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STROMBIDAE

INCLUDES THE GENERA:

LAMBIS, RIMELLA, ROSTELLARIELLA, STROMBUS, STRUTHIOLARIA, TEREBELLUM & TIBIA

Pricelist Strombidae, updated 24-07-10 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

References relate to: "A Conchological Iconography Of The Family Strombidae" By Kreipl & Poppe 1999, available on our BOOKS page

Form & Locality:

Description:  (w/o = with operculum)

Grading:

Prices in AUD

LAMBIS

Lambis chiragra Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

200-250mm, giant Western Australian form, largest worldwide

F++

$  25.00

Western Australia

over 250mm, giant Western Australian form, largest worldwide - truly giant shells

F++

$  35.00

form rugosa, Coral Sea off Queensland

140-160mm, spectacular shells with bright orange/red aperture and dark brown/black lirae

F++/GEM

$  60.00

Lambis crocata Link, 1807

East Africa

130-140mm, heavy form of species

F++

 $  5.00

form pilsbryi, Marquesas Islands

150-160mm, enzootic from the Marquesas, typical for species, w/o

F++

 $  95.00

form pilsbryi, Marquesas Islands

160-190mm, enzootic from the Marquesas,  typical for species, w/o

F++

 $ 110.00

form pilsbryi, Marquesas Islands

190-200mm, enzootic from the Marquesas,  typical for species, w/o

F++

 $  185.00

form pilsbryi, Marquesas Islands

200-230mm, enzootic from the Marquesas,  giant  for species, w/o

F+/F++

 $  185.00

Lambis digitata Perry, 1811

Madagascar

120-140mm, spectacular shells with heavily lirate aperture

F++/GEM

 $ 45.00

Lambis scorpius Linnaeus, 1758

Philippines

130-140mm, super shells with colourful dorsum, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

form indomaris, Thailand

130-140mm, typical 

F++

 $  10.00

form indomaris, East Africa

130-140mm, purple aperture

F++

 $  10.00

Lambis truncata Lightfoot, 1786

form truncata, East Africa

275-325mm, giant shells, good colour

F+/F++

 $  38.00

Lambis violacea Swainson, 1821

Mauritius

100-120mm, typical shells with violet blush to aperture, with one or more 'legs' damaged but priced to sell

F/F+

 $  45.00

Mauritius

100-120mm, typical shells with violet blush to aperture, with one or more 'legs' damaged, very nice overall

F+/F++

 $  80.00

Lambis wheelwrighti Green, 1978

Philippines

170-200mm, possibly a hybrid of L. millipedes and L truncata

F+/F++

 $  55.00

RIMELLA

Rimella cancellata Lamarck, 1816

Western Australia

25-35mm, rare from here

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Philippines

20-25mm, nice dark patterns

GEM

 $  3.00

Indonesia

20-25mm, typical for species

GEM

 $  4.00

Rimella crispata Sowerby, 1842

Philippines

20-22mm, very nice sculpture q

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

ROSTELLARIELLA

Rostellariella lorenzi Morrison, 2005

Arafura Sea, Indonesia

90-100mm, newly described species with vertical zig-zag lines

F+/F++

 $  250.00

Arafura Sea, Indonesia

90-100mm, newly described species with vertical zig-zag lines

F+

 $  190.00

Arafura Sea, Indonesia

90-100mm, newly described species with vertical zig-zag lines - dead but representative

good

 $  150.00

Rostellariella martini Marrat, 1877

Taiwan

110-120mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

STROMBUS

Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791

Gulf of Mexico

80-90mm, purple band in aperture

F++

 $  6.00

Florida

75-80mm, typical for species

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus aratrum Roeding, 1798

Queensland, Australia

60-65mm, typical pale QLD form

F+/F++

 $  6.00

Queensland, Australia

70-80mm, larger shells, typical pale QLD form

F+/F++

 $  10.00

Darwin, Australia

75-80mm, often darker and larger, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Solomon Islands

80-85mm, nice local variant

F++

 $  8.00

Strombus aurisdianae Linnaeus, 1758

Manus Island, Admiralty Islands

60-65mm, larger Pacific form

F++

 $  4.00

Papua New Guinea

50-55mm, localised form

F++

 $  3.00

Queensland, Australia

55-60mm, large for species w/o

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus aurora Kronenberg, 2002

Madagascar

50-60mm, nice mottled shells

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Tanzania

50-60mm, rare orange form

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Strombus bulla Roeding, 1798

Queensland, Australia

50-60mm, pale shells with pink/orange aperture

F++

 $  5.00

Manus Island, Admiralty Islands

50-60mm, pale shells with pink/orange aperture

F++

 $  6.00

Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

Western Australia

45-50mm, typical for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Western Australia

50-60mm,larger shells, w/o 

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758

Papua New Guinea

30-40mm, very large for species

F++

 $  4.00

Vanuatu

40-45mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, smaller Australian form, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Admiralty Islands

30-40mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Philippines

30-40mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Strombus chrysostomus Kuroda, 1942

Papua New Guinea

60-70mm, yellow/orange aperture

F++

 $  12.00

Papua New Guinea

over 70mm, yellow/orange aperture, giants

F++

 $  15.00

Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791

Florida

100-130mm, heavy mature shells

F++

 $  12.00

Florida

over 130mm, massive with thick outer lip

F++

 $  20.00

Florida

over 150mm, rare this size

F++

 $  30.00

Florida

100-130mm, lovely pink specimens

F++

 $  20.00

Florida

100-130mm, lavender coloured specimens

F++

 $  38.00

Strombus decorus Roeding, 1798

Singapore

50-55mm, variable patterns

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Mauritius

50-55mm, zigzag banding

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

East Africa

40-45mm, nodulose shoulders

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Thailand

45-50mm, heavy form

F+/F++

 $  3.00

Strombus dentatus Linnaeus, 1758

Marquesas Islands

under 40mm, very dark form, w/o

GEM

 $  4.00

Marquesas Islands

40-45mm, dark but typical for location, w/o

GEM

 $  6.00

Marquesas Islands

over 45mm, very large, w/o

GEM

 $  12.00

Kwajalein

25-30mm, dwarf form from unusual location

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Solomon Islands

40-45mm, solid but typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Western Australia

35-40mm, robust form, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Manus Island, Admiralty Is.

45-50mm, very large, with pale dorsum

F++

 $  5.00

Strombus dilatatus Swainson, 1821

form dilatatus, QLD, Australia

50-55mm, typical pale Queensland form

F++

 $  6.00

form dilatatus, QLD, Australia

45-50mm, typical QLD form

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Western Australia

40-50mm, dark dorsum and brown interior, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Strombus epidromis Linnaeus, 1758

Western Australia

65-70mm, very rare from Western Australia

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Queensland, Australia

60-70mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Sri Lanka

55-60mm, pale tan dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

New Caledonia

55-60mm, variable patterns, w/o

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus erythrinus Dillwyn, 1817

Queensland, Australia

25-35mm, rare from Australia, very dark aperture

F++/GEM

$ 4.00

Strombus fasciatus Born, 1778

Red Sea

30-40mm, lovely striped shells with orange aperture

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Red Sea

over 40mm, lovely striped shells with orange aperture

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Strombus fragilis Roeding, 1798

Kwajalein Atoll

30-40mm, inflated body whorl with dark aperture

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Strombus fusiformis Sowerby I, 1842

East Africa

30-35mm, tall slender species with lirate aperture

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Strombus gallus Linnaeus, 1758

Brazil

120-130mm, tan/orange shells, w/o

F++

 $  12.00

Virgin Islands

120-130mm,  tan/orange shells, more robust than the Brazilian specimens

F++

 $  12.00

Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus, 1758

form gibberulus, Seychelles

50-55mm, tan striped body whorl

F+/F++

 $  3.00

form gibberulus, Madagascar

45-50mm, dark tan dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form gibberulus, Mauritius

55-60mm, giant super shells

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

form gibbosus, QLD, Australia

40-42mm, pale dorsum with purple aperture, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form gibbosus, New Caledonia

30-35mm, orange banded form

F++

 $  5.00

form albus, Red Sea

38-40mm, short and stout shape with pink aperture

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Strombus gracilior Sowerby, 1825

Western Mexico

50-60mm, yellow / orange-banded form, w/o

F++

 $  5.00

Strombus granulatus Swainson, 1822

Western Mexico

60-70mm, typical form, w/o

F++

 $  5.00

Panama

50-60mm, small nodulose form

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Western Mexico

40-50mm, fully mature dwarf form, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Strombus guidoi Man in 't Veld & de Turck, 1998

Vanuatu

40-50mm, white species

F++

 $  45.00

Strombus hawaiiensis Pilsbry, 1917

Hawaii

60-70mm, dead but complete - good representative of the species

dead

 $  110.00

Hawaii

70-80mm, live collected but with juvenile lip

F

 $  300.00

Strombus helli Kiener, 1843

Hawaii

15-17mm, with pink aperture, enzootic to Hawaii

F++/GEM 

 $  12.00

Strombus hemastoma Sowerby, 1845

Kwajalein Atoll

10-15mm, dark red aperture

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Hawaii

17-20mm, large for this species

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Hawaii

20-25mm, giant shells

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Strombus iredalei Abbot, 1960

Western Australia

50-65mm, typical for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Western Australia

65-70mm, typical size and pattern, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Western Australia

40-50mm, dwarf form, often distorted, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Western Australia

over 70mm, very rare this size, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Strombus japonicus Reeve, 1851

Japan

55-60mm, typical for the species

F++

 $  18.00

Strombus kleckhamae Cernohorsky, 1971

form boholensis, Philippines

60-65mm, with lovely black aperture

F++/GEM 

 $  38.00

form boholensis, Philippines

60-65mm, with lovely black aperture

F+/F++

 $  25.00

form kleckhamae, Papua New Guinea

45-50mm, subfossil with dramatic pattern

F+/F++

currently out of stock

Strombus labiatus Roeding, 1798

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, typical form in tan/grey colours

F++

 $  3.00

Queensland, Australia

35-40mm, variable colours

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus labiosus Wood, 1828

Papua New Guinea

30-35mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

$  6.00

Tanzania

40-45mm, typical for species

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Strombus latus Gmelin, 1791

Gabon

90-100mm, variable colours

F+/F++

 $  20.00

Senegal

80-85mm, typical form, w/o

F++

 $  20.00

Strombus lentiginosus Linnaeus, 1758

East Africa

60-70mm, typical with pale aperture, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Western Australia

60-70mm, typical with pale aperture, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Queensland, Australia

70-80mm, typical with pale aperture, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Indonesia

60-70mm,small but typical, w/o 

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Strombus listeri Gray,1852

Thailand

120-130mm, classic shape with large wing

F++

 $  12.00

Strombus luhuanus Linnaeus, 1758

Queensland, Australia

50-55mm, some with periostricum and operculum

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Manus Island, Admiralty Is. group

40-42mm, smaller shells with angular shoulder

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus maculatus Sowerby, 1842

Hawaii

20-25mm, localised central Pacific form with white aperture

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

form despauperatus, Easter Island

25-30mm, brown banded form, darker colour than Hawaiian shells

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

Strombus marginatus Linnaeus, 1758

form marginatus, India

35-40mm, very angular shoulders

F++

 $  5.00

form marginatus, Thailand

35-40mm, typical form

F++

 $  5.00

form robustus, Indonesia

25-30mm, dead but good

dead

 $  3.00

form septimus, Solomon Islands

30-40mm, Pacific form of nominate species

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

form septimus, Taiwan

30-40mm, Pacific form of nominate species

F++

 $  6.00

form succinctus, India

40mm, typical for the species

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Strombus microurceus Kira, 1959

Indonesia

18-20mm, typical with dark aperture

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Strombus minimus Linnaeus, 1758

Manus Island, Admiralty Is. group

20-25mm, typical for species, with yellow aperture

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

Strombus mutabilis Swainson, 1821

Western Australia

35-40mm, typical colour pattern, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Western Australia

25-30mm, rare colours incl. yellow, orange, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

QLD, Australia

30-32mm, typical with pale pink aperture

F++/GEM

 $  2.00

QLD, Australia

35-40mm, large super shells, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form blacktessellated, Madagascar

20-25mm, predominantly black shells with white blotches and orange/pink aperture

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Rodrigues Island

30-33mm, mottled tan dorsum,

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Norfolk Island, Australia

35-40mm, rare location

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

form zebriolatus, Solomon Islands

20-25mm, vertical brown stripes

F+/F++

 $  6.00

Strombus ochroglottis Abbott, 1960

subspecies betuleti, Phuket, Thailand

15-17mm, colourful species with dark aperture

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

subspecies betuleti, Phuket, Thailand

over 17mm, very large for this colourful subspecies 

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

Strombus oldi Emerson, 1965

Somalia

100-120mm, super live taken shells with brown blotch inside peach-coloured aperture

F++

 $  180.00

Somalia

100-120mm, dead taken shells with good colour

good

 $  75.00

Strombus persicus Swainson, 1821

Turkey

50-55mm, tall spired form, w/o

F++ 

 $  6.00

Turkey

45-50mm, tall spired form, w/o

F++ 

 $  5.00

Strombus peruvianus Swainson, 1823

Mexico

120-140mm, peach/apricot coloured aperture

F+

 $  30.00

Panama (Pacific)

120-140mm, peach/apricot coloured aperture

F+

 $  30.00

Mexico

120-140mm, peach/apricot coloured aperture

F++

 $  50.00

Panama (Pacific)

120-140mm, peach/apricot coloured aperture

F++

 $  50.00

Strombus pipus Roeding, 1798

Western Australia

40-50mm, very rare from here

F++

 $  25.00

Philippines

50-60mm, typical with purple/red aperture

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Strombus plicatus Roeding, 1798

form columba, Mozambique

40-50mm, typical for this form

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

form sibbaldi, India

30-35mm, tall spired globose form, w/o

GEM

 $  4.00

Western Australia

25-30mm, small dark and heavily sculptured form, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758

Cuba

70-75mm, predominantly orange / yellow

F++

 $  4.00

Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791

Florida

under 75mm, typical shells

F++

 $  4.00

Florida

75-90mm, mainly purple/brown colours, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Strombus rugosus Sowerby, 1825

Tonga

25-27mm, brown blotched shells

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Strombus sinuatus Humphrey, 1786

Solomon Islands

90-100mm, typical, w/o

F++

 $  8.00

Western Australia

80-90mm, very rare from W. Australia, w/o

F++

 $  25.00

Philippines

90-100mm, variable sp., w/o

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Strombus taurus Reeve, 1857

Marshall Islands

80-90mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  110.00

Marshall Islands

70-90mm, very heavy shells

F+/F++

 $  75.00

Marshall Islands

90-110mm, heavy with good dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  125.00

Strombus thersites Swainson, 1823

New Caledonia

100-140mm, striking aperture but with eroded dorsum

F+/F++

 $  65.00

New Caledonia

100-140mm, massive heavy shells with good dorsum 

F++

 $  140.00

New Caledonia

over 140mm, giant for this species - with eroded dorsum

F+

 $  90.00

New Caledonia

over 140mm, giant for this species

F++

 $  160.00

Strombus tricornis Humphrey, 1786

Oman

90-100mm, typical form

F++

 $  20.00

Ethiopia

80-90mm, smaller form

F++

 $  12.00

Strombus turturella Roeding, 1798

Papua New Guinea

50-55mm, tan dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Papua New Guinea

55-65mm, tan dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

Western Australia

60-70mm, very rare form from Western Australia, w/o

F++

 $  25.00

Strombus urceus Linnaeus, 1758

form incisus, Papua New Guinea

20-23mm, small localised form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form incisus, Papua New Guinea

30-40mm, very large for the subspecies, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

form orrae, Western Australia

35-40mm, more slender form, w/o

F++

 $  4.00

form urceus, Okinawa

40-45mm, typical

F++

 $  5.00

form urceus, Indonesia

35-40mm, black aperture form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form urceus, Philippines

45mm, very variable pattern & colour, w/o

F++

 $  4.00

form ustulatus, Thailand

25-30mm, black outer lip

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form ustulatus, Thailand

30-35mm, black outer lip, fully black aperture

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Strombus variabilis Swainson, 1820

form athenius, Philippines

30-40mm, lovely orange banded form

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Philippines

35-40mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

Thailand

30-33mm, lacks columella, with black spots

F++

 $  4.00

Queensland, Australia

40-45mm, mottled dorsum, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Strombus vittatus Linnaeus, 1758

form apicatus, Thailand

60-70mm, tall tapered shells

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

form apicatus, Thailand

70-80mm, tall tapered shells

F++

 $  10.00

form vittatus, QLD, Australia

60-65mm, very rare from Australia

F++

 $  5.00

Philippines

85-90mm, large but typical shape

F+/F++

 $  3.00

Strombus vomer Roeding, 1798

New Caledonia

65-70mm, typical for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Queensland, Australia

60-65mm, small and more robust form

F++

 $  12.00

Queensland, Australia

over 65mm, giant shells from the Coral Sea, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Okinawa

55-60mm, narrow form, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Strombus wilsoni Abbot, 1967

Kwajalein Atoll

10-12mm, variable colours

F++

 $  10.00

Western Australia

15-16mm, rare small species

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

STRUTHIOLARIA (incl. Tylospira)

Struthiolaria scutulata Martyn, 1784

New South Wales

25-35mm, trawled species, often with growth lines

F++

 $  15.00

New South Wales

25-35mm, trawled species, often with growth lines

dead

 $  4.00

New South Wales

35-45mm, trawled species, often with growth lines

F++

 $  20.00

New South Wales

35-45mm, trawled species, often with growth lines

dead

 $  5.00

Struthiolaria papulosa Martyn, 1784

New Zealand

60-70mm, large nodules on shoulder of whorls, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

New Zealand

60-70mm, large nodules on shoulder of whorls,  dead

dead

 $  3.00

form gigas, New Zealand

80-90mm, very large and heavy form

F++

 $  12.00

Struthiolaria vermis Martyn, 1784

form vermis, New Zealand

30-35mm, tan shells with inflated body whorl, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

form vermis, New Zealand

30-35mm, tan shells with inflated body whorl, dead

good

 $  3.00

form tricarinata, New Zealand

40-45mm, taller than nominate form with deep suture

F++

 $  8.00

form flemingi, New Zealand

40-50mm, lacking ridges or nodules on body whorl

F++

 $  8.00

TEREBELLUM

Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus, 1758

form lineatum, Queensland, Australia

40-50mm, dramatic lined pattern

F++/GEM

 $  10.00

form nebulosum, Indonesia

30-40mm,pale pattern, often without banding

F++/GEM

 $  2.00

form nebulosum, Indonesia

40-50mm,pale pattern, often without banding

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form punctulorum, Philippines

50-60mm, covered by busy spotted pattern, rare

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

form terebellum, Indonesia

30-40mm, typical darker banded form

F++/GEM

 $  2.00

form terebellum, Indonesia

40-50mm, typical darker banded form

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form terebellum, New Caledonia

35-45mm, busy speckled pattern

F++/GEM

 $  3.00

form terebellum, New Caledonia

50-60mm, busy speckled pattern

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

TIBIA

Tibia fusus Linnaeus, 1758

Philippines

200-250mm, typical for species, w/o

F++/GEM

 $  15.00

Tibia melanocheilus Adams, 1854 

Burma

120-140mm, very distinct colouring with dark aperture & yellow teeth on dark lip

F+/F++

 $  55.00

Tibia powisi Petit, 1842

Queensland, Australia

40-45mm, long graceful form

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

Philippines

40-50mm, typical form with long anterior "tail"

F++/GEM

 $  4.00

 

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