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Fusitriton magellanicus murrayi Gorgeous!
Fusitriton magellanicus murrayi (E. A. Smith 1891) Gorgeous!
F+++/Gem 94,6 mm. Very beautiful uncommon form. White color with attractive knobby cream and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and slightly shipped protoconch. Trawled at 50 fathoms. Off Capetown, Cape Province, South Africa 1980
USD 35.00
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Chrysostoma paradoxum Gorgeous!
Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born 1778) Gorgeous!
F+++/Gem W/O H 15 W 16 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive gray pattern and black marks. Rose, yellowish base, aperture and grayish lip with fine teeth. Has a chip and a nick. Taken on rocks at low tide. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1992
USD 5.00
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Clanculus floridus Gorgeous Special NSW Form!
Clanculus floridus (R. A. Philippi 1850) Gorgeous Special NSW Form!
Gem H 8 W 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and white top. White base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide . Narrabeen, NSW, Australia 1986
USD 10.00
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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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Ancillista velesiana Outstanding! Large!
Ancillista velesiana Iredale 1936 Outstanding! Large!
F+++/Gem 83 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, brown and beige color. Pale yellowish/cream aperture and thin lip. Trawled. Off Tin Can Bay, South Qld. Australia 1980
USD 35.00
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Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Gorgeous Superb!
Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb!
Gem 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish brown color with clear white spots . Callosus white relief margins with blue flashing and base. Dived at 10 m. on cave. Rottnest Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1998
USD 60.00
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Gibberulus gibbosus Gorgeous!
Gibberulus gibbosus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous!
Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, black, yellowish spiral marks, slightly corded spires and low body. White, black, brown base, ribbed aperture and lip. Taken exposed on sand flat at 2-3 feet. Agana Bay, Guam 1976
USD 4.00
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Cypraea teulerei Gorgeous Exceptional Pattern!
Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional Pattern!
F+++ 51,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional pattern. Cream color background with attractive beige, brown, blue, gray, black pattern and marks all over the dorsum. Cream, white color base with bluish basal blotch and margins with brown, beige spots. Has irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025
USD 150.00
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Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf Gorgeous Callosus Dark!
Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark!
Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023
USD 15.00
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Cymatium exaratum kiiensis Outstanding!
Cymatium exaratum kiiensis (Sowerby 1915) Outstanding!
F+++ 37,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, cream color, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch and the canal are chipped. Taken by lobster traps at 40-60 m. Minabe, Wakayana Pref. Japan 2008
USD 12.00
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Amalda mucronata Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form!
Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form!
F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996
USD 20.00
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Dolomena pulchella Gorgeous Superb!
Dolomena pulchella (Reeve 1851) Gorgeous Superb!
Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder corded on the lip side and ribbed spires. Cream/white, beige base, mature ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dredged on rubble at 20 m. Marau Sound, east Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1970
USD 12.00
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Distorsio smithi Gorgeous Large!
Distorsio smithi (Von Maltzan 1884) Gorgeous Large!
F+++ 56 mm. Very beautiful from unusual locality. White, yellowish/beige and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, beige color base, aperture and lip with teeth. Has very small worm drills and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, West Africa 2025
USD 12.00
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Cypraea teulerei Gorgeous Heavy Callosus!
Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus!
Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024
USD 20.00
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Strombus decorus raybaudi Gorgeous Light Large!
Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Light Large!
F+++ W/O 49,4 mm. Also offered as Strombus persicus Swainson 1821 Very beautiful, globulus and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color background with attractive brown and tones of beige soft pattern. White, pale orange aperture and lip. Has few irregularities and slightly rough lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand.
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USD 6.00
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Strombus terebellatus Gorgeous!
Strombus terebellatus Sowerby 1842 Gorgeous!
F+++/Gem 34,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color background with attractive brown, beige, grayish, blackish marks, spots and dots. White, pale yellow aperture with brown lines and lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on grass and sand. Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1980's
USD 15.00
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Sinistrofulgur contrarium Gorgeous Small!
Sinistrofulgur contrarium (Conrad 1840) Gorgeous Small!
F+++ W/O 76,7 mm. Small but very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern with perfect shoulder spines and nodulose cords. White, cream, brown, blackish ribbed aperture, lip with fine teeth and canal. Has a slightly growth mark on the side. Taken in muddy sand with grass at low tide. Sanibel Isl. Florida 1964
USD 12.00
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Cellana grata Gorgeous Unusual!
Cellana grata (Gould 1859) Gorgeous Unusual!
Gem H 10 W 27,9 mm. Very beautiful,. Dorsum cream, dark brown and blackish color attractive pattern and knobby sculpture. Amazing interior iridescent bluish, yellowish, black, cream color. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kii Peninsula, Honshu, Japan 1976
USD 10.00
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Cancellaria spengleriana Gorgeous Large!
Cancellaria spengleriana Deshayes 1830 Gorgeous Large!
F+++/Gem 53,1 mm. Very beautiful. White, beige, grayish and cream color with brown shoulder marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords and ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Trawled at 20 fathoms. Mikawa-Issiki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 1980
USD 12.00
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Cypraea chinensis Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb!
Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb!
Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998
USD 20.00
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