George 2179
Pascula muricata Outstanding!
Pascula muricata (Reeve 1846) Outstanding!
F++/F+++ 15,2 mm. Very beautiful, unusual local form. Cream/white color with attractive spiral knobs and fine nodules. Pale yellow, white mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark and two drill marks on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia 1974
USD 8.00
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George 2179
Murex murexiella balteata Gorgeous White!
Murex murexiella balteata (Beck in Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous White!
F+++/Gem 20,1 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive perfect blackish and brown spines and long curved siphon. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Cebu 2007
USD 6.00
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George 2179
Coralliophila amirantium Outstanding Pink!
Coralliophila amirantium Smith 1884 Outstanding Pink!
Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Pale pink color with attractive ribs and cords. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2005
USD 6.00
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George 2179
Harpa harpa Gorgeous Large Dark!
Harpa harpa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Dark!
F++ 62,5 mm. Very beautiful special color. Orange, pink, mauve and white color with gray, beige and tones of brown pattern, deep reddish/brick and a black over the lip marks. Ribs with orange, pink, yellowish/beige marks and blackish lines. Blue, cream and beige aperture, mature white lip with brown marks. Has few slightly growth defects, few sand grains on the base, chipped lower lip and canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango...
USD 14.00
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George 2179
Murex Chicoreus sp. Gorgeous Yellow!
Murex Chicoreus sp. Gorgeous Yellow!
F+++/Gem 45,7 Very beautiful and special probably a new species related with Chicoreus tenuivaricosus and Chicoreus springeri. Yellow and white color with orange spiral marks, attractive knobby cords and spines. Bluish/white mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few little chipped spines and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2014
USD 55.00
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George 2179
Trophon muricatus Gorgeous Superb!
Trophon muricatus (Montagu 1803) Gorgeous Superb!
F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful, exceptional Atlantic ocean form. Beige and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs cords. Beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled on mud & rubble bottom at 60-80 m. Off Lagos, Algarve, Portugal 2011
USD 10.00
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George 2179
Murex Vokesimurex cabritii freak Gorgeous Double siphon!
Murex Vokesimurex cabritii freak (Bernardi 1859) Gorgeous Double siphon!
F+++/Gem 52 mm. Very beautiful, from unusual locality. Cream and white color with attractive knobby cords and perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken in shallow water. 30 miles north off Cancun, Yucatan, East Mexico 1990's
USD 30.00
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George 2179
Typhis colemani Gorgeous Exceptional!
Typhis colemani (Ponder 1972) Gorgeous Exceptional!
F+++/Gem 11,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive perfect wings and small tube. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under large flat rock at low tide. Broome, North West Western Australia 1998
USD 12.00
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Orania pacifica Gorgeous!
Orania pacifica (Nakayama 1988) Gorgeous!
Gem 16,1 mm. Very beautiful, really special for a Muricidae lover. Pale yellow, white body and brown color over the canal with attractive fine lamellate and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off southern Maputo, Mozambique 2014
USD 10.00
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George 2179
Nucella ostrina Outstanding Dark!
Nucella ostrina Gould 1852 Outstanding Dark!
F++/F+++ 31 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of brown and orange/beige color with attractive lamellate and knobby cords. Beige, cream mature aperture and black, brown knobby thick lip. Has few micro defects and chipped apex doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on rocks at low tide. Poulsbo, Liberty Bay, Kitsap County, Washington 1982
USD 8.00
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George 2179
Trophon orbignyi Gorgeous Superb!
Trophon orbignyi Carcelles 1946 Gorgeous Superb!
F+++/Gem W/O 27,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with attractive perfect spiny large cream/white wings. Cream/white aperture and lip. Has a chip on the lip and the siphon Trawled at 180-220 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2004
USD 50.00
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George 2179
Paratrophon cheesemani Outstanding!
Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton 1882) Outstanding!
F+++/Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white body and grayish, beige color to the top with fine gray spiral lines, attractive sculpture and cords. Brown, beige white mature knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on mussel beds at low tide. Maunganui Bluff, Dargaville, North Isl. New Zealand 1997
USD 12.00
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George 2179
Orania fusulus Outstanding Yellow!
Orania fusulus (Brocchi 1814) Outstanding Yellow!
F+++/Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful rare Ghana form. Yellow color with attractive fine nodulose cords and knobby varices. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly worm defect on the base whorls. Dredged on rubble bottom at 45-50 m. Off Miamia, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2005
USD 12.00
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George 2179
Harpa major Gorgeous White/Pink!
Harpa major Roding 1798 Gorgeous White/Pink!
F++/F+++ 84 mm. Very beautiful. White and pink color with attractive brown and pale pattern, few grayish/mauve marks. Ribs with pink, orange, brown, gray, blackish and white color marks. Bluish/white, brown, yellow base, aperture and lip with beige marks Has few slightly growth defects, few nicks on the ribs and little chipped canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008
USD 8.00
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George 2179
Coralliophila abnormis Outstanding Pinkish/cream!
Coralliophila abnormis (Smith 1878) Outstanding Pinkish/cream!
F+++/Gem 13,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with attractive ribs and cords. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2006
USD 6.00
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George 2179
Murex Chicoreus bourguignati Gorgeous!
Murex Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883) Gorgeous!
F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream and white color with brown, beige spiral lines and marks, attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect black and brown spines, pink
top. Bluish/white mature aperture and pale yellowish lip with teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken in coral reef at shallow water. Chocas Beach, Conducia Bay, Mozambique 1990s
USD 30.00
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George 2179
Murex Chicoreus strigatus Gorgeous From Okinawa!
Murex Chicoreus strigatus (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous From Okinawa!
F+++/Gem W/O 32,6 mm. Very beautiful special color. Pale yellowish/beige and cream/white color with attractive knobby cords and frilly small spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under dead coral at low tide. Nakagusuku Bay (Buckner Bay), Okinawa, Japan 1979
USD 18.00
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George 2179
Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa!
Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa!
Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974
USD 15.00
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George 2179
Cypraea obvelata Outstanding!
Cypraea obvelata Lamarck 1811 Outstanding!
F+++/Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color compressed dorsum with bright orange intense ring. Hyper callosus cream/white color margins and base. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at 1 m. Downtown Huahine, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 2015
USD 6.00
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George 2179
Cypraea pyrum Gorgeous Dark Unusual!
Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual!
F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978
USD 15.00
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