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An F++/NG Orania fusulus 23.28mm. w/o Brocchi, 1814 Diver at 30 meters on sand and rubble bottom in 1999. Malaga, Spain.   

A Fine Neptunea tabulata 3 1/8” or 79.20mm. w/o Baird, 1863 Trawled live at 90 meters in 1980’s British Columbia.   

An F++ Epitonium scalare 2 ¼” or 55.91mm. w/o. Linne, 1758 Collected at 80-90 meters by local fishermen in 2016. Negros Island, Philippines. This is a larger specimen than Normal.   

AN F++/NG Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 ¼” or 56.45mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927.Trawled by Fishermen at 39-40 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2010. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.   

An F+ Lyncina kuroharai 1 3/8” or 31.40mm. Kuroda & Habe, 1961-Sub-Adult.Trawled from deep waters at unknown depth. Taiwan. Rare shell that is sub-adult so has to be rated F+ .  

An F+/F++Ceratostoma burnetti 3” or 76.94mm. Adams and Reeve, 1849-“Gorgeous”Collected by diver at subtidal depths. South End of Wando Island, South Korea. Gorgeous, winged specimen with operculum lost.  

Pseudadusta (Bithloa) kalafuti 2 7/8” or 73.04mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct.Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 3, Middle Bed) of the Tamiami Formation in Dec- February, 2023. Lake Dig Site with insitu specimens. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.58-3.0 M.Y.A. Collector: MJ. Identified by Melanie Briskin. Collector and true locality will be divulged in the final data of this fossil Cypraea.   

Two Near-Gem to Gem Pseudozonaria arabicula (2) 25.85mm & 24.02mm. Lamarck, 1819. Collected by diver in shallow water amongst rocks in 1990. Las Perlas Islands, Panama.   

A “Dwarf” F+++/NG Trona stercoraria  1 ¾” or 45.92mm.Linne, 1758 Collected by diver at 3-5 meters in 1999. Cameroon, Victoria, West Africa.   

An F+/F++ Siratus consuelae 1 ¾” or 43.80mm. Vokes, 1963 Collected in Fisherman’s traps set at 100- 120meters in the 1990’s Port Louis, Guadeloupe, Lee Ward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.   

Hystrivasum horridum 3’ or 76.19mm. Heilprin, 1886-Extinct Collected in the Ft Denaud Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation in 2004 Brantley Pit, Desoto County, Arcadia, Florida. Gelasian Pleistocene 2.2-2.4 M.Y.A. Collected and Identified By: Melanie Briskin.   

Seashells on Sanibel & Gulf Coast Beaches-A Picture Postcard Booklet fully intact by Harlan E. Witkopf & Anne Joffe 32 Species and 20 suitable for framing, All Photos are perforated and for postal use. Represents the glory of Sanibel Pre-Hurricane Ian. May be very difficult to obtain anymore. Want to pass it onto a new home that would appreciate my love for Sanibel.   

An F/F+ Paradusta barclayi 1 1/8” or 27.88mm. Reeve, 1857 Trawled at Unknown depth by fishermen in 2016. Algoa Bay Area, South Africa. This has color and markings but is still somewhat glossy nice and clean and with visible octopi marks. Dead Taken but most gloss, color etc.   

A Fine/F+ Cymbium pachyus 5 5/8” or 138.91mm. Pallary, 1930. Trawled by Local fishermen in 2012. Kribi, Cameroon.   

An F+/F++Turbo (Dinassovica) imperialis 4 5/8” or 116.74mm. Gmelin, J.F., 1791.Taken on corals at 22-28 meters by diver in the 2000’sCommon growth marks. Tolagnaro, Madagascar   

A Near-Gem Procalpurnus lacteus 17.38mm. Lamarck, 1810 Collected by local fishermen at 20-25 meters off Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines.   

Seashells of the Texas Coast by Jean Andrews, 1971.University of Texas Press. Austin Texas & London. 298 pages with dust cover and plastic cover. Light moisture spotting on the spine Size 11 3/8” x 9” x 1 3/8” Very Good Condition. Excellent book on Texas Seashells in Black and white plates.   

An NG/Gem Cribrarula esontropia francescoi 17.65mm. Lorenz 2002 Collected by diver under coral at 6-7 meters in 2009 Fort Dauphin, Madagascar.   

An F++/NG Chicoreus ramosus 5 ½” or 137.36mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Collected by scuba diver at 10-15 meters in 2008 Masbate, Philippines.   

F+/nearly F++ Perisserosa guttata azumai 2” or 49.51mm. Schilder, 1960 Trawled by Chinese Fishermen at 200 meters deep in the 1990’s South China Seas, Xiamen, China.  Probably Dead Taken.