wonderfully fine cancellate sculpture & light brown markings...Philippines...$5 (4 available)
....30266...(2)...Phos hirase Sowerby, 1913....25, 27 mm. F++. With narrow axial ribs & fine brown spiral lines...Philippines...$6 (2 available)
....27464...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....27 mm. F++. Finely cancellate sculpture & brown spotted varices...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....31255...(4)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....26 to 29 mm. F+ high. With finely ribbed axial ridges & light tan bands...Philippines...$5 (4 available)
....36120...(1)....Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....19 mm. F+. Nice example of this cute Buccinidae...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....33865...(1)...Phos cf. hirasei Sowerby, 1913....33 mm. F+. Unique specimen with bonus barnacle piggyback rider...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....32755...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....27 mm. F+. Lovey albinistic example with lots of fine axial ridges & even finer spiral cords...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
....30455...(1)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....28 mm. F+. With wavy axial ribs & fine brown spiral lines...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....25468...(6)...Phos hirasei Sowerby, 1913....18 to 23 mm. F+. Another batch of these...Philippines...$6 (6 available)
....35449...(1)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....28 mm. F++. Brown spiral bands reduced to a few orange spots between the axial ribs. Albinistic?...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....33323...(3)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....27 to 30 mm. F++. Subtly banded in orange-tan, with thick lip varices...Philippines...$3 (3 available)
....25292...(3)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....24 to 27 mm. F++. Great sculpture & beautifully brown banded...Australia...$3 (3 available)
....15812...(1)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....21, 23 mm. F++. White with brown blotched bands..Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....26044...(1)...Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844....28 mm. F+. Axially ridged tan mottled Buccinidae...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....9549...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....31, 29 mm. gem- w/o. Dark brown beauty!..Australia..$6 (1 available)
....34275...pr...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758.....39 mm. F++ w/o. GREAT light and dark pair - ebony and ivory!!...ex col...$8/pair (1 pair available)
....35774...(1)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....43.5 mm. F++. Huge specimen with fine spiral cords over strong axial ridges...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....35447...(1)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....35 mm. F++. With strong axial ridges & spinous shoulders, boldly banded in tan & brown...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....33707...(1)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....27, 30 mm. F++. Spectacularly spiny axial ribs with fine spiral cords...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....34274...(2)...Phos senticosus Linne, 1758....39 mm. F++ w/o. Light creamy tan with darker mid-band...ex col...$4 (2 available)
....9526A...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....35 mm. F++. ...Australia...$4 (1 available)
....15655...(1)...Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758....28 mm. F+. Tan with light brown band...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
....25293...(3)...Phos textum Gmelin,
1791....21 to 23 mm. F++. Pretty! Snowy white with bright orange
apperture...Australia...$5 (3 available)
NEW....36864...(1)...Phos textum Gmelin, 1791....17.5 mm. F++. Creamy white with bright orange rimmed aperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
NEW....36868...(1)...Phos textum cf cyanostoma Adams, 1850....18.5 mm. F++. Bright orange rimmed aperture replaced by 2 purple-brown spots on the columella...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....29773...(5)...Phos species....23 to 29 mm. F++. Highly elongate, with axial ribs, large brown blotches & fine dashed spiral lines. Doesn't seem to be in Shells of the Philippines...$9 (5 available)
....33864...(1)...Phos species....26 mm. F+. Fatter than hirasei & smoother than senticosus. Unsure of species...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....35452...(1)...Pisania ignea Gmelin, 1791....29 mm. F++. Unusual pattern for the specie, with bold axial brown flames & minimal spiral markings...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
....33577...(1)...Pisania ignea Gmelin, 1791....31 mm. F+. Yellow-tan with bands of brown markings & intact, slightly undulate lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
....34362...(1)...Pollia vicdani Kosuge, 1984....39 mm. F+. Spiral threaded over axial ridges, with broad, brown & white bands...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....29137...(6)...Reticubuccinum acutispiratum Dall, 1907....40 to 50 mm. 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....34 mm. F++ w/operc. Neatly corded Buccinidae
with strongly lyrate apperture...Alaska...$3 (1 available)
NEW....37031...(1)...Siliquaria armata Kuroda Habe & Kosuge, 1971....45 mm. F++. Good example of this wildly coiled wormshell...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
....35014...(5)...Siphonalia fusoides Reeve, 1846....42 to 44 mm. F++ w/o. Nice examples with intact lips. Slightly smaller & so is the price...Korea...$4 (5 available)
....35012...(2)...Siphonalia spadicea fuscolineata Pease, 1860....34 to 38 mm. F++ w/o. Good slightly smaller specimens, strikingly spiral lined in brown, with intact lips...Korea...$25 (2 available)
....31074...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....60 mm. F++. Lightly speckled in brown, with complete lip & recurved syphonal canal...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
....26992...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....52 mm. 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....52 mm. F++. Thick white lip & brown spiral dashes...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
....35419...(2)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....52 to 54 mm. F++. Nice specimens of this deep water Fasciolariidae with greta lip & complete, recurved siphonal canal...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....25587...(2)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....46 to 47 mm. F++ w/o. Great dark examples with superb apex & lip...Philippines...$10 (2 available)
....26032...(1)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....54 mm. F++ w/o. Top-notch!! Pastel yellow-tan with wonderfully recurved siphonal canal...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
....35419...(2)...Siphonofusus walleri Ladd, 1976....52 to 54 mm. F++. Nice specimens of this deep water Fasciolariidae with greta lip & complete, recurved siphonal canal...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
....32959, 31222...(8)...Solenosteira fusiformis Blainville, 1833....45 to 55 mm. F++. Neat Panamic Buccinid, spirally corded, knobby shouldered & with intact lips...Peru...$5 for 2 (8 available)
....35007...(1)...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)
....35002...(1)...Volutopsius middendorffi Dall, 1891....78 mm. F+ w/o. NICE DATA! Great specimen of this rarity, with nicely flared, adult lips...Korea...$45 (1 available)
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