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BUCCINIDAE

Pricelist Buccinidae, updated April 2008 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS
Form & Locality: Description ('w/o' is abbreviation for: with operculum):  Grading:

All Prices in AUD:

Cominella acutinodosa Reeve, 1846
Western Australia 20-25mm, very angular species, grey with fine dots F++/GEM

$  3.00

Cominella adspersa Bruguieres, 1789 
New Zealand 40-50mm, inflated species with brown speckled pattern F++

$  5.00

Engina alveolata Kiener, 1836
Indonesia 12-15mm, spectacular black, white and orange spotted shells F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Buccinum bednalli Sowerby, 1895
Western Australia 12-15mm, pale cream with tan banding F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Atillophos candei Orbigny, 1853
Florida, USA 20-22mm, white or cream-coloured  tall species F++/GEM

$  5.00

Cantharus capitaneus Berry, 1957
Western Mexico 40-45mm, heavily sculptured - with operc F++/GEM

$  5.00

Tasmeuthria clarkei Tenison Woods, 1875
South Australia 15-20mm, small cream-coloured, heavily sculptured shells, w/o F++/GEM

$  4.00

Engina concinna Reeve, 1846 
Western Australia 15-20mm, banded black and white, nicely sculptured F++/GEM

$  6.00

Buccinulum corneum Linnaeus, 1758
Mediterranean 40-50mm, smooth, tapered species, predominantly cream, w/o F++

$  4.00

Engina curtisiana Smith, 1884
Broome, W. Australia 10-12mm, small robust shells, predominantly tan & white F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Caducifer decapitatus (Reeve, 1844) 
Marquesas Islands 10-15mm, always with spire missing - hence the name F++

 $  3.00

Searlesia dira (Reeve, 1846) 
Washington State, USA 35-40mm, heavy chocolate brown species F++

 $  3.00

Triumphis distorta Wood, 1828
West Panama 35-40mm, extremely distorted posterior of lip F++

$  8.00

Cominella eburnea (Reeve, 1846)
Western Australia 30-35mm, variable colours & shapes, w/o. F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cantharus elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Mexico 40-45mm, dark brown with white F++

$  5.00

Cantharus erythrostomus (Reeve, 1846)
Broome, W. Australia 25-30mm, cream/tan/brown with orange aperture, w/o F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cantharus fumosus Dillwyn, 1817
Indonesia 20-25mm, inflated tan species with brown, interrupted banding F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Austrofusus glans Roeding, 1798
New Zealand 50-55mm, nicely sculptured with tan & white, w/o F++/GEM

$  5.00

Colus gracilis Da Costa, 1778 `
Great Britain 50-70mm, tall smooth white species F++

 $  3.00

Cominella grandiformis Reeve, 1847
New Zealand 20-25mm, tan / cream or grey sp. F++

$  3.00

Pisania ignea Gmelin, 1791
Indonesia 20-25mm, brown with darker mottled pattern F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Engina incarnata (Deshayes, 1834)
Indonesia 15-18mm, dark brown with fine white banding F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Aulacofusus insulapratensis Okutani & Lan, 1994
South China Sea 40-45mm, deep water species, white with fine spiral ribs  dead

 $  12.00

South China Sea 40-45mm, deep water species, white with fine spiral ribs  - live taken F++

 $  25.00

Cantharus iostomus (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Indonesia 20-25mm, tall elegant species F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Marquesas Island 20-25mm, from rare location F++/GEM

$  5.00

Kelletia kelleti Forbes, 1852
Southern California 80-100mm, cream species with spiral lines, w/o  F++

$  12.00

Cominella lineolata Lamarck, 1809
Western Australia 20-25mm, dark shells with dot and dash pattern, w/o F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cominella maculosa Martyn, 1784
New Zealand 40-45mm, large for genus, w/o F++

 $  5.00

Penion mandarinus Duclos, 1831
South Australia over 100mm, brown mottled with spiral bands, w/o F++

$  8.00

form oligostira, South Australia 50-60mm, tall nicely sculptured species  F++

 $ 6.00

form whitei, South Australia over 100mm, tall nicely sculptured species, cream / white  F++

 $  10.00

Penion maximus Tryon, 1881
South Australia up to 100mm, with nodules on shoulder F++

 $  6.00

South Australia under 175mm, with nodules on shoulder F+/F++

 $  12.00

South Australia over 175mm, with nodules on shoulder F+/F++

 $  25.00

Cantharus melanostoma Sowerby, 1825
India 45-50mm, mottled brown with dark brown on columella F++

 $  5.00

Engina mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758
Indonesia 15-18mm, black with yellow spiral bands and purple aperture F++

 $  3.00

Solenosteira mendozana Berry, 1959
Mexico 40-50mm, typical for this species, w/o F++

 $  5.00

Phos naucratoros  Watson, 1882 
Queensland 25-30mm, typical for species F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Northia northiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 
Panama 60-70mm, typical, w/o F++

 $  6.00

Babylonia papillaris Sowerby, 1825
South Africa 35-40mm, pretty with small discrete spotting F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Euthria ponsonbyi Sowerby, 1889
South Africa 30-35mm, mottled brown pattern F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Cantharus pulcher Reeve, 1844
Indonesia 20-25mm, nice red/orange species F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Engina pulchra Reeve, 1846
Panama 15-20mm, heavily sculptured species F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cominella quoyana Adams, 1850
New Zealand 20-22mm, pink with brown speckles, w/o F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Cantharus ringens Reeve, 1846
Western Panama 25-30mm, heavy species with purple/brown highlights F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844
Western Australia 16-18mm, tall species, red/brown F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cantharus sanguinolenta Duclos, 1833
Costa Rica 25-30mm, robust with spectacular red/white spotted aperture, w/o F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Phos sculptilis Watson, 1886
Broome, W. Australia 25-30mm, cream/yellow sp with pale pink aperture, w/o F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Port Hedland 20-22mm, pure white form with pink apex, w/o F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Phos senticosus Linnaeus, 1758
Western Australia 30-35mm, heavily sculptured sp. F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cantharus shaskyi Berry, 1959
Mexico 45-50mm, robust species with periostricum F++

 $  5.00

Engina siderea Reeve, 1846
Queensland 12-16mm, white with black dashes F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Bartschia surinamensis Okutani, 1983
Jamaica 50mm, tall elegant species from deep water, w/o F++

$  65.00

Neptunea tabulata Baird, 1863
California under 90mm, nicely sculptured, w/o F+/F++

 $  10.00

California over 90mm, nicely sculptured, w/o F+/F++

 $  20.00

Cominella tasmanica  Tenison Woods, 1878 
Western Australia 25-27mm, very variable, w/o. F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Phos textum Gmelin, 1791
Indonesia 20-24mm, heavy sculptured shells with orange aperture F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Engina turbinella Kiener, 1836
Caribbean 8-10mm, black with white spiral banding F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758
Isle Of Man 70-90mm, heavy trawled species, w/o F+/F++

 $  3.00

Cantharus undosus Linnaeus, 1758
Western Australia 30-35mm,brown & white banding, yellow around aperture, w/o F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Cominella virgata H & A Adams, 1853
New Zealand 25-30mm, fine spiral banding, w/o F++

 $  3.00

Cantharus viverratus Kiener, 1834
Senegal 30-40mm, tall heavy species F++

 $  4.00

Engina zonalis Lamarck, 1822
Fiji 12-15mm, black & white checked and patterned F++

 $  2.00

This list will be updated regularly.

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