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Marine gastropods

Terrestrial gastropods

Bivalves

Miscellaneous families & fossils

Easter 2025 Seashell List

Morum kurzi – Rare, dead collected with a hole

Babylonia semipicta – Superb!

Babylonia semipicta – beautiful!

Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis – Beautiful

Barycypraea teulerei – Superb spotted specimen, gem!

Barycypraea teulerei – Superb dark gem!

Erronea caurica caurica – Nice specimen

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – beautiful dark specimen

Lyncina carneola – Nice calloused dwarf specimen!

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Superb elongated specimen

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Dwarf with nice pattern

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Heavy and matured dwarf specimen

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – nice pattern!

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Young adult, with the spire still visible

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Nice dwarf!

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Nice dwarf with dark and superb pattern!

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – dark pattern

Leporicypraea mappa mappa – Humped and globular specimen, beautiful mantle line and nice basal colour

Notocypraea angustata – Beautiful specimen!

Notocypraea angustata – Very large (30.7mm), nice marginal spotting and colour!

Cypraea tigris – shilderiana-sized monster (124.1mm)! Very heavy and matured! Biggest non-shilderiana tigris I have ever gotten!

Cypraea tigris – Gigantic 114.8mm!

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Beautiful

Conus sumbawaensis – Beautiful & good quality!

Conus sumbawaensis – Exceptional pattern!

Conus sumbawaensis – Exceptional pattern!

Conus sumbawaensis – Shouldered specimen

Conus sumbawaensis – Beautiful!

Conus ochroleucus – nice colour!

Conus litoglyphus – Young

Conus magus f. cernohorskyi

Conus ochroleucus – nice colour!

Conus imperialis imperialis – Superb pattern!

Conus miliaris miliaris – Beautiful!

Conus planorbis – Nice specimen

Conus circumcisus – Beautiful!

Conus imperialis imperialis – Young, nice pattern

Conus araneosus nicobaricus – Nice growth series!

Conus ammiralis – Beautiful

Conus ammiralis – Very nice

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Beautiful

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Nice specimen

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Very beautiful and nice quality!

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Large tents!

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Beautiful

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Beautiful

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Superb pattern!

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Superb pattern!

Conus ammiralis f. princeps – Beautiful

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Nice pattern, unusual colour

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Exceptional pattern!

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Beautiful, big

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Young

Conus litteratus f. arabicus – beautiful deep orange bands!

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Superb dense pattern!

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Beautiful and gem

Conus bullatus – Superb pink! Never seen this colour before

Conus bullatus – super red!

Conus bullatus – nice specimen

Conus bullatus – very nice and matured, heavy!

Conus bullatus – very nice colour

Conus bullatus – nice fat specimen

Conus bullatus – dwarf (45.9mm)!

Conus bullatus – beautiful dwarf specimen

Conus zonatus – Exceptional quality, pattern and colour for the size!

Conus maritzaallaryae – Large and Dark!

Conus bullatus – nice colour and pattern

Conus bullatus – beautiful

Conus aurisiacus – Exceptional granulated form!

Conus maritzaallaryae – Large and nice pink based specimen

Conus monile – Very beautiful, nice quality!

Conus maritzaallaryae – Exceptional pattern and quality! With operculum

Conus moluccensis – Exceptional pattern and colour!

Conus nobilis victor – Fantastic pattern!

Conus maritzaallaryae – Large and nice pink based specimen

Conus moluccensis – Superb!

Conus nobilis skinneri – Big and nice! With operculum!

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Very large (57.7mm), Superb pattern and good quality! With operculum!

Conus nobilis victor – Fantastic dark form! Superb quality!

Conus nobilis victor – Giant (58.2mm), superb pattern with operculum!

Conus zonatus – very beautiful pattern!

Conus zonatus – very beautiful pattern!

Conus zonatus – very beautiful pattern!

Conus moluccensis f. stainforthii – Superb specimen!

Conus litoglyphus – Exceptional pattern!

Conus wittigi – Exceptional dark coloured specimen!

Conus mucronatus – Exceptional pattern!

Conus mucronatus – Exceptional pattern!

Vexillum vulpecula – Special colour and pattern!

Vexillum vulpecula – Special colour and pattern!

Cassis madagascariensis – Beautiful specimen!

Bursa granularis – Beautiful!

Ericusa sowerbyi – rusty form, beautiful!

Livonia mamilla – Big and nice rusty form!

Cypraea tigris – Gigantic 112.6mm! Heavy and matured, exceptional colour and pattern!

Conus mucronatus – Exceptional pattern!

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – nice specimen

Conus nobilis gisellelieae – Nice pattern

Lunella undulata

Livonia roadnightae – rusty form!