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An F++ Cellana testudinaria 2 7/8” or 74.01mm. Born 1758 Live taken from 15 Meters by local fishermen on rocks in March,2015.Masbate Island, Philippines. Beautiful and large!   

Lindaconus martinshugari 1 5/8” or 38.94mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct Rare Collected in the Golden Gate Member (Petuch Unit 4 Equivalent) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1970’s. Mule Pen Quarry, Collier County, Eastern Naples, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.58-3.0 M.Y.A. Collector: To be furnished to the buyer of the fossil. Under UV light you can really see the pattern and some with the naked eye. This is a choice fossil.   

Favartia faceta 21.64mm. E.H. Vokes, 1963-Extinct Ultra-Rare “Dwarf”Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation on September 7th, 1985. Warren Pit. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collector: To be furnished to the buyer. In few collections.    

An F++ Mostly /NG Ficadusta pulchella 1 5/8” or 39.99mm. Swainson, 1823 Trawled at 100-125mm. deep by fishermen in the 2000’s.South China Sea, Taiwan. Lovely Specimen.   

Heilprinia carolinensis 3 ¾” or 92.44mm. Dall, 1892-Extinct “Giant” Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1990’s. Quality Aggregates Pit, Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. The 2nd Largest we have ever offered to date in many years in business.   

Morum purpureum 18.38mm. Roding, 1798-Superb Fossil Collected in the Belle Glade Member of the Bermont Formation in the 2000’s Palm Beach Aggregates (GKK), Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, Florida. Chibanian Pleistocene 129,000-400,000 Years Old. Collector: To be furnished to the buyer of the fossil. A really superb example rarely seen this good.  

Two Near-Gem Nerita exuvia (2) 30.41mm & 29.33mm. Linne, 1758 Collected by fishermen at 20-25 meters in June 2012 Olango Island, Cebu, Philippines.   

An F++Chicoreus (Triplex) virgineus 3 ½” or 86.50mm. Roding, 1798’”Dark”Collected by a diver on reef rubble at 10-15 meters in 1990.Manar, Sri Lanka. This darker color is much rarer. Not offered from Sri Lanka in this dark form as much anymore.   

A Near-Gem /Gem Ericusa fulgetrum 4 ¼” or 106.49mm. Sowerby I, 1825-Uncommon Trawled from 40-50 meters in 2011. Port Lincoln, South Australia.   

An F+/nearly F++Ceratostoma burnetti 2 5/8” or 65.87mm. Adams and Reeve, 1849-“Gorgeous”Collected by diver amongst mussel banks.Bay of Peter the Great, Russia.   

An F++ Ceratostoma foliatum 2 5/8” or 65.63mm. w/o. Gmelin, 1791 Collected on and around Barnacles on rocks by diver at unknown depth in 2005.Tacoma Narrows, Washington State.   

An F+ Sinustrombus latissimus 7 ¾” or 198.54mm. Linne, 1758-“Very Large Adult” Native Vietnamese Fishermen.Ly Son Island, Vietnam. Usual lip chips up top but just a really beautiful specimen.   

An F++Hypocassis fimbriata 3 ¾” or 95.07mm. Quoy & Gaimard, 1833.Trawled at 20 meters by fishermen in 2010. Great Australian Bight, South Australia. Areal beauty with a tiny, chipped area on the bottom left of the parietal shield.   

An F++Hastula lanceata 2” or 51.39mm. Linne, 1767 Collected by local diver at unknown depth in the 1970’s Solomon Islands.   

An F++/Mostly Near-Gem Amphidromus basilanensis 44.20mm & 40.29mm. Bartsch,1917 Land Snails Found by natives. Basilan Island, Mindanao, Philippines.    

Calusaconus manueli 2 1/8” or 52.69mm. Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011-Extinct Collected in the Golden Gate Member (Petuch Unit 7 Equivalent, Lower Beds) of the Tamiami Formation on 03/19/17. Aggregates Pit, Lee County, Bonita Springs, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin. Spots visible and superb condition. UV LIGHT PICTURE.  

An F+ Strombus alatus 3 5/8” or 88.63mm. Gmelin, 1791-Adult Collected on a sand bar -0.2 low at low tide in March 1979 Sundial Beach Resort, Lee County, Sanibel Island, Florida. Nice thick adult. Live shells like this can no longer be collected since the ban in 1994.   

17518 An F+/F++ Sinistrofulgur sinistrum 5 ¾” or 147.84mm. w/o Hollister. 1958 Collected on sand bar live buried partially in the sand at -0.5 low tide at night in Dec 1976. Sundial Beach Resort, Lee County, Sanibel Island, Florida. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin. This shell hasn't been collected live since the shelling ban of 1994.  

A near F++Fasciolaria tulipa 5 3/8” or 134.99mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Collected on grass flats at -0.4 low tide in Nov 1987 Blind Pass, Sanibel Island, Florida. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin.   

An F+/F++Sinistrofulgur sinistrum 5 ¾” or 146.35mm. w/o Hollister. 1958 Collected on sand bar live buried partially in the sand at -0.5 low tide at night in Dec 1976. Sundial Beach Resort, Lee County, Sanibel Island, Florida. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin. This shell hasn't been collected live since the shelling ban of 1994.