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PLEUROTOMARIIDAE (Slit Shells)
A small Family with some amazing large showy specimens. All members are deep water dwellers and are usually trawled or netted. They all have the unusual slit in the shell from the aperture opening. Only 26 species in this small family.
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Petrotrochus teremachii - 116.2mm, F+++, China. $120 SOLD BIG BEAUTY!!!
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Petrotrochus teremachii - 103mm, F+++, China. $110 sold BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!! |
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Pleurotomaria teremachii - 117mm, F++, Taiwan. $60 SOLD FANTASTIC PRICE!!! |
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Pleurotomaria teremachii - 114mm, F++, Taiwan. $50 BIG BEAUTY!!! FANTASTIC PRICE!!! |
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Pleurotomaria westralis - 103mm, F+++, Northern Territory, Australia. Great specimen of very good quality. $80 SOLD NORMALLY $120!!!!! |
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Pleurotomaria hirasei - 92mm, F++, Taiwan. Beautiful color, nice size and very good condition for this species. $60 FANTASTIC QUALITY!!! BIG SIZE!!! |
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Pleurotomaria hirasei - 87.5mm, F++, Taiwan. Beaut specimen. $40 FANTASTIC PRICE!!! BE QUICK!!! |
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Pleurotomaria hirasei - 103.9mm, F++, Taiwan. Beautiful big light color specimen. $50 SOLD!!! |
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Pleurotomaria hirasei w/o - 87mm, F+++, Taiwan. Beaut specimen. $40 FANTASTIC PRICE!!! BE QUICK!!! |
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Pleurotomaria hirasei - 87mm, F++, Taiwan. Beaut specimen. $30 FANTASTIC PRICE!!! SOLD!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria hirasei (albino) - 72mm, F++, Taiwan, very rare, unusual coloring with the pink spire and cream/white body. $180 RARE!!! RARE!!! RARE!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria rumphi - 167mm, F++(growth scar, nothing major though), Taiwan. Stunning color, slit very good quality. $850 STUNNING COLOR!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria rumphi - 170mm, F++(spire slightly worn), Taiwan. Great color . $890 SOLD BIG BEAUTY, STUNNING COLOR!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria salminana -72.5mm dia. x 75mm high, F++, Taiwan. This is a rare species. $380 RARE SPECIES!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria salminana -71.7mm dia. x 82mm high, F++, Taiwan. $420 RARE SPECIES!!! |
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Pleutrotomaria anseeuwi - 46mm, F+++, Philippines, uncommon. Beaut little specimen. $60 SOLD STUNNING LITTLE SPECIMEN!!! |
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