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Cypraea robertsi Hildago 1906 26mm F++
Intertidal Gobernadora Island, Gulf of Montijo, Panama
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Cypraea surinanemsis Perry 1811 29mm F++ by
diver on reef at 25 Meters Guarapari, Brazil Ex. Russell Collection
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Cypraea tessellata Swainson 1822 34.7mm F++
Koko Head, Hawaii. Diver collected in the 1950's. live specimen Ex Chris T.
collection
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Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961 100mm
F++/Gem Hawaiian Islands Ex Derby Lane --very heavy, neat pattern with
purples, blues, pink --
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Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961 102mm
F++/Gem Hawaiian Islands Ex Derby Lane --very heavy--
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Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961 104mm
F++/Gem Hawaiian Islands Ex Derby Lane. Dorsum
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Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961 104mm
F++/Gem Hawaiian Islands Ex Derby Lane Ventral
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Conus archon Broderip 1833 43mm F+ dredged at
120 to 240 feet Bay of Chiriqui, Panama
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Conus atractus Tomlin 1937 64mm F++ off
Guriri, Espirito Santo Brasil by shrimp boats at 40 to 50 Meters. Ex
Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus carcellesi
Martins 1945 54mm F++ Santos. Sao Paulo, Brasil. Ex Eduardo Coelho
collection --Rare, Big Specimen--
Reference: Clench,. W.J. 1953
The Genus Conus in the W. Atlantic, Jonhonsia vol 2, pg 372 - super specimen,
ridged body whorl separates from C. clenchi- Ex Eduardo
Coelho collection.
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Conus carioca Petuch 1986 39mm F++ Off
Vitoria, Espirito Santo Brasil. Trawled by fishing boats at 30 to 40 Meters
by local fishermen. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus centurio Born 1778 58mm F++ off Sao
Mateus, ES, Brasil. Trawled by shrimp boats at 30 to 45 Meters by local
fishermen. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus centurio Born 1778 79mm Fine - Broken
Lip. Off Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, Brasil. Trawled by nets at 30 to 40
Meters by local shrimpers. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection. --Big Specimen,
badly broken lip from shipping damage--
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Conus clenchi Martins 1943 49mm F++ Off Farol
de Sao Tome Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil. Taken on sand bottom at 45 to 70
Meters by local fishermen. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus dalli Stearns 1873 69mm F++/Gem Panama
- Live Collected 1965. Large Specimen. EFM Collection
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Conus princeps Linne 1758 68mm F++/Gem Mexico
1966 EFM Collection
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Conus princeps lineolatus Valenciennes 1832
46mm F++ Collected by diver 13 to 17 Meters under rocks. Drabe Bay. Costa
Rica. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus puncticulatus Hwass 1792 21mm F+
Martinique, Riviere Pilote on muddy bottom 1n 3 Meters by shrimp trawlers.
Ex Bob Lipe
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Conus recurvus Broderip 1833 85mm F+ West
Mexico --Large Specimen. Ex Derby Lane collection--
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Conus recurvus Broderip 1833 88mm F++ off
Puerto Lopez, Manabi, Ecuador. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus spurius atlanticus Clench 1942 57mm F++
Yucatan, Mexico collected by shrimpers Ex Derby Lane collection
--dark red markings--
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Conus spurius atlanticus Clench 1942 78mm F++
Yucatan, Mexico collected by shrimpers Ex Derby Lane collection
--Large specimen-- Photo |
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Conus spurius phlogopus Tomlin 1937 65mm F++
Golfo de Morrosquillo, Columbia. Trawled by nets at 80 to 120 Meters by
local fishermen. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus spurius phlogopus Tomlin 1937 60mm F++
Golfo de Morrosquillo, Columbia. Taken on coral sand at 1 to 2 Meters by
snorkel. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection.
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Conus tostesi Petuch 1979 35mm F+ Off Santos,
Sao Paulo state, Brasil. Trawled by shrimp boatsat 70 to 80 Meters. Ex
Eduard Coelho collection
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Voluta Adelomelon Riosi Clench & Turner 1964
308mm F++ lip damaged Chui, Rio Grande Do Dur, Brasil -- Large, museum grade
specimen -- Ex Eduardo Coelho
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Voluta Adelomelon Riosi Clench & Turner 1964
308mm F++ lip damaged Chui, Rio Grande Do Dur, Brasil -- Large, museum grade
specimen -- Ex Eduardo Coelho
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Voluta Lyria beauii archeri Angas 1865 35mm
F++ Guadeloupe. Port Louis Grand cul de Sac. Taken by diver on sand at 20
Meters. Rare.
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Voluta Odontocymbiola cleryana Petit 1856
47mm F++ Off Farol de Sao Tome, Rio de Janiero, Brasil. Ex Eduardo Coelho
collection Photo |
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Voluta Odontocymbiola macaensis Calvo &
Coltro 1997 52mm F++ Santana Island Rio de Janerio State, Brasil by
fisherman 2001
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Voluta Odontocymbiola saotomensis Calvo
& Coltro 1997 64mm F++ Alcobo, Bahia, Brasil. Rare. Ex Eduardo Coelho
collection. Photo |
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Voluta Odontocymbiola simulatrix Leal &
Bouchet 1989 181mm F++ Itajai, Santa Caterina, Brasil trawled 400 - 500
Meters -- super Specimen -- Ex Femorale
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Voluta Odontocymbiola simulatrix Leal &
Bouchet 1989 181mm F++ Itajai, Santa Caterina, Brasil trawled 400 - 500
Meters -- super Specimen -- Ex Femorale
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Voluta Scaphella junionia Lamarck 1804 126mm
F++ dredged off Tortugas in 8 Fathoms. 1951 EFM Collection
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Voluta Scaphella junionia butleri Clench 1953
126mm F++ Trawled off Yucatan, Mexico EFM Collection.
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Voluta Scaphella junionia johnstonae Clench
1953 61mm F++ Gulf of Mexico dredged 40 Fathoms off Mississippi Pass 1952.
Yellow background color. EFM Collection.
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Voluta Scaphella robusta marionae Pilsbry,
Olsson 1953 40mm F+ Northern coast of Cuba trawled by Royal Red
Shrimpers at 1200 feet. 1969 RARE
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Voluta demarcoi (Polypleura) Oleson 1965 94mm
Gem Large Specimen trawled off Colombia. One of the first 20 specimens known
from Simon Demarco found off of "Texas" at the time. EFM collection
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Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 118mm F++/Gem Brazil
live collected with operculum. EFM collection.
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Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 114mm F++/Gem Brazil
live collected EFM collection.
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Voluta musica typica Lamarck 1811 55mm Gem
Honduras live collected with operculum 1965. EFM Collection
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Voluta virescens Solander 1786 47mm F++ Live
Collected Honduras. Gold Color Variety. Very Strong Cancellations. August
1966 EFM Collection.
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Voluta virescens Solander 1786 48mm F++ Live
Collected Texas. July 1967. Highly colored dark variety. Weak Cancellations
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Murex cabriti Bernardi 58mm F++ with
operculum Live collected off Yucatan, Mexico by shrimpers. from grand dad
Bob Owen Senior and Uncle Bobby
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Murex cabriti Bernardi 63mm F++ with
operculum Live collected off Yucatan, Mexico by shrimpers. from grand dad
Bob Owen Senior and Uncle Bobby
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Murex consuela Verrill 57mm F++/Gem
Martinique, Bale de Port de France. 60 feet at night in rubble by scuba.
Summer 1980. EFM collection
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Murex senegalensis Gmelin 1791 60mm F++ with
operculum Brazil. Guarapari, Espirito Santo. On muddy sand at low tide.
1997. Super quality specimen ex Guido T Poppe.
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Murex Chicoreus spectrum 93mm F++/Gem with
operculum Guarapari, Brasil. Ex Eduardo Coelho collection --super specimen--
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Murex Pteropurpura trilata Sowerby 1834 79mm
F++ California EFM collection
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Murex Siratus cailleti Petit 1856 51mm F+
with operculum North coast, Jamaica in shell traps 400 - 600 feet. ex Bob
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Murex Siratus formosus Sowerby 1841 53mm F+
Haiti, Port-au-Prince by fish traps in 50 feet by local fisherman. Ex Bob
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(Murex) Muricopsis zeteki Hertlein & Strong
21mm F++ with operculum. Western Panama. Under rocks in shallow water.
October 1998 ex Guido T. Poppe
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Busycon candelabrum Lamarck 1816 181mm F++
with operculum Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane Collection
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Busycon candelabrum Lamarck 1816 190mm F+
Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane Collection Photo |
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Busycon coarctatum Sowerby 1825 133mm F+
collected by trawlers / shrimpers Bay of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico. --Rare,
Large Turnip whelk. Ex Derby Lane collection--
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Busycon coarctatum Sowerby 1825 149mm F+
collected by trawlers / shrimpers Bay of Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico. --Rare,
Large Turnip whelk. Ex Derby Lane collection--
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Fasciolaria lillium bullisi Lyons 1972
148.9mm Fine live taken Trawled 160 Meters in muddy sand. Cabo Catoche,
Yucatan. East Mexico Ex Chris T, Bill Lyons
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Fasciolaria granosa Broderip 1832 118mm F+
Cocu, El Salvador Ex Derby Lane Collection
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Fasciolaria sp. 58mm F+ with operculum
Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane Collection.
Intermediate form? hunteri? tortugana?
High Spire orange form 6 spiral lines, slender shell
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Fasciolaria sp. 91m F++ Yucatan, Mexico by
shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane
Orange form, 14 spiral lines, high spire - elongate
siphonal canal.
Note: this shell. Fits description of branhamae as far as
number of spiral lines but branhamae is more elongated & pale background.
Tortugana should have only 6 spiral lines (SEE AMERICAN SEASHELLS)
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Fasciolaria sp. (hunteri) 80mm F+ with
operculum Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane. Orange form, 6
spiral lines Photo |
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Fasciolaria sp.(hunteri) 53mm F+ with
operculum Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane. Standard color
variety. Deformed at suture Photo |
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Fasciolaria sp. (hunteri) 22mm F+ with
operculum Yucatan, Mexico by shrimp boats. Ex Derby Lane. Orange Form, long
tail 6 spiral lines, juvenile. Photo |
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Ficus howelli Clench & Farfante 1940 45mm F++
Trawled from 600 feet in sand and rubble off Aruba, Netherland Antillies
Ex Chris T. Photo |
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Harpa goodwini Rehder 1993 64.7mm Dead /
Crabbed Waimea Bay, Oahu Hawaii crabbed at 300 feet in lobster trap. Oct
2001 Ex Chris Takahashi
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Latirus infundibulum Gmelin 1791 87mm Fine
Haiti, Port au Prince found by natives on shallow reef during the day. Ex.
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Strombus gallus Linne 1758 145mm F+ Brazil -
live collected with operculum. Pink / Orange specimen. ex Bob Lipe
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