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Trochidae

Updated August 23, 2010

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Note:  If you asked most Trochidae fanCs exactly why they like this multitudinous, taxonomically - fascinating, wonderfully variably - shaped, often "Irridescent" family, they will often just smile and say something like "I just DO!! A word of caution- this crowd can be down-right ADDICTIVE!!  


Trochidae

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Stock #   # available    Name    Description    Locality    Price ($USD)

....33636...(2)...Trochidae sp.1....1mm. F+.  Tiny Trochid. From rare, deep, coldwater corals...Ireland...$10  (2 available)


....15219...(5)...Arene tricarinata Stearns, 1872....3mm. F to F+. White to gray with tiny specks-get out the hand-lens!...Florida...$4 for 2  (5 available)


....30591...(1)...Astele bularra Garrard, 1961....29 mm. F+ high.  Beautiful, finely beaded spiral cords & with great lip. Good size too...Australia...$12 (1 available)

....30592...(1)...Astele bularra Garrard, 1961....23mm. F.  Discount specimen with mild lip damage...Australia...$5  (1 available)


....29958...(1)...Bathybembix bairdi Dall, 1889....43 mm. F+ w/operc & perio.  Fragile & elegant deep water Trochidae...Washington...$32  (1 available)

....27303...(2)...Bathybembix bairdi Dall, 1889....36 to 41 mm. F+ w/o.  Nice examples of this big deep water Trochidae with greenish periostracum...Washington...$30  (2 available)

....27304...(1)...Bathybembix bairdi Dall, 1889....47 mm. F+ w/o. Big, slightly gerontic specimen of this deep water Trochidae...Washington...$35  (1 available)

SOLD...Bathybembix bairdi Dall, 1889....43 mm. F+ w./perio & operc. Washington. retained for photo


....30599...(21)...Calliostoma adspersum Philippi, 1851....16 mm. F+ 1w/o.  Fine examples of this tiny top...Brazil...$7  (1 available)


SOLD...Calliostoma africanum Bartsch, 1915....12 mm. F++.  South Africa.  retained for photo


....19151...(2)...Calliostoma brunneopictum Quinn, 1992....6 to 7 mm. F+.  High apex, brown spots on gray-tan...Brazil...$10  (2 available)


....22630...(2)...Calliostoma (Astele) bullara Garrard, 1961... 25 to 28 mm. F+.  Super-fine beading & a golden sheen. Beautiful!...Australia...$10  (2 available)


....22631...(3)...Calliostoma (Astele) speciosum Adams, 1855....25 to 26 mm. F+. Red-brown mottling over beaded spiral cords...Australia...$10 (3 available)


....30605...(3)...Calliostoma canaliculatum Lightfoot, 1786....26 to 33 mm. F+ some w/o.  Strongly corded & with slightly channeled sutures (appropriate for the name!)...California...$9  (3 available)


....34030...(1)...Calliostoma coppingeri Smith, 1880....11 to 13 mm. F++ w/o.  Deep water species with light tan base & darker, pearly spire...Uruguay...$13  (1 available)

....30609...(1)...Calliostoma coppingeri Smith, 1880....5 mm. F+.  Pastel orange-tan micro Trochid...Argentina...$9  (1 available)

....15154...(1)...Calliostoma coppingeri var. major Castellanos & Fernandez, 1976....11 mm. F++ w/o. Dark brown...Argentina...$16  (1 available)


....27799...(2)...Calliostoma depictum Dall, 1927....8 to 10 mm. F++.  Fine, complex, dark red pattern...Brazil...$12  (2 available)


....29597...(1)...Calliostoma euglyptum A. Adams, 1854....19 mm. F++.  Lovely purple-pink with cream flammules...Florida...$20  (1 available)

....12773...(2)...Calliostoma euglyptum A. Adams,  1854....10 - 11 mm. F+/F++ w/o. Dark red & finely beaded...Panama...$15  (2 available)

....12774A..(8)...Calliostoma euglyptum A. Adams, 1854....7 - 9 mm. F+/F++. Dark red beaded beauties...Panama...$8 (8 available)


....28005...(3)...Calliostoma formosense Smith, 1907....51 to 53 mm. F+.  Large, sivery-tan with brown spots & dashes...Taiwan...$12  (3 available)

....23679...(1)...Calliostoma formosense E. A. Smith, 1907....55 mm. F+ w/operc.  Large, classic shape, live taken collectors item...Philippines...$12  (1 available)


....18624...(1)...Calliostoma gemmosum Reeve, 1842....15 mm. F++ w. operc.  Inscised brown lines on tan granulose top...Brazil...$14  (1 available)


EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN....34604...(1)...Calliostoma haliarchus Melvill, 1899.....44 mm. F+ high. Classic specimen of this rare Trochid - positively hiliarious!!...South China Sea...$50 (1 available)


....32058...(1)...Calliostoma iridium Dall, 1896....18 mm. F++ w/o. (How come iridium is so much cheaper than platinum when it comes to Calliostoma.?) Beautiful iridescent yellowish, with red-brown flamules...Panama...$18  (1 available)


....32060...(2)...Calliostoma nepheloide Dall, 1913....19 to 20 mm. F++.  Yellow-tan with brown spots & finely beaded...Panama...$9  (2 available)


....34031...(2)...Calliostoma jucundum Gould, 1849....10 to 11 mm. F++.  Neat tan species with fine spiral cords...Uruguay...$14  (2 available)


....30010...(1)...Calliostoma jujubinum Gmelin, 1791....10 mm. F.  Crabbed but decent example in shades of purple & orange-pink...Florida...$5  (1 available)

....30011...(1)...Calliostoma jujubinum tampaense Conrad, 1846....11 mm. F+.  Cream, boldly mottled in dark red...Florida...$7  (1 available)

....15155...(1)...Calliostoma jujubinum Gmelin, 1791....11 - 15mm. F+. Light pink to dark brown with pearly interior...Florida...$5  (1 available)


....15215...(4prs)...Calliostoma laugieri Payraudeau, 1826....8 mm. F+. Brown with darker blotches...Spain...$3/pair  (4 pairs available)


....32059...(2)...Calliostoma leanum Adams, 1852....6 mm. F++ w/o.  Pretty little species with dark red peripheral spots...Panama...$4  (2 available)


....29836A...(3)...Calliostoma ligatum Gould, 1849....16 to 21 mm. F+ high.  Nice! Tan spiral ridges over reddish brown, with irridescent interior...California...$3  (2 available)

....15523...(1)...Calliostoma ligatum Gould, 1849....20 mm. F+.  Tan with brown lines & pearly interior...California...$5  (1 available)

....30013...(1pr)...Calliostoma ligatum Gould, 1849....17 & 19 mm. F+.  pair from the OC...West North America...$4/pair  (1 pair available)

....30621...(1)...Calliostoma ligatum Gould, 1849....15 mm. F+.  ...California...$3  (1 available)


....27800...(2)...Calliostoma militaris von Ihering, 1907....27 to 30 mm. F++ w/o.  Excellent examples of this highly beaded scarce species...Brazil...$45  (2 available)


....34032...(3)...Calliostoma nordenskjoldi Strebel, 1906....6 to 8 mm. F++.  Curiously Nordic-sounding Trochids from the Deep South...Uruguay...$32  (3 available)


....30940...(2)...Calliostoma ornatum Lamarck, 1822....20 to 22 mm. F++ w/o.  Fresh specimens with finely beaded spiral cords...South Africa...$7  (2 available)


....30015...(1)...Calliostoma pulchrum Adams, 1850....7 mm. F.  Pink spotted sharp shoulders. Crabbed but decent...Florida...$6  (1 available)

....2401...(8pr)...Calliostoma pulchrum C.B. Adams, 1850....5-7 mm. F+.SPECIAL! Pairs...Florida...$5/pair (8 pairs available)

SOLD...Calliostoma pulchrum C. B. Adams, 1850....6 mm. F++. Florida. retained for photo


....19152...(3)...Calliostoma rota Quinn, 1992....6 to 7 mm. F+.  Brown blotches on pearly gray, with twin shoulder ridges...Brazil...$15  (3 available)


....30016...(1)...Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973....40 mm. F.  Good if slightly rough specimen of this relatively recent species...Mozambique...$12  (1 available)


....30624...(1)...Calliostoma shinagawaensis Tokunaga, 1902....16 mm. F+.  With pretty irridescent sheen & orange spots...Japan...$10  (1 available)

....30017...(1)...Calliostoma shinagawaensis Tokunaga, 1902....13 mm. F+. With microscopically beaded, strongly ridged spiral sculpture & gold peripheral spots on cream...Japan...$10 (1 available)

....30625...(1)...Calliostoma shinagawaensis Tokunaga, 1902....13 mm. F+ w/o.  Creamy white with orange spots & complete with tiny operculum...Japan...$7  (1 available)


....35754...(1)...Calliostoma soyoae Ikebem, 1942....10 mm. F++. Interesting species with microscopic spinous spiral cords...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....35668...(1)...Calliostoma soyoae Ikebe, 1942....13 mm. F++.  Unusually strong spiral cord on the shoulder of this scarce, tan speckled Trochid...Philippines...$11  (1 available)

....33867...(1)...Calliostoma soyoae Ikebem, 1942....15 mm. F++.  About as big as this species gets, with finely granulose spiral cords...Philippines...$9  (1 available)

....30626...(1)...Calliostoma soyoae Ikebem, 1942....13 mm. F+ w/o.  Excellent example, with lovely sheen, micro-beaded spiral cords & rounded whorls...Japan...$8  (1 available)


....34839...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....11 mm. F+.  Well clouded with orange-pink...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....33570...(1)...Callistoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....11.mm. F+.  Fresh taken & fairly dark, with tiny red peripheral spots...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....32869...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....10 mm. F++.  Excellent example mottled in pinkish-tan...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....27638...(1pr)...Calliostoma cf. ticaonica Adams, 1851....13 mm, F++.  Nice pair, showing light & dark extremes of coloration...Philippines...$6/pair  (1 pair available)

....29714...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....14 mm. F++.  Finely corded & with red-brown axial markings...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....30628...(2)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....9, 11 mm. F+.  Deep water top species...Philippines...$3  (2 available)

....28142...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....12 mm. F++.  Prime specimen mottled in brick red...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....28479...(3)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....13 to15 mm. F++.  Finely beaded & mottled in dark red...Philippines...$3  (3 available)

....29090...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....15 mm. F+.  Pinkish-tan with lighter sutural cord...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....20818...(7)...Calliostoma ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....8 to 10 mm. F++.  Pearly & nearly smooth, with pastel pink markings. Pretty!...Philippines...$3  (7 available)

....20716...(12)...Calliostoma ticaonica  A Adams, 1851....8 to 10 mm. F++.  Pastel pearlescent pinkish with reddish tan splotches. Neat little top shells...Philippines...$3  (12 available)

....15753...(+)...Calliostoma ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....6 -7 mm. F+.  Cream with pinkish blotches...Philippines...$2.50  (+ available)

....15843...(3)...Calliostoma ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....8 - 10 mm. F+.  Pearlescent gray with light brown spots...Philippines...$3   (3 available)

....27008...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....12 mm. F+.  Finely beaded & marked in deep red...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....27311...(2)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....11, 12 mm. F++.  Big examples of this deep water Trochidae mottled in red-brown...Philippines...$4  (2 available)

....26018...(3)...Calliostoma cf ticaonica A. Adams, 1851....12 mm. F++.  Fine examples of this deep water Trochid, pinkish tan with dark red blotches...Philippines...$4  (3 available)

...35196...(1)...Calliostoma ticaonica Adams, 1851....14, 15 mm. F++. Large, fresh specimens of this typically tiny topshell...Philippines...$5 (1 available)


....31627...(1)...Calliostoma vicdani Kosuge, 1984....12 mm. F++.  Rare and recently described, pinkish with orange markings...Philippines...$90 (or best offer - this IS a rare one, tho!!)  (1 available)


....2410...(1)...Calliostoma zizyphinus Linne, 1758....21 - 23 mm. F+ w/o.  Pinkish-tan with red-brown spots...Spain...$4   (1 available)

SOLD...Calliostoma zizyphinus Linne, 1758....24 mm. F++ w/o. Spain. Retained for the photo


....34838...(1)...Calliostoma sp....14 mm. F++.  Iridescent greenish with brown sutural flames. May also be Minolia species...Philippines...$8  (1 available)


....20563...(1)...Calliostomasp 3....17 mm. F++. Dark green with purple spots & axial bars. Quite pretty...Zanzibar...$12   (1 available)


....32326...(1)...Calliostoma sp. ....12 mm. F++.  With finely beaded spiral cords & deeply channeled sutures...Philippines...$  (1 available)


....32462...(1)...Calliostoma sp.....12 mm. F++.  NICE!! Amost patternless, possibly an albinistic C. ticaonica...Philippines...$8  (1 available)


....32838...(1)...Calliostoma sp.....14 mm. F++.  Very nice! with golden-tan clouding & wonderfully spiny spiral cords...Philippines...$  (1 available)


...37137...(2)...Callumbonella namibiensis Rolan et al, 2008....17, 19 mm. F+ w/o. Recently published deep water Trochid, light gray with pearly nacre showing at the apex...$45


....36678...(5)...Conatilopia mustelina Gould, 1849....11 to 12 mm. F+. Small Trochid species spiral lined in brown...Philippines...$4 (5 available)


....30633...(1set)...Cantharidus lepidus  Philippi, 1846....10 to 20 mm. F+.  Nice 5 piece growth & colour/pattern series...Australia...$7/set  (1 set available)


....16054...(19prs)...Cantharidus purpuratus Plisbry, 1889....13 - 24 mm. f. Pairs, one of which is bright red...New Zealand...$5/pair  (19 pairs available)


....36283...(1)...Chrysostoma paradoxum Born, 1778....19 mm. F++. Trochid species looks more like Naticidae with golden orange aperture & parietal button...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....30646...(1pr)...Chrysostoma paradoxum Born, 1778....15, 17 mm. F+ 1w/o.  Startlingly orange-red apperture...Australia...$3 for 2  (1 pair available)

....27415...(2)...Chrysostoma paradoxum Born, 1778....17 mm. F+.  Looks more like Littorinidae,with bright yellow apperture...Philippines...$2  (2 available)

....34544....(1)...Chrysostoma paradoxum Born, 1778....18 mm. F+. Brown mottled Trochidae with bright orange aperture...$2 (1 available)

SOLD...Chrysostoma paradoxum Born, 1778....15, 18 mm. F++ w/operc.  Australia. retained for photo


....34212...(1)....Citarium pica Linne, 1758....50 & 60 mm. F. Bold black on white pattern, with uneroded apex & natural if rough lips. Good fill-in for a growth series...Caribbean...$5 (1 available)


....16520...(2)...Clanculus bertheloti Orbigny, 1839....7.5 mm. F+. Dark speckled cords & a large columellar tooth...Canary Islands...$6 (2 available)


....36659...(1set)...Clanculus cruciatus Linne, 1758....7 to 8 mm. F+. 4 piece colour & pattern variation set of tiny tan & brown mottled tops with fine spiral cords...Israel...$7/set


....36285...(4)...Clanculus (Monilea) callifera Lamarck, 1822....19 to 20 mm. F+. Dark pattern with pale base & fine beads reminds me of lizard skin!...Philippines...$4  (4 available)


....31762...(5)...Clanculus clanguloideus Wood, 1828....13 to 15 mm. F+/F++.  Not sure on ID, but very nice tan species with fine white & pink beaded surface...Thailand...$5 for 2 of them  (5 available)

....22637...(8)...Clanculus clangulus Wood, 1828....9 to 11 mm. F+.  Deep red mottling on greenish-tan. Big lip tooth...Thailand...$3  (8 available)


SOLD...Clanculus limbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....18 mm. F++.  Australia.  retained for photo


....34847...(1)...Clanculus margaritarius Philippi, 1847....13 mm. F+.  Finely beaded in red-brown & black, with fully developed apertural dentition...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....29644...(1)...Clanculus persicus Auth ?....18 mm. F+. ID buy supplier, not in Rice. Richly mottled in red...Philippines...$4 (1 available)


....29719...(1)...Clanculus pharaonius Linne, 1758....16 mm. F++.  Deep red with lines of black beads...Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....19153...(1)...Clanculus pharaonius Linne, 1758....18 to 20 mm. F++.  Beaded, red with black spotted full lip...$3  (1 available)


....19720...(2)...Cinysca alvesi Rubio, F. & E.M Rolán, 2002....8 mm. F++.  Tiny Trochidae recently described...Sao Tome Island...$4  (2 available)


....32369...(1)...Clanculus sp.....14 mm. F+.  Pinkish-tan with black & white fine beaded surface...Philippines...$  (1 available)

....32875...(2)...Clanculus sp.....9, 11 mm. F++.  Finely beaded in brown & black, with big columellar tooth...Philippines...$  (2 available)

....32732...(1)...Clanculus sp.....20 mm. F+.  Finely beaded & mottled with dark red, with flared lip & big lip tooth...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


....35317...(3)...Diloma bicanaliculata Dunker, 1844....16 to 17 mm. F+ w/o. About as big as the species gets, with minor apical erosion...New Zealand...$4  (3 available)

....35318...(2)...Diloma bicanaliculata Dunker, 1844....12 to13 mm. F++ w/o. No apical erosion on these slightly smaller, well channeled examples...New Zealand...$3  (2 available)


....15156...(4prs)...Diloma nigerrima Gmelin, 1791....15 - 17 mm. F++ w/o.  Slate gray with pearly interior. excellent data!...New Zealand...$3 for 2  (4 prs available)


....35319...(6)...Diloma subrostrata Gray, 1835....14 to 18 mm. F+ w/o. Finely corded dark brown Trochids...New Zealand...$3  (6 available)


....35320...(2)...Diloma zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....12 mm. F++ w/o. Very fine black spiral cords on this endemic Trochid...New Zealand...$4  (2 available)


....31341...(1)...Ethalia species....25 mm. F+.  Large for the family. with subtle pink tones & umbilical callus...Philippines...$7  (1 available)

....32741...(1)...Ethalia guamensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834....21 mm. F+.  Shiny, neatly pink mottled & button-like...Philippines...$5  (1 available)


....22705...(1pr)...Euchelus atratus Gmelin, 1791....22 to 30 mm. F++.  Good big ones, black & well ridged, with pearly interior...Autralia...$2/pair (1 pair available)


....32336...(1)...Euchelus? sp.....8 mm. F+.  Tiny tan Turbinidae with columellar tooth...Philippines...$  (1 available)


....27137...(6)...Euchelus cf. quadricarinatus Holten, 1802....20 to 24 mm. F++.  Lots of finely beaded rows of spiral lines...India...$4  (6 available)

....25696...(3)...Euchelus quadricarinatus Holten, 1802....21 to 24 mm. F++ w/o.  Dark slate gray & finely beaded, with pearly interior & operc included. Not in Rice...India...$4  (3 available)


....7574...(1set)...Gibbula magus Linnaeus, 1767....23, 22, 21 mm. F+ high.  Delightfully colorful set...Italy...$6/set  (1 set available)


....30562...(1)...Gibbula thomensis Tomlin, 1918....5 mm. F++.  Micro-trochid with twin spiral lines of brown dorsal dots...Sao Tome...$10  (1 available)


....15526...(2)...Granata imbricata Lamarck, 1816....20 - 28 mm. F++.  An unusual species, with a big pearly mouth...Australia...$4  (2 available)


....37370...(6)...Helisoma campanulata Say, 1822....11 to 14 mm. F+. Small greenish freshwater snail with flared aperture. Known as the Bellmouth Ramshorn...Nova Scotia...$3 (6 available)


....15755...(4)...Herpetoma rubra A. Adams, 1853....3 - 4 mm. F+.  Dusky pink!..Philippines...$4  (4 available)


....35669...(1)...Jujubinus picturatus Adams, 1851....14 mm. F++.  High, conic spire with hot pink apex...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


....30033...(1)...Lischkea alwinae Lischke, 1872....40, 42 mm. F++.  Delightful texture of fine beaded spiral threads & irridescent interior. Smaller one with operc (specify which you prefer)...Japan...$9  (1 available)


....34614...(2)...Lischkeia argenteonitens Lischke, 1872....57 to 59 mm. F++.  Big, beautiful pearly top shell with one row of fine shoulder knobs & irridescent interior...South China Sea...$15  (2 available)

SOLD...Lischkeia argenteonitens Lischke, 1872....52 mm. F++.  South China Sea.  retained for photo


....19154...(1)...Lischkeia cidaris Carpenter, 1864....20 mm. F+ w/o.  Fine example in top condition & complete with operc...Washington...$15 firm  (1 available)


....34033...(3)...Margarella expansa Sowerby, 1838....7 to 8 mm. F++ w/o.  Smooth, shiny tan top complete with operc...Chile...$12  (3 available)


....34034...(3)...Margarella violacea King & Broderip, 1831....9 to 10 mm. F++ w/o.  Pearly gray & shiny smooth...Uruguay...$12  (3 available)


....37392...(3)...Margarites costalis Gould, 1841....10 to 11 mm. F+. Pearly irridescent inside & out, they may be dead dredged but are in top condition, just without periostracum...Atlantic Canada...$5 (3 available)

....37371...(3)...Margarites costalis Gould, 1841....10 to 11 mm. F+ most w/o. Nice live taken examples of this Northern Trochidae with pearly interior...Atlantic Canada...$6 (3 available)

....36419...(1)....Margarites costalis sordidus Hancock, 1846....18 mm. F+ high w/o.  Great example, good size & with operc...Iceland...$12  (1 available)

SOLD...Margarites costalis rudis Dall, 1919....9 mm. F+. Atlantic Canada. ..retained for photo


....36418...(1)....Margarites costalis sordidus Hancock, 1846....22 mm. F++ w/o.  Big specimen of this smoother arctic form...Iceland...$15  (1 available)


....37525...(1)...Margarites groenlandicus Gmelin, 1791....13 mm. F+. Large for the species, with pearly interior...Iceland...$15 (1 available)

....37526...(1)...Margarites groenlandicus Gmelin, 1791....11 mm. F+. Good, clean example of this arctic species, with pearly interior...Iceland...$10 (1 available)

....37459...(1)...Margarites groenlandicus umbilicalis Broderip & Sowerby....7 mm. F+ w/o. Tiny arctic Trochid, the form name from our supplier (not in Rice)...White Sea...$15 (1 available)


....7582...(1set)...Maurea punctulatum Martyn, 1784....10 - 27 mm. F+ w/o. Growth series of 6 specimens...New Zealand...$14/set  (1 set available)

...35342...(4)...Maurea punctulatum Martyn, 1784....23 to 27 mm. F++ w/o. Great fresh specimens with tight packed pustulose spiral cords...New Zealand...$6 (4 available)

SOLD...Maurea punctulata stewartianum Oliver, 1927....37 mm. F++ w/operc.  New Zealand. retained for photo


....30659...(1)...Maurea selecta Dillwyn, 1817....46 mm.   F++  w/o.  With white base, orange speckled tops & pearly interior...New Zealand...$15  (1 available)

....30656...(1)...Maurea selecta fm. cunninghami Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833....45 mm. F+ w/o.  Large example of this high spired form, with well beaded spiral cords...New Zealand...$12  (1 available)


....35344...(5)...Maurea waikanae Oliver, 1926....38 to 40 mm. F++ w/o. Lovely top quality, good sized examples with red lined spiral cords & all with opercs...New Zealand...$13 (5 available)

....35345...(10)...Maurea waikanae Oliver, 1926....32 to 37 mm. F++ w/o. Nice, operculate mid-sized specimens...New Zealand...$8 (10 available)

...35346...(5)...Maurea waikanae Oliver, 1926....28 to 32 mm. F++ w/o. Slightly size-challenged specimens, with opercs included, at discount prices...New Zealand...$7 (5 available)


....35322...(15)...Melagraphia aethiops Gmelin, 1791....12 to 15 mm. F+. Black, with beaded, widely spaced spiral cords...New Zealand...$3  (15 available)


....7521...(2)...Micrelenchus huttonii E.A.Smith, 1876....4 - 7 mm. F++ pairs. New Zealand...$2 (2 available)


....15221...(1)...Modulus modulus Linne, 1758....9 mm. F+.  Shaded tan to brown...Florida...$1.50  (1 available)


....15158...(1)...Monodonta labio Linne, 1758....34 mm. F+. Dark green, tan & brown corded...Palau Islands...$2  (1 available)

....32455...(1)...Monodonta labio Linne, 1758....27 mm. F++. With strong, spotted spiral cords & prominent columellar tooth...Philippines...$2 (1 available)

....7583...(1)...Monodonta labio Linne, 1758....28 mm. F++..Philippines...$3  (1 available)

....2402.....(4)...Monodonta labio Linne, 1758....17-22 mm. F+ high. PAIRS! Thailand...$4.5 (4 available)

....2403...(4)...Monodonta labio Linne, 1758....15-20+ mm. F+high. Variation set of 5...Thailand...$12 (4 set available)


....3415...(1)...Monodonta lineata Da Costa, 1778....23- 26 mm. F+ w/o. Pairs...France...$3/pair (1 available)


....19156...(10)...Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardoso, 1958....7 to 8 mm. F++.  Spiral ridged, light pearly gray...Brazil...$7  (10 available)

....16519...(1)...Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardosa, 1958....6 - 7 mm. F++ w/operc. Tiny but beautiful! Purple irridesence with dark red mottling....Brazil...$7 (1 available)

....27918...(4)...Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardoso, 1958....7, 8 mm. F+ w/o.  Pearly tiny top shell...Brazil...$5 (4 available)


....37393...(3)...Solariella obscura Couthouy, 1838....8 to 9 mm. F++. Nearly smooth tiny Trochid with irridescent interior...Atlantic Canada...$9 (3 available)


....30049...(1)...Spectamen benthicola Powell, 1937....6 mm. F+.  Micro Trochid with tiny red on white specks...New Zealand...$4  (1 available)


....37237...(1pr)....Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779....16 mm. F+. Interesting pair of this twisted Trochid, one with one knobby spiral ridge, the other with 2 rows of blunt spines...Philippines...$9/pr. (1 pair available)

....17965...(3)...Stomatella phymotis Helbling, 1779....19 to 20 mm. F++.  Mottled exterior. pearly interior. Almost like a tiny high spired Haliotis....Philippines...$4  (3 available)

....22982...(10)...Stomatella phymotis Helbling, 1779....15 to 20 mm. F+.  Odd, twisted little ids, high spired & with pearly interior. Order 3 for some pattern variability...Philippines...$3 ea. or $8/trio-set  (10 available)

....35057...(1)...Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779....24 mm. F.  Odd & interesting wide mouthed Trochid with "corkscrew" spire...Philippines...$4  (1 available)

....35690...(1)...Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779....19 mm. F++.  Funky, open coiled structure & nacrous interior...Philippines...$5  (1 available)

....35226...(2)...Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779....16, 17 mm. F+.  Odd little Trochidae, looks partly uncoiled & stretched, with nacrous interior...Philippines...$5  (2 available)

....35057...(1)...Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779....24 mm. F. Odd & interesting wide mouthed Trochid with "corkscrew" spire...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

SOLD...Stomatella phymotis Helbling, 1779....18 mm. F+.   Australia.   retained for photo


....37236...(1)...Stomatella varia Adams, 1850....14 mm. F++. Cute bright red Trochidae looks like a tiny Haliotis but without anal holes...Philippines...$4 (1 available)

....27670...(1)...Stomatella varia Adams, 1850....11 mm. F++.  Bright red. Like a miniature hole-less Haliotis...Philippines...$3  (1 available)


SOLD...Tectus fenestratus Gmelin, 1791....32 mm. F+.  Philippines.  retained for photo


....30044A...(1)...Tectus pyramis cf. fm. noduliferus Lamarck, 1822....60 mm. F+. Slightly encrusted but solid specimen with nice lip & granular surface texture...Japan...$2 (1 available)

....30044...(1)...Tectus pyramis Born, 1778....60 mm. F++ w/operc.  Large example with smooth brown exterior. ex col...Japan...$6  (1 available)

....30045...(2)...Tectus pyramis Born, 1778....46 mm. F+.  Brown mid-sized specimen, ex col...Japan...$3  (2 available)

....15743...(5)...Tectus pyramis Born, 1778....49 - 59 mm. F(rough lips)...GRASS GREEN!...Philippines...$4  (5 available)

....30672...(1)...Tectus pyramis Born, 1778....57 mm. F w/o.  Slightly sub-adult bargain specimen...Japan...$5  (1 available)


....16668...(1)...Tectus triserialis Lamarck, 1822....49 - 60 mm. F++.  Large green & white high spired beauties...Philippines...$10  (1 available)

....32381...(1)...Tectus triserialis Lamarck, 1822....49 mm. F+.  BOFFO example in dark olive...Philippines...$8  (1 available)


....28715...(5)...Tegula excavata Lamarck, 1822....13 to 15 mm. F++.  Beautiful faintly blueish silver apperture...Venezuela...$3  (5 available)

....17530...(3set)...Tegula excavata Lamarck, 1822....10 - 13mm. f/F+. Great little 3-sets of patterns/color ...Bahamas...$7/set  (3 sets available)


SOLD...Tegula hottessieriana Orbigny, 1842....6-8 mm. F+ -F++. Bahamas.  retained for photo


....32504...(1)...Tegula regina Stearns, 1892....45 mm. F+ w/o.  Good, big, black ridged  specimen with only mild apical erosion...California...$12  (1 available)

....18444...(1)...Tegula regina Stearns, 1892....44 - 48 mm. F+ w/ operc.  Typical inverted black cones with startling orange umbilicus...California...$11  (1 available)


....30677...(1)...Thalotia chlorostoma Menke, 1843....13 mm. F+ w/o.  Chocolate brown with bold cream axial bars & basal spots...Australia...$10  (1 available)


....30678...(1set)...Thalotia conica Gray, 1827....10, 16 & 21 mm. F+ 1w/o.  Great 3 piece growth series shows increased relative spire height with age...Australia...$7/set  (1 set available)


....36680...(1)...Tosatrochus attenuatus Jonas, 1844....18 mm. F++. High spired & palest pink with dark brown sub-sutural flames...Philippines...$8 (1 available)


....26481...(2sets)...Tricolia capensis Philippi, 1847....7 to 10 mm. F+.  Neat little 5 piece sets in a variety of red, brown & yellow shades...South Africa...$4/set  (2 sets available)


....32849...(4)...Tritonoturris? sp.....23 to 32 mm. F+.  With fine spiral threads & strong axial ridges...Philippines...$8  (4 available)

....32850...(1)...Tritonoturris? sp. 2....31 mm. F++.  Elegant!!  Straw coloured, with strong axial ridges...Philippines...$15  (1 available)


....30806...(3)...Trochid! (beyond that, I haven't a clue!!)....17 to 19 mm. F+.  Cute, strange Trochidae with wide, deep umbilicus. Would almost say terrestrial but for the pearly interior...Philippines...$4  (3 available)

....32839...(3)...Trochid sp.....15 to 17 mm. F++.  Unusual highly sculptured species with deeply incised sutures...Philippines...$  (3 available)


....36677...(1)...Trochus ferreirai Buzzetti, 1996....19 mm. F++. Beautiful Trochid mottled in bright coral red!...Philippines...$7 (1 available)


....29953...(3)...Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti, 1996....20 to 22 mm. F+ high.  Very interesting species. Nicely nodulose & mottled with deep pink...Philippines...SPECIAL!!...$6  (3 available)


....30048...(1)...Trochus maculatus Linne, 1758....40 mm. F+.  Bold red on white mottling &beaded surface texture...Australia...$3  (1 available)

....30683...(1pr)...Trochus maculatus Linne, 1758....46, 31 mm. F+.  Developmental pair, smaller one with thin lip, the big adult with solid, toothed lip...Philippines...$5/pair  (1 pair available)
 

....7535...(1)...Trochus maculatus Linne,....34, 32 mm. F+ high..New Hebides...$2  (1 available)

....36539...(1)...Trochus maculatus Linne, 1758....30 mm. F+. Lives up to its name, with bold white & greenish brown alternating bands...Tanzania...$4 (1 available)

SOLD...Trochus maculatus Linne, 1758....44 mm. F+ high.  Philippines. retained for photo


....1506...(4)...Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791....26 to 29 mm. F++.  White with dark red axial marks...Bali...$4  (4 available)

....1506...(4)...Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791....26 to 29 mm. F++. White with dark red axial marks...Bali...$4 (4 available)


....30687...(1)...Trochus viridis Gmelin, 1791....18 to 22 mm. F+.  Coarsely beaded but not particularly green...New Zealand...$3  (1 available)


....30686...(1pr)...Trochus sp.....11 mm. F+ 1w/o.  Tiny trochid pair, one tan , one dark pink. Could also be Calliostoma species...Australia...$5  (1 pair available)

...32461...(1)...Trochus sp.....17 mm. F++.  Deeply umbilicate, with red dashed spiral cords & pearly interior...Philippines...$7  (1 available)


....35671...(1)...Turcica concinna Adams, 1863....10 mm. F++.  High spired & well keeled tiny white Trochid...Philippines...$12  (1 available)


....36461...(1set)...Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860....27 to 28 mm. F++ w/o.  5 piece extreme colour variation set, from nearly white with a few speckles to all dark brown...Korea...$35/set  (1 set available)

....36463...(1pr)..Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860....25 & 26 mm. F+ high w/o.  Light & dark coloured contrasting pair for those collections with space limitations...Korea...$12/pair  (1 pair available)

....29149...(3sets)...Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860....25 to 30 mm. F++ w/operc.  5 piece sets show a variety of white, pink, tan, brown & banded colour forms...Korea...$35/set  (3 sets available)

SOLD...Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860....33 & 35 mm. F+ high w/o.  Korea.  retained for photo


....31620...(1set)...Umbonium set....13 to 16 mm. F+.  3 piece species comparison set, one each of U. costatum, U. vestiarum and U. elagans...Philippines...$6/set  (1 set available)


....30691...(1set)...Umbonium vestiarium Linne, 1758....8 to 10 mm. F+.  Nice 3 piece pattern & colour variation set...Singapore...$4/set  (1 set available)

....25683...(4sets)...Umbonium vestiarum Linne, 1758....11 to 14 mm. F++ w/o.  Nice 5 piece sets in an assortment of white, gray & pink shades & patterns...India...$6/set  (4 sets available)

....25379...(4)...Umbonium vestiarium Linne, 1758....17 mm. F++.  Usually half this size, these are big for the species...Australia...$4 for a pair  (4 available)


....15756...(4)...Vaceuchelus angulatus Pease, 1867....5 - 6 mm. F+.  Tan with punctate lines...Philippines...$3  (4 available)


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