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ARCHITECTONICIDAE

Pricelist Architectonicidae, updated 01-04-08  ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Form & Locality:

Description:

Grading:

All Prices in AUD

Discotectonica acutissima Sowerby III, 1914

Japan

30-35mm, low smooth species, almost concave on base

F++

$  8.00

Heliacus dorsuosus Hinds, 1846

Western Australia

5-8mm, small very flat species, dead but good

dead

 $  3.00

Philippia lutea Lamarck, 1822

Western Australia

5-10mm, dark brown species with two keel cords, dead but very good

F+/F++

 $ 3.00

Architectonica maxima Philippi, 1848

Queensland, Australia

40-60mm, pretty shells with four spiral cords per whorl, with operc

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Architectonica modesta Philippi, 1848

Queensland, Australia

30-50mm, characterized by white umbilical teeth, with operc

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Architectonica nobilis Rodins, 1798

Florida

30-40mm, typical with multiple base cords

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Gabon

30-40mm, interesting local variant with much more fine base cords 

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Philippia oxytropis A. Adams, 1855

French Polynesia

8-12mm, similar to P. radiata and could even be a subspecies

F++/GEM

$  5.00

Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus, 1758

Queensland, Australia

30-50mm, two spiral cords per whorl, with operc

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Philippia radiata Roeding, 1798

Western Australia

12-15mm, shiny with variable patterns

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Indonesia

10-15mm, variable patterns

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Marquesas Islands

12-15mm, paler than WA shells, with operc

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Hawaii

10-15mm, paler shells

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Heliacus stramineus Gmelin, 1791

Queensland, Australia

25-30mm, rounded dark brown species, w/o

F++

 $  12.00

Heliacus variegata Gmelin, 1791

N/W Western Australia

12-15mm, mottledbrown and white bulbous specis

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

South Africa

10-12mm, not as tall as the Australian form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Indonesia

8-10mm, pale form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

 

This list will be updated regularly.

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