Australian Seashells P/L - 5 Ealing Mews, Kingsley WA 6026, Australia. web: www.seashells.net, e-mail: info@seashells.net.au
CEPHALOPODA / NAUTILUS - ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN $ (AUD), NOT INCL. GST (POR = Price On Request)
NOTE: Nautilus was CITES-listed in 2017 (no INTL  Export!) - anything that looks vaguely like Nautilus (i.e. Argonauta) can't be shipped INTL, sorry!
Genus Species Author Locality Description Grading Price $
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia under 100mm, elegant pelagic octopus eggcase miniatures F++/GEM    35
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia 100-120mm, typical, elegant, often tiny pinholes F++/GEM    45
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia 120-140mm, elegant shape, may have tiny pinholes, large F++/GEM    60
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia 140-160mm, elegant, darker ridge, some pinholes, large F++/GEM    80
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia 160-170mm, often with tiny holes, very large for species F++/GEM    100
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia 170-180mm, often with tiny holes, rare this size F++/GEM    120
Argonauta argo (Linnaeus, 1758) Southern Australia over 180mm, often with tiny holes, extremely rare this size F++/GEM POR
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC under 100mm, often tiny pin holes, small but typical F++/GEM sold out
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 100-110mm, typical size, often with tiny pinholes F++/GEM    45
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 110-120mm, typical, nice shape, may have tiny holes F++/GEM    60
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 120-130mm, typical, may have pinholes, large for species F++/GEM    80
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 130-140mm, nice, may have tiny holes, large for species F++/GEM    105
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 140-150mm, often tiny pinholes, very large for species F++/GEM    120
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 150-160mm, very large shell, may have tiny holes F++/GEM 150
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC 160-170mm, very large, may have tiny holes, rare this size F++/GEM POR
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, VIC over 170mm, giant shell, may have tiny pinholes, rare size F++/GEM POR
Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, WA under 40mm, delicate pale grey shells with brown ridge   F++/GEM   10
Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, WA 40-50mm, delicate pale grey shells, typical size, brown ridge F++/GEM    15
Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 Australia, WA over 50mm, delicate pale grey, brown ridge - very large F++/GEM    25
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 130-150mm, typical size, striking pattern (CITES-listed, no export) F++    80
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 150-170mm, large with striking pattern (CITES-listed, no export) F++    100
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 170-190mm, very large, rarely this good (CITES-listed, no export) F++    130
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 190-200mm, very large from here, rarely good (CITES-listed, no export) F++    170
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 200-210mm, rare giants from WA (CITES-listed, no export) F+/F++    200
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA over 210mm, very rare in any condition, POR (CITES-listed, no export) F+/F++ POR
Nautilus repertus Iredale, 1944 Australia, WA over 170mm, local WA form, sparse stripes (CITES-listed, no export) F++ 100
Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, S/W WA 15-20mm, pale semi-translucent specimens with typical spiral shape F++/GEM 5

 

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