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FASCIOLARIIDAE / FUSINUS

Pricelist Fasciolariidae (Fusinus), updated 03-06-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Form & Locality:

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

Grading:

 Prices in AUD

Fusinus akitai Kuroda & Habe, 1961

Japan

80-90mm, slender elegant species with low sculpture, w/o

F++

$  35.00

Fusinus ambustus Gould, 1853

Mexico

35-40mm, nodulose species with dark line on body whorl, w/o

F++/GEM

$  6.00

Latirus angulatus Roeding, 1798

form brevicaudatus, Honduras

20-25mm, dark tan/brown species with strong axial nodes

F++

$  6.00

Fusinus annae Snyder, 1986

New South Wales

55-58mm, trawled 600m, w/o

F+/ F++

 $  20.00

Pleuroploca australasia (Perry, 1811)

Tasmania, Australia

60-80mm, heavy Tasmanian form, w/o

F++

 $  10.00

Queensland, Australia

60-80mm, trawled bakeri form, w/o

F++

 $  12.00

Queensland, Australia

80-100mm, trawled bakeri form, giants

F++

 $  20.00

Peristernia australiensis Reeve, 1847

Queensland, Australia

25-30mm, black and white with heavy sculpture

F++

 $  4.00

Fusinus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Western Australia

Under 80mm

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Form typical, Western Australia

80-90mm

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Form deep water, Western Australia

70-85mm, trawled form, much thinner and lighter colour

F++

 $  10.00 

Fusinus barbarensis Trask, 1855

California, USA

50-55mm, nicely banded deep water species, w/o

F++

 $  25.00

Latirus belcheri Reeve, 1847

Western Australia

60-65mm, black and white chequered, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Latirus cariniferus Lamarck, 1822

Haiti

45-50mm, heavily nodulose, orange & yellow

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Dolicholatirus cayohuesonicus Sowerby II, 1878

Florida

13-15Mmm, dark brown and nodulose

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Fusinus cinereus Reeve, 1847

Western Mexico

20-25mm, elongate brown/tan/white species

F++

$  5.00

Pseudolatirus clausicaudatus Hinds, 1844

South Africa

50-55mm, slender elegant species from deep water

F+/ F++

 $  8.00

Fusinus colus Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

80-100mm, w/o

F+/ F++

 $  4.00

Western Australia

Over 100mm, w/o

F+/ F++

 $  10.00

Queensland, Australia

110mm, see Wilson: Fig. 11A, Plate 13

F++

 $  20.00

Fusinus colporcus Dall, 1915

Western Mexico

35-40mm, mostly with perio

F++

$  6.00

Granulifusus consimilis Garrard, 1966

Queensland, Australia

45-50mm, heavily sculptured and banded

F+

 $  10.00

Queensland, Australia

40-50mm, heavily sculptured and banded, dead but good

dead

 $  3.00

Fusinus couei Petit, 1853

Mexico

70-80mm, heavy spiral ribs, dead but good

F+/F++

 $  20.00

Columbia

50-70mm, heavy spiral ribs, live taken

F+/F++

 $  10.00

Latirus craticulatus Linnaeus, 1758

Solomon Islands

35-40mm, brown bands on cream with cream band on body

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Fusinus dowianus Olsson, 1954

Honduras

130-150mm, white heavily sculptured species with very limited range

F++

$  20.00

Microcolus dunkeri Jonas, 1844

Western Australia

12-14mm, dead but representative

Good

 $  3.00

Fusinus dupetithouarsi Kiener, 1840

Mexico

70-80mm, tall but robust sp.

F++

 $  5.00

Mexico

120-140mm, tall but robust sp.

F++

 $  10.00

Dolicholatirus ernesti Melvill, 1910

Honduras

7-10mm, dark grey / black with yellow spiral band

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Fusinus excavatus Sowerby II, 1880 

Florida

60-70mm, white with heavily nodulose spire - often called F. eucosmius, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Fusinus faurei Barnard, 1956

South Africa

35-40mm, elegant slender shells, dark brown with spiral banding

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Pleuroploca filamentosa Roeding, 1798

Indonesia

80-100mm, colourful and banded, w/o

F++

 $  6.00

Indonesia

100-130mm, colourful and banded, w/o

F++

 $  10.00

Bartschia fusiformis Clench & Aguayo, 1941

Jamaica

40-45mm, a rare deep water species, with operc & perio

F++

$  120.00

Latirus gibbulus Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

70-90mm, heavy truncate & orange with brown bands, w/o

F++

$  15.00

Pleuroploca gigantea Kiener, 1840

Florida

100-110mm, small specimens w/o

F++

 $  6.00

Florida

110-150mm, nodulose shells with operc

F++

 $  12.00

Florida

150-200mm, noduloses specimens, large w/o

F++

 $  20.00

Granulifusus cf. hayashii Habe, 1961

Taifan

60-70mm, tall elegant species

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Latirus hemphilli Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Mexico

45-55mm, with perio and operc

F+/F++

 $  4.00

Fusinus hyphalus Smith, 1940

Philippines

60-70mm, tall & relatively smooth species with fine spiral chords

F++/GEM

$  8.00

Latirus infundibulum Gmelin, 1791

Caribbean

60-70mm, tall heavy shells with dark brown spiral bands, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Fusinus irregularis Grabau, 1904

California

100-120mm, typical w/o

F+/F++

 $  15.00

Latirus jucundus McGinty, 1940

Honduras

25-28mm, orange with dark anterior blotch

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Granulifusus kiranus Shuto, 1958

Western Australia

40-45mm, without striped band

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Latirus lanceolatus Reeve, 1847

Indonesia

25-30mm, typical for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Dolicholatirus lanceus Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

20-30mm, colourful and delicate

F++

 $  4.00

Indonesia

over 30mm, colourful and delicate

F++

 $  6.00

Fusinus leptorynchus Tapparone-Canefri, 1875

Red Sea

90-100mm, heavily sculptured shells with banding & tan blotches, w/o

F+/F++

 $  38.00

Peristernia lirata Pease, 1868

Marquesas Islands, South Pacific

15-20mm, gold and black pattern, ezootic to Marquesas, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Marquesas Islands, South Pacific

20-25mm, gold and black pattern, ezootic to Marquesas, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Pleuroploca lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1847

form heynemanni, South Africa

80-90mm, heavy species with brown periostricum, w/o

F++

$  20.00

Fusinus luteopictus Dall, 1877

California

18-20mm, dark brown with tan band

F++

 $  4.00

Latirus marquesana Adams, 1855

Indonesia

30-35mm, predominantly white with black/brown subsutural band & tan on body whorl

F++

$  5.00

Indonesia

25-30mm, predominantly white with black/brown subsutural band & tan on body whorl

F++

$  3.00

Solomon Islands

25-30mm, predominantly white with black/brown subsutural band & tan on body whorl

F++

$  4.00

Latirus martini Snyder, 1988

Honduras

15-20mm, orange and inflated

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Honduras

20-25mm, orange and inflated

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Latirus mediamericanus Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Mexico

60-70mm, tall elegant orange species, w/o

F++

 $  8.00

Latirus nagasakiensis E. A. Smith, 1880

Western Australia

35-40mm, similar to L. craticulatus no white band on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Leucozonia nassa Gmelin,1791

Brazil

40-45mm, typical, w/o

F+/F++

 $  4.00

Peristernia nassatula Lamarck, 1822

Indonesia

25-30mm, heavy with purple aperture

F++

 $  4.00

Fusinus nicobaricus Roeding, 1798

Western Australia

65-70mm, unusual locality for this sp

F++

 $  5.00

Fusinus (Granulifusus) nipponicus Smith, 1879

Japan

28-32mm, small pretty shells

F++

 $  6.00

Latirus nodatus Gmelin, 1791

Marquesas Islands, South Pacific

60-70mm, orange with purple mouth, w/o

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Dolicholatirus noumeensis Crosse, 1870

Indonesia

10-20mm, predominantly grey/black with yellow spiral lines

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Fusinus novaehollandiae Reeve, 1848

New South Wales

120-150mm, giant for species

F++

 $  10.00

New South Wales

over 150mm, giant for species

F++

 $  15.00

Leucozonia ocellata Gmelin, 1791

Bonaire or Guadaloupe, Caribbean

20-25mm, chequered pattern of brown & white, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Bonaire or Guadaloupe, Caribbean

25-30mm, chequered pattern of brown & white, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Latirus paetelianus Kobelt, 1874

Western Australia

40-45mm, chocolate brown, w/o

F++

 $  6.00

Pseudolatirus pallidus Kuroda & Habe, 1961

Western Australia

50-55mm, deep water trawled

F++

 $  8.00

Latirus panamensis Dall, 1908

Western Mexico

90-100mm, typical for species, white with brown blotch on each raised nodule, w/o

F+/F++

 $  8.00

Latirus pearsoni Snyder, 2002

Philippines

30-35mm, variable degree of tan banding

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Fusinus perplexus A. Adams, 1864

Japan

100-120mm, typical Fusinus with brown between spiral nodes

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Fusolatirus pilsbryi Kuroda & Habe, 1952

Philippines

50-60mm, often called "walleri", a graceful deep water species with extended upturned anterior canal

F++/GEM

$  12.00

Peristernia philberti  Recluz, 1844

Philippines

25-30mm, colourful with white / brown & tan bands

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Latirus polygonus Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

50-60mm, very variable, black on orange or white, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Indonesia

60-80mm, very variable, black on orange or white, w/o - large for species

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Opeatostoma pseudodon (Burrow, 1815)

Mexico

20-30mm, brown banded on white - with tooth

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mexico

30-40mm, brown banded on white - with tooth

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Latirus recurvirostratus Schubert & Wagner, 1829

Western Australia

50-60mm, super orange shells with black highlights, w/o

F++/GEM

$  8.00

Western Australia

60-80mm, super orange shells with black highlights, w/o - large for species

F++/GEM

$  12.00

Peristernia reincarnata Snyder, 2000

Western Australia

25-30mm, yellow and brown vertical stripes, w/o - was called "incarnata" 

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Western Australia

25-30mm, white form, rare, w/o - was called "incarnata"

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Indonesia

25-30mm, more orange with purple aperture

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Fusinus rostratus Olivi, 1792

North Africa

36-38mm, with operc

F++

 $  3.00

Italy

35-40mm, typical w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Granulifusus rubrolineatus Sowerby II, 1870

South Africa

35-40mm, brown and tan with operc

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

Latirus sanguifluus Reeve, 1847

Marquesas Islands

35-40mm, orange with dark ornage vertical lines between raised nodules

F++

$  15.00

Cyrtulus serotinus Hinds, 1844

Marquesas Islands, South Pacific

Under 50mm, enzootic to Marquesas Islands

F++/ GEM

 $  20.00

Marquesas Islands

50-60mm, spectacular spire

F++/ GEM

 $  30.00

Marquesas Islands

60-70mm, spectacular spire

F++/ GEM

 $  45.00

Marquesas Islands

Over 70mm, rare this size and condition

F++/ GEM

 $  100.00

Fusinus simplex E. A. Smith, 1879

Japan

48mm, white and delicate

F+

 $  12.00

Latirolagena smaragdula Linnaeus, 1758

Indonesia

30-40mm, very heavy, w/o., never GEM

F++

 $  6.00

Latirus socorroensis Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Mexico

30-35mm, robust orange shells, w/o

F++/GEM

$  12.00

Clipperton Island, Eastern Pacific

30-35mm, robust orange shells - very rare location, w/o

F++/GEM

$  30.00

Fusinus syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758

Greece

50-55mm, variable colour patterns

F++

 $  6.00

Fusinus tessellatus Sowerby, 1880

Western Australia

30-40mm, with operc

F++/ GEM

 $  12.00

Fusinus townsendi Melvill, 1899

Red Sea

40-50mm, small orange specimen

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus, 1758

Indonesia

100-120mm, typical, w/o

F++

 $  12.00

Indonesia

140-200mm, super large specimens with good colour & operc

F++

$  25.00

Latirus tumens Carpenter, 1858

Pacific coast of Mexico

70-80mm, heavily sculptured species w/o

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Latirus turritus Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

30-35mm, brown with black banding, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Fusinus undatus Gmelin, 1791

Hawaii

140-150mm, very heavy and white, w/o

F+/F++

 $  20.00

Fusinus undulatus Perry, 1811

Western Australia

50-70mm, trawled in deep water, some with operc

F+/ F++

 $  20.00

Peristernia ustulata Reeve, 1947  Note: I believe all 4 listed shells are different - what the 'true P. ustulata' is still remains to be determined!

Marquesas Islands, South Pacific

20-25mm, possibly an unnamed species with purple aperture & very short anterior canal

F++

 $  8.00

Philippines

25-30mm, white/cream shells with purple tip to anterior canal

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Queensland,  Australia

25-30mm, heavy shells with brown tip to anterior canal

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Western Australia

25-30mm, white with brown tip to anterior canal

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Fusinus verruchulatus Lamarck,1822

South Africa

130-140mm, very rare as live sp., w/o

F+

 $  30.00

Latirus walkeri Melvill, 1895

Western Australia

20-25mm, an enzootic species

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Latirus cf. virginensis Abbott, 1958

Honduras

20-25mm, orange species

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Fusinus westralis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003

Western Australia

80-100mm, smooth white deep water specimen

F++

 $  12.00

Western Australia

100-110mm, smooth white deep water specimen

F++

 $  20.00

Western Australia

100-120mm, smooth white deep water specimen

F/F+

 $  4.00

Fusinus sp. (probably salisburyi)

Queensland, Australia

100-150mm, large and white

F+/ F++

 $  20.00

Fusinus sp. (similar to novaehollandiae)

Tasmania, Australia

70-80mm, from the Derwent river

F+/ F++

 $  6.00

This list will be updated regularly.

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