(1) Ceratostoma burnetti Adams & Reeve, 1849....101 mm. F+ w/operc. Huge specimen, with excellent, undulating final varix, intact lip with spine & good siphonal canal. A few minor sponge holes & a small coral on the spire, but an ex col giant!...California...$190 (1 available)
38130
(1) Ceratostoma cf. burnetti Adams & Reeve, 1849....88 mm. F++ w/operc. Large spectacular specimen with wonderfully wavy or folded varical wings...ex col...$75 (1 available)
37602
(1) Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin, 1791....68 mm. F+ w/operc. With brown mid-band & leafy varices...California...$15 (1 available)
29871
Chichoreus
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....132 mm. F+. Large and fat with long shoulder spines and fully intact lip and parietal shield but some siphonal canal roughness...Cameroon...$20 (1 available)
41955
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....96 mm. F+. Good young adult specimen with intact lip & shoulder spines...Cameroon...$12 (1 available)
41956
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....116 mm. F. Fresh dead starter specimen, a bit rough but with most spines intact...Cameroon...$18 (1 available)
41839
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....140 mm. F+. Nice long tailed example with intact, fully formed lip...Cameroon...$28 (1 available) OVERSIZE
41599
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....126 mm. F+. With good lip & parietal shield, but with reduced spines...Cameroon...$22 (1 available) OVERSIZE
41601
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....120 mm. F++. Well spined specimen with full lip & parietal shield...Cameroon...$25 (1 available) OVERSIZE
41600
(1) Bolinus cornutus Linne, 1758....119 mm. F+. With nice long spines, but with a piece missing from the parietal shield...Cameroon,...$20 (1 available) OVERSIZE
41602
(2) Chicoreus aculeatus Lamarck, 1822....44 mm. F++. Pretty in pink pastel tinted spines...Philippines...$7 (2 available)
38907
(1) Chicoreus artemis Radwin & D’Attilio, 1976....46 mm. F++. Unusual pure white albino example of this typically pastel hued Murex...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
41198
(1) Chicoreus axicornis fm. kawamurai Shikama, 1964....56 mm. F+. All white large example with long, recurved shoulder spines...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
41448
(1) Chicoreus banksi Sowerby, 1841....54 mm. F++ w/operc. Big, excellent example with fully intact spines & canal...Somalia...$11 (1 available)
41513
(7) Chicoreus banksi Sowerby, 1841....45 to 47 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice fresh specimens complete with opercs. Take these to the banksi...Somalia...$9 (7 available)
41514
(2) Chicoreus banksi Sowerby, 1841....44 mm. F++ w/operc. Great smaller ones, intact & operculate...Somalia...$7 (2 available)
41515
(1) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1833....80 mm. F+. Large if slightly rough example of this Indian Ocean specie...Somalia...$15 (1 available)
42164
(2) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....70, 73 mm. F++. Big, dark brown specimens of this West Indian Ocean specie...Somalia...$18 (1 available)
41748
(4) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....70 to 73 mm. F+. Bargain examples, still nice and big but slightly rougher...Somalia...$12 (4 available)
41749
(1) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1833....86 mm. F+ w/operc. Nice large example, live taken and complete with operc...Somalia...$22 (1 available)
41842
(1) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....63 mm. F+. Nicely developed smaller specimen though with slight canal wear...Somalia...$9 (1 available)
41750
(1) Chicoreus cf. bourguignati Poirier, 1883....92 mm. F+. Large, heavy specimen of this Indian Ocean specie with high spire and good spiny varices. Close to C. torrefactus...Tanzania...$22 (1 available)
41449
(1) Chicoreus cf. bourguignati Poirier, 1883....72 mm. F+. Nice mid-sized example, with black, spiny varices...Somalia...$18 (1 available)
41450
(1) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....63 mm. F++ w/operc. Large, long spined specimen, with operc, from this "difficult" locality...Somalia...$15 (1 available)
41516
(1) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....61 mm. F+. Freak specimen with extra spine at the lip...Somalia...$17 (1 available)
41518
(5) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....59 to 61 mm. F+. Shorter spined form, likely from shallower, rougher waters...Somalia...$11 (5 available)
41520
(1) Chicoreus cf. bourguignati Poirier, 1883....60 mm. F+. Junior specimen with extra long shoulder spines...Somalia...$12 (1 available)
41451
(2) Chicoreus bourguignati Poirier, 1883....57 mm. F+. Decent bargain examples of the long spined form, though with slightly thin lips...Somalia...$9 (2 available)
41519
(1) Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....79 mm. F+. Great Natural History specimen, with dorsal spines wonderfully camoflaged with numerous barnacles...Thailand...$19 (1 available)
39358
(1) Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....67 mm. F+. Unique! With dorsum totally covered in hard coral growth...Thailand...$15 (1 available)
39362
(1) Chicoreus brunneus Link, 1807....52 mm. F++ w/operc. Unusual albinistic example, white, with brown on just the varical spines...Philippines...$6 (1 available)
39100
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....106 mm. F+. Large ex col. example, though in need of a bit of cleaning...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
38659
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....96 mm. F+. Specimen of the unstriped colour form, tan brown with black spines and lacking the typical white spiral bands...Philippines...$14 (1 available)
38660
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....105 mm. F+. Enormous & exceptional ex col specimen, presumably from quite waters, with spines so long & recurved it was mis-identified as C. cornucervi...ex col...$10 (1 available)
38170
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....83 mm. F+. Semi-albino specimen has much lighter than usual faint brown bands...ex col...$10 (1 available)
38120
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....83 mm. F++ w/operc. Good sized pure white albino example complete with operc...ex col...$15 (1 available)
38121
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....69 mm. F+. Melanistic all brown unbanded colour form...ex col...$12 (1 available)
38123
(1) Chicoreus cichoreus Gmelin, 1791....57 mm. F+. Pure white albino specimen...ex col...$7 (1 available)
38122
Favartia
(+) Favartia cellulosus Conrad, 1846....16 to 20 mm. F++. Nice, clean, well frilled examples of this mini-Muricid...Florida...$6 (lots available)
39248
(1) Favartia cirrosa Hinds, 1844....14 mm. F++. Wonderfully spiny brown & tan lined mini-Muricid...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
39488
(1) Favartia cirrosa Hinds,1844....18 mm. F++. Great specimen of this small Muricid with nicely recurved varical spines...Philippines...$12 (1 available)
37638
(1) Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....15 mm. F++ w/operc. Neat mini-Muricid with spinous axial ridges...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
37265
(1) Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979....13 mm. F++. Excellent example of the tiny pink form...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
36825
(1) Haustellum haustellum Linne, 1758....143mm. F++. Good sized top grade example with totally intact orange rimmed aperture...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
36826
(1) Haustellum kiiensis Kuroda & Kira, 1955....59 mm. F++. Nice example, bright white with fine brown spiral lines...China...$8 (1 available)
41063
(1) Haustellum serratospinosus Dunker, 1883....100 mm. F+. Nicely elongate specie with brown & cream banded varices & short shoulder spines...India...$12 (1 available) OVERSIZE
39612
(1) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....91 mm. F+. Nice example with fine brown spiral lines and intact spines and lip...West Mexico...$11 (1 available)
42209
(1) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....136 mm. F+. Big, black lined & black spined specimen, like a Medieval mace head!...West Mexico...$25 (1 available) OVERSIZE
38143
(2) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....122, 120 mm. F+. Large lovely specimens with lots of black spines & lines...West Mexico...$20 (2 available) OVERSIZE
38144
(1pr) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....105 & 115 mm. F+. Interesting extreme colour pair, one typically black lined, the other spined & lined in orange - brown...West Mexico...$30 (1 pair available) OVERSIZE
38145
(1) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....106 mm. F+. Nice example with full length siphonal canal & good lip, lined in black & brown on white...West Mexico...$15 (1available)
38147
(1) Hexaplex nigritus Philippi, 1845....87 mm. F+. Pure, snowy white albino specimen. Ironic for the name...West Mexico...$30 (1 available)
38146
(1) Hexaplex princeps Broderip, 1833....114 mm. F++. Huge ex col example, lovely, brown-lined giant with intact lip & canal. Not seen this large any more....West Mexico...$35 (1 available)
41453
(1) Hexaplex radix Gmelin, 1791....93 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice large example with lots of short black spines and strongly dentate lip...Panama...$25 (1 available)
41993
(2) Hexaplex radix Gmelin, 1791....75, 77 mm. F++ w/operc. Black spiral lined and heavily spined specimens...Panama...$17 (2 available)
41994
(1) Hexaplex radix Gmelin, 1798....77 mm. F++ w/operc. Spiny as a Hedgehog! Densely covered in short, sharp spines and complete with operc...Panama...$17 (1 available)
39897
(1) Hexaplex radix Gmelin, 1791....70 mm. F++ w/operc. Great example with virtually every black spine intact...Panama...$16 (1 available)
37564
(1) Hexaplex radix Gmelin, 1791....54 mm. F+high. So spiny its like trying to handle a cactus...West Mexico...$10 (1 available)
38150
(3) Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....103 to 109 mm. F++ w/operc. Great examples with intact hot pink rimmed aperture and dark brown parietal shield...Panama...$15 (3 available)
41995
(1) Hexaplex regius Swainson, 1821....79 mm. F+ w/operc. Pretty pink dentate lip & columella & brown parietal glaze...Panama...$8 (1 available)
34205
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....72 mm. F+. Decent starter specimen with brown spotted varices and hot pink columella...Cameroon...$5 (1 available)
42007
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....62 mm. F+. Bargain example, slightly rough...Cameroon...$3 (1 available)
42019
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....95 mm. F. Dead collected but decent example, with good colour and lip, but an oyster inside...Cameroon...$8 (1 available)
41952
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....95 mm. F+. Good specimen with glossy intact lip & parietal glaze...Cameroon...$10 (1 available)
41953
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....65 mm. F+. Nice clean smaller specimen with good pink and brown markings...Cameroon...$6 (1 available)
41954
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....107 mm. F+. Jumbo specimen with bright, hot pink rimmed aperture...Cameroon...$25 (1 available)
41843
(1) Hexaplex rosarium Roding, 1798....46 mm. F+. Junior example with brown spotted varices and pink rimmed mouth...Cameroon...$5 (1 available)
41845
(1) Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....46 mm. F++ w/operc. Lots of dark, very spiny varices...Australia...$9 (1 available)
42096
(1) Hexaplex stainforthi Reeve, 1843....56 mm. F++ w/operc. Albinistic specimen, all white, no colour on the varices, but a pretty orange-pink columella...Australia...$39 new price (1 available)
38113
(1) Hexaplex varius Sowerby, 1834....52 to 58 mm. F+. Good sized example with intact lip, spines & apex...Cameroon...$15 (1 available)
42190
(2) Hexaplex varius Sowerby, 1834....44 mm. F+. Beached but decent large examples of this West African specie...Cameroon...$22 (2 available)
41848
(2) Hexaplex varius Sowerby, 1834....36, 38 mm. F+. Slightly smaller specimens, white with brown markings...Cameroon...$15 (2 available)
41849
(1) Homalocantha anatomica fm. pele Pilsbry, 1918....50 mm. F+ high. With nice frills. With wonderfully serate lip varix & a rare and unusual purplish coloured body...Hawaii...$40 (1 available)
32694
Murex Shells
(1) Marchia martinetana Roding, 1798....30 mm. F++. Good sized example with leafy lavender varices...Philippines...$19 (1 available)
41192
(1) Marchia martinetana Roding, 1798....24 mm. F++. Fresh, dark specimen with purple varical spines...Philippines...$11 (1 available)
41193
(1) Pterynotus (Marchia) martinetana Roding, 1798....26 mm. F+. Striking specimen with pastel pink varical spines & brown squares in between...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
37174
(3) Maxwellia gemma Sowerby, 1879....26 to 32 mm. F+. With dark brown spiral bands over big, broad axial ridges. Lips are well formed & intact...California...$7 (3 available)
39278
(2) Morula uva Roding, 1798....23, 25 mm. F++. Nice, clean specimens with fully developed dentate lip & purple interior...Philippines...$8 (2 available)
37421
(1) Murex cf. chrysostoma Sowerby, 1834....52 mm. F++. Either a melanistic specimen (much more brown than typical) or another similar species without the orange lined apperture...Venezuela...$24 (1 available)
28373
(4) Murex elenensis Dall, 1909....63 to 70 mm. F+. Excellent examples with long siphonal canal & most spines intact...West Mexico...$12 (4 available)
38107
(6) Murex elenensis Dall, 1909....55 to 65 mm. F+ high. Although beach, these are selected specimens with fullsiphonal canals and all spines...West Mexico...$10 (6 available)
37896
(1) Murex elenensis fm. tricornis Berry, 1960....50 mm.F++. Good example with solid apex, lip & canal...Mexico...$7 (1 available)
38665
(4) Murex elenensis fm. tricornis Berry, 1960....45 to 52 mm. F+high. This form has reduced spines & fine, raised, brown spiral lines...West Mexico...$7 (4 available)
38108
(4) Murex messorius Sowerby, 1841....52 to 60 mm. F++ w/operc. Fresh dark brown specimens with good canals and oprcs too...Martinique...$20 (4 available)
39610
(3) Murex messorius Sowerby, 1841....45 to 51 mm. F++ . Nice clean specimens with good canals...Martinique...$12 (3 available)
39611
(1) Murex rubidus Baker, 1897....27 mm.F+. Pretty pastel orange-pink...Florida...$9 (1 available)
38674
(1) Murex tenuirostratum Lamarck, 1822....101 mm. F++. Nice, big, un-lined specimen with long shoulder spines & siphonal canal intact...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
39501
(1) Murex tenuirostratum Lamarck, 1822....101 mm. F+ high. Just one shortened spine on this fine example...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
38137
(1) Murex tribulus Linne, 1758....98 mm.F++ w/operc. Great operculate specimen with long, sharp spines and complete with operc....Philippines...$12 (1 available)
41452
(1) Murex troscheli Lischke, 1868....129 mm. F++. Great spinous specimen with brown spiral lines...Australia...$20 (1 available)
41957
(1) Murex sp.....8 mm. F++. Tiny, pinkish tan, ex pisces & thought by supplier to be a new species. Could also be Buccinidae...South Africa...$7 (1 available)
33223
(1) Murexiell abalteata Sowerby, 1841....31 mm. F+. Large example & an unusual colour form without colouration of the varices...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
33295
(2) Murexiell abalteata Sowerby, 1841....20, 21 mm. F+. Pretty pastel pink colour form...Philippines...$9 (2 available)
41197
(1) Murexiell abalteata Sowerby, 1841....20 mm. F++. Unbeatable balteata! Has full apex, lip & each brown spine intact...Philippines...$9 (1 available)
36831
(1) Murexiella cirrosus Hinds, 1844....24 mm. F++. Spectacular specimen,huge for the specie, and with full length siphonalcanal...Philippines...$24 (1 available)
41194
(1) Murexiella cirrosus Hinds, 1844....15, 17 mm. F++. Typical sized examples with all spines intact...Philippines...$10 (1 available)
41195
(1) Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....21 mm.F++. Good, dark, well spined specimen with long & recurved siphonal canals....Philippines...$17 (1 available)
37113
(1) Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....19 mm. F++. Nice specimen with spines intact...Philippines...$17 (1 available)
36821
(1) Murexiella judithae D'Attilio & Bartsch, 1980....18 mm. F+. Has long, intact shoulder spines...Philippines...$15 (1 available)
19763
(1) Murexiella mactanensis Emerson & D’Attilio, 1979....18 mm. F++. Delightful small specie with distinctive recurved pink varical spines...Philippines...$8 (1 available)
41196
(6) Muricopsis oxytatus Smith, 1938....30 to 34 mm. F+/F++. High spired, spiny & white, though likely lightly beached...Bahamas...$6 (6 available)
37856
(1) Nassaserta Bruguiere, 1789....42 mm. F++. Rich red-brown with a mid-band of pink triangles...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
36836
(2) Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....37, 42 mm. F++ 1 w/operc. Nice orange & pinkish patterns, the smaller one is operculate...Guam...$7 (2 available)
41232
(1) Nassa sertum Bruguiere, 1789....50 mm. F++. Good specimen, with full, dentate, dark rimmed apperture...Philippines...$5 (1 available)
30840
(1) Chicoreus (Naquetia) annandalei Preston, 1910....84 mm.F++. Big example in top condition, with complete apex, lip, varical wings & siphonal canals...Philippines...$29 (1 available)
37111
(1) Naquetia annandalei Preston, 1910....41 mm. F+. Nice little specimen with less developed lip frill. Good start for a growth series...Philippines...$7 (1 available)
32474
(1) Naquetia trigonulus Lamarck, 1816....53 mm. F+ solid, w/operc. Pure white albino specimen...Philippines...$25 (1 available)
33787
(1) Naquetia triqueter Lamarck, 1816....64 mm. F++ w/operc. Nice live taken example in cream with brown varical spots...Tanzania...$15 (1 available)
41846
Siratus Shells
(1) Siratus cailleti Petit, 1856....44 mm. F++. Good example of this smaller Caribbean specie with fully developed lip...Bahamas...$12 (1 available)
38669
(1) Siratus cf. pointieri Merle & Garrigues, 2008....70 mm. F++ w/operc. Supplied as a “bent tailed chrysostoma”, it is ex col from an “old collection” and seems to have been collected before it was described!...Caribbean...$125 (1 available)
39366
(1) Thais bufo Lamarck, 1822....29 mm. F++. Orange-tan with brown spiny spiral cords and great lip...South Africa...$3 (1 available)
42094
(6) Thais coronata Lamarck, 1816....35 to 40 mm. F++. Nice big ones with intact lips...Cameroon...$6 (6 available)
41759
(3) Thais coronata Lamarck, 1816....28 to 30 mm. F++. Good adult specimens with intact, dentate lips and rows of dorsal knobs...Cameroon...$5 (3 available)
41740
(6) Thais cornata Lamarck, 1822....42 to 48 mm. F+. With good, dentate lips, knobby shoulders and orange interiors...Cameroon...$5 (6 available)
41595
(8) Thais haemostoma fm. canaliculata Gray, 1839....60 to 70 mm. F+/F++. With the channeled suture distinctive for this Gulf Coast endemic. Select beach examples with intact apices and dentate lips...Texas...$4 (8 available)
38182
(1) Thais lamellosa Gmelin, 1791....48 mm. F++ w/operc. Big, highly foliate specimen with operc...British Columbia...$6 (1 available)
41454
(1pr) Thais lamellosa Gmelin, 1791....65 & 52 mm. F+. Big, extreme pair, one high spired & elongated, with minimal foliations, the other, squat and leafy...Washington...$15 (1 pair available)
39335
(1) Thais mancinella Linne, 1758....33 mm. F++. Great example with dark spines, orange aperture and intact, finely crenulate lip...Philippines...$3 (1 available)
42095
(1) Thais rustica Lamarck, 1822....64 mm. F+. Nice example with double row of shoulder knobs...Florida...$5 (1 available)
41587
(1) Thais speciosa Valenciennes, 1832....43.5 mm. F+. Jumbo, only slightly worn specimen...West Mexico...$12 (1 available)
37862
(2) Thais tuberosa Roding, 1798....43, 48 mm. F+ high. With big, knobby spines & bold black & white pattern...Philippines...$5 (2 available)
38685
(1) Trophonopsis gorgon Dall, 1913....30.5 mm. F++. Nice spiny specimen with intact canal & protoconch...South China Sea...$60 (1 available)
41378
(1) Trophonopsis gorgon Dall,1913....39 mm. F++. Good sized all white example with strong shoulder spines & foliate axial ridges...East China Sea...$70 (1 available)
41333
(1) Trophonopsis gorgon Dall,1913....24 mm. F++. Nice if slightly small specimen of this scarce deep water Muricid...East China Sea...$50 (1 available)
41334
(2) Trophonopsis muricatus Montague,1803....12, 13 mm. F++. Great examples of this micro-muricid with intact long tails...France...$10 (2 available)
41300
(1) Typhinellus occlusus Gerrard, 1963....18 mm. F++. Beautiful example of this Muricidae relative with amazing “snorkel” tube on the dorsum...Philippines...$55 (1 available)
41191
(1) Typhinellus occulosus Garrard, 1963....35 mm. F+ high. Big specimen of this rare Muricidae with huge varical wings & a siphonal tube rising off the previous dorsal varix...Philippines...$70 (1 available)
37407
(3) Vexilla vexillum Gmelin, 1791....21 to 23 mm. F+. Orange & Black banded Muricidae, not to be confused with Costellaridae...Somalia...$5 (3 available)
41892
(6) Vexilla vexillum Gmelin, 1791....21 to 24 mm. F+. Orange and brown lined specimens of this unusual Muricidae...Somalia...$5 (6 available)
41751