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OLIVIDAE

Pricelist Olividae, updated 05-01-13 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

References: "OLIVIDAE - A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE" by G. Sterba (2004) - available on our  BOOKS page.

Form & Locality:

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

Grading:

All Prices in AUD:

Olivella acteocina Olsson, 1956

Antigua

2-3mm, white and shiny

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata Lamarck, 1811

West Africa

under 60mm, variable colour & shape

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

West Africa

Over 60mm, rare this size

F++

 $ 10.00

Olivella adelae Olsson, 1956

Florida

6-8mm, white smooth shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Olivella adelaidae Tate, 1880

Victoria, Australia

5-6mm, dead but representative, probably fossil

dead

 $ 4.00

Ancilla adelphe   Kilburn, 1981

Madagascar

15-18mm, inflated peach coloured shells, dead but good

dead

 $ 3.00

Olivella alba Marrat & Sowerby, 1871

Gulf of California

4-5mm, variable patterns

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Amalda albanyensis Ninomiya, 1987

Albany, W. Australia

10-12mm, slender shells

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

Ancillista albicans Lee & Wu, 1997

Taiwan

26-30mm, white delicate species

F+/F++ 

 $ 25.00

Amalda albicallosa Lischke, 1873

Japan

30-35mm, nice heavy callus on spire, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Japan

60-80mm, very large form, inflated body whorl

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Ancilla albozonata E. A. Smith, 1904

South Africa

20-25mm, orange & white inflated species

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oliva amethystina (Roeding, 1798)

Western Australia

25-30mm, variable patterns, angular shoulder

GEM

 $ 2.00

Western Australia

over 30mm, variable patterns, angular shoulder

GEM

 $ 3.00

Wholesale offer, Indonesia

25-30mm, 10 typical shells showing  variable pattern range, with angular shoulder

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

form carnicolor,  Philippines

40-45mm, bright orange form

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form carnicolor,  Philippines

over 45mm, bright orange form

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

form nebulosa,Queensland, Australia

35-40mm, orange/tan with few blurred spots

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Olivella (Janaoliva) amoni Sterba & Lorenz, 2005

Papua New Guinea

3-5mm, white / transparent, newly named, dead but good 

F

 $ 25.00

Ancilla ampla Sowerby, 1854

India

25-28mm, smooth white shells

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988

Japan

35-40mm, tall elegant species, always with eroded spire

F++

$ 20.00

Japan

30-40mm, tall elegant species, always with eroded spire

dead

$ 4.00

Oliva athenia Duclos, 1840

Philippines

20-25mm, square shouldered species

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Amalda australis Sowerby I, 1830

New Zealand

under 20mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

New Zealand

over 20mm, large for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oliva australis Duclos,1835

Western Australia

20-30mm, very fine grey pattern

GEM

 $ 2.00

Western Australia

20-30mm, very pale shells

GEM

 $ 2.00

form pallescens, South Australia

20-30mm, typical O. australis, but with brown fasciole

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form  albino, South Australia

20-30mm, pure white shells

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Wholesale offer, Western Australia

20-30mm, 10 typical shells including all colour variations in stock

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Zemira australis

New South Wales, Australia

15-20mm, tan with mottled brown, dead but respectable

dead

 $ 20.00

Ancilla balteata Swainson, 1825

Aruba

40-50mm, very heavy pale yellow sp.

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Oliva bifasciata Kuester 1878

Aruba

35-40mm, brown zig zag pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

form barbadensis, Barbados

35-40mm, darker form of this very variable species

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form bollingi, Florida

35-45mm, lovely pale orange form

F++

 $ 12.00

Olivella biplicata Sowerby, 1825

California

15-18mm, egg shaped, grey/blue

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

California

Over 18mm, egg shaped, grey/blue and large for species

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Olivella bitleri Olsson, 1956

Mexico

15-18mm, dark chocolate brown

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Jaspidella blanesi Ford, 1898

Bahamas

6-8mm, white inflated shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Zemira bodalla Garrard, 1966 (Pseudolividae)

Queensland, Australia

20-25mm, unusual Olive related species

F+/F++

 $ 25.00

Queensland, Australia

20-25mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 10.00

Ancilla boschi Kilburn, 1980

Gulf of Oman

15-20mm, chocolate brown with white ancillid line

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Anolacia bozzetti Prati, 1995

Somalia

35-48mm, pustulose body whorl and stepped spire

F++/GEM

 $ 45.00

Oliva brettinghami Bridgman, 1909

Western Australia

15-18mm, vertical zig-zag lines

GEM

 $ 2.00

wholesale offer, Western Australia

15-18mm, 10 typical shells incl. colour variations

GEM

 $ 6.00

Oliva buelowi Sowerby II, 1890

Papua New Guinea

20-25mm, very colourful, dead sp.

F

 $ 3.00

Papua New Guinea

20-25mm, very colourful & variable

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

15-20mm, very dark

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Oliva bulbiformis Duclos, 1840

Philippines

25-30mm, inflated body whorl

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva bulbosa Roeding,1798

rare blue form, Tanzania

25-35mm, blue-grey sp.

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

orange form, Tanzania

25-35mm, predominantly orange sp.

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

pure white form, Tanzania

31mm, rare form for this species

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

form bicingulata, Tanzania

30-35mm, banded with brown

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form fabagina, Tanzania

30-35mm, large patches of colour

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form inflata, Tanzania

30-35mm, busy spotted pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

Zanzibar 

30-40mm, lovely dark sp.

GEM

 $ 2.00

Zanzibar 

30-40mm, variable colours

GEM

 $ 2.00

Wholesale offer, Zanzibar 

30-40mm, 10 typical shells representing a wide variety of colours

GEM

 $ 6.00

Amalda (Baryspira) bullioides Reeve, 1864

South Africa

35mm, a tall elegant species

F++

 $ 75.00

South Africa

15mm, dead shell

dead

 $ 12.00

Oliva caerulea Roeding, 1798

form lugubris, Tanzania

40-45mm, narrower form

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form ponderi, W. Australia

45-55mm, deep purple aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Olivancillaria carcellesi    Klappenbach, 1965

Argentina

30-35mm, grey / brown shells with wide aperture

F++

 $ 6.00

Jaspidella carminiae Petuch, 1992

Venezuela

15-18mm, inflated white with pale band

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Oliva carneola Gmelin, 1791

form giant, Philippines

25-27mm, various colours

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form trichroma, Philippines

10-15mm, orange-yellow, no banding

GEM

 $ 2.00

form unizonalis, Indonesia

10-15mm, central white band

GEM

 $ 2.00

form bizonalis, Indonesia

10-15mm, two central white bands

GEM

 $ 3.00

form coccinata, Indonesia

10-15mm, orange / brown 

GEM

 $ 3.00

form adspersa, Indonesia

10-15mm, brown / yellow / gold, but no orange

GEM

 $ 2.00

form yellow banded,  Fiji

10-15mm, pale yellow with one or two white bands

GEM

 $ 4.00

form white,  Indonesia

10-15mm, very rare white form

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

wholesale offer, Indonesia

10-15mm, variety of 10 colour forms

GEM

 $ 8.00

Oliva caroliniana Duclos, 1835

Natal, South Africa

25-30mm, variable colour patterns

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Ancilla castanea Sowerby, 1830

Oman

under 25mm, lovely dark chocolate brown shells, very ovate

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Oman

over 25mm, lovely dark chocolate brown shells, very ovate - rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oman

under 25mm, fawn shells with inflated body

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oman

over 25mm, fawn shells with inflated body - very rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oman

under 25mm, typical pale cream coloured shells 

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oman

over 25mm, typical pale cream coloured shells - very rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

wholesale offer, Oman

under 25mm, set of 3 shells, showing all 3 colours

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva chrysoplecta Tursch & Greifeneder, 1989

Philippines 

15-20mm, cream with gold lines forming triangles

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Ancillista cingulata Sowerby, 1830

Western Australia

Under 60mm, pale cream spire

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Western Australia

60-70mm, pale cream spire

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Western Australia

over 70mm, rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Ancilla cinnamomea Lamarck, 1801

India

25-30mm, dark chocolate to gold coloured

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

white form, India

26mm, white shells - rare this colour

F++

 $ 10.00

Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871

Brazil

50-55mm, dark with fine triangular pattern, elongate species

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

form goajira, Brazil

45-50mm, localized form from Goajira peninsula

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Oliva columellaris (Sowerby I, 1825)

Ecuador

8-10mm, predominantly blue/grey inflated species

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva cocosensis (Olsson, 1956) 

Cocos Island (off Costa Rica)

10-12mm, pale tan/brown band centrally with darker highlights

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Oliva concavospira Sowerby III, 1914

Papua New Guinea

30-35mm, dark vertical marks, depressed spire

F++

 $ 5.00

Olivancillaria contortuplicata Reeve, 1850

Uruguay

25-30mm, pale blue shells

F+/F++

 $ 5.00

Amalda contusa Reeve, 1864

South Africa

25-30mm, heavily callused shells, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 38.00

South Africa

25-35mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 6.00

Olivella dama (Mawe, 1828)

San Felipe, Mexico

10-15mm, violet aperture, colourful

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Olivella dealbata Reeve, 1850

Netherlands Antilles

8-10mm, shiny white with some brown marking

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Olivella defiorei (Klappenbach, 1964)

Brazil

8-10mm, endemic to Brazil, slender mottled brown

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Amalda depressa Sowerby, 1859

New Zealand

8-12mm, very flared lip

F++

 $ 4.00

New Zealand

12-15mm, large for this species

F++

currently sold out

Olivancillaria deshayesiana (Ducros de St. Germain, 1857)

Uruguay

20-25mm, very bulbous

F++

 $ 4.00

Ancilla dimidiata (Sowerby II, 1850)

Brazil

10-12mm, inflated white / cream shells

F++/GEM

 $ 38.00

Ancilla djiboutina Jousseaume, 1894

Red Sea

20-24mm, uniformly tan with darker spire and ancillid band

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Oliva dubia Schepman, 1911

Philippines

12-15mm, slender yellow with wavy lines

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Alcospira edithae Pritchard & Gatliffe, 1899

South Australia

10-12mm, rare local species

F++

 $ 20.00

Oliva elegans Lamarck, 1811

Philippines

35-45mm, variable colours

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, orange form

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Oliva emeliodina Duclos, 1845

Madagascar

35-40mm, with purple aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Ancilla faustoi Matthews & Matthews, 1978

Brazil

14-16mm, orange and smooth

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Oliva flammulata Lamarck, 1811

West Africa

30-35mm, pale zig zag pattern

F++ /GEM

 $ 4.00

form dolicha, Cape Verde Islands

20-30mm, dramatic white triangles

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Olivella fletcherae Berry, 1958

Mexico

8-10mm, hard to get now

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Olivella floralia Duclos, 1853

Gulf of Mexico

6-10mm, predominantly white with pale pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Olivella formicacorsii Klappenbach, 1962

Uruguay

8-10mm, typical pale yellow

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva fulgurator Roeding, 1798

form bullata, Venezuela

30-40mm, with two faint bands around bulbous body whorl

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Amalda fuscolingua Kilburn & Bouchet, 1988

New Caledonia

28mm, one only - super shell with operc

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Amalda fusiformis Petterd, 1886

South Australia

12-15mm, dead but representative

F

 $ 12.00

Agaronia (Anazola) gibbosa Born, 1778

Sri Lanka

40-50mm, typical specimens

F++

 $ 3.00

Sri Lanka

50-60mm, mottled brown, variable shapes, treated sp.

F++

 $ 2.00

Ancilla glabrata Linnaeus, 1758

Venezuela

50-60mm, nice inflated yellow shells

F++

 $ 10.00

Venezuela

40-50mm, nice inflated yellow shells

F++ 

 $ 6.00

Olivella gracilis Broderip & Sowerby, 1859

Mexico

10-12mm, small enzootic species

F++

 $ 4.00

Agaronia griseoalba Marrat, 1897

Nicaragua

20-30mm, generally gray with pale pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Agaronia hiatula Gmelin, 1791

Senegal

under 50mm, slender colourful shells with white anterior plicae

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Senegal

over 50mm, slender colourful shells with white anterior plicae

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Amalda hilgendorfi Von Martens, 1837

Taiwan

50-60mm, dead but very good, orange banded

dead

 $ 10.00

Taiwan

50-60mm, lovely pale orange shells with spiral callus

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Amalda hinomotoensis Yokoyama, 1922

Japan

30-40mm, tall species with heavy spire callus

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

form urasima, Taiwan

25-30mm, a thin elegant form

F++/GEM

$ 12.00

Oliva hirasei Kira, 1959

Philippines

40-45mm, variable colours

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

New Caledonia

40-50mm, more orange form with straw-coloured aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Oliva inconspicua C. B. Adams, 1852

Costa Rica

4-5mm, white shells, dead but good

dead

 $ 2.00

Costa Rica

4-5mm, white shells, dead but good

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva incrassata Lightfoot, 1786

West Mexico

under 50mm, massive shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

West Mexico

50-60mm, very large for species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

West Mexico

over 60mm, giants

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form burchorum, West Mexico

30-40mm, lovely yellow shells

F++/GEM

$ 30.00

Olivella inusta Sowerby II, 1915

Florida

4-5mm, brown sutural banding

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva irisans Lamarck, 1811

Western Australia

50-60mm, massive heavy shells with white aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form albescens, Philippines

40-50mm, pure white form

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

form chrysoides, Philippines

40-50mm, lovely orange outer glaze

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

form concinna

50-60mm, open filament channel

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

form fordii, Philippines

40-50mm, dark brown / black

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva jamaicensis Marrat, 1870

Dominican Republic

30-35mm, very fine zigzag pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Jaspidella jaspidea Gmelin, 1791 

Florida

10-15mm, pale heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Florida

10-15mm, pure white form

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Oliva jaspidea Duclos, 1835

form duclosi, Tahiti

20-30mm, very dark form

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Agaronia johnkochi Voskuil, 1990

Indonesia

25-30mm, grey shells with brown spire callus

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva julieta Duclos, 1833

West Mexico

30-40mm, dark mottled species

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Oliva kaleontina Duclos, 1835

Panama

20-25mm, fawn with brown vertical dashes

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva keeni Marrat, 1870

Philippines

30-35mm, dark and wavy vertical lines

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oliva lacanientai Greifeneder & Bloecher, 1985

Philippines

10-15mm, graceful orange shells

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Oliva leonardhilli Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Mozambique

20-25mm, busy pattern, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Oliva lepida Duclos, 1835

Philippines

20-25mm, variable colours including almost white

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form solomonensis, Solomon Islands

15-18mm, dark local form with distinct bands

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Belloliva leucozona H. Adams & Angas, 1864

Western Australia

12-15mm, long & slender shells

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Ancilla lienardi Bernardi, 1858

Venezuela

25-30mm, striking yellow orange shells

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Venezuela

30-35mm, striking yellow orange shells

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Amalda (Gracilispira) lineata (Kiener,1844)

South-West Western Australia

15-20mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

South-West Western Australia

over 20mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

South-West Western Australia

15-20mm, very rare white form

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Melapium lineatum Lamarck, 1822

South Africa

25-30mm, very inflated species with vertical lines

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

South Africa

over 30mm, very inflated species with vertical lines - rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

South Africa

25-30mm, dead but good

dead

 $ 3.00

Ancilla lineolata Adams, 1853

Eilat, Israel

10-12mm, cream / white inflated species

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Eilat, Israel

10-12mm, cream / white inflated species

dead

 $ 3.00

Agaronia lutaria Roeding, 1798

Java, Indonesia

35-40mm, tall, slender shells, colourful

F++

 $ 4.00

Java, Indonesia

over 40mm, tall, slender shells, colourful

F++

 $ 6.00

Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840

Tanzania

45-50mm, pale even large spots

F++

 $  20.00

Amalda mammillata Hinds, 1844

Taiwan

35-40mm, fawn shells with pale purple on spire, with operc

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840

Philippines 

under 40mm, striped band on fasciole 

F++/GEM 

 $ 3.00

Philippines

over 40mm, striped band on fasciole 

F++/GEM 

 $ 5.00

Alcospira marginata Lamarck, 1811

South Australia

under 25mm, nicely banded shoulder, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

South Australia

25-30mm, nicely banded shoulder, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

South Australia

over 30mm, very rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Ancilla marmorata Reeve, 1864

South Africa

10-15mm, dead but representative

F

 $ 2.00

Oliva mascarena Tursch & Greifeneder, 1996

Mauritius

55-65mm, pale Mauritian form, white aperture

F++/GEM 

 $ 35.00

Ancilla (Hesperancilla) matthewsi Burch & Burch, 1967

Brazil

16-18mm, orange with crenated ancillid groove

GEM 

 $ 50.00

Brazil

16-18mm, orange with crenated ancillid groove, dead but good

dead

 $ 15.00

Anolacia mauritiana Sowerby I, 1830

South Africa

50-60mm, bulbous and very shiny body

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Olivella mcgintyi Olsson, 1956

Florida

10-12mm, white - dead but good

dead

 $ 6.00

Olivella miliola D'Orbigny, 1842

Dominican Republic

3-4mm, pale orange shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Olivella millepunctata Duclos, 1842

Angola

10-12mm, very fine gold / brown spots

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva miniacea Roeding, 1798

form miniacea, Philippines

50-60mm, striking sp. with orange aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form efasciata, Vanuatu

50-60mm, predominantly pale with orange markings

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form johnsoni, Philippines

50-60mm, dark to black with yellow marks - rarest form

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form tremulina, Tanzania

65-70mm, spectacular form with blue-grey aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

wholesale offer

50-70mm, super colour set of 5 shells

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

wholesale offer

50-70mm, super colour set of 10 shells

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Ancilla minima Thiele, 1925

Tanzania

11mm, one only, shiny white

F++

 $ 10.00

Olivella minuta Link, 1807

Venezuela

8-10mm, grey/blue with dark band on anterior margin

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Amalda (Gracilispira) monilifera Reeve,1864

Western Australia

12mm, spotted sutures

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Olivella monilifera Reeve,1850

Grand Cayman Island

6-8mm, predominantly white

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

Ancilla (Alocospira) montrouzieri Souverbie, 1860

New Caledonia

25-35mm, delicate pearl/white species

F++/GEM

 $ 30.00

Olivella moorei Abbot, 1951

Florida

6-8mm, predominantly cream/white shells

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Olivella morrisoni Olsson, 1956

Panama, Pacific

8-10mm, busy vertical wavy lines

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Amalda (Baryspira) mucronata Sowerby I, 1830

New Zealand

30-35mm, heavily callused spire

F++

 $ 4.00

New Zealand

over 35mm, heavily callused spire

F++

 $ 6.00

Oliva multiplicata Reeve,1850

Taiwan

40-45mm, speckled dark brown on tan

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Agaronia murrha Berry, 1953

Costa Rica

20-30mm, both dark and light shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Ancillista muscae Pilsbry, 1926

Western Australia

Under 40mm, white and fragile

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Western Australia

40-50mm, white and fragile

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Western Australia

Over 50mm, rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva mustelina Lamarck, 1811

Taiwan

35-40mm, vertical zigzag lines

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Olivella mutica Say, 1822

Florida

5-6mm, small inflated species

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Olivella nana Lamarck, 1811

Angola

8-10mm, very inflated pale yellow species with zigzag banding

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Agaronia (Anazola) nebulosa Lamarck 1811

Indonesia

25-30mm, reticulated greyish body whorl

F++

 $ 4.00

Oliva neostina Duclos, 1840

Solomon Islands

35-40mm, dark shells from a small part of the Pacific

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Agaronia nica Lopez, Montoya & Lopez, 1988

West coast of Panama

18-20mm, nice gold/honey coloured form

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Nicaragua

18-20mm, typical grey/tan form

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva nitidula Duclos, 1835  (was called paxillus)

East Africa

20-25mm, large pale shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form nitidula, Western Australia

15-18mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

form nitidula, Rabaul

18-20mm, long elegant form

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form sandwichensis, Hawaii

20-24mm, local dark  form from Hawaii

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

form thomasi, Kwajalein 

15-20mm, interesting local form

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Olivella nivea Gmelin, 1791

Brazil

10-15mm, lovely yellow with violet pattern

GEM

 $ 3.00

Baryspira novaezelandica (Sowerby, 1859)

New Zealand

8-10mm, small species with brown spiral band

dead but good

 $ 4.00

New Zealand

8-10mm, small species with brown spiral band - live taken with operc

F++/GEM

$ 10.00

Cupidoliva nympha (H. Adams & Angas, 1864)

Western Australia

5-6mm, rare - white shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Amalda obesa  Sowerby, 1859

Mozambique

12-16mm, very inflated orange tan species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Amalda (Alcospira) oblonga (Sowerby I, 1830)

New South Wales

16-20mm, smooth very pale straw colour - dead but good

dead

 $ 12.00

Amalda (Baryspira) obtusa (Swainson,1825)

South Africa

35-40mm, super callused shells, w/o.

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

South Africa

37mm, dead shell, representative

dead

 $ 4.00

Oliva oliva Linnaeus, 1758

form oriola, Philippines

25-30mm, completely black form with white columellar callosity

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form broderipi,  Sri Lanka

30-32mm, striking orange shells with tan spots

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Queensland, Australia

20-30mm, typical spotted pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

Queensland, Australia

20-30mm, unusual colours

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

wholesale offer, QLD Australia

20-30mm, 10 typical shells showing wide range of colour forms

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Oliva olssoni  Petuch and Sargent 1986

West  Panama

30-35mm, dark ta with inflated shoulder, lacks black spots of O. polpasta

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Ancilla ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1906

South Africa

15-20mm, orange & bulbous, dead but representative

F

 $ 2.00

Amalda (Exiquaspira) ornata (Ninomya,1988)

South-West Western Australia

15-20mm, busy pattern on body whorl, ex pisces

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva ornata Marrat, 1867  (was called: Oliva lignaria Marrat, 1868)

Western Australia

35-45mm, typical pale shell

GEM

 $ 2.00

Western Australia

35-45mm, typical dark shell, some almost uniformly brown

GEM

 $ 3.00

Wholesale offer, Western Australia

35-45mm, 10 typical shells, showing a range of colour forms & variations

GEM

 $ 6.00

Ancilla ovalis Sowerby II, 1859

Oman

10-12mm, inflated species with pale brown vertical lines

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oman

12-15mm, inflated species with pale brown vertical lines

dead

 $ 2.00

Oliva panniculata Duclos, 1835

form marquesana, Marquesas

12-14mm, darker than usual

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Tanzania

16-18mm, white/tan shells with spotted suture

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva parkinsoni Prior, 1975

Papua New Guinea

20-22mm, lovely shell with yellow aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Olivella pedroana Conrad, 1856

California

8-10mm, sometimes called O. baetica

F++/GEM

 $ 2.00

California

10-15mm, sometimes called O. baetica

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva perplexa Olsson, 1956

Netherlands Antilles

4-5mm, tiny, hard to get shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811

Peru

25-35mm, fine spotted pattern

F+/F++

 $ 4.00

form livida, Peru

30-40mm, form without pattern

F+/F++

 $ 10.00

form castanea, Peru

30-40mm, dark chocolate coloured form

F+/F++

 $ 12.00

Olivella petiolita Duclos, 1844

Brazil

8-10mm, nice banded shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833

Panama

35-40mm, heavy spotted shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva porphyria Linnaeus, 1758

Western Mexico

under 70mm, small but very nice

F++/GEM 

 $ 10.00

Western Mexico

under 70mm, small but very nice

F+/F++

 $ 6.00

Western Mexico

70-75mm,normal size but with dark pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Western Mexico

70-75mm, normal size but with dark pattern

F+/F++

 $ 10.00

Western Mexico

75-80mm, typical size with nice dark pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Western Mexico

75-80mm, typical size, with nice dark pattern

F+/F++

 $ 12.00

Western Mexico

80-85mm, large for species 

F++/GEM

 $ 25.00

Western Mexico

80-85mm, large for species

F+/F++

 $ 20.00

Western Mexico

85-90mm, large and spectacular

F++/GEM 

 $ 38.00

Western Mexico

85-90mm, large and spectacular

F+/F++ 

 $ 25.00

Western Mexico

over 90mm, super shells

F++/GEM

 $ 50.00

Western Mexico

over 90mm, super shells

F+/F++

 $ 30.00

Western Mexico

over 95mm, very large and spectacular

F++/GEM

 $ 60.00

Western Mexico

over 95mm, very large and spectacular

F+/F++

 $ 38.00

Agaronia propatula (Conrad, 1849)

Pacific coast, Panama

40-50mm, dark tall species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Pacific coast, Panama

18-20mm, very dark and fresh shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Olivella pulchella (Duclos, 1835)

Senegal

12-15mm, colourful slender species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Olivella pulicaria Marrat,1871

Japan

8-10mm, small graceful species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Olivella pusilla Marrat,1871

Florida

4-7mm, tiny pale blue shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Agaronia razetoi Terzer, 1992

Ghana

30-35mm, flared lip, but tall and slender

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Amalda reevei E. A. Smith, 1904

South Africa

15-18mm, live taken super shells

F++/GEM

 $ 45.00

South Africa

18-20mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 12.00

Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811

West Indies

30-35mm, high spired form

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

form olorinella,  Bahamas

30-35mm, cream / white form

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Oliva reticulata Roeding, 1798

form azona, Indonesia

30-35mm, very dark pattern and orange columella

F++/GEM 

 $ 4.00

form viridescens, Solomon Islands

30-40mm, more greenish background

F++/GEM 

 $ 4.00

form zigzag, Philippines

30-40mm, dramatic zigzag lines

F++/GEM 

 $ 6.00

Amalda rosea Macpherson, 1956

Queensland, Australia

15-20mm, pale rare shells, w/o

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Western Australia

15-20mm, rare tropical species

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Olivella rosolina Duclos, 1835

Antigua

6-9mm, white species with high spire, dead but good

dead

$ 6.00

Oliva rubrolabiata Fischer, 1902

Solomon Islands

40-45mm, dark dorsal bands and orange aperture

F++/GEM 

 $ 25.00

Oliva rufofulgurata Schepman, 1911

Philippines

15-20mm, slender yellow with dark protoconch & wavy yellow lines

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Oliva rufula Duclos, 1840

Philippines

30-35mm, chestnut zigzag pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Ancilla sarda Reeve,1864

Mozambique

12-15mm, inflated orange body

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834

Florida, USA

under 50mm, pale fawn/tan with 2 bands

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Florida, USA

over 50mm, pale fawn/tan with 2 bands 

F++/GEM 

 $ 4.00

Ancilla scaphella Sowerby II, 1859

Gulf of Oman

18-20mm, cream to white - rare

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811

Haiti

35-40mm, localised species with discrete banding and very open filament channel

F++

 $ 6.00

Olivella semistriata Gray, 1839

Costa Rica

15-20mm, variable colours with white anterior callus

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Oliva semmelinki Schepman, 1891

Philippines

20-22mm, dead but representative

F

 $ 3.00

Philippines

20-22mm, very colourful shells

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Pseudoliva sepimentum Rang, 1832

Angola

10-12mm, rare olive relative with inflated body whorl

F++/GEM

$ 15.00

Oliva sericea Roeding, 1798

Philippines

60-70mm, heavy shells with straw coloured aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Philippines

over 70mm, massive heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Solomon Islands

50-60mm, nicely banded shells

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1835

Tanzania

18-22mm, variable but with vertical lines

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Amalda similis Sowerby II, 1859

Mozambique

60-65mm, heavy spire callus, purple/brown

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Mozambique

under 40mm, heavy spire callus, purple/brown

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Olivella sphoni Burch & Campbell, 1963

Western Mexico

9-10mm, slender tan shells

F++/GEM

$ 6.00

Oliva spicata Roeding, 1798

form violacea, Mexico

40-45mm, dense, discontinuous spots & stripes

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

form fuscata, Western Panama

40-50mm, lovely dark brown form

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Oliva splendidula Sowerby, 1825

Panama

30-40mm, speckled pattern with 2 bands

F++

 $ 8.00

Olivancillaria steeriae Reeve, 1850

Brazil

30-35mm, inflated body whorl with tan interior

F++

 $ 4.00

Olivella steveni Burch & Campbell, 1963

Mexico

8-9mm, pale shells with fawn pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form campbelli, Mexico

6-8mm, white shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Belloliva triticea Duclos, 1835

New South Wales, Australia

6-8mm, slender species with mottled brown pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 20.00

Olivella tergina Duclos, 1835

Western Mexico

10-12mm, small and colourful

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Western Mexico

10-12mm, dead but representative

dead

 $ 3.00

Oliva tessellata Lamarck,1811

Queensland, Australia

20-25mm, spotted shells with purple aperture

GEM 

 $ 3.00

Queensland, Australia

over 25mm, spotted shells with purple aperture

F++/GEM 

 $ 4.00

Indonesia

20-25mm, colourful & variable

GEM

 $ 3.00

wholesale offer

20-25mm, 5 shells showing variety of colours

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Agaronia testacea Lamarck, 1811

West Mexico

40-45mm, tall spired

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oliva tigridella Duclos, 1835

Thailand 

15-18mm, shells with a straight columellar callosity, very variable colour range

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Oliva tigrina Lamarck, 1811

Tanzania

40-50mm, bulbous heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

form fallax, Mozambique

45-50mm, dramatic black sp. with white fasciole band

F++/GEM 

 $ 10.00

form glandiformis

40-50mm, predominantly black

F++/GEM 

 $ 6.00

Oliva todosina Duclos, 1835

India

20-25mm, mottled brown with zigzag pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

India

18-20mm, nice bright orange shell flat spire

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Madagascar

20-25mm, very flat spire

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Agaronia travassosi Morretes, 1938

Brazil

40-50mm, banded and flecked with brown

F++/GEM

 $ 12.00

Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811

form philantha, Philippines

40-45mm, mottled green/orange pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Timor, Indonesia

40-45mm, pale pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

Ancilla (Sparella) tronsoni, Sowerby II, 1859

Mozambique

15-20mm, white and inflated

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Oliva truncata Marrat, 1867

West Coast of Panama

30-35mm, almost egg-shaped

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Oliva undatella Lamarck,1811

Mexico

15-16mm, very colourful range

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

wholesale offer, Mexico

15-16mm, set of 5 shells, showing available colour range

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Olivancillaria urceus Roeding, 1798

Brazil

35-40mm, typical for this species

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Uruguay

40-50mm, heavy and very flared sp.

F++

 $ 5.00

Olivancillaria uretai Klappenbach, 1965

Uruguay

25-30mm, inflated body whorl

F++

 $ 4.00

Ancillista velesiana Iredale, 1931

Queensland, Australia

under 60mm, typical with brown coloured spire 

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Queensland, Australia

60-70mm, typical with brown coloured spire 

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

Queensland, Australia

over 70mm, rare this size

F++/GEM

 $ 15.00

Queensland, Australia

over 80mm, super giant

F++

 $ 25.00

Ancilla ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)

Madagascar

15-20mm, delicate pale pink pattern

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Madagascar

20-22mm, heavily callused sp.

F++/GEM

 $ 10.00

form fulvia, Red Sea 

12-14mm, bright orange form

F++/GEM

 $ 6.00

Amalda vernedei herlaari van Pel, 1989

Northern Territory, Australia

70-90mm, largest of the genus

F++/GEM

 $ 60.00

Northern Territory, Australia

70-90mm, largest of the genus

F+/F++

 $ 30.00

Olivella (Niteoliva) verreauxii  Ducross & St. Germain 1857

Brazil

3-8mm, small inflated species with pale yellow sub-sutural band

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Olivancillaria vesica Gmelin, 1791

form auricularia, Uruguay

35-40mm, hugely inflated body whorl

F++/GEM

 $ 5.00

Oliva vidua Roeding,1798

form albofasciata, Philippines

45-50mm, grey/green with sparse banding

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

blackform,  Solomon Islands

40-45mm, very dark to black shells

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

form cinnamomea, Indonesia

40-45mm, un-banded form

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

gold form,  Vanuatu

40-45mm, honey-gold form

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

form rumphii, Philippines

45-50mm, black zigzag pattern

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Olivella (Lamprodona) volutella (Lamarck,1811)

Panama

18-20mm, typical for species

F++

 $ 3.00

Oliva volvaroides Duclos, 1840

Reunion Island

15-18mm, dark brown slender shells

F++/GEM

 $ 8.00

Oliva xenos Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Papua New Guinea

15-18mm, dark shells with zig zag pattern

F++/GEM

currently sold out

Olivella zanoeta Duclos, 1835

Pacific coast, Mexico

13-15mm, cream / white shells with brown band

F++/GEM

 $ 4.00

Olivella zonalis Lamarck, 1811

Western Mexico

7-8mm, faint bands on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $ 3.00

 

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