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Welcome to one of Australia's largest suppliers of quality Australian and world wide specimen seashells.

 We buy, sell, trade and collect quality marine shells, starfish and seashells for decoration and have well over a million shells in our warehouse at any given time.

Take a look at our shells page for the specimen shell pricelists and also see our special offers page for new specimen additions!

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NEW: SPECIAL OFFERS

CRAFT /  DECOSHELLS

 

 

 

We are authorised dealers and licensed exporters of Australian seashells.

Export permits for all specimen shells are available.

 

We have been collecting and accumulating shells since 1970, are frequently buying whole shell collections and can offer a huge range of natural marine and land shells, starfish, decorative shells plus a huge range of excellent books.

 

 

 

Bursa verrucosa Sowerby I, 1825 - Lord Howe Island, 2008

Bursa verrucosa Sowerby I, 1825 - see SPECIALS

 

Our company is known and respected by many of the world's leading dealers and collectors as reliable suppliers of Australian specimen shells. We're annually presenting shells for sale at COA conventions (USA) and European shell shows, incl. Paris, London and Antwerp. View our upcoming event schedule on the information page.

Australian Seashells is located in Perth, Western Australia (only a 30 min. drive from city centre or airport). You can view shells by appointment - see contact page for info.

 

Callanaitis disjecta Perry, 1811 (Tasmania)

Conus gauguini Richard & Salvat, 1974 (sold)

Angaria tyria Reeve, 1842 Western Australia 2005

 

Who are we? Hugh Morrison has been scuba-diving and collecting shells professionally for over 40 years. He's been dealing with specimen shells for the last 30 years or so. Simone Pfuetzner is a fellow diver and goldsmith who works together with Trish McKenzie on answering your e-mails and order requests.

 

"We aim to give you the same excellent service that we hope to receive when purchasing shells for our own collections. As no image (digital or otherwise) can truly replace your having a close look at a specimen shell yourself, we will always prefer to send you the shell in question directly - with a full money-back-guarantee."

Find out more about refunds & exchange and our money-back-guarantee on the ordering page.

 

 

We display Australia's largest collection of Pectinidae with over 20,000 specimens. We're always interested in acquiring rare and unusual Pectens. Do you have any for sale or trade? 

Go to the information page for more info about shell exchange / trade.

 

Annachlamys iredalei, Powell 1958

We can offer very large & decorative Australian shell species - Voluta nodiplicata, Melo amphora, Syrinx, etc. are available in various sizes, colours and patterns, some may measure well over 500mm in length.

Livonia nodiplicata Cox, 1910

Syrinx aruanus Linnaeus, 1758

Melo amphora Lightfoot, 1786

ID WANTED!

Are you a malacologist or knowledgeable collector and would like to help us identify some very unusual shells? Please visit the Seashell ID Request page for a really difficult puzzle!
 
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