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Volutidae

 

Adelomelon americana Reeve 1856 Brazil, off Vitoria, Espirito Santo State 40-50 M in mud. May 1994. LARGE Ex Guid T Poppee 1999

 

Adelomelon ancilla???? Lightfoot 1786 Peru trawled Rare?? 1964 Info per Simon Demarco. Much more colorful than typical Ancilla 5 5/16"  

 

Adelomelon beckii Broderip 1836 Brazil, trawled off south Brazil by fishing boats in deep water F 190 MM

 

Alcithoe arabica swainsoni Marwick 1926 New Zealand      

 

Alcithoe larochei Marwick 1926 New Zealand. Bay of Plenty trawled 1500 feet 1991 uncommon no pattern Ex. Guido T. Poppee 1999 Gem  

 

Alcithoe lutosa Koch 1948 South Africa      

 

Amoria canaliculata McCoy 1869 Queensland, Australia live collected 70 fathoms dredged off Moreton Island Red color form Rare 1964 2 3/16"  
Amoria canaliculata McCoy 1869 Fitzroy Lagoon orange spots 1960 2"  

 

Amoria exoptanda diver 8 M off Boling Reef Port Lincoln S. Australia Gem 105.8 MM

 

Amoria damoni keatsiana Ludbrook 1952 Arafura Sea, North Australia Rare 1966 3 1/8"  

 

Amoria damoni Gray 1864 Australia 1965   3 3/4"  
Amoria damoni Gray 1864 Australia 1965   3 7/8"  

 

Amoria ellioti Sowerby 1864 West Australia 1967   3 1/4"  
Amoria ellioti Sowerby 1864 Broome, W. Australia on sand bars F    

 

Amoria fulgetrum Sowerby 1825 South Australia, Bolingbroke Reef by diver in sand 8-10 M F+  

 

Amoria gatliffi Sow. 1910 Queensland 1965   2 7/8"  

 

Amoria grayi Ludbrook 1952 Queensland 1962   3 1/8"  

 

Amoria guttata McMichael 1964 Queensland, Australia live collected 22 fathoms. Dredged south of Townsville Rare 1-1968 1 15/16"  

 

Amoria jamrachi Gray 1864 South Australia 1965      

 

Amoria macandrewi Sowerby 1887 Western Australia live collected 1 fathom at night. Low tide sand bottom Barrow Island. Rare 5/1974

 

Amoria maculata Swainson 1822 Queensland, Australia live collected 20 fathoms dredged off Townsville 1962 3 1/4"  

 

Amoria molleri(?) Iredale 1936 Trawled 260-330 feet Capricorn Channel Queensland, Australia Gem 52mm

 

Amoria newmanae Cot. 1949 NW Australia Broome protoconch, shape and coloration differs from tuneri. Mauve interior Rare Feb. 1965 2 1/4"  

 

Amoria praetexta Reeve 1849 Queensland live collected Rare Jan 1, 1968  
Amoria praetexta Reeve 1849 Queensland live collected Rare Jan 1, 1968  

 

Amoria turneri Gray 1834 Broome NW Australia June 1961 2 9/16"  
Amoria turneri Gray 1834 Broome NW Australia June 1961 2 5/16"  

 

Amoria undulata angasi Sowerby 1864 Tasmania 1949   3 3/16"  

 

Amoria undulata Lamarck 1804 Queensland irregular markings-no blotches white ground color, purple interior 1966 2 15/16"  

 

Amoria zebra lineata Leach 1814 Queensland, Australia Dark variety of zebra. 1950 3 7/8"  

 

Amoria zebra Leach 1814 Queensland, Australia variety with wide spaced lines 1966 3 7/8"  
Amoria zebra Leach 1814 Queensland, Australia 1966   2 1/8"  

 

Aulica aulica Lightfoot Queensland, Australia Rare      

 

Aulica imperialis Lightfoot Cebu, Philippines      

 

Aulicina rutila Broderip 1826 Queensland, Australia 1964   3 5/8"  
Aulicina rutila Broderip 1826 Queensland, Australia 1964   3 5/8"  

 

Cymbiola ceraunia   Australia 1966   2 3/4"  
Cymbiola ceraunia   Australia   2 5/8"  

 

Cymbiola ceraunia papuo McGillvrayi Samaroni from Lance Moore Sydney Australia

 

Cymbiola deshayesi Reeve 1854 New Caledonia 1963   2 7/8"  

 

 

Cymbiola innexa Reeve 1849 Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia minor growth marks F+ 119-120mm

 

Cymbiola mammila   trawled off Queensland, Australia    

 

 

Cymbiola nivosa Lamarck 1804 Australia April 1964   2 15/16"  
Cymbiola nivosa Lamarck 1804 Australia April 1964   3"  
Cymbiola nivosa Lamarck 1804 Australia King Sound 1953   3 7/16"  

 

Cymbiola norrisi Gray 1838 Australia 1949   2 1/8"  
Cymbiola norrisi Gray 1838 Australia Dec 1967 very dark color    

 

Cymbiola piperita Sowerby 1844 Australia August 1960   2 5/8"  

 

Cymbiola sophiae Gray 1846 Queensland, Australia reddish brown ground color 1962 2 3/4"  
Cymbiola sophiae Gray 1846 Queensland, Australia grey/brown ground color 1960 2 9/16"  

 

Cymbiola vespertilio Linne 1758 Lapu-Lapu, Philippines Sept 1983 2 examples black color form
Cymbiola vespertilio Linne 1758 Lapu-Lapu, Philippines Sept 1983 2 examples orange color form
Cymbiola vespertilio Linne 1758 Lapu-Lapu, Philippines Sept 1983 5 examples brown color form

 

 

Cymbiolacca cracenta McMichael 1963 trawled off Bowden Reef Queensland, Australia

 

Cymbiolacca nielseni McMichael 1959 trawled off Bundaberg Queensland, Australia 15 fathoms

 

Cymbiolacca peristicta McMichael Swain Reef Queensland, Australia

 

Cymbiolacca pulchra houarti Poppe 1985 Swain reefs trawled 100+ fathoms between Halfmoon & Sweetlip Reef, Australia 12/1993

 

Cymbiola pulchura woolacotte McMichael 1958 Sykes Reef, Queensland, Australia sand at low tide mollusknet auction 6/1999 78MM

 

Cymbiolacca complexa Iredale Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia  

 

Cymbiolacca thatcheri Chesterfield Is. Between Queensland and New Caledonia dredged 20-50 M 1980. Sistiana Seashells F+ 81.2 MM

 

Cymbiolista hunteri Iredale 1931 Queensland, Australia live collected 70 fathoms off Cape Moreton deepwater-red color form 1965 4 15/16"  
Cymbiolista hunteri Iredale 1931 New South Wales, Australia north coast by trawlers F    

 

Cymbium marmoratum Link 1807 Senegal. Rufisque south of Dakar. Fisherman 1997 w/perio. Ex Guido T. Poppe 1999 F+++  

 

 

Enaeta barnesii Gray 1825 Panama. West Coast. Bahia Honda. 2M deep in sand. Feb 1998 Ex Guido T. Poppee 1999 30MM  

 

Enaeta leonardhilii Petuch 1982 Fernando de Noronha Island off Brazil. Shallow water 1993. Color set Ex. Guido T. Poppe 3 examples

 

Enaeta cumingi Brod. 1852 Mexico 1964   1 1/4"  
Enaeta cumingi Brod. 1852 Mexico 1964   1 1/4"  

 

Ericusa papillosa Swainson 1822 Edithburg, South Australia live collected in 10 fathoms by divers. Fully adult specimen. Rare dwarf form taken by skin divers in 19 fathoms. Usually trawled only in much deeper water around Victoria. Lance Moore Marine Specimens PTY. LTD 27A George St. Sydney, Australia 12/1977 3 3/4"  

 

Ericusa papillosa Kenyoniana Braz. 1898 South Australia 90 fathoms trawled Great Australian Bight off Adelaide Large 1965 5"  

 

Ericusa sericata Thornley 1951 trawled off Queensland, Australia 90 Fathoms

 

Ericusa sowerbyi Kiener 1839 trawled off Queensland, Australia    

 

Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda 1950 Japan 200 fathoms Xtra large Rare this size and quality 1966 5"  
Fulgoraria cancellata Kuroda 1950 Kii, Japan 200 fathoms 1967   3 1/2"  

 

Fulgoraria concinna Brod. 1836 Japan Fine colors 1965   5 1/8"  

 

Fulgoraria daviesi Fulton Japan      

 

Fulgoraria hamelli Crosse, 1869 Japan      

  

 Fulgoraria rupestris Gmelin 1791 Japan 1965   2 5/8"  
Fulgoraria rupestris Gmelin 1791 Japan 1964   5 1/8"  

 

 

 

Fusivoluta clarkei Rehder 1969 Trawled off Mozambique 500 Meters live collected w/operculum July 1976 from Auction@mollusks.com 1999 F+++ 85.5mm

 

Harpulina arausiaca dredged from local fishermen, Sri Lanka 1995 F+ 67.2 MM

 

 

Harpulina lapponica Linne Ceylon, India live collected with operculum  
Harpulina lapponica Linne Ceylon, India live collected with operculum  

 

Harpulina lorosi Valenciennes 1863 Marmagao, India 15-18 fathoms of water. Dredged by commercial trawler Rare

 

Livonia magnifica   trawled off Queensland, Australia    

 

Livonia roadnightae Kangaroo Island South Australia trawled 200-250 meters

 

Lyria cloveriana Weaver 1963 Sri Lanka 1998 George Sangiouloglou auction Gem 77MM

 

Lyria delessertiana Petit 1842 East Africa, Tuleare, Madagascar, scuba diving at night in 20 meters. F+ 45mm

 

Lyria deliciosa Montrouzier 1859 New Caledonia. Prony Bay. In sand in lagoon 1985 Ex Guido T. Poppe F+  

 

Lyria kurodai Kawamura 1964 Trawled 50 M off Nha Trang, Vietnam 1998 George Sangiouloglou auction Gem 87MM

 

Lyria lyraeformis Swain 1821 Mozambique Channel 33 fathoms live collected Mozambique, Africa Rare & Large 1966 1 9/16"  

 

Lyria mitraeformis Lamarck 1811 S. Australia, Edithbough, crawling in sand at low tide. F+ 45mm

 

Lyria planicostata taiwanica T.C. Lan 1975 Taiwan      

 

Melo miltonis Griffith & Pidgeon 1834 Trawled off SW Australia      

 

Odontocymbiola magellanica Gmelin 1791 San Sebastian, Tierra del Fuego Argentina by divers 15-20 M Alan Secombe

 

 

Provocator mirabilis Finlay 1926 New Zealand, trawled 300-400 M off Auckland Is. South of New Zealand. F+ 83mm

 

Saotomea delicata Fulton 1940 Kii, Japan 200 fathoms live collected- operc 1951 1 7/8"  
Saotomea delicata Fulton 1940 Kii, Japan 200 fathoms      

 

 

Scaphella dubi kieneri Clench 1946 Gulf of Mexico   195MM  
Scaphella dubi kieneri Clench 1946 Gulf of Mexico   178MM  

 

Scaphella junonia johnstonae Clench 1953 Dredged Mississippi Pass 40 fathoms yellow ground color 1952 1 13/16"  

 

Scaphella junonia butleri Clench 1953 Yucatan      
Scaphella junonia Shaw Dredged off Tortugas 8 fathoms 1951 1 5/16"  
Scaphella junonia Shaw Dunedin Reef 35 feet in sand Dunedin, Florida  

 

Ternivoluta studeri Von Marteno 1897 New South Wales 1966   2 1/4"  

 

 

Voluta demarcoi Oleson 1965 Trawled 105 miles off Mesquital, texas in 100 fathoms. Live collected with operculum. Very rare at the time. One of the first 20 known December 1965 2 15/16"  
Voluta demarcoi Oleson 1965 Honduras      
Voluta demarcoi Oleson 1965 Honduras      

 

Voluta diadema ? Australia      

 

Voluta ebraea Linne Brazil live collected with operculum    
Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Collected from 60-90 meters by Jangada fishermen during spring/summer 1982 around Ceara, Brazil 131MM  

 

Voluta musica typica Lamarck 1811 Honduras Live collected with operculum 1965 2 9/16"  

 

Voluta virescens Sol 1786 Honduras Gold color variety live collected. Very strong cancellation Aug. 1966 1 7/8"  
Voluta virescens Sol 1786 Texas Highly colered dark variety weak cancellations live collected July 1967 2"  

 

Volutoconus bednalli Brazier 1879 Queensland, Australia live collected 20 fathoms trawled Thursday Island Torres Straits. Fat Chunky variety. Rare 12/1967 2"  
Volutoconus bednalli Brazier 1879 Northern Territory, Australia live collected 30 fathoms trawled Arafura Sea Port Darwin. High spired slender variety. Rare 9/1965 4"  

 

Volutoconus grossi Iredale 1927 Queensland, Australia 1960   4 3/8"  

 

 

Zidona dufresnei Donovan Brazil    

 

Xenophoridae

 

Xenophora conchyliophora Born coral rubble off of Marathon, Florida Keys  
Xenophora conchyliophora Born coral rubble off of Marathon, Florida Keys  
Xenophora conchyliophora Born coral rubble off of Marathon, Florida Keys  

 

Xenophora pallidula Reeve Cebu, Philippines      
Xenophora pallidula Reeve Cebu, Philippines      

 

Xenophora solarioides Reeve 1845 Cebu, Philippines      
Xenophora solarioides Reeve 1845 Cebu, Philippines      
Xenophora solarioides Reeve 1845 Cebu, Philippines      

 

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