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An F+/F++ Chicoreus (Triplex) brevifrons 3 1/8” or 79.15mm. w/o  Lamarck,1822 Collected under mangroves root in the sandy mud at low tide in 2010. Parguera, Puerto Rico Area.   

An near F++Murex  (Murex) tenuirostrum 4  5/8” or 114.19mm. w/o Lamarck,1822 Local Fishermen in nets from unknown depth. Central Visayas Region, Straits of Cebu between Bohol Island & Cebu Philippines.   

Cyclophorus daranganicus(2) 28.15mm. w/o & 28.10mm. Hidalgo,1888 Landsnail around shrubbery, ground trees etc. Quezon N.P, Luzon, Philippines. Large one with operculum. Collector: Proestler.   

Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Species of MURICIDAE Named Since 1971. Copyright:1994First Published. Hardcover in Good Condition. Fron and back cover scuffed. No dust jacket. Book kept in overall great condition. Used by researcher, so many species or highlighted in the book with a pink marker. Printed and Bound in Hong Kong.28 Plates of B/W photos and nice color photos. Errata pages included by owner to correct any errata, which is very rare

Hawaiian Marine Shells by: E. Alison Kay Book in Good+/Very Good Condition considering a Copyright of 1979. Dust Cover is torn but the book is not marked inside and is in excellent condition. Bishop Museum Press. Pages: 654195 figure photos and illustrations of species. A few color Pages but mostly in B/W/ If you collect Hawaiian shells is a must have book .  

F+/F++Thaisella kiosquiformis (2) 39.69mm & 30.24mm. w/o Duclos, 1832.Collected at low tide on sand in 2012. Coiba Island, Panama.   

An F++ Chicoreus ramosus 2 ½” or 59.85mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Orange/Peach-Ultra-Rare. Diver collected at 20-30’ on dead coral. Laminusa, Sulu Seas Archipelago, Philippines. Another large fabulous orange dwarf shell that is just perfect and with operculum.   

Near-Gem/Gem Chicoreus ramosus 1 ¾” or 43.86mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Orange/Peach-Ultra-Rare. Diver collected at 20-30’ on dead coral.Laminusa, Sulu Seas Archipelago, Philippines. A fabulous orange dwarf shell that is just perfect and with operculum.   

A Fine/F+ Macrocypraea cervus 3 5/8” or 91.05mm. Linne, 1758-“Lovely Pattern” Collected by scuba diver at 10-15’ deep in crevices under rocks in the 1980’s.Big Pine Key, Florida. A lovely specimen but there are sand grains trapped under the dorsum and sand blister on the side of the cowrie. Atypical of a shallow water specimen probably attacked during growth on local patch reefs.   

An F++/Near-Gem Murex troscheli 6 3/8” or 159.24mm. w/o Lischke, 1868-EX-Large. Collected in nets by local fishermen in 1999. Bantayan Island, Philippines.   

Chesapecten middlesexensis 7 ¼” or 183.20mm Tall x 192.89mm. wide. Mansfield, 1936 Collected in the Cobham Bay Member of the Eastover Formation. James River, Surry County, Virginia. Messinian Miocene 5.33-7.246 M.Y.A. Collector: Unknown. A very large- superb example with the usual pin-holing and minor damage as show on the umbo. This is a matrix piece and is very heavy as both sides are attached. Rarely offered still intact this

An F+ /F++Epitonium scalare 2 3/8” or 57.03mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Trawled from deeper waters in 2016. Nha Trang, Vietnam. Exceptionally large very hard to get specimen. A true gem in a collection. Not offered with an operculum.   

An F++/NG Chicoreus paini 1 ¾” or 45.49mm. w/o Houart, 1983 Local diver at unknown depth in 1979 New Britain, Papua New Guinea.   

An F+/F++Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 5/8” or 66.34mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927 .Trawled by Fishermen at 25-40 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2012. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.   

An F++Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 1/2” or 61.14mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927 .Trawled by Fishermen at 35-45 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2012. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.    

An F++/NG Chicoreus florifer 2 7/8” or 73.32mm. Reeve,1846 Collected by a diver on hardpan bottom at 8-10’ in the 1990’s Berry Islands, Bahamas. Collector: Unknown. Operculum lost.  

An F++/NG Hexaplex princeps 1 5/8” or 40.90mm w/o. Broderip, 1833 “Superb Dwarf” Diver collected 6-7 meters on rocky bottom in 1999.Manabi, Ecuador.   

An F++/NG Hexaplex cichoreum 1 7/8” or 48.96mm. w/o. Gmelin, 1791-“Dark Dwarf” Collected by local diver at 6-8 meters in 1/92. Mactan Island, Philippines. Nice dark dwarf shell,   

An F++ Chicoreus (Triplex) emilyae  1 7/8” or 49.17mm. Petuch,1987- “Peach/Orange” Trawled by Local fishermen in 100-150’ of water around sand and rocky bottom. Offshore of Punta Patuca, Honduras. These are hard to get now in the orange color. Some workers are calling this florifer. However, the difference in the fronds can be seen clearly show this species to be different from florifer. 

An F++/NG Hexaplex cichoreum 2” or 50.45mm. w/o. Dunker, 1869-“Dwarf”Collected by a diver at 10-12 meters in 2012. Bohol Island, Philippines.