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CONIDAE L - Z

Pricelist Conidae 2, updated 03-06-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

 (NOTE: No further discounts applicable to already discounted WHOLESALE OFFERS)

References: "MANUAL OF THE LIVING CONIDAE" - Vol 1, 1995 Roeckel, Korn & Kohn, abbreviated here as: (C, Plate/Nr.)

Form & Locality:

Description:  ('w/o' is abbreviation for: with operculum)

Grading:

 Prices in AUD

Conus laterculatus Sowerby III, 1870

Philippines

40-45mm, fawn/grey with brown spots

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810

Solomon Islands

under 25mm, with typical tented pattern

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Solomon Islands

25-30mm, tented pattern, typical for species

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

Solomon Islands

over 30mm, tented pattern, typical for species

F++/GEM

$ 25.00

Conus leopardus (Roeding, 1798)

Queensland

50-80mm, large spots

F++

$ 3.00

Western Australia

under 100mm, typical

F++

$ 6.00

Western Australia

100-120mm, large for species

F++

$ 12.00

Western Australia

120-140mm, very large

F+/F++

$ 20.00

Western Australia

Over 140mm, giants

F+/F++

$ 30.00

Conus lienardi Bernardi & Crosse, 1861

New Caledonia

25-30mm, very dark form

F+/F++

$ 60.00

Conus limpusi Roeckel & Korn, 1990

Queensland, Australia

30-40mm, nicely banded

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Queensland, Australia

30-40mm, nicely banded, dead but good

dead

$ 4.00

Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875

Western Australia

35-40mm, typical without banding

F++

$ 6.00

Western Australia

40-45mm, always with some growth lines

F++

$ 8.00

Western Australia

45-50mm, typical

F++

$ 15.00

Western Australia

45-50mm, typical

F+

$ 5.00

Western Australia

over 50mm, very large for W.A.

F++

$ 25.00

Western Australia

over 50mm, very large for W.A.

F/F+

$ 10.00

Conus literatus Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

under 90mm, typical with some yellow

F+/F++

$ 6.00

Western Australia

90-100mm, large for species

F+/F++

$ 10.00

Western Australia

100-120mm, giants

F+/F++

$ 20.00

Conus litoglyphus Bruguiere, 1792

Indonesia

30-40mm, wide central bands

F++

$ 4.00

Indonesia

40-45mm, wide central bands

F++

$ 5.00

Indonesia

Over 45mm, hard to get this size

F++

$ 8.00

Conus lividus Hwass, 1792

Queensland

45-50mm, typical form, coronated spire

F++

$ 2.00

Queensland

50-60mm, very good condition for this species

F++

$ 4.00

Conus longurionis Kiener, 1845

Philippines

25-30mm, pale shell - very tapered

F+/F++

$ 25.00

Conus loroisii Kiener, 1845

India

43-45mm, typical banded form

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus lucidus Wood, 1828

Galapagos Islands

under 15mm, checkerboard pattern

F++

$ 8.00

Galapagos Islands

15-20mm, large for this species, with checkerboard pattern

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Galapagos Islands

over 25mm, very large for this species, with checkerboard pattern

F+

$ 12.00

Conus lynceus Sowerby II, 1858

Philippines

65-70mm, brown spotted pattern

F++/GEM

$ 25.00

Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

50-55mm, rare from this location

F++/GEM

$ 45.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

55-60mm, dark but typical.

GEM

$ 75.00

Solomon Islands

40-50mm, busy patterns

F++

$ 25.00

Conus magus Linnaeus, 1758

New Caledonia

50-55mm, orange base with dark fine cords

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Queensland

55-60mm, typical pale colours

F++

$ 4.00

Queensland

60-70mm, typical pale colours

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

form carinatus, Chesterfield Reef/Qld

59mm, plain yellow with orange bands

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Conus mahogani Reeve, 1843

Mexico

25-35mm, dark shells

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Mexico

over 35mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus malacanus Hwass, 1792

India

50-55mm, typical

F++

$ 6.00

Conus maldivus Hwass, 1792

Tanzania

55-60mm, typical form

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Tanzania

45-50mm, typical form

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Red Sea

40-50mm, was called spirogloxus - pale yellow form

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Conus marchionatus Hinds,1843 Note: Enzootic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Beautiful cone with spectacular patterns.

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

under 30mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 30.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

30-35mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 55.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

35-40mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 75.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

40-45mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 110.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

45-50mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 140.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

over 50mm, spectacular patterns, some with opercs

F++/GEM

$ 250.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

under 45mm, varied patterns, dead but very good

F/F+

$ 35.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

45-50mm, varied patterns, dead but very good

F/F+

$ 60.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

50-55mm, varied patterns, dead but very good

F/F+

$ 85.00

Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758

form suffusus, New Caledonia

30-40mm, rare white form

F++/GEM

$ 40.00

form typical, Queensland

55-60mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

form typical, Queensland

70-80mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

form crosseanus, New Caledonia

50-60mm, dark pattern

F++/GEM

$ 25.00

Conus melvilli Sowerby III, 1859

Oman

18-22mm, typical for species, was called boschi

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Conus memiae Habe & Kosuge, 1970

Philippines

20-23mm, various colours, typical

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Philippines

over 23mm, various colours, very large for species

F++/GEM

$ 7.00

Conus mercator Linnaeus, 1758

Western Africa

20-25mm, yellow bands

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Senegal

25-30mm, typical and striking

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

Senegal

30-35mm, giant shells with black & white band on yellow background

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

Conus miles Linnaeus, 1758

East Africa

60-80mm, nice dark shells

F+/F++

$ 10.00

Queensland

50-60mm, typical, w/o

F++

$ 5.00

Western Australia

60-80mm, very large

F+/F++

$ 8.00

Conus milesi E. A. Smith, 1887

Red Sea

27mm, heavily sculptured

F+/F++

currently sold out

Conus miliaris Hwass, 1792

form fulgetrum, Okinawa

25-30mm, North-West Pacific form

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Queensland

25-30mm, typical form

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894

India

under 80mm, tall elegant shells

F+/F++

$ 30.00

India

80-100mm, tall & elegant - super shells

F++/GEM

$ 100.00

India

80-100mm, tall elegant shells

F+/F++

$ 80.00

India

over 100mm, large and spectacular

F+/F++

$ 120.00

Conus mindanus  Hwass, 1792

Brazil

18-20mm, mottled brown coloured

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Brazil

18-20mm, lovely orange - yellow shells

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Conus minnamurra (Garrard,1961)

Queensland, Australia

35-40mm, dead shells

Good

$ 12.00

Conus mitratus Hwass, 1792

Solomon Islands

25-30mm, typical forms

F++

$ 12.00

Conus moluccensis Kuester, 1838

Papua New Guinea

40-45mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 50.00

Conus monile Hwass,1792

Singapore

under 55mm, banded patterns, variable colours

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

Singapore

over 55mm, typical and broader

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Conus moreleti Crosse,1858

Indonesia

25-30mm, nice dark sp

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Hawaii

25-30mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

under 30mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

30-40mm, slender coronated cone

F++

$ 12.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

over 40mm, slender coronated cone

F++

$ 20.00

Conus mozambicus Hwass, 1792

South Africa

40-45mm, typical rough condition

F/F+

$ 6.00

South Africa

40-45mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

Conus mucronatus Reeve, 1843

Rabaul, P.N.G.

35-40mm, heavily ribbed shells

F++

$ 6.00

Rabaul, P.N.G.

40-45mm, heavily ribbed shells

F++

$ 9.00

Conus muriculatus Sowerby I, 1833

Indonesia

20-30mm, banded yellow & white with purple anterior

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Indonesia

30-40mm, banded yellow & white with purple anterior

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Indonesia

20-30mm, heavily pustulose form

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus mus (Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792)

Florida

20-30mm, pale background with tan blotched pattern 

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Florida

30-35mm, pale background with tan blotched pattern 

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus musicus Hwass, 1792

Indonesia

15-20mm, very variable with blue and brown bands

F++

$ 2.00

Conus mustelinus Hwass, 1792

Indonesia

40-45mm, green-yellow with central band

F++/GEM

$ 2.00

Indonesia

45-50mm, lovely banded shells

F++

$ 4.00

Philippines

50-55mm, lovely banded shells

F++

$ 6.00

Conus mutabilis Reeve, 1844

India

50mm, not offered recently

F++

$ 10.00

Conus nahoniarensis DaMotta, 1986

Solomon Islands

25-30mm, slate grey with brown pattern

F++/GEM

$ 85.00

Conus namocanus Hwass, 1792

East Africa

60-70mm, typical

F+/F++

$ 10.00

Conus natalis Sowerby II, 1857-58

form gilchristi, South Africa

25-30mm, pale background and brown markings

F/F+

$ 30.00

form gilchristi, South Africa

25-30mm,  dead but good

F

$ 12.00

South Africa

40-50mm, super live taken shells, very variable

F++/GEM

$ 45.00

Conus neptunus Reeve, 1843

Philippines

50-60mm, typical

F++

$ 10.00

Conus nielsenae Marsh, 1962

form reductaspiralis

see Conus reductaspiralis

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Conus nimbosus Hwass, 1792

Mozambique

35-40mm, finely patterned with dark dashes

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

Mozambique

35-40mm, finely patterned with dark dashes

F+/F++

$ 10.00

Conus nobilis Linnaeus, 1758

Philippines

30-35mm, typical form

F++

$ 8.00

Philippines

35-40mm, typical shells

F+/F++

$ 12.00

Philippines

35-40mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

$ 25.00

subspecies skinneri, Indonesia

40-50mm, spectacular dark brown / gold with white triangles

F+/F++

$ 55.00

Conus nucleus Reeve, 1848

Indonesia

15-20mm, variety of colours, orange, pink, brown

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

Indonesia

over 20mm, variety of colours, orange, pink, brown

F+

$ 6.00

Conus nussatella Linnaeus, 1758

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

35-40mm, rare from here

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Philippines

25-30mm, typical form

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

Philippines

30-40mm, nice shells with brown spots

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Philippines

over 40mm, large and spectacular

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Conus nux Broderip, 1833

Clipperton Island, Eastern Pacific

22-25mm, from rare location, nicely brown banded

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Mexico

20-22mm, typical sp. with vertical brown lines in bands

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

Conus obscurus Sowerby, 1833

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

22-25mm, dark but typical.

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Indonesia

25-30mm, typical

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus ochroleucus Gmelin, 1791

Philippines

58-65mm.

F++

$ 12.00

Conus oishii Shikama, 1977

Southern Taiwan

30-35mm, tall delicate cone, brown mottled pattern on grey

F++

$30.00

Southern Taiwan

30-35mm, tall delicate cone, brown mottled pattern on grey

GEM

$55.00

Conus omaria Hwass, 1792

Northern Queensland

50-60mm, very busy pattern

GEM

$ 8.00

Indonesia

60-70mm, typical

GEM

$ 10.00

form convolutus, Comores Islands

50-60mm, sparse pattern

GEM

$ 10.00

Conus orbignyi Audouin, 1831

Japan

60mm, tall slender shells with 3 body bands

F+

$ 20.00

form elokismenos, South Africa

57mm, South African form of orbignyi

F+

$ 25.00

Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

under 30mm

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

Marquesas Islands, Pacific

30-40mm

F++/GEM

$ 40.00

Conus papilliferus Sowerby I, 1834

New South Wales, Australia

20-30mm, blue/grey, very bulbous, possibly a form of C. anemone

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Conus parius Reeve, 1843

Fiji

20-30mm, pale yellow form

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

dark form, Fiji

20-30mm, darker shells

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Conus patricius Hinds, 1843

Panama

under 60mm, nice tapered shells

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Panama

60-70mm, nice tapered shells

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Panama

over 70mm, nice tapered shells

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Conus pennaceus Born, 1778

Reunion Island

45mm, form also known as C. rubropennatus

F++/GEM

$ 60.00

Red Sea

40-45mm, typical form

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Oman

60mm, very broad and colourful

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Hawaii

40-50mm, broad and pale pattern

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

form behelokensis, Madagascar

40-50mm, nice orange pattern

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

form episcopus, Mauritius

40-50mm, pale with sparse pattern

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

form pennaceus, Hawaii

30-40mm, broad and heavy

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

form praelatus, Mozambique

40-50mm, blue "tent" markings

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Conus pergrandis Iredale, 1937

Philippines

under 80mm, tall tapered Cone with brown blotches on white background

F+/F++

$ 50.00

Philippines

80-90mm, tall tapered Cone with brown blotches on white background

F+/F++

$ 95.00

Philippines

90-1000mm, tall tapered Cone with brown blotches on white background

F+/F++

$ 120.00

Conus perplexus Sowerby II, 1857-58

Mexico

25-30mm, tan bands with purple anterior

F++

$ 5.00

Conus pertusus Hwass, 1792

Queensland, Australia

25-30mm, ribbed form, bright orange/red shells with yellow/green spire

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, ribbed form, bright orange/red shells with yellow/green spire

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Philippines

35-40mm, smooth form, orange/red with yellow/green spire - large for species

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Conus philippi Kiener, 1845

Florida

31mm, form of C. floridianus

F+

currently sold out

Conus pictus Reeve, 1843

South Africa

28-30mm, beached shells, interesting colours

Good

currently sold out

Conus planorbis Born, 1778

Queensland

40-45mm, typical for species.

F++/GEM

$ 3.00

form vitulinus, Queensland

45-50mm, heavy brown banded form 

F+/F++

$ 4.00

form vitulinus, Queensland

50-55mm, heavy brown banded form

F+/F++

$ 6.00

Conus praec