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FRESHWATER BIVALVES

Pricelist Fresh Water Bivalves, updated 05-01-13 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Form & Locality:

Description:

Grading:

Price in AUD

Potamilus alutus Say, 1817

Mississippi River 

140-160mm, large flat angular species

F++

$ 10.00

Quadrula appiculata  Say, 1829

Texas

60-80mm, robust inflated species with pustulose surface

F++ 

$ 6.00

Velesurio ambiguus Philippi, 1847

Queensland

50-60mm, brown/tan always with eroded umbo

F++

$ 5.00

Leptodea amphichaena Frierson, 1898

USA

70-80mm, elongate species

F++

$ 8.00

Hyridella australis Lamarck, 1819

Queensland

60-70mm, smooth elongate shells

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Unio biwae Kobelt, 1879

Japan

40-50mm, elongate species

F++

$ 5.00

Westralunio carteri Iredale, 1934

Western Australia

50-60mm, brown species with posterior extension, always with eroded umbo area

F++

$ 8.00

Elliptio complanata Lightfoot 1786

Lake Michigan, USA

60-70mm, elongate species

F/F+

$ 6.00

Elliptio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Alabama, USA

90-100mm, heavy elongate species

F++

$ 10.00

Elliptio dilatata Rafinesque, 1820

Pennsylvania, USA

65-75mm, elongate/heavy species

F/F+

$ 6.00

Plectomerus dombeyanus Valenciennes, 1827

Texas

120-140mm, elongate robust species

f+/F++

$ 10.00

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Rafinesque, 1820

Pennsylvania, USA

70-80mm, elongate species with green radiating pattern

F/F+

$ 8.00

Corbicula fluminea Mueller, 1774

California, USA

20-30mm, oval shells with thick green perio

F++/GEM

$ 8.00

Lortiella froggatti Iredale, 1934

N.W West Australia

40-45mm, very elongate species

F++

$ 8.00

Pyganodon grandis  Say, 1829

Texas

130-150mm, large inflated thin species

F++ 

$ 10.00

Corbicula japonica  Prime, 1864

Japan

22-25mm, trigonal shape with black shiny perio

F++/GEM

$ 2.00

Quadrula of houstonensis  Say, 1829 

Texas

40-50mm, robust inflated thin species

F++/GEM

$ 5.00

Megalonais nervosa Rafinesque, 1820

Texas

120-140mm widespread species, large & smooth

F++

$ 10.00

Toxolasma parvus Barnes, 1823

Arkansas, USA

20-30mm, small robust species

F++

$ 3.00

Alathyria pertexta Iredale, 1934

New South Wales

60-80mm, elongate/ black species

F++

$ 20.00

Unio pictorum Say, 1817

Netherlands

50-60mm, elongate species, variable sculpture

F++

$ 3.00

Amblema plicata  Linnaeus, 1758

Texas

100-120mm, large flat species with wavy sculpture

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Potamilus purpuratus  Lamarck, 1819

Texas

80-100mm, large, inflated relatively light species

F++

$ 12.00

Quadrula pustulosa   Lea, 1831

Texas

100-120mm, heavy oval shells with pustulose umbo area

F++

$ 8.00

Corbicula sandai Reinhardt, 1878

Japan

20-30mm, robust species with black perio

F++

$ 4.00

Lampsilis satura Woodward, 1859

Lake Tanganyika

90-10mm, elongate/heavy species, iridescent interior, very rare species

F++

$ 25.00

Lampsilis siliquoidea  Barnes, 1823

Mississippi River

120-140mm, elongate, smooth species

F++

$ 10.00

Iridina spekei Lea, 1852

Texas, USA

80-90mm, elongate species

F++

$ 6.00

Elliptio strigosa Lea, 1838

Florida, USA

50-60mm, elongate species

F++

$ 8.00

Lampsilis teres  Rafinesque, 1820

Texas, USA

120-140mm, elongate, smooth species

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Toxolasma texasensis Lea, 1857 

Texas, USA

30-40mm, small robust species

F++

$ 4.00

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

USA

25-35mm, robust angular species

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Strophitus undulatus Say, 1817

Mississippi, USA

80-100m, large inflated species

F++

$ 8.00

   

This list will be updated regularly.

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