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List #0526

Family: HALIOTIDAE
ID Shell: 379432
Species: Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, HUMONGOUS! THE SECOND LARGEST ON OUR DATABASE, VERY HARD TO GET THIS SIZE!
Size: 176mm
Price: $130.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 379509
Species: Coelotrochus chathamensis dunedinensis (Suter, 1897)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, RARE! WE ONLY HAVE HAD VERY FEW FOR SALE UNTIL TODAY! COLLECTED AT STEWART ISLAND IN 1980
Size: 7.9mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 379503
Species: Diloma aethiops (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, VERY NICE QUALITY, COLLECTED IN 1963, EX.COLL. DAVID BAKER, W/O
Size: 28.9mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 379498
Species: Norrisia norrisi (Sowerby, 1838)
Location: California
Description: F++, GREAT SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! COLLECTED IN 1971 BY GEORGE HANSELMAN (1910-2001), w/o
Size: 33.9mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: ARCHITECTONICIDAE
ID Shell: 383105
Species: Architectonica perdix (Hinds, 1844)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, NICE SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1973! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 25.5mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: STROMBIDAE
ID Shell: 379417
Species: Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786)
Location: Red Sea
Description: F+, FROM JEDDAH, COLLECTED IN 1980s, EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK
Size: 122mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: STROMBIDAE
ID Shell: 379416
Species: Tricornis tricornis (Lightfoot, 1786)
Location: Red Sea
Description: F+, NICE COLOR, COLLECTED IN 1977! EX.COLL. R.&. D. BROWN
Size: 125mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379492
Species: Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, 1836
Location: Japan
Description: F++, RARE IN JAPAN! FROM DEEP WATER OFF OKINAWA, EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK
Size: 10.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382932
Species: Cypraea bistrinotata sublaevis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938
Location: Niue Is.
Description: Gem, RARE LOCALITY! SPECIAL FORM FROM THIS ISOLATED PLACE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 15.3mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382920
Species: Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding, 1798
Location: Egypt
Description: Gem, BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1971!
Size: 35mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382834
Species: Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis Lorenz & Hubert, 1993
Location: Brasil
Description: F++++, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN! SOLID! ORNAMENTED! PINKISH BASE!
Size: 23.3mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382935
Species: Cypraea comptonii Gray, 1847
Location: S.Australia
Description: F++, INFLATED BANDED SHELL! VERY HARD TO GET FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA NOWADAYS! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 24.8mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382940
Species: Cypraea comptonii mayi Beddome, 1897
Location: Australia
Description: F++, BANDED FORM! SPECIAL POPULATION FROM VICTORIA! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1969!
Size: 26mm
Price: $26.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382934
Species: Cypraea lynx L., 1758
Location: Tonga
Description: Gem, FANTASTIC DARK SPECIMEN! FIRST ONE WE EVER GOT FROM TONGA! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 45.8mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382915
Species: Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F++, UNUSUAL LOCAL VARIATION FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! IT IS MORE GLOBOSE AND HAS PALES DOTS LIKE CICERCULA BUT NO PUSTULES! COULD BE A NEW SUBSPECIES DUE THE ISOLATED GEOGRAPHIC POSITION!
Size: 14.1mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382917
Species: Cypraea margarita Dillwyn, 1817
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F++, UNUSUAL LOCAL VARIATION FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! IT IS MORE GLOBOSE AND HAS PALES DOTS LIKE CICERCULA BUT NO PUSTULES! COULD BE A NEW SUBSPECIES DUE THE ISOLATED GEOGRAPHIC POSITION!
Size: 14.3mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379478
Species: Cypraea pantherina funebralis Sulliotti, 1924
Location: Erithrea
Description: F++,VERY DARK RUSTY FORM! EX.COLL. DAVE GIBBS
Size: 74mm
Price: $80.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382942
Species: Cypraea piperita occidentalis Iredale 1935
Location: Australia
Description: F+, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 18mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382943
Species: Cypraea piperita occidentalis Iredale 1935
Location: Australia
Description: F+, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 21.7mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382921
Species: Cypraea reevei Sowerby, 1832
Location: Australia
Description: F++, FABULOUS SUPER INFLATED SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN THE ROTTNEST ISLAND!
Size: 36.5mm
Price: $45.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 382922
Species: Cypraea schilderorum Iredale, 1939
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F++, FANTASTIC LIVE TAKEN CALLOUS SPECIMEN! FROM AN UNIQUE LOCALITY! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 29.5mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379471
Species: Cypraea testudinaria L., 1758
Location: P.N.Guinea
Description: F++, THICK AND HEAVY, TINY SPECIMEN FROM AWIN ATOLL, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS!
Size: 71.8mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379457
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 61.3mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379458
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 57.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379459
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 66.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379460
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 62.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379463
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 69mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379464
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 67.9mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 379465
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: F+++, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 68mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 375412
Species: Cypraea tigris L., 1758
Location: Malaysia
Description: Gem, VERY COMPACT, HEAVY AND CALLOUS! FROM A LOCAL DWARF POPULATION COLLECTED IN 1970s, HE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOT FROM THIS COLLECTION IN 1989, ALL SPECIMENS ARE VERY NICE!
Size: 55.7mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: TRIVIIDAE
ID Shell: 383109
Species: Ellatrivia merces maoriensis (Mestayer, 1927)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, A RARE NEW ZEALAND POPULATION! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 9.8mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: NATICIDAE
ID Shell: 383121
Species: Naticarius manceli (Jousseaume, 1874)
Location: Mauritius
Description: F++, EXTREMELY RARE FRAGILE SPECIES! GROWTH SERIES OF 5 SPECIMENS! FOUND IN THE 1970s! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 5 up to 11mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: NATICIDAE
ID Shell: 383099
Species: Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, EXCEPTIONAL LIVE-TAKEN SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1963! VERY UNCOMMON! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 22.8mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: NATICIDAE
ID Shell: 383100
Species: Tanea zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, EXCEPTIONAL LARGE LIVE-TAKEN SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1963! VERY UNCOMMON! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 25.5mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CASSIDAE
ID Shell: 379421
Species: Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, BABY - GREAT TO DISPLAY NEXT TO A LARGE SPECIMEN! EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK
Size: 82.8mm
Price: $18.00

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Family: CASSIDAE
ID Shell: 379456
Species: Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Location: Bahamas
Description: F++, TRIANGULAR SHAPE, COLLECTED OFF BIMINI IN 1968, W/O. EX.COLL. NOEL TAYLOR
Size: 122.5mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: RANELLIDAE
ID Shell: 379428
Species: Ranella olearium (L., 1758)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, NICE DARK SPECIMEN, RARE FROM THIS AREA! TRAWLED IN 1980s, WITH FULL PERIOSTRACUM - LOOKS NICE UNDERNEATH, BUT WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT AS IS. W/O
Size: 125.6mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CYMATIIDAE
ID Shell: 383126
Species: Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
Location: Australia
Description: F+, EXTREMELY RARE! WE ONLY HAVE HAD VERY FEW FOR SALE UNTIL TODAY! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 28.5mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: CYMATIIDAE
ID Shell: 379430
Species: Cabestana spengleri (G. Perry, 1811)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, NICE PATTERNS, COLLECTED BY DOUG SNOOK IN 1978, W/O
Size: 94.1mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYMATIIDAE
ID Shell: 379407
Species: Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)
Location: Mexico West
Description: F+, LARGE, HARD TO GET! COLLECTED IN 1970s, EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK
Size: 88.4mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYMATIIDAE
ID Shell: 382937
Species: Septa hepatica (Röding, 1798)
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, GORGEOUS ORANGE SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1976!
Size: 40.6mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: BURSIDAE
ID Shell: 379485
Species: Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F+, VERY CLEAN AND NICE, HARD TO GET FROM NIUE! EX.COLL. DOUGLAS SNOOK, W/O
Size: 73.5mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: BURSIDAE
ID Shell: 379491
Species: Marsupina nana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
Location: Mexico West
Description: F++, NICE BANDED SPECIMEN, TRAWLED OFF MAZATLAN, W/O
Size: 48.5mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 383038
Species: Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Location: Japan
Description: F++, SPECIAL ARTEMIS FORM! DELICATE SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 40.4mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 383010
Species: Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Location: Japan
Description: F++, GORGEOUS TOSA BAY FORM! YELLOWISH WITH PINK SPINES! FOUND IN 1988! LOOKS LIKE A DIFFERENT SPECIES! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 45.1mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 383022
Species: Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D´Attillio, 1976
Location: Loyalty Is.
Description: F++, FANTASTIC SPECIMEN! LOOKS LIKE MERLE & ALL. NUMBER 9! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1992! w/o
Size: 43.5mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 383037
Species: Chicoreus axicornis (Lamarck, 1822)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, A RARE WESTERN AUSTRALIA SPECIMEN! FROM DEEP WATER! FOUND IN 1976! GREAT CONDITION! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 51.4mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 382925
Species: Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1972! VERY ATTRACTIVE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 20.7mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 382926
Species: Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1972! VERY ATTRACTIVE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 23mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 382927
Species: Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1972! VERY ATTRACTIVE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 23.7mm
Price: $15.00

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