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australian seashells
Hugh Morrison & Simone Pfuetzner, 5 Ealing Mews, Kingsley W.A. 6026, Australia - Ph: +61-8-94 09 98 07 - Fax: +61-8-940 99 689 - e-mail: shells@seashells.net.au |
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| VENERIDAE All specimens listed in alphabetical order by genus name first and species second. | |||
| Pricelist Veneridae, updated 05-01-13 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS | |||
| Form & Locality: | Description: | Grading: | All Prices in AUD: |
| Amiantis callosa (Conrad, 1837) | |||
| Southern California, USA | 80-100mm, large heavy cream coloured shells | F++ |
$ 6.00 |
| Amiantis purpuratus Lamarck, 1816 | |||
| Uruguay | 30-40mm, heavy and inflated | F++ |
$ 4.00 |
| Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) | |||
| Yucatan, Mexico | 20-25mm, very extended shape with deep purple interior | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Anomalocardia squamosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Western Australia | 30-35mm, extended posteriorly | F++/GEM |
$ 2.00 |
| Antigona chemnitzii Hanley, 1844 | |||
| northern form, Western Australia | 60-80mm, local northern form | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Western Australia | 80-100mm, massive and heavy, fine ribs | F++ |
$ 6.00 |
| Antigona (Periglypta) clathrata Deshayes, 1854 | |||
| Western Australia | 70-80mm, pale elongate shell | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Antigona gladstonensis Angas, 1872 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 45-55mm, localised species with pale pink / brown posterior | F++ |
$ 10.00 |
| Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-50mm, heavily frilled shells | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Antigona persimilis Iredale, 1930 | |||
| New South Wales, Australia | 30-40mm, dark brown lunule and striped posterior margins, rare species | F++ |
$ 8.00 |
| Antigona puerpera Linnaeus, 1771 | |||
| Western Australia | 60-70mm, dark posterior zone | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Antigona (Periglypta) reticulata Linnaeus,1758 | |||
| Western Australia | 60-70mm, white shells with fine brown flecks | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Bassina pachyphylla Jonas, 1839 | |||
| Victoria, Australia | 50-60mm, very hard to find, sculptured anteriorly | F++/GEM |
$ 12.00 |
| Bassina yatei Gray, 1835 | |||
| New Zealand | 40-45mm, very spiny with pale lavender umbo | F++ |
$ 6.00 |
| Callanaitis disjecta Perry, 1811 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 45-60mm, spectacular cream shells, elaborate raised pink frills, A Grade | F++ |
$ 20.00 |
| Tasmania, Australia | 45-60mm, beautiful cream shells, elaborate raised frills, B Grade | F+/F++ |
$ 10.00 |
| Tasmania, Australia | 45-60mm, beautiful cream shells, elaborate raised frills - with obvious damage to frills | F/F+ |
$ 4.00 |
| Callista chinensis Holten, 1803 | |||
| India | 30-40mm, variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista chione Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Mediterranean | 50-60mm, heavy brown shells | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Callista diemenensis Hanley, 1844 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 20-25mm, brown with busy pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Callista (Notocallista) disrupta Sowerby, 1853 | |||
| Queensland | 30-35mm, heavily ribbed | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista erycina Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| India | 60-70mm, super orange with brown rays | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista (Costacallista) impar Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-50mm, nice colourful, heavy and variable | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Callista (Notocallista) kingii Gray, 1826 | |||
| South Australia | 40-50mm, brown rays on pale fawn shells | F++/GEM |
$ 8.00 |
| Callista (Costacallista) lilacina Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 40-50mm, brown with fine ribs | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Callista (Macrocallista) maculata Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Florida, USA | 40-45mm, brown cloudy pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Lightfoot, 1786 | |||
| Florida, USA | 60-80mm, very elongate shells | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista planatella Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 60-70mm, large, shiny and colourful | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Callista semisulcata Sowerby, 1851 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 40-50mm,elongate white shells | F++ |
$ 5.00 |
| Callista (Megapitaria) squalida (Sowerby, 1835) | |||
| Western Mexico | 75-80mm, shiny smooth with bands of dark tan on brown | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Chamelea striatula (Da Costa, 1778) | |||
| Denmark | 30-35mm, typical for species | F++/GEM |
$ 2.00 |
| Chione californiensis Broderip, 1835 | |||
| West Mexico | 30-40mm, sparse ribbing | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Chione cancellata Linnaeus, 1767 | |||
| Florida, USA | 30-40mm, nicely sculptured | F++ |
$ 2.00 |
| Chione flucturifraga Sowerby, 1853 | |||
| West Mexico | 65mm, very heavy sp. | F++ |
currently sold out |
| Chione gnidia Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 | |||
| Mexico | 50-60mm, tooth-like ribs | F+/F++ |
$ 12.00 |
| Chione (Lirophora) kellettii Hinds, 1845 | |||
| West Mexico | 30-50mm, spectacular shells with frills on both posterior and anterior margins | F++ |
$ 6.00 |
| West Mexico | 50-70mm, spectacular shells with frills on both posterior and anterior margins, large for this species | F++ |
$ 9.00 |
| Chione latilirata Conrad, 1841 | |||
| Florida, USA | 25-30mm, extremely heavy ribs | F+/F++ |
$ 4.00 |
| Chione mariae d'Orbigny, 1846 | |||
| Mexico | 15-18mm, heavily ribbed | F++ |
$ 4.00 |
| Chione pubera (Bory Saint-Vincent, 1827) | |||
| Brazil | 50-60mm, ribbed shells with rays of tan on cream background | F++ |
$ 8.00 |
| Chione pulicaria Broderip, 1835 | |||
| West Mexico | 30-35mm, inflated with fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Chione stutchburyi Wood, 1828 | |||
| New Zealand | 40-45mm, typical for species | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Chione subimbricata Sowerby, 1835 | |||
| West Mexico | 30-35mm, heavy shells with triangular pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Chione subrugosa Wood, 1828 | |||
| Mexico | 30-35mm, dramatic black patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Chione tumens Verrill, 1870 | |||
| West Mexico | 35-40mm, very thick shell with massive ridges, colourful and varied | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| West Mexico | 40-50mm, very thick shell with massive ridges, colourful and varied, super species | F++/GEM |
$ 6.00 |
| Chione undatella Sowerby, 1835 | |||
| California, USA | 50-55mm, reticulated sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Circe nana melvill, 1898 | |||
| Northern Queensland | 14-16mm, very variable and colourful | F++/GEM |
$ 2.00 |
| Circe nummulina Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-35mm, local species with fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Circe rivularis Born, 1780 | |||
| Western Australia | 35-40mm, narrow & tall | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| South Australia | 40-50mm, narrow and tall | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Circe personata Deshayes, 1854 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 35-40mm, pale zig-zag pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 6.00 |
| Circe plicatina Lamarck, 1816 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-45mm, variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Circe scripta Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-45mm, flat with variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Circe sulcata Gray, 1838 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, very fine sculpture | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Circe tumefacta Sowerby, 1851 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-45mm, very busy pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus Dillwyn, 1817 | |||
| Senegal | 50-60mm, super frilly shells | F++ |
$ 10.00 |
| Dosinia anus Philippi, 1848 | |||
| New Zealand | 40-50mm, pale tan with fine concentric ridges | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Dosinia caerulea Reeve, 1850 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 50-60mm, cream coloured inflated shells with very fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Dosinia contusa Reeve, 1850 | |||
| Western Australia | 30-35mm, white with brown blotches | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Dosinia crocea Deshayes, 1853 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 40-45mm, white with orange/yellow umbo | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Dosinia discus Reeve, 1850 | |||
| Gulf of Mexico | 60-70mm, large relatively smooth and white | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Dosinia deshayesii A. Adams, 1855 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-50mm, striking brown shells with fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 6.00 |
| Dosinia elegans Conrad, 1846 | |||
| Florida | 60-80mm, large round and white | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| France | 40-50mm, round inflated species, pale tan | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Dosinia incisa Reeve, 1850 | |||
| Western Australia | 50-60mm, round & white, with fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Dosinia juvenilis (Gmelin, 1791) | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 25-30mm, white with brown pattern in stripes | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Dosinia ponderosa Gray, 1838 | |||
| Western Mexico | 100-120mm, huge white & relatively smooth sculpture | F++ |
$ 12.00 |
| Dosinia scalaris Menke, 1843 | |||
| Western Australia | 50-60mm, almost uniformly brown with fine sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Dosinia sculpta Hanley, 1845 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-45mm, white inflated sp. | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Dosinia stabilis Iredale, 1929 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, brown, purple & white | F++/GEM |
$ 10.00 |
| Dosinia subrosea Gray, 1835 | |||
| New Zealand | 40-45mm, ovate, smooth & white | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Dosinia victoriae Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914 | |||
| South Australia | 30-35mm, predominantly white with brown flecks | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Eumarcia fumigata Sowerby, 1853 | |||
| South Australia | 25-30mm, variable shells | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Eumarcia paupercula Holten, 1802 | |||
| South Africa | 30-40mm, angular shells | F++/GEM |
$ 6.00 |
| Gafrarium menkei Jonas, 1846 | |||
| Northern Territory, Australia | 30-40mm, very heavy with coarse sculpture | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 30-35mm, coarse sculpture | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Indonesia | 30-35mm, variable | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Gafrarium tumidum Roeding, 1798 | |||
| Thailand | 30-35mm, variable patterns, heavy | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Globivenus embrithes Melvill & Standen, 1899 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-35mm, deep lunule, colourful | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Globivenus toreuma Gould, 1850 | |||
| Western Australia | 20-30mm, lunule protrusive, variable colours | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Gomphina undulosa Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 35-40mm, discrete zig-zag pattern | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Irus carditoides Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 15-20mm, nicely frilled species | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Irus crenatus Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Victoria, Australia | 15-20mm, typical | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Irus (Irus) crebrelamellatus Tate, 1887 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, some purple, finely ribbed | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Western Australia | Over 30mm, some purple, finely ribbed | F++ |
$ 5.00 |
| Katelysia peronii Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 40-45mm, similar to K. scalarina, but more inflated | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Katelysia rhytiphora Lamy, 1937 | |||
| South Australia | 40-50mm, fine brown pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Katelysia scalarina Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| South Western Australia | 30-40mm, variable patterns | GEM |
$ 2.00 |
| Lioconcha (Lioconcha) annettae Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 | |||
| Indonesia | 20-30mm, very busy pattern, brown / orange | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Lioconcha berthaulti Lamprell & Healy, 2002 | |||
| Indonesia | 20-25mm, characteristic orange flash on each valve | F++/GEM |
$ 10.00 |
| Lioconcha (Lioconcha) castrensis Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Indonesia | 30-40mm, super patterns of black on pale yellow | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Indonesia | over 40mm, giant and with dramatic patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Lioconcha (Lioconcha) fastigiata Sowerby, 1851 | |||
| Indonesia | 25-35mm, heavy black pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata Dillwyn,1817 | |||
| Indonesia | 20-25mm, black chevron patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Marcia hiantina Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 35-40mm, typical for species | F++/GEM |
$ 2.00 |
| Megapitaria aurantiaca Sowerby, 1831 | |||
| Western Mexico | 50-60mm, lovely heavy orange shells | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Western Mexico | 100-120mm, lovely heavy orange shells - giant and spectacular | F++/GEM |
$ 10.00 |
| Megapitaria squalida Sowerby, 1835 | |||
| Mexico | 20-30mm, brown banded shells | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| France | 60-80mm, large & heavy | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Singapore | 40-50mm, dark brown posterior strip | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Meretrix sp. (not M. meretrix) | |||
| Singapore | 40-45mm, very colourful and variable | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Paphia crassisulca Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 50-60mm, nice variable patterns | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Paphia gallus Gmelin, 1791 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, hard to get now | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Paphia semirugata Philippi, 1847 | |||
| Western Australia | 50-60mm, variable and nicely patterned | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Paphia (Protothaca) staminea Conrad, 1837 | |||
| North-Western USA | 45-50mm, typical | F++ |
$ 2.00 |
| Paphia undulata (Born, 1780) | |||
| Western Australia | 40-45mm, with fine zig-zag lines | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Periglypta listeri Gray, 1838 | |||
| Florida | 70-80mm, deep bodied species with closely spaces frills | F++ |
$ 8.00 |
| Periglypta multicostata Sowerby, 1835 | |||
| Western Panama | 80-100mm, massive shells with thick ribs | F++ |
$ 8.00 |
| Western Panama | 100-120mm, massive shells with thick ribs | F++ |
$ 12.00 |
| Pitar (Pitarina) affinis Gmelin,1791 | |||
| Western Australia | 40-50mm, with rays of pale brown | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Pitar berryi Keen, 1971 | |||
| West Mexico | 40-50mm, brown rays | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Pitar (Pitarina) citrinus Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 30-40mm, pale yellow with dark posterior | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Pitar fulminatus Menke, 1828 | |||
| Brazil | 45-50mm, pale cream with bands of brown dashes | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Pitar lupinaria Lesson, 1830 (size not including spines) | |||
| West Mexico | 20-25mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, with borer hole | F |
$ 8.00 |
| West Mexico | 20-25mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, without borer holes | F+/F++ |
$ 15.00 |
| West Mexico | 25-35mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, with borer hole | F |
$ 12.00 |
| West Mexico | 25-35mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, without borer holes | F+/F++ |
$ 20.00 |
| West Mexico | over 35mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, with borer hole | F |
$ 18.00 |
| West Mexico | over 35mm, striking shells with spines posteriorly, without borer holes | F+/F++ |
$ 30.00 |
| Pitar trevori Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 | |||
| Central Queensland, Australia | 30-35mm, inflated species with very pale orange pattern on cream background | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Pitarina prora Conrad, 1837 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 40-50mm, white and ovate | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Placamen calophyllum Philippi, 1836 | |||
| Broome, Western Australia | 25-35mm, white shells with regular raised white frills | F++ |
$ 5.00 |
| Placamen berryi (Wood, 1828) | |||
| Western Australia | 30-40mm, pale yellow with dark posterior | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Placamen flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 | |||
| South Australia | 18-20mm, hard to get now | F++ |
$ 6.00 |
| Placamen gravescens (Menke, 1843) | |||
| Western Australia | 30-35mm, heavily sculptured | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Placamen placidum Philippi, 1844 | |||
| Tasmania, Australia | 25-30mm, white and heavily ribbed | F++ |
$ 4.00 |
| Placamen tiara (Dillwyn, 1817) | |||
| Western Australia | 15-20mm, heavily ribbed | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Protothaca columbiensis (Sowerby, 1835) | |||
| Peru | 35-40mm, Heavy shells with coarse ribs, pale brown to slate grey | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Protothaca crassicosta Deshayes, 1835 | |||
| New Zealand | 30-40mm, white & heavy | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Protothaca staminea Conrad, 1837 | |||
| Californaia | 35-45mm, ovate with fine sculpture | F++ |
$ 5.00 |
| Saxidomus gigantea Deshayes, 1839 | |||
| California, USA | 40-60mm, elongate & cream-coloured | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| California, USA | 60-100mm, more rounded and heavy, cream-coloured | F++ |
$ 5.00 |
| Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 | |||
| California, USA | 70-80mm, tan / cream coloured shells | F++ |
$ 8.00 |
| Tapes deshayesii Hanley, 1844 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, very colourful | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Hawaii | 30-35mm, rare location, typical | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Tapes dorsatus Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 60-70mm, with variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tapes litteratus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Western Australia | 80-10mm, tan and brown - very variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Wholesale offer | 80-10mm, 5 shells with different patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 10.00 |
| Tapes platyptycha Pilsbry, 1901 | |||
| Indonesia | 35-45mm, variable patterns | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tapes sericeus Matsukuma, 1986 | |||
| Western Australia | 35-40mm, fine tent markings | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tapes variegatus Sowerby, 1852 | |||
| Queensland, Australia | 30-35mm, radiating pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Japan | 25-30mm, colourful and varied | GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera coelata (Menke, 1843) | |||
| Western Australia | 15-20mm, brown pattern | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera gallinula Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| South Australia | 25-30mm, tan shells with sparse radiating bands of darker brown | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera lagopus Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| Western Australia | 25-30mm, broad brown rays | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera laticostata Ohrdner 1917 | |||
| Western Australia | 20-25mm, heavily sculptured, hard to get | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) | |||
| New Zealand | 20-25mm, nicely patterned | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera subnodulosa Hanley, 1844 | |||
| Western Australia | 20-25mm, small, finely sculptured species | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Tawera torresiana (Smith, 1884) | |||
| Torres Strait, QLD Australia | 12-15mm, hard to get | F++/GEM |
$ 8.00 |
| Timoclea marica Linnaeus 1758 | |||
| Indonesia | 20-25mm, nicely sculptured posteriorly | F++/GEM |
$ 5.00 |
| Tivela stultorum Mawe, 1823 | |||
| Mexico | 120-140mm, massive shells, cream & white | F++/GEM |
$ 6.00 |
| Venerupis anomala (Lamarck, 1818) | |||
| Western Australia | 20-25mm, thin smooth species | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Venerupis corrugata Gmelin, 1791 | |||
| Belgium | 35-40mm, smooth species | F++ |
$ 2.00 |
| Venerupis decussatus Linnaeus 1767 | |||
| Mediterranean | 30-40mm, typical | F++ |
$ 2.00 |
| Venerupis galactites Lamarck, 1818 | |||
| South Australia | 40-50mm, elongate and white species | F++/GEM |
$ 4.00 |
| Venerupis iridescens Tate, 1889 | |||
| Western Australia | 20-25mm, thin & fragile shell | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Venerupis largillierti Philippi, 1849 | |||
| New Zealand | 25-35mm, typical for species | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| Venerupis (Ruditapes) variegatus Sowerby,1852 | |||
| Japan | 25-30mm, wide variety of patterns on a brown background | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
| Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| France | 40-50mm, nicely frilled shells | F++ |
$ 3.00 |
| South Africa | 30-40mm, nicely frilled shells | F++/GEM |
$ 3.00 |
This list will be updated regularly.