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MARGINELLIDAE (Margin Shells)
This is another very collectable family with stunning colors and patterns and a bright polished surface. This family has approximately 650 species with most specimens coming from tropical and sub tropical waters with the largest number of species to be found on the African continent. They are to be found in the shallows or to depths of a 150 metres.Please find below an amazing species list of Margins for sale from a private collection.
M. senegalensis - 32mm,Gem. $20 SOLD |
M. senegalensis - 33mm,Gem. $20 SOLD |
Marginella desjardini - 54.3mm, Gem, $20
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RARE SPECIES
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Marginella pringlei - 88mm, F+++, South Africa. $25 |
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Marginella bullata - 49mm, Gem, Brazil. $8 |
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Marginella matthewi - 38mm, F+++, Brazil. $40 |
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Marginella sebastiani - 35mm, Gem, Senegal, trawled. Beautiful shell, highly polished and great colors. $7 |
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Marginella elegans - 33mm, Gem, Thailand. $8 |
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Marginella confortinii - 24mm, Gem, South Africa. $15 |
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Marginella denticulata - 27mm, Gem, Senegal. $10 |
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Marginella denticulata - 25.75mm, Gem, Senegal. $8 |
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Marginella angustata - 25.5mm, Gem, Sri Lanka. $3 |
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Marginella cingulata - 21.5mm, Gem, West Africa. $2.50 |
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Marginella mirabilis - 29mm, Gem, Somalia. $25 |
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Marginella pseudofaba - 31.5mm, Gem, Senegal. $25 |
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Marginella obtusa - 20.25mm, Gem, Somalia. $50 |
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Marginella belli - 16.25mm, Gem, Gabon. $30 |
| MARGINELLIDAE | |||||
| 1101 | adansoni | Senegal |
23.7 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1102 | agapeta | Australia |
10.2 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1103 | agatha | Australia |
5.7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1104 | agulhasensis | Agulhas |
9 |
Gem |
55 |
| 1105 | algoensis | South
Africa |
3.5 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1106 | aletes | Costa Rica |
14 |
Gem |
24 |
| 1107 | almadiensis | Senegal |
4.7 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1108 | amabilis | Panama |
16.7 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1109 | amaliensis | Angola |
7.7 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1110 | ambiqua | Mauritania |
13.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1111 | amydrozona | Oman |
8.5 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1112 | amygdala | Senegal |
17 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1113 | angustata | India |
21-22 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1114 | ansonae | Madagascar |
12 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1115 | apacina | Bahamas |
10-12 |
Gem |
2-3 |
| 1116 | arenaria | Senegal |
18 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1117 | attracta | South Africa |
5-6 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1118 | aurantia | Senegal |
20.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1119 | aureocincta | Florida |
4.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1120 | australis | Australia |
6 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1121 | australis | Australia |
6.5 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1122 | avena | Florida |
5.2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1123 | avena | Panama |
12 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1124 | avenacea | Florida |
7 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1125 | bahiensis | Brazil |
7.7 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1126 | bairstowi | South Africa |
15-17 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1127 | bairstowi subspecies | South Africa |
14-16 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1128 | bandera | Mexico |
11.2 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1129 | bavayi | Senegal |
7.5 |
Gem |
50 |
| 1130 | bella | Bahamas |
10.7 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1131 | bellii | Senegal |
16.2 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1132 | biannulata | South Africa |
7 |
Gem |
2.50 |
| 1133 | bojadorensis | Aruba |
6.5 |
Gem |
65 |
| 1134 | bullata | Brazil |
60.7 |
F+++ |
10 |
| 1135 | bullata analuciae | Brazil |
32 |
Gem |
35 |
| 1136 | calculus | St Vincent |
9.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1137 | capensis | South Africa |
7-11.5 |
Gem |
1-4 |
| 1138 | carnea | Bahamas |
17.2 |
Gem |
9 |
| 1139 | carquejai | Angola |
10 |
Gem |
75 |
| 1140 | cassis | Florida |
7.7 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1141 | catenata | Florida |
5.2 |
Gem |
4 |
| 1142 | chalmersi | Sao Tome |
6.2 |
Gem |
35 |
| 1143 | chrysomellina | Aruba |
6.5-6.7 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1144 | chudeau | Senegal |
4.5 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1145 | cincta | Senegal |
18-21 |
Gem |
7-9 |
| 1146 | cingulata | Senegal |
17-19 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1147 | clandestina | Greece |
4.2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1148 | cleo | South Africa |
7.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1149 | cloveri | Brazil |
10 |
Gem |
60 |
| 1150 | compressa | Philippines |
Gem |
4-6 |
|
| 1151 | confortinii | South Africa |
21-24 |
Gem |
15-20 |
| 1152 | cornea | South Africa |
20-25 |
Gem |
3-4 |
| 1153 | cosmea | South Africa |
14.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1154 | cristata | Angola |
6.2-6.7 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1155 | croukampi | South Africa |
11.5 |
Gem |
75 |
| 1156 | curta | Peru |
20 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1157 | cylindrica | South Africa |
Gem |
2 |
|
| 1158 | cysticus | Australia |
Gem |
5 |
|
| 1159 | dawnae | South
Africa |
Gem |
15 |
|
| 1160 | dawnbrinkae | South Africa |
8 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1161 | deburghiae | Australia |
11 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1162 | delesertiana | Reunion |
5.5 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1163 | delicosa | W.
Sahara |
13 |
Gem |
10-15 |
| 1164 | dentata | South Africa |
4 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1165 | denticulata | Senegal |
25.7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1166 | denticulata bifasciata | " |
20.2 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1167 | desjardini | Mauritania |
36-49 |
F++-Gem |
5-10 |
| 1168 | diadema | Senegal |
2.5 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1169 | diadochus | South Africa |
19 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1170 | dunkeri | South
Africa |
5.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1171 | eburneola | Florida |
7 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1172 | electrina | South
Africa |
10.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1173 | elegans | Thailand |
32.7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1174 | emmae | Somalia |
34.25 |
F+++ |
235 |
| 1175 | euclia | Australia |
11 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1176 | eucosmia | South Africa |
12-14.7 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1177 | eumorpha | Diego Garcia |
7.7 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1178 | exilis | Senegal |
8.5-9.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1179 | faba | Senegal |
20.2 |
F+++/Gem |
40-60 |
| 1180 | fallax | South Africa |
7.7 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1181 | fasciata | South Africa |
3.7-4.5 |
Gem |
15-20 |
| 1182 | festiva | Senegal |
6.5 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1183 | fisheri | Philippines |
12.7 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1184 | floccata | South Africa |
25-27 |
Gem |
6-30 |
| 1185 | fortunata | Somalia |
22 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1186 | fulminata | Brazil |
15.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1187 | galatea | South Africa |
Gem |
35 |
|
| 1188 | gemmula | Angola |
5.7 |
Gem |
35 |
| 1189 | glabella | West Sahara |
21-46 |
Gem |
2-5 |
| 1190 | gofasi | Senegal |
20.7 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1191 | goodalli | " |
27.7 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1192 | gracilis | Dominican Rep. |
10 |
Gem |
7 |
| 1193 | granula | Natal |
3 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1194 | grata | South Africa |
Gem |
3 |
|
| 1195 | gruveli | Angola |
7.5 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1196 | guttata | Florida |
21-25 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1197 | guttata subspecies | Honduras |
20.7 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1198 | guttula | Philippines |
7.2 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1199 | harpaeformis | Senegal |
15-16.2 |
Gem |
20-40 |
| 1200 | hayesi (RARE) | South Africa |
37.7 |
Dead |
45 |
| 1201 | hilli | Mexico |
17.2 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1202 | helmatina | Senegal |
9.5-30 |
Gem |
4-15 |
| 1203 | hirasei | Philippines |
8.5 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1204 | huberti | Angola |
16 |
Gem |
75 |
| 1205 | imbricata | Mexico |
10 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1206 | inconspicus | Australia |
3-3.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1207 | ingloria | Natal |
4.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1208 | irrorata | West Sahara |
20-25 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1209 | insulana | Sao Tome |
6.5 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1210 | interruptolineata | Venezuela |
7-9.5 |
Gem |
2-4 |
| 1211 | joanmassieri | South Africa |
18.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1212 | keenii | South Africa |
13.5 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1213 | kerochuta | Agulhas Banks |
9.5 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1214 | labiata | Mexico |
27-29 |
Gem |
7 |
| 1215 | laciniatalabrum | South Africa |
4 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1216 | lactea | South Africa |
6.5 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1217 | largillieri | Brazil |
16.7 |
Gem |
18 |
| 1218 | lavalleana | Florida |
2.5 |
Gem |
1 |
| 1219 | leonardhilli | Panama |
15.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1220 | lilacina | Brazil |
24.2 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1221 | limbata | Mauritania |
17.2 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1222 | lineofasciata | South Africa |
33 |
dead |
30 |
| 1223 | lineolata | " |
24-29 |
Gem |
20-40 |
| 1224 | loebbeckeana | India |
24 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1225 | lucani | Luanda |
13.5 |
Gem |
75 |
| 1226 | lucia | Senegal |
4 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1227 | lucinda | South Africa |
8 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1228 | luculenta | 8.7 |
Gem |
35 |
|
| 1229 | lussi | South Africa |
26.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1230 | lutea | South Africa |
19-21 |
Gem |
15-20 |
| 1231 | mabellae | Coromandel Sea |
21.5 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1232 | macleani | Ecuador |
28 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1233 | margaritulm | Canada |
4.2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1234 | marginata | Guyana |
18-27 |
Gem |
5-8 |
| 1235 | martini | Brazil |
26.2 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1236 | masirana | Oman |
7.5 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1237 | matthewsi | Brazil |
38 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1238 | mexicana | Honduras |
6.2 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1239 | micans | Diego Garcia |
8.6 |
Gem |
4 |
| 1240 | miliaria | Malta |
4.5 |
Gem |
1 |
| 1241 | miniscula | South Africa |
12.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1242 | miniscula - deep water form | South Africa |
14 |
Gem |
60 |
| 1243 | minutissima | Australia |
5-6 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1244 | mirabilis | Somalia |
29 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1245 | monilis | Senegal |
11.2 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1246 | mosaica | South Africa |
25 |
Gem |
90 |
| 1247 | muscaria | Australia |
13-16 |
Gem |
2-3.50 |
| 1248 | musica | South Africa |
16-21 |
Gem |
30-40 |
| 1249 | nebulosa, normal/deep water forms | South Africa |
33-42 |
Gem |
15-70 |
| 1250 | neglecta | South Africa |
4-5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1251 | obesa | Venezuela |
9.5-13.7 |
Gem |
10-15 |
| 1252 | obesa - gold form | Venezuela |
10.25 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1253 | obscura | Oman |
18 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1254 | obscura - gold form | Oman |
19.7 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1255 | obtusa | Somalia |
20.2 |
Gem |
50 |
| 1256 | olivaeformis | Senegal |
11-13 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1257 | ornata - various colors and forms | South Africa |
24-29 |
Gem |
10-40 |
| 1258 | oryza | Senegal |
6.5-6.7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1259 | pachista | Natal |
13.2-14.2 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1260 | pallata | Angola |
5.2 |
Gem |
16 |
| 1261 | parilis | Sao Tome |
2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1262 | partia | Australia |
3.7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1263 | patagonica | Argentina |
14 |
Gem |
35 |
| 1264 | peelae | South Africa |
25.5 |
Gem |
55 |
| 1265 | pellucida | Bahamas |
10 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1266 | peregrina | Angola |
7.2 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1267 | pergrandis | Oman |
17.7-18.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1268 | periscula avellana | Senegal |
16-21 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1269 | petitii | Senegal |
29-35 |
Gem |
15-25 |
| 1270 | phillipinarum | Australia |
15.5 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1271 | phillipinarum - sinistral | Australia |
13.5 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1272 | philippi | Malta |
2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1273 | phrygia | Galapagos Is. |
8 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1274 | pierrepineaui | Senegal |
1.7 |
Gem |
3 |
| 1275 | piperita - various forms | South Africa |
14-20 |
Gem |
4-10 |
| 1276 | praiameliensis | Angola |
8.5 |
Gem |
95 |
| 1277 | prunnum | Venezuela |
26-28 |
Gem |
4 |
| 1278 | pruniosa | Panama |
15-18 |
Gem |
3-4 |
| 1279 | pseudofaba | Senegal |
31.5 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1280 | pseudornata | Natal |
dead |
5 |
|
| 1281 | pulchella | Australia |
6.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1282 | pulcherrima | Martinique |
3.2 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1283 | pumila | Hawaii |
3.2 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1284 | punctillum | Sao Tome |
Gem |
2 |
|
| 1285 | pygmaea | New Zealand |
5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1286 | pygmaeoides | Australia |
Gem |
4 |
|
| 1287 | ralvisiana | Red Sea |
10 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1288 | rashafunni - sub adult | Somalia |
19.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1289 | reeveana | Gabon |
14 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1290 | recondita | Canary Is. |
3 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1291 | robusta | Senegal |
27.2 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1292 | roosevelti | Mexico |
19 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1293 | rosadoi | Mozambique |
8 |
Gem |
30 |
| 1294 | roscida | Honduras |
13.5 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1295 | rosea - deep water form | South Africa |
23.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1296 | rosea - normal | South Africa |
19-23 |
Gem |
3-5 |
| 1297 | rosea - Atlatic form | Senegal |
25.7 |
Gem |
7 |
| 1298 | roseolineata | South Africa |
9 |
Gem |
75 |
| 1299 | rubella | Cape Verde Is. |
12.2 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1300 | sagittata | Brazil |
7.2 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1301 | sapotilla | Panama |
28.2 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1302 | sarda | Madagascar |
14 |
Gem |
25 |
| 1303 | sebastiani | Senegal |
29-53 |
Gem |
2-10 |
| 1304 | secalina | Malta |
7.5 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1305 | secreta | Morocco |
4.5 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1306 | senegalensis | Senegal |
30-33 |
Gem |
15-25 |
| 1307 | senegalensis helmentina | Senegal |
31-33 |
Gem |
20-25 |
| 1308 | serrei | Brazil |
7.2 |
Gem |
16 |
| 1309 | shepstonensis | Natal |
6 |
Gem |
12 |
| 1310 | spinacia | Sao Tome |
8.2 |
Gem |
35 |
| 1311 | spirolineata | South Africa |
22 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1312 | spryi | Mozambique |
8 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1313 | storeria | Panama |
15.7 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1314 | strigata | South Africa |
14-36 |
F+++/Gem |
2-8 |
| 1315 | succincta | Florida |
14.2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1316 | taeniata | Panama |
7.2 |
Gem |
5 |
| 1317 | taeniolata | California |
9.2 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1318 | terveriana | Somalia |
12.5 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1319 | tesselata | Panama |
18 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1320 | thomensis | Sao Tome |
5 |
Gem |
20 |
| 1321 | translata | Societe Arch. |
Gem |
17 |
|
| 1322 | tricincta | Taiwan |
Gem |
2 |
|
| 1323 | turbinata | Australia |
10.7 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1324 | tyermani | Gabon |
7.7 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1325 | undulans | Angola |
5.2 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1326 | valei | New Zealand |
7.5 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1327 | varia | Honduras |
13.5 |
Gem |
9 |
| 1328 | veliei | Florida |
12 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1329 | ventricosa | India |
22 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1330 | verdensis | Cape Verde Is. |
9.2 |
Gem |
6 |
| 1331 | walvisiana | Namibia |
12.7 |
dead |
5 |
| 1332 | weberi | Panama |
7 |
Gem |
8 |
| 1333 | werneri | South Africa |
22.7 |
Gem |
40 |
| 1334 | westhuizeni | Natal |
21.5 |
Gem |
15 |
| 1335 | woodbridgei | Panama |
15.7 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1336 | xanhostoma | Panama |
17.7 |
Gem |
10 |
| 1337 | zeyheri | Florida |
12 |
Gem |
2 |
| 1337 | zonata | South Africa |
5.5 |
Gem |
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