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TROCHIDAE (Tops)
A very large and diverse family with approx. 400 members from various Sub Families - Trochus, Calliostoma, Clanculus, Astele etc. This is a very attractive family to collect with species coming in a range of shapes, sizes, colors and patterns. There are many specimens you can collect yourself being intertidal dwellers as well as rarer deep water species which are visually stunning.
Calliostoma haliarchus - 40.5mm, F+++, China. $40 |
Calliostoma haliarchus - 43.5mm, F+++, China. $40 |
Calliostoma consors - 16.2mm, F+++, China. $9 |
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Trochus niloticus - 98mm high, F++, Torres Strait. $15 |
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Phasianella australis - 66.7mm, F+++, South Australia. $8 |
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Phasianella ventricosa - 36mm, F+++, South Australia. $5 |
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Trochus virgatus - 46mm high, F++,New Guinea. $5 |
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Caliostoma formosense - 60.8mm dia., F+++,China. $14 |
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Caliostoma formosense - 46mm dia., F++,Taiwan. $10 |
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Lischkeia undosa - 42.9mm, F+++, Philippines. Light, fine opaque shell. $20 |
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Maurea selecta - 44mm, F+++, New Zealand.$10 |
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Maurea punctulata - 44mm, F+++, New Zealand.$10 |
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Ginebsis convexiusculus - 59.2mm, F+++, China.$20 |
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Tectus fenestratus - 34mm high, F+++, North Queensland.$3 |
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Calliostoma bairdii psyche - 20mm high, F++, Florida.$15 |
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Trochus sacellum rota - 26mm, F+++, Philippines. Beautiful little tops. $5 |
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Clanculus puniceus (Strawberry Top) - 15mm, F+++, Tanzania. Very colorful. $2 |
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Clanculus undatus - 32mm, Gem, South Australia. $7 |
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Phasianotrochus eximius - 36mm, F+++, New South Wales $6 |
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Phasianotrochus eximius - 28mm, F+++, South Australia $4 |
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Cantharidus japonicus - 32mm, Gem, Vietnam. $7 |
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Calliostoma sp.- 21mm high, Gem, Philippines. $10 |
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Herpetopoma atrata - 25mm, F+++, Western Australia. $7 |
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Austrocochlea concamerata - 28mm, F+++, Queensland. $3 |
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Austrocochlea constricta - 21mm, F+++, Queensland. $2 |
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Oxystele variegata - 19.8mm high, F+++, South Africa $3 |
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Stomatia phymotis - 28mm, F+++, South Australia. This is a big specimen. $8 |
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Granata imbricata - 28mm, F++, South Australia. Unusual shells which look like Haliotis but are in fact Trochidae. $3ea. |
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Pseudostomatella papyracea - 19mm, Gem, Western Australia. $8 |
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Pseudostomatella papyracea - 16mm, Gem, Western Australia. $8 |
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Pseudostomatella decolorata - 18mm, Gem, Queensland. $12 |
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Umbonium vestiarium - 14mm dia., F+++, Philippines. 50 cents each. |
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Phasianella solida - 16mm, F+++, Western Australia. $3 |
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Bankivia fasciata.- 14-17mm, F+++, New South Wales. 50 cents each |
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