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VOLUTIDAE

Pricelist Volutidae, updated 18-04-08 ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

form & Locality:

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

Grading:

Prices in AUD

Athleta abyssicola (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)

South Africa

50-60mm, the smaller form of this species

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

South Africa

90-100mm, typical size for  this species

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Festilyria africana Reeve, 1856

South Africa

50-55mm, beached shells

F

 $  10.00

Alcithoe aillaudorum Bouchet & Poppe, 1988

Norfolk Island, Australia

40-50mm, tall pale shells with low nodules on shoulder

F+/F++

 $  185.00

Miomelon alarconi Stuardo & Villas, 1974

Chile

62mm, typical, hard to obtain

F+/F++

 $  45.00

Adelomelon americana Reeve, 1856

Brazil

41mm, as per Poppe / Goto Plate 34/1

F++

 $  10.00

Brazil

48mm, as per Poppe / Goto Plate 34/4

F++

 $  25.00

Melo amphora Lightfoot, 1786

Western Australia

under 200mm with thin lips but very colourful patterns

F++

 $  12.00

W. Australia

200-300mm, some with mature lips and colourful patterns

F++

 $  30.00

W. Australia

300-400mm, some with good colour and pattern

F++

 $  60.00

W. Australia

over 400mm, giant shells usually with good lips but rough dorsum

F+/F++

 $  125.00

Western Australia

over 420mm, very rare this size now, rough dorsum

F+/F++

 $  180.00

Adelomelon ancilla Lightfoot, 1786

Argentina

110-125mm, typical

F+

 $  12.00

form magellanica, Argentina

140mm, typical with rough back

F+

 $  20.00

Fulgoraria angulosa (Shikama, 1967)

Japan

95mm, very rare in any condition - dead but good

dead

 $  200.00

Alcithoe arabica Gmelin, 1791

New Zealand

100-120mm, variable but with shoulder nodules

F+/F++

 $  12.00

form depressa, New Zealand

75-85mm, small and heavy

F+/F++

 $  12.00

form motutaraensis, New Zealand

100-110mm, rare form - pale with discrete zigzag pattern

F+/F++

 $  25.00

form swainsoni, New Zealand

90-110mm, like arabica, but without shoulder nodules

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Harpulina arausiaca Lightfoot,1786

form C, Sri Lanka

60-65mm with spiral red band on grey background

F++

 $  40.00

Cymbiola aulica Sowerby, 1825

form red pattern 

120-140mm, giant with spines, predominantly red with some orange and tan

F/F+

 $  30.00

form red pattern 

100-140mm, giant with spines, predominantly red with some orange and tan

F++

 $  85.00

form entirely red

80-100mm, thin lip

F+

 $  85.00

form predominantly pink/tan 

120-140mm, large shoulder spines

F/F+

 $  20.00

Fusivoluta barnardi Rehder, 1969

South Africa

90-100mm, good for this species, with operc

F++

 $  20.00

Adelomelon beckii Broderip, 1836

Argentina

under 300mm, typical

F

 $  45.00

Argentina

over 300mm, always in rough condition

F

 $  85.00 

Enaeta barnesi Gray, 1825

Mexico

28mm, typical size and pattern

F++

 $  7.00

Volutoconus bednalli Brazier, 1878

Indonesia

under 100mm, nice patterns

F++

 $  55.00

Indonesia

over 100mm, nice patterns

F++

 $  110.00

Amoria benthalis McMichael, 1964

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, nice vertical stripes, juvenile lip, dead

Dead

 $  20.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, nice vertical stripes, dead but fully mature

F/F+

 $  38.00

Queensland, Australia

30-35mm, nice vertical stripes, dead but very good

F+/F++

 $  100.00

Alcithoe benthicola Dell, 1963

New Zealand

230mm,  in superb  condition

F++/GEM

 $  300.00

New Zealand

over 250mm, very rare this size

F+/F++

 $  400.00

Athleta boswellae Rehder, 1969

South Africa

65-75mm, with original outer coat

F+/F++

 $  48.00

South Africa

30-35mm, dead sp

F

 $  12.00

Pachycymbiola brasiliana Lamarck, 1811

Argentina

100-120mm, with perio, typical for species

F+

 $  20.00

Melo broderipii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)

Philippines

250-300mm, massively inflated with coronet of small spines, super shells with good lip

F++/GEM

 $  45.00

Callipara bullatinea Weaver & Dupont, 1967

South Africa

45-50mm, very rare shell - live taken

F++

 $  95.00

South Africa

45-50mm, typical dead shell

Good

 $  12.00

Alcithoe calva Powell,1928 (see A. jaculoides)

Amoria canaliculata McCoy,1869

Queensland, Australia

35-40mm, variable patterns

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Queensland, Australia

40-50mm with typical size and pattern

F++/ GEM

 $  45.00

Queensland, Australia

20-40mm, red form

F/F+

 $  12.00

Queensland, Australia

40-50mm, red form

F++

 $  30.00

Voluta cathcartiae Reeve, 1855

Philippines

80-100mm, brown/tan with dark flecks and very dark spire (now considered a full species)

F++/GEM

$ 20.00

Philippines

100-120mm, brown/tan with dark flecks and very dark spire (now considered a full species)

F++/GEM

$ 30.00

Fulgoraria clara Sowerby III, 1914

Japan

70-80mm, salmon pink to orange-coloured tall shells

F/F+

 $  4.00

Japan

70-80mm, salmon pink to orange-coloured tall shells

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Japan

80-90mm, salmon pink to orange-coloured tall shells

F+/F++ 

 $  25.00

form noguchi, Japan

70-80mm, more robust form of the nominate species

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Fusivoluta clarkei Rehder, 1969

South Africa

70-80mm, pale peach shell with flared aperture, w/o

F++/GEM

$  15.00

South Africa

70-80mm, pale peach shell with flared aperture, w/o

F+/F++

$  6.00

South Africa

80-100mm, pale peach shell with flared aperture, w/o - large for species

F++/GEM

$  20.00

South Africa

80-100mm, pale peach shell with flared aperture, w/o - large for species

F+/F++

$  10.00

Lyria cloveriana Weaver, 1963

Sri Lanka

68-70mm, typical

F++/GEM

 $  145.00

Fulgoraria concinna Broderip, 1836

Japan

130-150mm, nice banded pattern

F++

 $  25.00

Guivillea corderoi Carcelles,1947

Argentina

50mm, excellent condition for this species

F++

 $  200.00

Lyria crassidula Reeve, 1849

Japan

25-30mm, heavy species with low ribs

F++/GEM

$ 50.00

Enaeta cylleniformis Sowerby, 1844

Bahamas

15-20mm, colourful orange pattern

F++

 $  5.00

Cymbiola cymbiola Gmelin, 1791

Indonesia

62mm, pale form with very dramatic shoulder spines

F++

 $  75.00

Cymbium cucumis Roeding, 1798

Northern Senegal

120-150mm, heavy mature lip

F++

 $  20.00

Enaeta cumingi Broderip, 1832

Mexico

25-30mm, some with very dark dorsum

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

Cymbium cymbium Linnaeus, 1758

Senegal

120-140mm, nice mature shells

F++

 $  12.00

Teremachia dalli Bartsch, 1942

Subspecies claydoni, N/W W.A.

under 100mm, nice dark shells with operc

F+/F++

 $  55.00

Subspecies claydoni, N/W W.A.

100-120mm, small and very neat, w/o

F+/F++

 $  85.00

N/W W. Australia

120-140mm, typical but never GEM

F/F++

 $  110.00

N/W W. Australia

140-180mm, giant & never GEM

F/F++

 $  125.00

Amoria damoni Gray, 1864

N/W Western Australia

under 70mm, usually with thin lips

F++/GEM 

 $  6.00

N/W W. Australia

70-80mm, small & heavy shells

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

N/W W. Australia

80-90mm, typical size and pattern

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

N/W W. Australia

90-100mm, large with typical pattern

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

N/W W. Australia

over 100mm, very rare now

F+/F++

 $  30.00

N/W W. Australia

over 100mm, almost impossible to get now - from old collections only

F++/GEM

 $  50.00

N/W W. Australia

65-75mm, "One Arm Point" form with very dark pattern, almost no bands

F+/F++

 $  30.00

form keatsiana, NT, Australia

75-85mm, nicely banded form with vertical wavy lines

F++/GEM

 $  120.00

form keatsiana, NT, Australia

85-110mm, nicely banded form with vertical wavy lines & slightly trimmed lip

F+/F++

 $  120.00

form reevei (slender) S/W W. A.

under 70mm, dead but good

F/F+

 $  30.00

f. reevei (slender) S/W W. Australia

70-80mm dead but very good shells

F/F+

 $  60.00

f. reevei (slender) S/W W. Australia

70-80mm, live caught

F/F+

 $  160.00

f. reevei (slender) S/W W. Australia

80-90mm, dead but good shells

F+/F++

 $  150.00

f. reevei (slender) S/W W. Australia

80-90mm, live caught, extremely rare this size now

F+/F++

 $  250.00

form reevei (robust) S/W W. A.

70-80mm, dead but good

F+/F++

 $  100.00

form reevei (r) S/W W. Australia

80-90mm, live caught

F+/ F++

 $  150.00

form reevei (r) S/W W. Australia

70-80mm, dead but good

F+/ F++

 $  150.00

form reevei (r) S/W W. Australia

80-90mm, live caught

F+/ F++

 $  250.00

Amoria dampieri Weaver,1960

N/W Western  Australia

25-30mm, brown vertical bands

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

N/W Western  Australia

25-30mm with brown vertical bands

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Lyria delessertiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1842

Madagascar

50mm, typical size and pattern

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Saotomea delicata Fulton, 1940

Japan

40-50mm, delicate salmon-coloured shells

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Japan

30-40mm, delicate salmon colours

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

Lyria deliciosa Montrouzier, 1859

Queensland, Australia

25-30mm, rare from this locality now

F++

 $  30.00

form howensis, Lord Howe Island, Australia

25mm, yellow background, with operc

F++

 $  30.00

New Caledonia

30mm, typical from this location

F++

 $  30.00

Cymbiola deshayesi Reeve, 1855

New Caledonia

70-80mm, typical orange blotches

F++

 $  30.00

New Caledonia

70-80mm, typical orange blotched - very slightly polished 

F/F+

 $  6.00

Scaphella dohrni Sowerby, 1903

Florida, U.S.A.

50-60mm., poor lips but typical for the species

F

 $  12.00

Scaphella dubia Broderip, 1827

U.S.A.

140-160mm, always with trimmed lips

F+

 $  75.00

Zidonia dufresnei Donovan, 1823

Brazil

under 150mm, typical shells, always some damage

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Brazil

over 150mm, typical shell with wavy pattern

F+/F++

 $  20.00

form distincta, Brazil

100-200mm, tip of spire broken, otherwise good

F+/F++

 $  12.00

Festilyria duponti Weaver, 1968

Mozambique

100-120mm, dead but with good pattern

dead

 $  95.00

Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758

Brazil

under100mm with variable patterns

F++ 

 $  25.00

Brazil

over 100mm, variable patterns 

F+/F++

 $  38.00

Amoria ellioti Sowerby, 1864

N/W W. Australia

65-70mm, small but typical shells

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

N/W W. Australia

70-80mm, typical size and patterns

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

N/W W. Australia

over 80mm, very large with wide bands

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

form ellioti, N/W W. Australia

70-75mm, with very broken up pattern lines

F+/F++

 $  75.00

form weldensis, Weld Island, N/W W.A.

70-75mm,very  heavy shell with chocolate aperture

F+/F++

 $  250.00

form interrupta

70-80mm with dramatic pattern breaks

F+/F++

 $  110.00

Amoria exoptanda Reeve, 1849

South Australia

85-90mm, typical orange aperture

F++/GEM 

 $  25.00

South Australia

90-100mm, typical size and pattern

F++/GEM 

 $  35.00

South Australia

100-110mm, very large and heavy shells

F++/GEM 

 $  45.00

South Australia

100-110mm, very large and heavy shells

F+/F++

 $  25.00

Western Australia

60-75mm, small thin local variant with mature lips

F++/GEM

 $  60.00

Festilyria festiva Lamarck, 1811

form deceptrix, Oman

118mm, ground lip

Good

 $  28.00

Alcithoe fissurata Dell, 1963

New Zealand

under 160mm, very nice specimens

F+/F++

 $  200.00

New Zealand

160-180mm, large and good condition

F+/F++

 $   300.00

Cymbiola flavicans Gmelin, 1791

form smooth shoulder

70-80mm, this species is almost never GEM

F++

 $  15.00

form knobbed shoulder

70-80mm, typical for this form

F++

 $  20.00

Alcithoe flemingi Dell, 1978

New Zealand

59mm, plain and never GEM

F+

 $  125.00

Fulgoraria formosana Azuma, 1967

Taiwan

60-70mm, smooth species with very fine surface sculpture

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

Ericusa fulgetrum Sowerby, 1825

South Australia

under 120mm, with zigzag body lines

F++/GEM

 $  30.00

South Australia

over 120mm, with zigzag body lines

F++/GEM

 $  50.00

form bicincta, South Australia

100-120mm., with two dark body bands

F++/GEM

 $  125.00

South Australia

over 120mm, large

F++/GEM

 $  160.00

form connectens, S. Australia

100-120mm, with dashes around body whorl

F++/GEM

 $   60.00

Rare South Australian forms 

please ask for details

F++/GEM

price on request

Alcithoe fusus Quoy & Gaimard,1833

New Zealand

under 50mm, with typical pattern

F++

 $  25.00

New Zealand

over 50mm, with red stained overlay

F++

 $  50.00

Notovoluta gardneri Darragh, 1983

form typical, Swains Reef, QLD Australia

70-80mm, pale orange tinted pattern

F++/GEM

$  25.00

Swains Reef, Queensland, Australia

70-80mm, banded form - always with small borer hole on spine

F+/F++ 

 $  20.00

Swains Reef, Queensland, Australia

70-80mm, banded form - always with small borer hole on spine

F/F+

 $  6.00

Swains Reef, QLD

80-85mm, with two dark body bands

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

Athleta gilchristi Sowerby III, 1902

South Africa

25-28mm with various surface sculptures

F++

 $  30.00

Neptuneopsis gilchristi Sowerby, 1898

South Africa

100-120mm, with periostricum and operculum

F++

 $  30.00

Cymbium glans Gmelin, 1791

Senegal

150-200mm, super shells, typical size & looks 

F++

 $  25.00

Senegal

over 200mm, super shells, very large

F++

 $  40.00

Amoria grayi Ludbrook,1953

N/W Western Australia

50-60mm, typical with orange/tan colour

F++/GEM

 $  5.00

N/W Western Australia

60-70mm, typical with orange/tan colour

F++/GEM

 $  8.00

N/W Western Australia

70-80mm, typical with orange/tan colour

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

N/W Western Australia

80-90mm, large with blue/tan colour

F++/GEM

 $  20.00

form whitworthi, Dampier, W. A.

45-48mm, fully mature, very pale dwarf form

F++/GEM

 $  25.00

form banded, S/W W. Australia

under 80mm, with two yellow bands around body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  50.00

S/W Western Australia

over 80mm, with two bands on body whorl

F++/GEM

 $  60.00

Voluta grossi (Volutoconus) Iredale, 1927

form Capricorn Channel, QLD, Australia

55-58mm, dwarf form

F++/GEM

 $  6.00

form Capricorn Channel, QLD, Australia

60-68mm, dwarf form

F++/GEM

 $  12.00

form mcmichaeli, Queensland

60-70mm, with 2 brown bands on body whorl

F+/F++

 $  85.00

form mcmichaeli, Queensland

60-70mm, with 2 brown bands on body whorl

F/F+

 $  45.00

form mcmichaeli, Queensland

80-90mm, with 2 brown bands on body whorl

F+ 

 $  110.00

form Tin Can Bay, Queensland

100-120mm, giant spectacular shells

F++/GEM

 $  155.00

form Tin Can Bay, Queensland

80-100mm, large with typical colour 

F++/GEM

 $  80.00

form Tin Can Bay, Queensland

100-120mm, typical shells with ground lip

F/F+