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Amoria (Amoria) canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)
Deeper water Swains Reef Form.
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Amoria (A.) dampieria Weaver, 1960 A form with slightly broader axial lines.
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Amoria (A.) guttata McMichael, 1964 A southerly Queensland (Capricorn Channel) form.
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Amoria (A.) jamrachi (Gray, 1834) A. jamrachi is mostly found intertidally as were these very nice specimens.
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Amoria (A.) praetexta (Reeve, 1849) Intertidal specimen from the southern end of its geographical range.
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Amoria (A.) turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) Still one of the more uncommon species of Amoria. This population is taken from deep water trawl nets in the Arafura Sea.
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Amoria (Zebramoria) zebra (Leach, 1814) Light colored form.
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Cymbiola (C.) aulica (Sowerby, 1824) ON HOLD One of an infinite number of color/patterns exhibited by C. aulica.
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Cymbiola (C.) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)
Dark form. From the eastern end of Indonesian Archipelago.
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Cymbiola (Aulica) innexa (Reeve, 1873) [+ marispuma Angioy & Biraghi, 1977] Geographically limited to the south coast of Java and Bali.
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Cymbiola (C.) thatcheri (McCoy, 1868) A perfectly formed shell taken recently by scuba diver during a night dive.
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Cymbiola vespertillio (Linné, 1758)
A dark, deepwater population from the Arafura Sea.
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Cymbiola (C.) vespertillio (Linné, 1758) One of an uncountable number of color forms.
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Fulgoraria concinna (Broderip, 1836)
Trawled from deep water. Superb quality specimens and quite large.
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Lyria cloveriana (Lamarck, 1804)
Form from southeastern Sri Lanka. Extremely uncommon now.
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Lyria delessertiana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1842)
Endemic to southern Madagascar.
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Lyria mitraeformis (Lamarck, 1804)
Intertidal specimens from South Australia. Australian endemic.
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Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
form: lacertina Petuch, 1990 A small variant of virescens with distinct raise ridges.
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Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
form: lacertina Petuch, 1990 Unusual cream-colored specimen.
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Volutoconus bednalli (Brazier, 1878) This specimen stands out among many due to its consistent, classic chevron-like "bednalli" pattern around the entire body whorl. The anterior-end band is interestingly split into three separate thread-like bands that also encircle the entire body whorl. Both pattern characteristics make for a specimen that displays beautifully.
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Zidona (C.) dufresnei affinis (Lahille, 1911) A dwarf southern form that lacks the long spire protrusion of the larger more northerly forms.
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