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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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