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CYMATIIDAE (Tritons)
This is a great Family with approx. 150 species. It has some of the most beautiful and some of the most unusual specimens. The big Charonia tritonis below is a stunning specimen growing to around 300mm - it is now prohibited from being taken because it is the species eating the Crown of Thorns starfish which are destroying our coral reefs.
Charonia tritonis - 190mm, $25 (specimens to 300mm available) |
Argobuccinum pustulosum - 97mm, F++, Tasmania. $15 |
Charonia lampas rubicunda (Western Australian form) - 131.5mm, F++ (no scars), $12 |
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Cymatium parthenopium - 102mm, F+++, $20
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Fusitriton magellanicus (operc.) - 118mm, F++, $35
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Charonia lampas rubicunda- 160mm, F++, New South Wales. Nice big specimen. $25 |
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Cymatium lotorium - 110mm, F+++, East Africa.$15 sold |
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Cabestana spengleri - 76mm, F++, New South Wales. (endemic)$10 |
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Fusitriton magellanicus - 105mm, F++, South Australia. Trawled 500mts. $9 sold |
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Cymatium pileare - 78mm, F+++, Philippines. $8 |
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Cymatium grandimaculatum - 55mm, F+++, Philippines.$8 |
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Cymatium perryi - 75mm, F+++, Sri Lanka.$15 sold |
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Argobuccinum argus - 47mm, F+++, South Africa. (endemic) $8 |
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Distortio anus - 66mm, F+++, New Guinea. $10 BIG!!! |
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Distortio decipiens - 66mm, F++, Philippines. $6 |
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Distortio reticulata - 60mm, F+++, Queensland. $8 |
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Distortio francesae - 46mm, F++, Philippines. $12 |
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Cymatium doliarium - 40.5mm, F+++, South Africa. $12 |
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Cymatium moniliferum - 73mm, F++, Philippines. $10 |
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Cymatium gutturnium - 75.5mm, F+++, Philippines. $10 BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN!!! |
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Cymatium nicobaricum - 57mm, F+++, New Guinea. $6 |
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Sassia sp. - 57mm, F+++, New Guinea. $10 |
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Biplex pulchrum (Kookaburra Shell) - 44mm, F+++, Queensland. $12 |
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Cymatium tenuiliratum - 40mm, F+++, Philippines. Cute little specimen. $8 |
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Cymatium rubeculum - 44.5mm, F+++, Philippines. $5 |
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Cymatium mundum - 28mm, F+++, Fiji. $7 |
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Gyrineum fuscocostata - 32mm, F+++, Philippines. $4 |
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Gyrineum gyrinum - 30mm, Gem, Philippines. $3 |
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Gyrineum lacunatum - 20mm, Gem-, Queensland. $4 |
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Sassia sexcostata - 22mm, F+++, South Australia. $6 |
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| 1235 | Argobuccinum pustulosum | Tasmania | 57-90 | F+/F++ | 6 |
| 1236 | Argobuccinum tumidum | New Zealand | 55-85 | F+/F++ | 5 |
| 1237 | Biplex aculeatum | Japan | 45 | F++ | 4 |
| 1238 | Biplex jacundum | Western Aust. | 27 | F++ | 3.50 |
| 1239 | Biplex pulchrum | Queensland | 53-57 | Gem | 6 |
| 1240 | Cabestana africana | South Africa | 68 | F++ | 6 |
| 1241 | Cabestana dolarium | South Africa | 30-44 | F+/F++ | 6 |
| 1242 | Cabestana spengleri | New Sth. Wales | 80-110 | Gem | 8 |
| 1243 | Charonia rubicunda | New Sth. Wales | 120-170 | F++ | 9 |
| 1244 | Charonia tritonis | New Guinea | 150-380 | F/F++ | 15-150 |
| 1245 | Cymatium aquatila | New Guinea | 110 | F+ | 6 |
| 1246 | Cymatium clerei | South Africa | 28 | F+ | 8 |
| 1247 | Cymatium gutturnium | Philippines | 68-75 | F+++ | 7 |
| 1248 | Cymatium hepaticum | Western Aust. | 40 | F+ | 5 |
| 1249 | Cymatium moniliferum | Philippines | 70 | F++ | 20 |
| 1250 | Cymatium mundum | Queensland | 57 | F+ | 5 |
| 1251 | Cymatium muricinum | New Guinea | 40 | F++ | 3 |
| 1252 | Cymatium nicobaricum | New Guinea | 46-56 | F++ | 9 |
| 1253 | Cymatium parkinsonianum | New Zealand | 80-107 | F+ | 9 |
| 1254 | Cymatium pileare | New Zealand | 80 | F++ | 7 |
| 1255 | Cymatium parthenopeum | New Sth. Wales | 80-100 | Gem | 4 |
| 1256 | Cymatium rubeculum | Philippines | 38 | F++ | 5 |
| 1257 | Cymatium sinense | Queensland | 85 | F++ | SOLD |
| 1258 | Cymatium tenuiliratum | Philippines | 38 | F+++ | 8 |
| 1259 | Cymatium thersites | Western Aust. | 35-38 | F++ | SOLD |
| 1260 | Distortio anus | New Guinea | 42-70 | F++ | 7 |
| 1261 | Distortio clathrata | Brazil | 38 | F++ | 3 |
| 1262 | Distortio habei | Western Aust. | 67 | F++ | 10 |
| 1263 | Distortio reticulata | Queensland | 55 | Gem | 4 |
| 1264 | Fusitron magellanicum | South Africa | 110 | F++ | 14 |
| 1265 | Gyrineum gyrinum | New Guinea | 27 | F++ | 3 |
| 1266 | Gyrineum natator | Western Aust. | 50 | F++ | 3 |
| 1267 | Ranella australasia | New Sth. Wales | 70-90 | Gem | 8 |
| 1268 | Sassia sexcostata | South Australia | 20 | F++ | 7 |
| 1269 | Turritriton tabulata | New Sth. Wales | 45 | F++ | 3 |
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