ANOMIIDAE
(6) Anomia squamula Linne, 1758....10 to 14 mm. F+. Smaller than A. simplex & epiphitic on Placopecten, as opposed to rocks & wharves. Not listed in Rice...Atlantic Canada...$4 (6 available)
37374
ARCIDAE
(1) Anadara grandis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....72 mm. F++. Fat, heavy example with a touch of black perio at one end...West Mexico...$12 (1 available)
42030
(1) Anadara specie....77 mm. F+ w/perio. Identified as Noetia ponderosa but it’s more elongate & without the distinctive backward pointing umbones...”Caribbean”...$7 (1 available)
39015
ASTARTIDAE
CARDITIDAE
(1) Beguina semiorbiculata Linne, 1758....83 mm. F. Huge & heavy example of this unusual Carditidae, but a bit eroded...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
39018
(1) Beguina semiorbiculata Linne, 1758....55 mm. F+. Good example with intact surface ribs...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
39019
(2) Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....21, 23 mm. F++. Lots of spiny ribs & red-brown mottled pattern...Philippines...$8 (2 available)
37213
(1) Cardita abyssicola Hinds, 1843....19 mm. F++. Good pattern of red-brown markings over highly spinose ribs...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
37325
(1) Carditameris affinis Sowerby, 1833....76 mm. F+. HUGE example with big, rugged posterior ribs...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
39020
CHAMIDAE
(9) Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866....30 to 40 mm. F+ high. Nice examples, fresh beached but with mostly intact spines...Florida...$6 (9 available)
38271
(1pr) Chama cf. lazarus Linne, 1758....34, 52 mm. F++. Neat junior pair, in purple, one with white spines, the other with yellow...Philippines...$9 (1 pair available)
39703
(3) Chama cf. reflexa Reeve, 1846....50 to 55 mm. F++. Rich hue of purple-tan and lots of crenulate concentric foliations...Tanzania...$9 (3 available)
41381
CORBICULIDAE
(brackish water family)
CRASSATELLIDAE
CULTELLIDAE
CUSPIDARIIDAE
DONACIDAE
(8) Donax rugosa Linne, 1758....20 to 23 mm. F++. With purple blue rays and bands...Cameroon...$4 (8 available)
42208
(4) Galatea paradoxa Born, 1778....28 to 35 mm. F+. Juvenile and slightly rough edged starters of this hard to get Donacidae...Cameroon...$20 (4 available)
42197
(2) Hecuba scortum Linne, 1758....55 to 60 mm. F++. Clams!! Big, fresh examples, with full perio & rich purple interior...India...$4 (2 available)
22891
GLOSSIDAE
GLYCYMERIDAE
GRYPHAEIDAE
HIATELLIDAE
(1) Cyrtodaria siliqua Spengler, 1799....100 mm. F. Typically rough and ugly species, not uncommon but hard to obtain...Canada...$8 (1 available)
41880
(1) Panomya arctica Lamard, 1819....98 mm. F++. Unusual specimen of this "ultra rare" Hiatellidae, alcohol preserved and dried whole. Supplier says "not to get anymore", and the specie isn't even listed in Rice...North Sea...$50 (1 available)
42037
LIMOPSIDAE
(1) Limopsis marienensis Smith, 1881....21 mm. F++. Oval little deep water specie with soft, fuzzy periostracum....Chile...$100 (1 available)
41390
LUCINIDAE
(1) Anodonta species....77 mm. F+. Totally toothless black freshwater clam from West Africa...Cameroon...$9 (1 available)
42198
(1) Codakia orbicularis Linne, 1758....75 mm. F+ high. Great jumbo specimen with pink edged margins...Florida...$5 (1 available)
38346
(1) Codakia tigerina Linne, 1758....88 mm. F+. Huge example with buttery yellow interior and cross-hatched ribs...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
39028
(1) Fimbria fimbriata Linne, 1758....57 mm. F++. Lovely if less-than-large example of this well sculpted bivalve...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
39251
(4) Lucina pensylvanica fm. aurantia Deshayes., 1832...30 to 35 mm. F++. Great examples of the rare orange rimmed form, complete with partial, flaky perio...Florida...$9 (4 available)
38287
LYONSIDAE
(2) Entodesma specie...46, 48 mm. F+. Either E. saxicolum or E. pictum. Unusual, mis-shapen Lyonsidae...Washington...$5 (2 available)
41306
MACTRIDAE
(2) Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791....38 to 46 mm. F+. Adult examples of this delicate specie...Florida...$4 (2 available)
38337
(1) Mactra glauca Born, 1778....80 mm. F+. Good fresh specimen with partial periostracum...Spain...$8 (1 available)
39047
(2) Mactra nitida Gmelin, 1791....48 mm. F+. Pseudo-pairds (close to matched left & right valves)...Cameroon...$7 (2 available)
42452
(1) Mactra rostrata Spengler, 1802....66 mm. F+. Single valve only...Cameroon...$4 (1 available)
42453
(2) Spisula solidissima Dillwyn, 1817....101 to 111 mm. F++. Fresh, live collected (by me!), complete with full perio, ligament & resilium...Atlantic Canada...$7 (2 available)
38349
(7) Spisula subtruncata daCosta, 1778....19 to 20 mm. F++. Small but inflated Mactridae specie...Spain...$3 (7 available)
42737
MALLETIDAE
MESODESMATIDAE
MYIDAE
(1) Mya arenaria Linne, 1758....101 mm. F+ high. Huge specimen, rarely this size now due to local and commercial digging, this from an area formerly closed to harvest...Canada...$8 (1 available)
42036
(1) Mya arenaria Linne, 1758....88 mm. F++. Excellent large example of this fragile specie, complete with ligament and mostly intact margins...Canada...$7 (1 available)
42034
(3) Mya arenaria Linne, 1758....85 to 94 mm. F+ high. Good, big specimens, dead in situ, but with intact margins...Canada...$6 (1 available)
42035
(3) Mya arenaria Linne, 1758....62 to 67 mm. F+. Live taken examples with typically slightly rough margins...Canada...$4 (3 available)
42204
MYTILIDAE & CLOSELY RELATED MUSSELS
(3) Amygdalum anoxicolum Oliver, 2001....50 to 52 mm. F++. Recently described delicate deep-water mussels with russet red colour...South China Sea...$20 (3 available)
41387
(2) Amygdalum watsoni Smith, 1885....47, 49 mm. F++. Pretty species shades from deep orange through golden yellow to palest pea green...South China Sea...$17 (2 available)
42697
(3) Amygdalum watsoni Smith, 1885....45 to 50 mm. F++. Lovely pale pastel green tints on these deep water Mussels...South China Seas...$15 (3 available)
41388
(1set) Brachidontes modiolus Linne, 1758....36, 32 & 22 mm. F+. Nice three piece growth series, all with the distinctive golden-yellow colour...USA...$8 (1 set available)
42698
(1) Lithophaga nigra Orbigny, 1842....27 mm. F++. Good example of this dark brown rock & coral borer...Caribbean...$5 (1 available)
39265
(2) Modiolus martorelli Hidalgo, 1870....61, 64 mm. F++. Scarce deep water mussel with brown varnish-like perio...Spain...$75 (2 available)
42734
(3) Musculus marmoratus Forbes, 1838....14 - 15 mm. F++. Live taken & dried whole, these look like pistachios!...England...$20 (3 available)
41309
(1) Semimytilus pseudocapensis Lamy, 1931....55 mm. F+ high. Nicely elongated smooth Mussesl with lovely purple-pink interior blush...Namibia...$8 (1 available)
37144
NUCULANIDAE
(1) Nucula tenuis Montagu, 1808....4 mm. F+. Tiny, shiny, brown Nut clam...Atlantic Canada...$6 (1 available)
37382
OSTREIDAE
(1) Lopha specie....66 mm. F+. All white specie, not purple or as extremely folded as L. cristigali...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
39268
PANDORIDAE
PERIPLOMATIDAE
(10) Periploma inequivalve Schumacher, 1817....31 to 36 mm. F+. Unusual specie with one flat valve and one inflated valve...Venezuela...$5 (10 available)
42967
PETRICOLIDAE
PHARIDAE
PHOLADIDAE
(3) Barnea parva Pennant, 1777....25 to 30 mm. F++. Live taken and preserved & dried while. Scare...North Sea...$20 (3 available)
41303
PINNIDAE
(1) Atrina seminuda Lamarck, 1819....137 mm. F. Gently beached example, more fragile than an eggshell...Florida...$11 (1 available)
38233
(1) Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791....169 mm. F+. Good sized specimen of this fragile orange-pink Pen shell...Bahamas...$15 (1 available)
38232
PLICATULIDAE
PSAMMOBIIDAE
(1set) Asaphis deflorata Linne, 1758....46 to 56 mm. F+/F++. Specially selected from hundreds, this 8 piece set shows wild & pretty colour variations; white, yellow, orange-pink & purple, with purple-rayed versions of each as well...Bahamas...$29 (1 set available)
38342
(1set) Asaphis deflorata Linne, 1758....43 to 47 mm. F+/F++. Select 8 piece colour variation set showing why this shell is known as the Gaudy Asaphis...Bahamas...$25 (1 set available)
38343
(3) Gari maculosa Lamarck, 1818....30 to 33 mm. F++. Heavily mottled in rich lavender- purple...China...$8 (3 available)
42031
(3) Gari tellinella Lmarck, 1818....15 to 18mm. F++. Excellenct examples of this scarce, cold water ...England...$15 (3 available)
41307
PTERIIDAE
(1) Pteria species....75 mm. F. Supplier claims it is a “rare white species” though with one valve damaged...Thailand...$15 (1 available)
38536
RETUSIDAE
SEMELIDAE
(4) Abra prismatica Laskey, 1863....15 mm. F++. Small, translucent white Semelidae...France...$15 (4 available)
41302
SOLECTURIDAE
(2) Spondylus regius Linne, 1758....63 & 69 mm. (without spines) F+. Delightfully long spined pastel purple & orange typical examples...Philippines...$23 (2 available) OVERSIZE
18142
(2) Spondylus squamosus Schreiber, 1793....52, 57 mm. F+. Rayed with fine black lines...Philippines...$13 (2 available)
42207
(1) Spondylus cf. squamosus Schriebers, 1793....74 mm. F+. With bright orange early growth, shifting to the typical red-brown & white ribbed pattern...Tanzania...$17 (1 available)
41294
(4) Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....72 to 80 mm. F++. Good sized specimens with rows of short spines & dark purple rayed lines...Philippines...$15 (4 available)
39067
(2) Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....52 to 62 mm. F++. Nice mid-sized examples with deep purple rays...Philippines...$10 (2 available)
39068
SPONDYLIDAE
(2) Spondylus regius Linne, 1758....63 & 69 mm. (without spines) F+. Delightfully long spined pastel purple & orange typical examples...Philippines...$23 (2 available) OVERSIZE
18142
(2) Spondylus squamosus Schreiber, 1793....52, 57 mm. F+. Rayed with fine black lines...Philippines...$13 (2 available)
42207
(1) Spondylus cf. squamosus Schriebers, 1793....74 mm. F+. With bright orange early growth, shifting to the typical red-brown & white ribbed pattern...Tanzania...$17 (1 available)
41294
(4) Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....72 to 80 mm. F++. Good sized specimens with rows of short spines & dark purple rayed lines...Philippines...$15 (4 available)
39067
(2) Spondylus squamosus Schreibers, 1793....52 to 62 mm. F++. Nice mid-sized examples with deep purple rays...Philippines...$10 (2 available)
39068
TELLINIDAE
(1) Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791....37 mm. F++. Fine, fresh, fragilis...Florida...$4 (1 available)
42033
(1) Macoma secta Conrad, 1837....36 mm. F++. Small, white, flattened Macoma. What can I say?...West Mexico...$4 (1 available)
42032
(5) Tellidora burnetti Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....25 to 30 mm. F++. Great examples of this “crested” Tellin...West Mexico...$9 (5 available)
39334
(6) Tellina alternata Say, 1822....56 to 65 mm. F+ high. Big, fresh, gently beached specimens in excellent condition...Florida...$8 (6 available)
38325
(9) Tellina alternata Say, 1822....45 to 55 mm. F+ high. Good specimens of this thin & elongate, finely grooved Tellin...Florida...$6 (9 available)
38316
(1pr) Tellina cumingii Henley, 1844....42, 50 mm. F++. Nice pattern pair, one typically spotted, the other lightly rayed...West Mexico...$10 (1 pair available)
42026
(4) Tellina guildingii Hanley, 1841....32 to 38 mm. F++. Cute snub nosed specie with sets of pink rays...Bahamas...$7 (4 available)
42027
(2) Tellina listeri Roding, 1798....75, 80 mm. F++. Jumbo specimens, fresh beached but complete with ligament...Bahamas...$8 (2 available)
42029
(1) Tellina cf. magna Spengler, 1798....99 mm. F++. Size, shape, structure & dentition are all correct, but it is pure white, without the typically orange tinted flatter right valve...Florida...$7 (1 available)
38322
(1) Tellina nicoyana Hertlein & Strong, 1949....62 mm F++. Good big example of this highly compressed specie, with ligament and periostracum...Panama...$12 (1 available)
42447
(1) Tellina radiata fm. unimaculata Lamarck, 1818....82 mm. F++. Giant example of this un-rayed colour form...Florida...$5 (1 available)
38331
(4) Tellina serrata Brocchi, 1814....38 to 40 mm. F+. Good specimens of this plain, dirty white, Mediterranean Tellin...Spain...$7 (4 available)
42738
(4) Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1811....42 to 44 mm. F+. Pretty specie, lightly rayed in pink...Philippines...$6 (4 available)
39063
(1) Tellina tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835....71 mm. F++. One end bent & pointed, white with faint yellow rays & pink umbones! Nice!...Australia...$6 (1 available)
18717
(3) Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....60 to 67 mm. F++. Large & fairly fat for the family, with fine pink rays...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
39064
(6) Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....50 to 59 mm. F++. Prettily pink rayed specie...Philippines...$5 (6 available)
39065
(8) Tellina virgata Linne, 1758....36 - 41 mm. F++. Philippines...$3 for 2 (8 available)
16738
THRACIIDAE
TINDARIIDAE
TRAPEZIIDAE
(1) Trapezium bicarinatum Schumacher, 1817....41 mm. F++. With a strong oblique ridge from apex to margin...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
42199
(2) Trapezium californicum Conrad, 1837....34 to 44 mm. F++. Inflated, rectangular, lightly ribbed white specie not listed in Rice...Hawaii...$12 (2 available)
39066
TRIGONIIDAE
(2) Neotrigonia bednalli Verco, 1907....37, 39 mm. F++. Great examples, with beaded ribs and beautiful coloured interior nacre...Australia...$6 (2 available)
41592
UNIONIDAE
VENERIDAE
(2) Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....61, 65 mm. F+. Nice, heavy examples of this Veneridae from Lotusland...California...$4 (2 available)
39021
(1) Amiantis callosa Conrad, 1837....111 mm. F++. Jumbo ex col example, about as big as they get...West Mexico...$5 (1 available)
38292
(1) Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817....56 mm. F++. Excellent example, with virtually every leafy concentric ridge intact...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
39180
(2) Arctica islandica Linne, 1758....92 mm. F+ w/perio. Good, big, chunky examples with thick, flaky, brown-black periostracum...Atlantic Canada...$7 (2 available)
37361
(3) Callanaitis disjecta Pery, 1811....47 to 53 mm. F++. Beautiful frilly specimens of the aptly named “Wedding Cake Venus”...Australia...$15 (3 available)
41879
(3) Callista bardwelli Clench & McLean, 1932....60 yo 65 mm. F++. Lovely species with concentric ribs, brown rays & orange margins...Australia...$5 (3 available)
38279
(2) Callista chinensis Holten, 1803....62, 63 mm. F+. Typical, nicely adult examples...Japan...$4 (2 available)
39030
(1) Callista chione Linne, 1758....85 mm. F++. Larger than average specimen of this Euro-veneridae...Spain...$4 (1 available)
39051
(3) Callanaitis disjecta Perry, 1811....48 to 52 mm. F++. You won't be disjected when you see these wonderfully foliate specimens...Australia...$18 (3 available)
41593
(1) Callista erycina Linne, 1758....71 mm. F++. Well ribbed & rayed, with orange tinted rims...India...$6 (1 available)
39022
(1) Callista impar Lamarck, 1818....39 mm. F++. Cream with chocolate brown rays...Australia...$3 (1 available)
41594
(4) Chione californiensis Broderip, 1835....50 to 55 mm. F+. Well sculptured with low radial ribs & raised concentric ridges...West Mexico...$3 (4 available)
38288
(1) Chione gnidia Broderip & Sowerby, 1839....80 mm. F+. Jumbo specimen, nice and heavy, with frilled concentric ridges...West Mexico...$9 (1 available)
39195
(1) Chione gnidia Broderip & Sowerby, 1829....70 mm. F++. Big ex col example with intact, frilled concentric ridges...West Mexico...$7 (1 available)
38291
(6) Chione kellettii Hinds, 1845....40 to 48 mm. Lightly rayed in shades of tan, with frilly scales on each end...West Mexico...$4 (6 available)
39197
(2) Chione subimbricata Sowerby, 1835....34 to 37 mm. F++. With thick, wavy, concentric ridges & fine brown zig-zag markings...West Mexico...$4 (2 available)
38290
(1) Chione subrugosa Wood, 1828....35 mm. F+. With gray rays & fine brown speckles on strong concentric ridges...Mexico...$6 (1 available)
36639
(6) Chione undatella Sowerby, 1835....38 to 46 mm. F++. Similar to C. californiensis but with brown markings & closer spaced concentric ridges...West Mexico...$4 (6 available)
38289
(3pr) Circe scripta Linne, 1758....37 to 40 mm. F++. Nice extreme pattern pairs of this thin Venerid...Indo Pacific...$5 (3 pair available)
38302
(3) Dosinia elegans Conrad, 1846....51 to 56 mm. F++. Nice mid-sized examples...Florida...$3 (3 available)
42454
(3) Dosinia ponderosa Gray, 1838....113, 115 mm. F+ high. Huge and heavy specimens of this solid shell, one with partial perio...West Mexico...$25 (3 available)
38294
(3) Fulvia cf. aperta Bruguiere, 1789....33 to 34 mm. F++. Pretty specimens flushed with bright orange...Philippines...$6 (3 available)
39031
(1) Gomphina melanaegis Rohmer, 1861....53 mm. F++. Large, lightly rayed cream coloured specimen...Japan...$4 (1 available)
39069
(1) Macrocallista nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786....112 mm. F+. Lovely example with intermittent gray rays...Florida...$6 (1 available)
39046
(2) Megapitaria aurantiaca Sowerby, 1831....112 to 120 mm. F++. Massive monsters! Pretty orange pink shell up to 18 mm. thick!...West Mexico...$10 (It’ll cost twice that to mail them!) (2 available)
38281
(1) Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....116 mm. F+. HUGE example complete with partial perio...West Central America...$8 (1 available)
39049
(1set) Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....62 to 72 mm. F+. Subtle 3 piece colour variation set shows variable markings & rays...West Central America...$9 (1 set available)
39050
(3) Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835....92 to 100 mm. F+. Big, fat & heavy. Pinkish-tan, complete with partial varnish-like olive green perio...West Mexico...$7 (3 available)
38282
(1) Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin, 1791....100 mm. F+. Massive jumbo specimen. Wouldn’t need many of these to make a chowder!...Florida...$4 (1 available)
39052
(1) Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....90 mm. F++. Nice large live collected specimen from extreme Northern limit of the range...Canada...$5 (1 available)
42205
(1) Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....69 mm. F++. Smaller specimen but with super purple interior stain around entire rim!...Canada...$4 (1 available)
42206
(1) Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....90 mm. F+. Huge heavy specimen with dark purple border. Ex col & rarely this big...Florida...$5 (1 available)
38278
(1) Mercenaria mercenaria Linne, 1758....85 mm. F+. Big, purple lined specimen from the relic Northern population in the Northumberland Strait, not found again for 500 miles or more to the south...Atlantic Canada...$7 (1 available)
37533
(1) Meretrix lusoria Roding, 1798....76 mm. F++. About as large as this specie gets. So large it no longer looks like a poker chip (its common name)...Philippines...$4 (1 available)
39048
(3) Periglypta listeri Gray, 1838....54 to 64 mm. F+. Lovely specie with fine radial ribs & raised concentric frills...Florida...$7 (3 available)
38298
VERTICORDIIDAE