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MITRIDAE

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

Form & Locality:

Description (w/o = abbreviation for: with operculum):

Grading:

All Prices in AUD

Strigatella acuminata Swainson, 1824

Philippines

15-19mm, brown with central band

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

New Guinea

20-25mm, pale shells

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Western Australia

20-25mm, typical shells

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Vexillum acupictum Reeve, 1844

Philippines

20-25mm, banded in orange & tan

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Vexillum acuminatum Gmelin, 1791

India

30-35mm, grey/brown with low sculpture

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Vexillum albocinctum C. B. Adams, 1845

Honduras

6-8mm, dark brown with white spiral band

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Vexillum amabile Reeve, 1844

Madagascar

10-15mm, nicely sculptured with yellow, white and brown

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Vexillum amanda Reeve, 1845

Western Australia

10-12mm, nicely sculptured

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mitra amaura Hervier, 1898

Western Australia

20-25mm, very rare from here, dark brown species

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Western Australia

21mm, very rare from here, dark brown species - dead but representative

dead

 $  6.00

Mitra ambigua Swainson, 1829

Mozambique

40-50mm, heavy species

F++

 $  8.00

Mitra analogica Pease, 1844

Victoria, Australia

6-8mm, banded in yellow & brown

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Victoria, Australia

6-8mm, banded in yellow & brown

dead

 $  2.00

Ziba annulata Reeve, 1844

Hawaii

18-22mm, rare from this location

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

French Polynesia

20-25mm, more angular than Hawaiian specimens

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Austromitra apicitincta Verco, 1896 

South Australia

12mm, very rare

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

Austromitra arnoldi Verco, 1909

South Australia

3-5mm, dead but very rare

dead

 $  5.00

Mitra assimilis Pease, 1868

Indonesia

12-15mm, brown with narrow white band on body whorl - dead but good

good

 $  3.00

French Polynesia

12-15mm, brown with narrow white bands on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mitra aurantia Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

20-30mm, brown anterior with white spire

F++

 $  5.00

Mitra aurora Dohrn, 1861

subspecies floridula, PNG

25-30mm, red/brown with white flecks

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

subspecies floridula, PNG

30-40mm, red/brown with white flecks

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Vexillum australe Sowerby, 1820

Western Australia

20-30mm, variable patterns

F++

 $  10.00

Mitra avenacea Reeve,1845

Mozambique

15-20mm, dead but representative

F

 $  3.00

Eumitra badia Reeve,1844

Western Australia

20-30mm, brown & typical

F++

 $  10.00

Ziba bacillum Lamarck, 1811

Philippines

20-30mm, blue-grey pattern

F++

 $  5.00

Madagascar

20mm, typical

F++/GEM 

 $  4.00

Solomon Islands

18-20mm, brown vertical bands

F++/GEM 

 $  5.00

Mitra barbadensis Gmelin, 1791

Bahamas

20-25mm, tan smooth species

F++

 $  5.00

Mitra barrywilsoni Cate, 1968

Western Australia

20-25mm, dead shells, but typical

F+/F++

 $  25.00

Western Australia

20-25mm, dark coloured live sp.

F++/GEM

 $  55.00

Mitra belcheri Hinds, 1843

Mexico

85-90mm, some with periostricum

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Austromitra bellapicta  Verco, 1909

Victoria, Australia

7-9mm, white and brown banded - dead but good

dead

 $  20.00

Mitra bernhardina Roeding, 1798 

Philippines

15-20mm, nodulose below suture

F++

 $  6.00

Mozambique

15-20mm, nodulose below suture - dead but good

dead

 $  3.00

Imbricaria bicolor Swainson, 1824

Mozambique

15-20mm, body whorl divided into brown and white band

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Vexillum (Pusia) bilineatum Reeve, 1845

Indonesia

10-15mm, dark brown with narrow spiral band

F++

 $  12.00

Indonesia

10-15mm, dark brown with narrow spiral band - dead but representative

good

 $  4.00

Mitra bovei Kiener, 1838

East Africa

20-25mm, very busy sculpture & pattern

F+/F++

 $  12.00

East Africa

20-25mm, very busy sculpture, giant shells

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

Mitra bulimoides Reeve, 1845

Western Australia

18-20mm,  white smooth species - dead but good

F/F+

 $  12.00

Vexillum cadaverosum Reeve, 1844

Solomon Islands

14-16mm, spiny

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Western Australia

16-18mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Indonesia

14-16mm, typical

F++

 $  3.00

Vexillum caffra Linnaeus, 1758

Queensland

40-50mm, dark brown with yellow band

F++

 $  3.00

Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides Anton, 1838

Madagascar

15-20mm, heavy, inflated with coarse sculpture

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Imbricaria carbonacea Hinds, 1844

Senegal

30-35mm, heavy species with periostricum intact

F++

 $  8.00

Mitra carbonaria Swainson,1822

South Australia

30-40mm, dark brown

F++

 $  12.00

Mitra cardinalis Gmelin, 1791

Vanuatu

40-50mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mitra carinata (hamillei) Swainson, 1824

Senegal

12-15mm, black & white

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Domiporta carnicolor Reeve, 1844

Indonesia

10-15mm, tall, pale pink species with dark pink protoconch

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Indonesia

10-15mm, tall, pale pink species with dark pink protoconch

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Mitra chalybeia Reeve, 1844

Western Australia

20-25mm, variable

F++

 $  4.00

Western Australia

25-35mm, variable

F++

 $  10.00

Mitra chrysalis Reeve, 1844

Mozambique

15-18mm, brown inflated species

F++

 $  5.00

Mitra chrysostoma Broderip, 1836

Indonesia

25-30mm, blotched brown/tan

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Indonesia

30-40mm, blotched brown/tan

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Austromitra cinnamomea A. Adams, 1855

S/W Western Australia

15-20mm, dark orange specimens

F++

 $  45.00

S/W Western Australia

15-20mm, dark orange specimens - ded but representative

good

 $  15.00

Neocancilla circula Kiener, 1838

Indonesia

12-15mm, spiral lyra with pale banding

F++

 $  3.00

Indonesia

15-25mm, spiral lyra with pale banding

F++

 $  5.00

Domiporta citharoidea (Dohrn,1862)

Western Australia

15-18mm, always white, dead

F

 $  12.00

Vexillum citrinum Gmelin, 1791 (often called regina - form filiareginae)

Madagascar

50-70mm, heavily sculptured colour form, brown, white &  tan, some with orange 

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Madagascar

over 70mm, heavily sculptured colour forms with  brown, white &  tan, some with orange 

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Philippines

50-70mm, spiral bands of brown, white tan & yellow, spectacular

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Philippines wholesale offer

50-70mm, wholesale offer of 4 colour forms with spiral bands, spectacular 

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Philippines

over 70mm, spiral bands of brown, white tan & yellow

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Cancilla clathrus Gmelin, 1791

Queensland

25mm, nicely banded

F++

 $  6.00

Strigatella coarctata Reeve, 1844

Mozambique

18-22mm, inflated species with brown banding

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Imbricaria conularis Lamarck, 1811

Philippines

20mm, typical,

F++

 $  3.00

Solomon Islands

15-20mm, chequerboard pattern

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Imbricaria conovula Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Christmas Island

15mm, typical

F++

currently sold out

Mitra contracta Swainson, 1840

Indonesia

25-30mm, checkerboard brown/tan/white pattern

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Pterygia conus Gmelin 1791

Papua New Guinea

20-25mm, shells with perio, otherwise typical

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Vexillum (Costellaria) cookeanum Turner, Gorig & Salisbury, 2007

Philippines

28-35mm, tall elegant species, white with brown blotches

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mitra cooki Sowerby, 1874

Queensland, Australia

20-30mm, brown and smooth

F+/F++

 $  15.00

Vexillum corallinum Reeve, 1845

Indonesia

15-20mm, spectacular red with white spots

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Scabricola coriacea Reeve, 1845

Mozambique

12-15mm, tan banding on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mitra cornicula Linnaeus, 1758

Mediterranean

15-18mm, brown

F++

 $  3.00

Mitra (Nebularia) coronata Lamarck, 1811

Indonesia

15-20mm, orange/brown with white flecks near suture

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Marquesas Islands

12-15mm, rare location

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mozambique

15-20mm, very dark brown/black with white flecks

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Vexillum (Costellaria) coronatum (Helbling, 1779)

Solomon Islands

15-20mm, orange banded shells

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Vexillum costatum Gmelin, 1791

Coral Sea, Australia

45-50mm, tall graceful shells

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Vexillum crebriliratum Reeve, 1844

India

25-30mm, fine vertical ribs

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Pterygia crenulata Gmelin,1791

Solomon Islands

25mm, orange and heavy

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum Lamarck, 1811

Indonesia

20-30mm, very variable sp. red, orange and dark brown specimens

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Mitra crosnieri Cernohorsky, 1970

Senegal

70-80mm, tall large & brown specimens

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Senegal

80-100mm, tall & elegant specimens 

F++/GEM

 $  24.00

Mitra cucumerina Lamarck, 1811

Indonesia

15-18mm, inflated red species with white band

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Vexillum curviliratum Sowerby III, 1874

form formosensis, Taiwan

30-35mm, with curved ribs, heavily sculptured and banded

F++/GEM

 $  5.00 

Pterygia dactylus Kiener,1838

Queensland, Australia

30mm, very heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Solomon Islands

30-33mm, brown blotched shells

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Scabricola dampierensis Salisbury & Heinicke, 1998

Western Australia

35-40mm, dead but representative

dead

 $  20.00

Mitra declivis Reeve, 1844

South Australia

40-50mm, grey/brown with spiral grooves on anterior and posterior of body whorl

F++

$ 55.00

Mitra decurtata Reeve, 1844

Cocos / Keeling Islands

20-25mm, brown with single pale band - very heavy sp.

F++

 $  6.00

Vexillum delicatum A Adams, 1853

Philippines

20-25mm, tall species with white banding on tan body

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Vexillum dennisoni Reeve, 1844

Philippines

40-50mm, dark central band

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Vexillum dermestinum Lamarck, 1811

Florida

10-15mm, dark brown with 2/3 rows of spiral bands on whorls 

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Scabricola desetangsi Kiener, 1838

Indonesia

20-30mm, darker blue / grey form

F++

 $  6.00

Vexillum deshayesi Reeve, 1844

Indonesia

15-20mm, tall species with orange squares forming rows

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Vexillum (Pusia) discolorium Reeve, 1845

Indonesia

8-10mm, small, heavily sculptured species

F++

 $  5.00

Vexillum diutenerum Hervier, 1897

Indonesia

5-8mm, small species, some banding

F++

 $  4.00

Hawaii

5-6mm, small with some banding

F++

 $  6.00

Mitra doliolum Kuester, 1839

Indonesia

15-20mm, red brown with heavy ribbing

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Indonesia

20-25mm,  red brown with heavy ribbing

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Mitra dondani Cernohorsky, 1985

Indonesia

30mm, typical for this species but unusual location, dead but very good

F+/F++

 $  30.00

Vexillum echinatum A Adams, 1853

Indonesia

20-22mm, heavy sculpture with variable degree of spines on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823

Indonesia

20-25mm, dead but representative

good

 $  5.00

Vexillum (Pusia) emiliae Schmeltz, 1874

Indonesia

5-8mm, small, chocolate brown

F++

 $  10.00

Vexillum (Pusia) epiphanea Rehder, 1943

Caribbean

9-10mm, heavily sculptured dark brown / white species

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Mitra eremitaria Roeding, 1798

Philippines

50-60mm, large but typical

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Western Australia

50mm, smaller Australian variety

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Ziba erythrogramma Tomlin, 1931

West Mexico

20-25mm, fine spiral lyrae

F++

 $  8.00

Vexillum exasperatum Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

15-20mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  2.00

New Guinea

20-22mm, dark, vertical lines

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Madagascar

20-22mm, dark shells

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Madagascar / Indonesia

15-20mm, wholesale offer - 5 sp. of variable colour forms

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Thala exilis Reeve, 1845

Indonesia

8-10mm, small white species, dead but representative

dead

 $  5.00

Mitra eximia A. Adams, 1853

Tonga

10-12mm, inflated with complex pattern - red / brown on white

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Mitra fastigium Reeve, 1845

Tahiti

18-20mm, tan/brown with inflated body whorl

F++

 $  10.00

Pterygia fenestrata Lamarck, 1811

Queensland, Australia

20-24mm, white & granulose

F++

 $  4.00

Solomon Islands

20-25mm, white with black bands

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mitra ferruginea Lamarck,1811

Western Australia

30-35mm, heavily ribbed with thick outer lip

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Hawaii

30-32mm, with very busy & intricate pattern, thick outer lip

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Mozambique

20-25mm, fully formed with thick lip, but dwarf, East Africa form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Mitra filaris Linnaeus, 1771

French Polynesia

20-22mm, typical banding

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Philippines

22-25mm, large for species

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Vexillum filistriatum Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874

Hawaii

13-15mm, representative of species, good

F

 $  6.00

Scabricola fissurata Lamarck, 1811

Madagascar

30-35mm, intricate tan pattern

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Red Sea

30-40mm, typical pattern

F ++/GEM

 $  6.00

Red Sea

20-30mm, typical pattern

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Ziba flammea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Hawaii

12-15mm, gray with vertical brown pattern, dwarf form from here

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

India

20-25mm, interesting local form

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Mitra flavocingulata Lamy, 1838

Easter Island

25-28mm, dark brown with yellow spiral bands, always worn spires

F+/F++

 $  25.00

Mitra florida Gould, 1856

Florida

30-40mm, inflated white shell with tan pattern, with trimmed lip

F+/F++

 $  15.00

Florida

40-50mm, inflated white shell with tan pattern, with trimmed lip

F+/F++

 $  20.00

Mitra fraga Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Indonesia

10-15mm, inflated shells with variable colours

F++

 $  3.00

Hawaii

10-12mm, darker red shells

F++

 $  5.00

Mitra fulvescens Broderip, 1836

Indonesia

25-30mm, uniform tan/brown

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Western Australia

30-35mm, WA shells are larger and have a pale yellow anterior patch

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Mitra fuscoapicatum E A Smith, 1879

Indonesia

15-20mm, tall shells with close vertical lyrae

F++

 $  12.00

Indonesia

15-20mm, tall shells with close vertical lyrae, dead

dead

 $  4.00

Ziba gigantea Reeve, 1844

Panama

50-60mm, tall elegant species with heavy spiral ribbing, with perio

F++

 $  6.00

Panama