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Genus Species Author Locality Description Grading Price $
Niotha acuticostus (Souverbie & Montrouzier,1864) Indonesia 15-20mm, heavy sculpture F++/GEM 4
Niotha albescens Dunker, 1846 Indonesia 12-14mm, black apex F++/GEM 3
Niotha albinus Thiele, 1930 Australia, WA 8-10mm, heavy sculpture F++ 3
Zeuxis algidus Reeve, 1853 Australia, WA 20-25mm, heavy shells F++/GEM 4
Demoulia arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, QLD 20-25mm, f arcularius, heavy shield, nodulose F++/GEM 3
Demoulia arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) Africa, Tanzania 19-20mm, form plicatus, large parietal shield F++ 4
Nassarius argenteus Marrat, 1887 Africa, Senegal 6-8mm, nice sculpture F++ 5
Demoulia bicallosus Smith, 1876 Australia, WA 20-22mm, heavy & smooth F++/GEM 3
Demoulia bicallosus Smith, 1876 Philippines 18-20mm, dead but representative F 2
Plicarcularia bimaculosus A Adams, 1852 Solomon Islands 10-12mm brown band on dorsum F++/GEM 3
Alectrion brunni Adams & Knudsen, 1984 Africa, Senegal 6-8mm, variable, dead but good F 2
Plicarcularia burchardi (Dunker in Philippi, 1849) Australia, WA 10-12mm, very variable F++/GEM 3
Niotha candens Hinds, 1844 Marquesas Islands 16-18mm, very nice local form F++/GEM 5
Hima capensis Dunker, 1846 Africa, SA 12-14mm, brown & sculptured F+ 2
Zeuxis castus Gould, 1850 Australia, QLD 12-14mm, dead but representative F 3
Zeuxis castus Gould, 1850 Indonesia 15-18mm, typical form, dead but good F 3
Niotha cinctellus Gould, 1850 Indonesia 7-8mm, small & hard to get F+/F++ 5
Zeuxis clarus Marrat, 1877 Australia, WA 18-20mm, very variable F++ 3
Zeuxis comptus A Adams, 1852 South China Sea 18-20mm, f elegans, dead but representative F 3
Zeuxis comptus A Adams, 1852 Australia 18-20mm, typical F+/F++ 4
Zeuxis concinnus Powys, 1835 Indonesia 12-14mm, banded body whorl F+/F++ 3
Zeuxis concinnus Powys, 1835 Australia, WA 12-15mm, banded body whorl F++/GEM 4
Niotha conoidalis (Deshayes in Belanger,1832) Indonesia, Kalimantan 16-18mm, nice sculpture F 3
Niotha conoidalis (Deshayes in Belanger,1832) Sulawesi 14-16mm, faint banding on body whorl F++ 4
Niotha conoidalis (Deshayes in Belanger,1832) Australia, WA 18-20mm typical but rare from here F++/GEM 5
Tritia corniculum (Olivi, 1792) Europe, Malta 14-16mm, tall spire, brown smooth, dead but good dead 2
Nassarius coronatus (Bruguière, 1789) Australia, QLD 18-22mm, smooth & inflated, variable F++/GEM 3
Nassarius coronatus (Bruguière, 1789) Indonesia 18-20mm, smooth & inflated, variable F++ 3
Nassarius corpulentus (Adams, 1852) Mexico 18-20mm, heavily sculptured species F++/GEM 4
Tritia corrugata (Brocchi, 1814) Europe, Spain 12-14mm, tall spired, brown sp (aka "T cuvierii") F++/GEM 3
Nassarius crematus Hinds, 1844 USA, Hawaii 10-15mm, typical with tan blotches F++/GEM 6
Nassarius crenulicostatus Shuto, 1969 Philippines 5-6mm, small brown obscure species F++ 3
Nassarius crenoliratus A Adams, 1852 Indonesia 10-12mm, nicely pustulose F++/GEM 4
Niotha delicatus A Adams, 1852 Indonesia 8-10mm, delicate & nicely sculptured F++/GEM 3
Niotha desmoulioides Sowerby, 1903 South Africa 15-20mm, typical F++ 8
Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn, 1817) South Africa 25-30mm, tall & delicate F++ 5
Niotha distortus A Adams, 1852 South China Sea 20-22mm, heavy & sculptured F++ 4
Zeuxis dorsatus Roeding, 1798 Australia, WA 28-32mm, typical for this species F++/GEM 3
Buccinanops duartei Klappenbach, 1961 Argentina 30-32mm, heavy & bulbous, w/o F+/F++ 5
Niotha echinatus A Adams, 1852 Indonesia 12-14mm, spiny sculpture F++ 4
Niotha echinatus A Adams, 1852 Solomon Islands 12-14mm, typical F++ 4
Nassarius elegans Kiener, 1834 South China Sea 18-20mm, deeper water specimens F++ 5
Nassarius elegans Kiener, 1834 South China Sea 18-20mm, dead but representative F 3
Nassarius elatus Gould, 1845 Africa, Senegal 10-12mm, narrow & tapered F+/F++ 3
Niotha fenistratus (Marrat, 1877) Africa, Tanzania 15-18mm, variable with heavy sculpture F++ 3
Telasco gaudiosus Hinds, 1844 Marquesas Islands 15-18mm, dark for this species F++/GEM 5
Telasco gaudiosus Hinds, 1844 Mauritius 13-15mm, colourful F++/GEM 4
Nassarius gayii Kiener, 1834 Chile 10-12mm, chocolate brown, w/o F++ 3
Nassarius gibbosulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe, Greece 15-18mm, inflated with yellow on callus F++ 3
Cyllene glabrata A Adams, 1851 Australia, QLD 15-20mm, colourful, with operc F++/GEM 4
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, N/W WA 17-18mm, form particeps, typical F++ 4
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, WA 35-40mm, form glans, nicely banded F++/GEM 5
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, QLD 30-35mm, typical F++/GEM 3
Plicarcularia globosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Solomon Islands 10-12mm, dark central band F++/GEM 3
Plicarcularia globosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Indonesia 10-12mm, dark central band F++/GEM 3
Bullia gradata Deshayes, 1844 Brazil 50-55mm, typical F+/F++ 4
Nassarius graniferus Kiener, 1834 Australia, WA 12-14mm, pale WA form F++/GEM 4
Nassarius graniferus Kiener, 1834 Indonesia, Sulawesi 12-14mm, typical for species F++/GEM 4
Nassarius gruneri Dunker, 1846 Indonesia 18-20mm, solid species with pustulose surface F++/GEM 4
Zeuxis haldemanni Dunker, 1847 Indonesia, Sulawesi 12-14mm, typical F++ sold out
Nassarius hanraveni Kool & Deicker, 2005 South China Sea 5-6mm, dead but representative dead 8
Hebra horridus Dunker, 1847 Rodrigues Island 8-10mm, spiny F++ 3
Hebra horridus Dunker, 1847 Indonesia 8-10mm, heavy & sculptured F++ 3
Hima incrassatus Stroem, 1768 Africa, Senegal 8-10mm, form senegalensis, local form F++/GEM 3
Hima kochianus Dunker, 1846 Africa, SA 10-11mm, typical F++ 3
Bullia laevissima (Gmelin, 1791) Africa, SA 40-50mm, large & bulbous F+/F++ 10
Telasco luridus Gould,1850 Solomon Islands 16-18mm, dark form F++ 3
Telasco luridus Gould,1850 Indonesia 18-20mm, deep sutural groove F++ 3
Nassarius luteostoma Broderip & Sowerby 1829 Mexico, West Coast 18-20mm, heavy sculpture, yellow parietal shield F++/GEM 3
Cyllene lyrata (Lamarck, 1822) Africa, West Coast 14-15mm, brown & nodulose F++ 4
Nassarius margaritiferus Dunker, 1847 Philippines 22-24mm, dark sp with coarse sculpture F++/GEM 3
Nassarius miga (Bruguière, 1792) Africa, Senegal 15-18mm, very colourful & variable F++ 4
Bullia monilifera Kiener,1834 Uruguay 30-35mm, coronated shoulder, w/o F+/F++ 3
Nassarius multipunctatus Schepman, 1911 Indonesia 10-11mm, colourful and typical F+/F++ 4
Sphaeronassa mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe, Italy 25-30mm, very inflated F++ 3
Nassarius mysticatus (Hinds, 1844) Panama, West 25-30mm, heavily sculptured shells F++/GEM 3
Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe, Italy 12-14mm, almost circular F++ 3
Niotha nigellus Reeve, 1854 Australia, VIC 10-12mm, nice sculpture F++ 3
Niotha nodifer Powys, 1835 Indonesia 20-22mm, heavily sculptured shells F++/GEM 5
Nothia nothiae Griffin & Pidgeon, 1834 Panama 68mm, typical w/o F++ 6
Zeuxis olivaceus Bruguiere, 1789 Vietnam 25-27mm, typical with pale bands F++/GEM 5
Alectrion papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Marquesas Islands 30-35mm, dark for species F++ 8
Alectrion papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) USA, Hawaii 35-40mm, typical F++ 5
Alectrion papillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia 35-45mm, typical but large F++ 4
Niotha pauperatus (Lamarck, 1822) Australia, WA 18-20mm, busy sculpture F++ 4
Hima pauperus Gould, 1850 Australia, Norfolk Is 12-14mm, rare location F++ 4
Hima pauperus Gould, 1850 Indonesia 8-10mm, variable species F+/F++ 3
Hima pauperus Gould, 1850 Indonesia 12-14mm, dark form F++ 2
Nassarius polygonatus (Lamarck, 1822) USA, Florida 14-16mm, grey/black, with heavy sculpture F++ 2
Plicarcularia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, QLD 18-20mm, very large parietal shield F++/GEM 3
Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Australia, WA 10-12mm, small form of species F++ 4
Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Australia, QLD 15-18mm, typical F++ 5
Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Indonesia 14-16mm, dark form F++ 4
Zeuxis pyrrhus Menke, 1843 Australia, WA 15-20mm, dark with pustulose sculpture, w/o F++/GEM 3
Niotha quadrasi Hidalgo, 1904 Solomon Islands 12-14mm, spiny sculpture F++ 3
Telasco reeveanus Dunker, 1847 Australia, WA 20-22mm, grey/brown F++ 3
Telasco reeveanus Dunker, 1847 Bali, Indonesia 20-22mm, grey/brown F++ 3
Hima reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Europe 18-12mm, banded & with heavy sculpture F++ 2
Bullia rhodostoma Reeve, 1847 Africa, SA 30-35mm, tall & thin F+/F++ 5
Niotha semisulcatus Rousseau, 1854 Tonga 16-18mm, heavy sculpture, w/o F++ 3
Niotha semisulcatus Rousseau, 1854 Indonesia 14-16mm, typical for species F++ 3
Niotha speciosus A Adams, 1852 Africa, SA 25-30mm, heavy with purple anterior, w/o F++/GEM 5
Niotha splendidulus Dunker, 1846 Eastern Indonesia 14mm, dead but representative F 3
Niotha splendidulus Dunker, 1846 Eastern Indonesia 10-12mm, nice sculpture F++/GEM 4
Niotha splendidulus Dunker, 1846 Australia, WA 12-14mm, typical but rare from here F++ 4
Buccinanops squalidum King & Broderip, 1831 Argentina 40-55mm, heavy & typical F+/F++ sold out
Niotha stolatus (Gmelin, 1791) India 12-14mm, nodulose & banded F++ 3
Hebra subspinosus (Lamarck, 1822) Solomon Islands 12-14mm, black/white & nodulose F++ 3
Telasco sufflatus Gould, 1860 Australia, WA 16-17mm, inflated body whorl F++/GEM 5
Cyllene sulcata Sowerby, 1859 Australia, WA 12-14mm, variable F++ 5
Buccinanops uruguayensis Pilsbry, 1897 Argentina 30-35mm, typical F+/F++ 5
Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816) Africa, SA 20-22mm, nicely patterned, w/o F++ 10
Nassarius versicolor C B Adams, 1852 Mexico 10-12mm, heavily sculptured species F++/GEM 3
Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1758) Sri Lanka 20-22mm, tall & tapered F++ 3
Bullia vittata (Linnaeus, 1758) India 30-40mm, large for species F+/F++ 4
Zeuxis whiteheadae Cernohorsky, 1984 Australia, QLD 10-12mm, local species F++ 8
Hima wolffi Knudsen, 1956 Africa, Senegal 35-38mm, fine sculpture F+/F++ 8

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