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  • NOTE: Pictured shells are representative examples from available stock.
    "One Only" shells pictured are the actual shells being offered

    Casmaria ponderosa nipponensis
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    Casmaria ponderosa nipponensis Abbott, 1968
    Western Pacific form.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Japan
    • Size: 30-36mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine++/Gem
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: The shells are thin and almost translucent.
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    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $15.00   Convert Currency


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    Cassis fimbriata
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    Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
    Trawled specimens. Double row of spines on shoulder.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: South Australia
    • Size: 93mm
    • Grading: Fine
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Thick, heavy shell with strong double row of spines on shoulder. Slight dullness to dorsum.
    • Notes: The shoulder knobs are amazingly prominent.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $25.00   Convert Currency


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    Cassis fimbriata
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    Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
    Trawled specimens. Double row of spines on shoulder.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: South Australia
    • Size: 86mm
    • Grading: Fine
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Thick parietal shield, small chip where edge of shield recurves behind lip.
    • Notes: Strong markings along edge of lip.
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    Cassis fimbriata
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    Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
    Trawled specimens. Small, crowded tubercles along shoulder ridge.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: South Australia
    • Size: 83mm
    • Grading: Fine+
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Perfect siphonal canal.
    • Notes: Thin, light weight shell with reduced parietal callous.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $25.00   Convert Currency


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    Galeodea echinophorella
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    Galeodea echinophorella Habe, 1961
    Trawled from deep water. Quite uncommon.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Japan
    • Size: 36-44mm
    • Grading range for lot: Good Dead
    • Data: Excellent
    • Description: Very fresh dead taken shells
    • Notes: Varied adult sizes; all are fully mature shells.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $35.00   Convert Currency


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    Phalium glaucum
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    Phalium (S.) glaucum (Linné, 1758))
    Specimen with small knobs across shoulder and strong, sharp teeth at anterior end of lip.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Philippines
    • Size: 106mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine+
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: With operculum. Slight roughness to anterior canal.
    • Notes: And exceptionally well developed specimen.
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    Phalium muangmani
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    Phalium muangmani L.Raybaudi Massilia & Prati Musetti, 1995
    Species is limited to the Andaman Sea and probably eastern Australia.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Thailand
    • Size: 62-66mm
    • Grading Range of Lot: Fine/Fine+
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Patterns vary very little throughout the lot.
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    Phalium saburon
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    Phalium saburon (Bruguière, 1792)
    Taken by fishing boats.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Spain
    • Size: 48-57mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine+
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: with operculums.
    • Notes: choide, fully mature shells.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $5.00   Convert Currency


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    Sconsia lindae
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    Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1987
    Limited to the southern Caribbean.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Caribbean Colombia
    • Size: 30-36mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine++
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: with operculums
    • Notes: varied patterns
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    Semicassis bisulcata
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    Semicassis (S.) bisulcata (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
    Interesting dwarf population with more inflated profile and expanded shoulder.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Indonesia
    • Size: 34-44mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine++ / Gem
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Canal and apertures are perfect.
    • Notes: This species varies widely throughout its range.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $2.50   Convert Currency


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    Semicassis bulla fernandesi
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    Semicassis bulla fernandesi (Kilburn, 1975)
    Trawled in deep water. East African form of this widely ranging Indo-Pacific species.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Somalia
    • Size: 50mm
    • Grading: Good Dead
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: Siphonal canal is chipped as is typical for these trawled shell. Small, shallow scar on aperture side of body whorl.
    • Notes: One only.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $50.00   Convert Currency


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    Semicassis granulata undulata
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    Semicassis granulata undulata (Gmelin, 1791)
    The Mediterranean subspecies with a thick, serrated operculum.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Italy
    • Size: 62-79mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine+ to Fine++.
    • Data: Very Good
    • Description: with operculums.
    • Notes: Varied adult sizes; all are fully mature shells.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $7.00   Convert Currency


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    Semicassis microstoma
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    Semicassis (S.) microstoma (von Martens, 1903)
    Quite uncommon -- deep water trawled specimens.
    • Family: CASSIDAE
    • Country: Somalia
    • Size: 59-65mm
    • Grading range for lot: Fine
    • Data: Good
    • Description: The anterior canals are missing, a condition that this species typically suffers from as it is hauled up in the trawl nets. Nice mature apertures.
    • Notes: Deep water species rarely found in better condition.
    • Price in U.S. Dollars: $20.00   Convert Currency


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