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POLYPLACOPHORIIDAE / CHITONS - ALL PRICES IN AUSTRALIAN $ (AUD), NOT INCL. GST
Genus Species Author Locality Description Grading Price
Ischnochiton adelaidensis Reeve, 1847 Australia, North QLD 25-28mm, very rare shell  F++     25.00
Ischnochiton adelaidensis Reeve, 1847 Australia, North QLD 20-25mm, very rare shell  F++     20.00
Stenoplax alata Sowerby, 1841 Indonesia  25-30mm, fleshy girdle  F++     20.00
Plaxiphora albida Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA under 50mm, green lined, hairy girdle, preserved with animal F++    6.00
Plaxiphora albida Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA over 50mm, green lined, hairy girdle, preserved with animal F++     10.00
Callistochiton antiguus Reeve, 1847 Australia, QLD  14-16mm, with heavy lateral ribs  F++/GEM  6.00
Hapoplax arbutum Reeve, 1847 Australia, QLD 8-10mm, variable colours  F++/GEM     8.00
Ischnochiton australis Blainville, 1825 Australia, Tasmania under 50mm, some with pink on central region  F++     4.00
Ischnochiton australis Blainville, 1825 Australia, Tasmania over 50mm, dramatic dark shells  F++     6.00
Ischnochiton (cf. broomensis) Ashby & Cotton, 1934 Australia, North WA 12-14mm, some with red on plates  F++     10.00
Anthochiton calliozonus Pilsbry, 1894 Australia, SA  40mm, beautiful patterned girdle, dried animal  F++     12.00
Ischnochiton cariosus Pilsbry, 1892 Australia, Tasmania 30-40mm, nice surface sculpture  F++     5.00
Ischnochiton contractus Reeve, 1847 Australia, SA  30-35mm, variable colours, dried animal  F++  5.00
Squamopleura curtisiana Smith, 1884 Australia, QLD 12-15mm, hard to get specimens  F++    8.00
Rhyssoplax densiliratus (Carpenter in Pilsbry,1893) Indonesia  20-30mm, colourful tropical Chiton  F++    12.00
Rhyssoplax densiliratus (Carpenter in Pilsbry,1893) Indonesia  over 30mm, super condition, preserved with foot  F++    20.00
Anthochiton diaphorus Iredale & May, 1916 Australia, SA  20-25mm, shiny gems, dark green, with animal  F++    15.00
Tonicia dilecta Thiele, 1911 Australia, WA  20-25mm, fleshy girdle, preserved with foot  F++    12.00
Ischnochiton elongatus Blainville, 1825 Australia, SA  25-30mm, almost black, dried animal  F++    10.00
Anthochiton exoptandus Bednall, 1897 Australia, SA  30-40mm, some red, with dried animal  F++ 12.00
Tonica fortilirata Reeve, 1847 Australia, WA 30-35mm, preserved with girdle  F++  8.00
Acanthopleura gemmata Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA 40-50mm, beautifully presented specimens with hairy girdle F++    12.00
Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828 Tasmania  30-40mm, introduced species  F++    10.00
Acanthopleura hirtosa Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA 30-35mm, white speckled girdle, dried animal  F+/F++ 8.00
Cryptoplax iredalei Ashby, 1923 Australia, SA  60-70mm, preserved with girdle  F++    12.00
Ischnochiton lineolatus Sowerby, 1840 Australia, WA 40-45mm, preserved with girdle F++/GEM    6.00
Stenochiton longicymba Blainville, 1825 Australia, WA 35-40mm, long narrow shells, live on weed  F++    10.00
Ischnochiton luticolens Iredale & Hull, 1923 Australia, QLD 8-9mm, rare shell  F++/GEM    8.00
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893 Marquesas Islands under 30mm, endemic to the area, preserved with foot F++/GEM    6.00
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893 Marquesas Islands 30-50mm, endemic to the area, preserved with foot  F++/GEM    12.00
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893 Marquesas Islands over 50mm, endemic, preserved with foot, dark green/black F++/GEM    20.00
Heterozona milligani Iredale & May, 1916 Australia, VIC 25-28mm, very rare shell  F++    25.00
Chiton pelliserpentis Quoy & Gaimard,1836 Australia, Tasmania 30-35mm, beautifully preserved and complete  F++/GEM    10.00
Callistelasma perilousia Iredale & Hull, 1925 Australia, QLD 12-14mm, heavily sculptured  F++/GEM     20.00
Stenochiton pilsbryanus Bednall, 1897 Australia, WA  15-18mm, weed dwelling species  F++    6.00
Liolophura queenslandica Pilsbry, 1894 Australia, QLD 25-30mm, large for species  F+/F++     12.00
Liolophura queenslandica Pilsbry, 1894 Australia, QLD 20-25mm, typical for species  F+/F++     9.00
Acanthopleura queenslandica Pilsbry, 1894 Australia, QLD  20-22mm, hairy girdle  F++     12.00
Ornithochiton quercinus Ashby, 1929 Australia, WA  20-30mm, form quercinus, with girdle, colourful plates  F+/F++    8.00
Acanthopleura spinosa Bruguiere, 1792 Australia, WA 50-55mm, black with spiny girdle  F+/F++    15.00
Cryptoplax striata Lamarck, 1819 Australia, Tasmania 70-80mm, preserved and complete  F++    15.00
Heterozona subviridis Iredale & May, 1916 Australia, SA  18-20mm, variable patterns  F++     12.00
Acanthochiton sueurii  (Blainville, 1825) Albany, WA  15-18mm, nicely preserved, golden fibre tufts at plate junctions F++    6.00
Ischnochiton torri Iredale, 1916 Australia, WA 30-35mm, bright orange girdle  F++     8.00
Anthochiton tricostalis Pilsbry, 1894  Australia, SA  20-25mm, very colourful species F++     10.00
Ischnochiton variegatus Adams & Angus, 1864 Australia, Tasmania 40-45mm, preserved with foot  F++/GEM     5.00
Euporoplax virgatus Reeve, 1847 Australia, VIC  5-10mm, variable colours & patterns F++    6.00
Lorica volvox Reeve, 1847 Australia, Tasmania 60-70mm, strikingly ridged plates, complete with animal F++    20.00
Ischnochiton verconis Torr, 1941 Australia, WA  30-35mm, typical for species  F++     10.00
Ischnochiton versicolor Sowerby, 1840 Australia, Tasmania 30-40mm, preserved complete, coarse ribs on lateral area F++  5.00
Chiton sp.         Australia, N/W WA 18-20mm, banded girdle, black band along middle of plates F++    6.00
Cryptoplax sp.        Australia, WA  60-70mm, (poss. C. striata, Lamarck 1819) curled, dried F+/F++    12.00

 

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