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CANCELLARIIDAE (Nutmegs)

Approx. 120 species in this family, most being shallow water dwellers living on mud and sand flats in tropical and semi tropical locations. Some species live in deeper water in temperate locations and are often trawled by fishing boats.

 

Trigonostoma thysthlon - 16mm, F+++, China. $15

Nipponaphera ivaotakii - 25.7mm, F+++, $20 sold

 

Cancellaria spengleriana - 44mm, F+++, Japan. $8
Cancellaria elegans - 31.5mm, F+++, Queensland. $4 sold
Cancellaria similis - 22.8mm, F+++, Angola. $6
Trigonostoma stenomphala - 24.9mm, F+++, China. $8
Trigonostoma scalariphormis - 21.3mm, F+++, China. $6
Trigonostoma scalariformis - 17mm, F+++, Queensland. $4
Trigonostoma scalata - 23mm, F+++, Philippines. $7
Trigonostoma crenifera - 23mm, F+++, Philippines. $7
Trigonostoma breve - 20mm, F+++, Costa Rica. $6
Trigonostoma breve - 19.2mm, F+++, Costa Rica. $6
Trigonostoma lamellosa - 20mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $4
Trigonostoma lamellosa - 20mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $4
Trigonostoma amasia - 15mm, Gem-, Queensland. $12
Fusiaphera macrospiratoides - 17.5mm, F+++, China. $5

 

 

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