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Pseudadusta buckinghamensis 2 ½” or 60.74mm. Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011-Extinct Ultra-Rare. Collected in the Buckingham Member (Petuch Unit 10) of the Tamiami Formation in July. 2021.. Lake being dug on land site, Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida, Piacenzian Pliocene 3.4-3.6 M.Y.A. Collector BH#3 -Collector and true locality will be divulged in the final data on this fossil Cypraea. Identified by Melanie Briskin as being a very

Anadara scalarina 3 1/2” or 85.48mm. Heilprin, 1886-Extinct Superb Giant Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation in 2021. Lake being dug on land site, Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida, Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collector BH#3. Identified by Melanie Briskin -Collector and true locality will be divulged in the final data on this fossil Anadara. A spectacular large superb Giant Pair sure to find

An F++/Near-Gem Chicoreus florifer 1 5/8” or 37.19mm. w/o Reeve, 1846-“Orange”Taken on yellow mussel beds in 3-5’ by snorkel diver in 2008. North Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Collector: Melanie Briskin   

F++/NG Ceratostoma foliatum 2 1/8” or 53.40mm. Gmelin, 1791 Collected by Scuba at 40-80’ on big rocks. San Nicolas Island, Southern California. Operculum missing.   

An F+/F++Talparia exusta f. meridiana 2 ½” or 60.51mm. Lorenz, 2017 Local diver at unknown depth under coral and rocks in 2019 Djibouti.   

Pseudadusta marilynae 1 7/8” or 48.27mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct Large Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 2, Upper Bed) of the Tamiami Formation in Feb,2023. Land Site digging large lake. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.58-3.0 M.Y.A. Collector: MJ. Identified by Melanie Briskin. This is a large example with some markings and color visible.   

Ecphora quadricostata 1 3/8” or 33.78mm. Say, 1824-Extinct Freak Collected in the Jupiter Waterway of the Murdock Formation Unit 11 in February,2023. Deep Lake Construction site. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Zanclean Pliocene 4.5-5.3 M.Y.A. Collector: MJ. Identified by : Melanie Briskin. This is a freak specimen found in the lower basal beds.   

 An F/ F+ Echinophoria bituberculosa 1 7/8” or 48.42mm. Von Martens, 1901. Collected in sand in shallow water in 2012. Mogadishu, Somalia.   

An F+/F++Semicassis bulla 2 3/8” or 57.59mm. Habe, 1961 Trawled by fishermen at 130 meters in 6/2006 ZheJiang Province, East China Sea, China.   

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.   

Siphocypraea (Seminolecypraea)micanopy 1 ¾” or 44.53mm. Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011-Extinct Ultra-Rare Collected in the Buckingham Member (Petuch Unit 10) of the Tamiami Formation in January 2023. Land Site digging large lake. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.4-3.6 M.Y.A. Collector: MJ. This is a Great example of A very rare fossil cowrie.   

An F+++/Near-Gem Charonia tritonis 13.97mm or 355mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Local Fishermen. Ly Sol, Vietnam. U.S. customers only cannot ship this shell overseas.  

A Near-Gem Phenacovolva rosea 2” or  51.12mm.A.Adams, 1854 Diver collected at 25-30 meters in 2005. Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines.   

A Fine+ Melo broderipii 6 ¾” or 170.45mm. Pidgeon, 1834.”Freak” Collected by diver at 25-30 meters in 2004. Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines. Natural Chipped lip and not filed!   

A Fine Adelomelon beckii 16 7/8” or 428mm. Broderip, 1836 Trawled in extremely deep water 80-100 meters by fishermen in 1990. Montevideo, Uruguay. Rarely so nice and large. Worm spots and growth marks are common on these larger specimens. These are normally rough and this has no filed lip or any alterations.   

F+++/NG Monetaria caputdraconis 27.97mm. Melvill, 1888 Collected by local diver at 3-5 meters in 2004. Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile