Rock Shells, Trophon etc.

 

Rapana venosa pechiliensis - 77.2mm, F+++, China, $45 sold

SUPERB SPECIMEN!!!

 

Thais muricata, 73mm, Gem, $12

BEAUT SPECIMEN!!!

Thais tuberosa - 50mm, F+++, $6

Thais orbita - 70mm, F+++, $8

FANTASTIC QUALITY, BIG!!!

 

Drupes
 

Drupa rubusidaeus - 41mm, F+++, Great Barrier Reef. $6 sold

A BEAUTY!!!

Drupa rubusidaeus - 37.6mm, F+++, China. $8

UNUSUAL COLOR!!!

Drupa rubusidaeus - 38.5mm, F+++, Philippines. $6
Drupa rubusidaeus - 37.8mm, F+++, Philippines. $6
Drupa clathrata - 27.1mm, F+++, Philippines. $7

Drupa morum - 38.5mm, F++, New Guinea. $5

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Drupa morum - 31mm, F+++, New Guinea. $4

Drupa morum - 40mm, F+++, New Guinea. $8 sold

BIG!!!

Drupa morum - 37mm, F+++, New Guinea. $6

Drupa ricinus - 28mm, F+++, New Guinea. $4

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!!

Drupa albolabrus - 29mm, F+++, Western Australia. $6
Drupina grossularia - 29mm, F+++, New Guinea. $3
Drupina lobata - 28mm, F+++, Western Australiaa. $3 sold

Drupina lobata - 24mm, F+++, Western Australiaa. $12 sold

Area now closed to collecting

Trophon
 
Boreotrophon scitulus emphaticus - 46.9mm, F+++, Taiwan. $50
Trophon fraseri w/o - 40.5mm, F++, Gabon. $20
Trophon gerversianus w/o - 32.4mm, F+++, Argentina. $10
Trophon echinatum - 18mm, F+++, Italy. $12
Trophon muricatum - 9mm, F+++, Italy. $9
Rock Shells
Drupes, False Tritons etc.
Rapana rapiformis - 68mm, F+++, Queensland. $10
Rapana rapiformis - 60.5mm, F+++, Queensland. $6
Rapana rapiformis - 55mm, F+++, Queensland. $6
Rapana bezoar - 54mm, F+++, Taiwan. $6
Thais canaliculata - 74mm, F+++, Mexico. $8

Thais armigera - 73mm, F++, Fiji. $10 sold

BIG!!!

Thais armigera - 70mm, F++, Philippines. $10

BIG!!!

Thais muricata - 73mm, Gem, Mexico. $5
Thais blandfordi - 64mm, F+++, Persian Gulf. $6
Thais kiosquiformis - 64mm, F+++, Mexico. $6
Thais kiosquiformis - 48mm, F+++, Mexico. $5

Nassa serta - 59mm, F+++, North Queensland. $10 sold

BIG SPECIMEN!!!

Nassa francolina - 55mm, F+++, Red Sea. $8

Nassa francolina - 48mm, F+++, Red Sea. $6
Haemastoma floridana - 58mm, F+++, Florida. $4
Neorapana tuberculata - 55mm, F+++, Mexico. $3
Thais haemastoma - 58mm, F+++, Mexico. $4
Purpura panama - 59mm, F+++, New Guinea. $3
Thais alouina w/o - 60mm, F++, Queensland. Bright orange mouth. $6

Thais alouina w/o - 57mm, F++, Queensland. $8 sold

STUNNING COLOR!!!

Thais leuteostoma w/o - 54.3mm, F++, China. $4
Thais sp. - 47mm, F+++, New Guinea. $8

Thais orbita - 63.3mm, F+++, Northern New South Wales. Nice clean ruts, common name is Cart Rut. $8

EXCELLENT SPECIMEN!!!

Thais orbita - 71.5mm, F++, Northern New South Wales. $8

BIG SPECIMEN!!!

Thais orbita - 50mm, F+++, Northern New South Wales. $3
Thais orbita - 50mm, F+++, Northern New South Wales. Smooth form. $3
Thais textilosa - 52mm, F+++, Victoria. $3
Thais rudolfi w/o - 54mm, F++, South Africa. $4
Thais biserialis - 53mm, F+++, Mexico. $4
Thais dubia w/o - 32mm, F++, South Africa. $3
Thais clavigera w/o - 40.1mm, F+++, China. $8
Thais gradata w/o - 34mm, F+++, China. $6
Mancinella mancinella.- 51mm, F+++, New Guinea. $3 sold
Purpura planospira - 48mm, F+++, Mexico. $8

Purpura persica - 69mm, Gem-, Mauritius. $12

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Purpura persica - 48mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $8 sold

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!!

Purpura persica - 47mm, F+++, Western Australia. $6
Purpura haustorium - 53.5mm, F+++, New Zealand. $3
Purpura patula - 52.6mm, F+++, Florida. $2 sold
Purpura pansa - 67mm, F+++, Panama. $12
Nucella lamellosa - 61mm, F+++, Canada. $8 sold
Thais squamosa - 48.5mm, F+++, South Africa. $4
Thais mutablis - 47mm, F+++, Penang. $4 sold
Thais mutablis - 46mm, F+++, Penang. $4
Thais lacera - 45mm, F+++, Indonesia. $6
Nucella lamellosa (white form) - 42mm, F+++, Canada. $8 sold
Nucella lamellosa (golden form) - 44mm, F+++, Canada. $8
Thais echinata - 41mm, F+++, Western Australia. $4
Thais alouina - 41mm, F+++, New Guinea. $4
Thais mancinella - 40mm, F+++, New Guinea. $5
Thais aculeata - 39mm, F+++, Queensland. $3
Thais coronata - 45mm, F+++, Cameroon. $5

Thais coronata - 38mm, F+++, Brazil. $7

VERY NICE SPECIMENS!!!

Thais coronata - 38mm, F+++, Brazil. $7
Trochia cingulata - 35mm, F++, South Africa. $2
Lataxiena blosvillei - 35.5mm, F+++, North Queensland. $4
Thais kieneri - 39mm, F+++, Indonesia. $3
Thais deltoidea - 38mm, F+++, Costa Rica. $4
Thais deltoidea - 32mm, F+++, Costa Rica. $3
Thais tuberosa - 33mm, F+++, North Queensland. $5
Thais speciosa - 32mm, F+++, Panama. $5
Thais nodosa - 34mm, F+++, Cameroon. $4
Morula marginalba - 29mm, F++, Queensland. $1
Acanthina sp. - 36mm, F+++, Panama. $2
Acanthina paucilirata - 27mm, F+++, California. $1
Acanthina brevidentata - 22mm, F+++, Mexico. $3
Drupella cornus - 32mm, F+++, Western Australia. $3
Drupella sp. - 22mm, F+++, New Guinea. $8
Cronia contracta - 37.2mm, F+++, New South Wales. $8
Cronia sp. - 31.5mm, Gem, Fiji. $3

Cronia margariticola - 32.5mm, Gem, Western Australia. $4

Cronia margariticola - 24mm, Gem, New South Wales. $5

EASTERN AUSTRALIAN VERSION!!!

Cronia aurantiaca - 31.7mm, F+++, New South Wales. $3
Cronia aurantiaca - 30mm, F+++, Queensland. $3
Cronia aurantiaca - 28mm, F+++, Queensland. $3
Cronia avellana - 25mm, Gem, Western Australia. $3 sold
Cronia funiculus - 24mm, Gem, Fiji. $3
Cronia crassulnata - 24mm, F+++, New South Wales. $4
Morula granulata - 26mm, F++, New South Wales. $1
Morula granulata - 25.5mm, F+++, New South Wales. $3
Muricopsis zeteki - 24mm, F+++, Panama. $6
Morula marginalba- 26mm, F+++, Queensland. $3
Favartia salmonea - 25mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $12
Attiliosa nodulifera - 27mm, F++, Philippines, uncommon, netted 40mts. Unusual little specimen - looks like a Murex. $10
Vexilla vexillum - 21mm, Gem-, New South Wales. $10
Eupleura nitida - 20mm, F+++, Panama. $6
Bedeva paivae- 20mm, F+++, Queensland. $4
Orania gaskelli - 19mm, F+++, Borneo. $8
Trachypollia lugubris - 15mm, F++, Panama. $2
Risomurex deformis - 10mm, F+++, Panama. $8

 

 

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