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POLYPLACOPHORIIDAE (CHITONS)

Pricelist Chitons, updated 03-04-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Form & Locality:

Description:

Grading:

 Prices in AUD

Ischnochiton adelaidensis Reeve, 1847

North Queensland

25-28mm, very rare shell

F++

 $  25.00

North Queensland

20-25mm, very rare shell

F++

 $  20.00

Stenoplax alata Sowerby, 1841

Indonesia

25-30mm, fleshy girdle

F++

 $  20.00

Plaxiphora albida Blainville, 1825

Tasmania

Under 40mm, wavy green lines

F++

 $  6.00

Tasmania

Over 40mm, heavy girdle bristles

F++

 $  10.00

Poneroplax albida Blainville,1825

South Australia

30-40mm, disarticulated plates

F++

 $  10.00

Ischnochiton (Hapoplax) arbutum Reeve, 1847

Queensland

8-10mm, variable colours

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Ischnochiton australis Blainville, 1825

Tasmania

Under 50mm, some with pink on central region

F++

 $  4.00

Tasmania

Over 50mm, dramatic dark shells

F++

 $  6.00

Chiton sp. (possibly Ischnochiton broomensis Ashby & Cotton, 1934) 

North-West Western Australia

12-14mm, some with red on plates

F++

 $  10.00

Anthochiton calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894

South Australia

40mm, beautiful patterned girdle, dried animal

F++

 $  12.00

Ischnochiton cariosus Pilsbry, 1892

Tasmania

30-40mm, nice surface sculpture

F++

 $  5.00

Ischnochiton contractus Reeve, 1847

South Australia

30-35mm, variable colours, dried animal

F++

 $  10.00

Squamopleura curtisiana Smith, 1884

Queensland

12-15mm, hard to get specimens

F++

 $  8.00

Rhyssoplax densiliratus (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1893)

Indonesia

20-30mm, colourful tropical Chiton

F++

 $  12.00

Indonesia

Over 30mm, super condition, preserved with foot

F++

 $  20.00

Anthochiton diaphorus Iredale & May, 1916

South Australia

20-25mm, shiny gems, dark green, with animal

F++

 $  15.00

Tonicia dilecta Thiele,1911

Western Australia

20-25mm, fleshy girdle, preserved with foot

F++

 $  12.00

Ischnochiton elongatus Blainville, 1825

South Australia

25-30mm, almost black, dried animal

F++

 $  10.00

Anthochiton exoptandus Bednall,1897

South Australia

30-40mm, some red, with dried animal

F++

 $  10.00

Acanthopleura gemmata Blainville, 1825

Western Australia

40-50mm, beautifully presented specimens. Hairy girdle

F++

 $  12.00

Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828

Tasmania

30-40mm, introduced species

F++

 $  10.00

Acanthopleura hirtosa Blainville, 1825

Western Australia

30-35mm, white speckled girdle, dried animal

F+

 $  5.00

Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby,1923

South Australia

60-70mm, preserved with girdle

F++

 $  12.00

Ischnochiton lineolatus Sowerby, 1840

Western Australia

40-45mm, preserved with foot

F++ / GEM

 $  6.00

Stenochiton longicymba  Blainville, 1825

Western Australia

35-40mm, long narrow shells, live on weed

F++

 $  10.00

Ischnochiton luticolens Iredale & Hull, 1923

Queensland

8-9mm, rare shell

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry,1893

Marquesas Islands

Under 30mm, endemic to the area, preserved with foot

F++ / GEM

 $  6.00

Marquesas Islands

30-50mm, endemic to the area, preserved with foot

F++ / GEM

 $  12.00

Marquesas Islands

Over 50mm, endemic, preserved with foot, dark green/black

F++ / GEM

 $  20.00

Heterozona milligani Iredale & May, 1916

Victoria

25-28mm, very rare shell

F++

 $  25.00

Ornithochiton occidentalis Ashby, 1929

Form quercinus, Western Australia

20-30mm, with girdle, colourful plates

F+ / F++

 $  8.00

Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard, 1836

Tasmania

35-40mm, beautifully preserved and complete

F++ / GEM

 $  10.00

Callistelasma perilousia Iredale & Hull, 1925

Queensland

12-14mm, heavily sculptured

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Stenochiton pilsbryanus Bednall, 1897

Western Australia

15-18mm, weed dwelling species

F++

 $  6.00

Liolophura queenslandica Pilsbry, 1894

Queensland

25-30mm, large for species

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Queensland

20-25mm, typical for species

F+/F++

 $  9.00

Acanthopleura queenslandica Pilsbry, 1894

Queensland

20-22mm, hairy girdle

F++

 $  12.00

Acanthopleura spinosa Bruguiere, 1792

Western Australia

50-55mm, black with spiny girdle

F+/ F++

 $  15.00

Cryptoplax striata Lamarck, 1819

Tasmania

70-80mm, preserved and complete

F++

 $  15.00

Heterozona subviridis Iredale & May, 1916

South Australia

18-20mm, variable patterns

F++

 $  12.00

Ischnochiton torri Iredale, 1916

Western Australia

30-35mm, bright orange girdle

F++

 $  8.00

Anthochiton tricostalis Pilsbry,1894

South Australia

20-25mm, mottled green, with animal

F++

 $  10.00

Ischnochiton variegatus H. Adams & Angus, 1864

Tasmania

40-45mm, preserved with foot

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Ischnochiton (Euporoplax) virgatus Reeve, 1847

Victoria

5-10mm, variable colours & patterns

F++

 $  6.00

Lorica volvox Reeve, 1847

Tasmania

60-70mm, striking ridged plates, complete with animal

F++

 $  20.00

Ischnochiton verconis Torr, 1941

Western Australia

30-35mm, typical for species

F++

 $  10.00

Chiton sp. 

North-West Western Australia

18-20mm, banded girdle and black band down middle of plates

F++

 $  6.00

Cryptoplax sp.

Western Australia

60-70mm, (poss. C. striata, Lamarck 1819) curled, dried

F+/F++

 $  12.00

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