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List #5225

Family: HALIOTIDAE
ID Shell: 377091
Species: Haliotis virginea crispata A. Gould, 1847
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, SUPERB COLORED SPECIMEN! ATTRACTIVE SPECIES! COLLECTED BY DOUG SNOOK IN 1986!
Size: 27.7mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: PATELLIDAE
ID Shell: 381385
Species: Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778)
Location: S.Africa
Description: F+, SHINY BLACK INTERIOR! NICE SHAPE! COLLECTED IN 1973! LARGE SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 84.2mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381419
Species: Bankivia fasciata (Menke, 1830)
Location: S.Australia
Description: F+, WONDERFUL COLOR VARIATION SPECIMEN! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN THE 1960s!
Size: 15.7mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381431
Species: Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS CORAL SEA FORM! SPECIAL SET! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 15mm up
Price: $10.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381432
Species: Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS CORAL SEA FORM! SPECIAL SET! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 17.5-18mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381433
Species: Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS CORAL SEA FORM! VERY LARGE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 21.8mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381429
Species: Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FROM NEW SOUTH WALES ! FOUND IN THE 1950s! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! VERY LARGE!
Size: 23mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE
ID Shell: 381273
Species: Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Location: Vanuatu
Description: F++, WONDERFUL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 40.4mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: SOLARIELLIDAE
ID Shell: 381659
Species: Spectamen tryphenense (A. W. B. Powell, 1930)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, RARE COLOR SPECIES! FOUND IN 1997! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 5.8mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: SOLARIELLIDAE
ID Shell: 381660
Species: Spectamen tryphenense (A. W. B. Powell, 1930)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, RARE COLOR SPECIES! FOUND IN 1997! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 5.8mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: SOLARIELLIDAE
ID Shell: 381664
Species: Spectamen tryphenense (A. W. B. Powell, 1930)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F++, RARE COLOR SPECIES! FOUND IN 1997! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 6.1mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: TROCHIDAE-STOMATELLINAE
ID Shell: 381417
Species: Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816
Location: N.Caledonia
Description: F++, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH SPECIMENS WE EVER SAW! FOUND IN 1964!
Size: 15.8mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 376859
Species: Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, WONDERFUL TOP QUALITY LARGE SPECIMEN FOUND IN THE 1960´s!! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 112.3mm
Price: $100.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381606
Species: Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1987 BY DOUG SNOOK! w/o
Size: 40.3mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381607
Species: Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1987 BY DOUG SNOOK! w/o
Size: 41mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381608
Species: Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1987 BY DOUG SNOOK! w/o
Size: 41mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381609
Species: Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1987 BY DOUG SNOOK! w/o
Size: 45.6mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381610
Species: Lunella smaragdus (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1987 BY DOUG SNOOK! w/o
Size: 46mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 371755
Species: Turbo chrysostomus L., 1758
Location: Australia
Description: F++, FANTASTIC SPINY COLORFUL SPECIMEN! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 48mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 374189
Species: Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791
Location: S.Africa
Description: F+, SUPERBLY ORNAMENTED SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 37.2mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: TURBINIDAE
ID Shell: 381491
Species: Turbo cidaris Gmelin, 1791
Location: S.Africa
Description: F++, SUPERB ORNAMENTED SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 41.8mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: STROMBIDAE
ID Shell: 381294
Species: Lambis crocata crocata (Link, 1807)
Location: Fiji
Description: F++, UNIQUE SPECIMEN FROM UNUSUAL LOCALITY! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 147.8mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: STROMBIDAE
ID Shell: 381293
Species: Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F++, VERY SPECIAL LOCALITY! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 132.1mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: STROMBIDAE
ID Shell: 373586
Species: Lambis pilsbryi Abbott, 1961
Location: Marquesas
Description: F++, VERY STRANGE SPECIMEN, THE BODY IS PROPORTIONALLY LARGER THAN REGULAR PILSBRYI, THE SPINES ARE THICKER, CURVIER AND DARKER; THE TWO FIRST SPINES ARE MORE SPREAD THAN PILSBRYI - MAYBE SEXUAL DIMORPHISM? FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 200mm
Price: $120.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381579
Species: Cypraea caurica samoensis Lorenz, 2002
Location: Fiji
Description: F+++, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! LOCAL FORM! VERY CALLOUS! REALLY SPECIAL FOR A COWRIE COLLECTOR!
Size: 35.7mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381642
Species: Cypraea cicercula L., 1758
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F++, VERY STRANGE SPECIMEN FROM UNUSUAL PLACE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 12.4mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381585
Species: Cypraea comptonii dereginae Lorenz, 2017
Location: Australia
Description: F+, EXTREMELY RARE DEEP WATER SUBSPECIES! VERY LIGHT SHELL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION (LABELED AS CF. COMPTONII DEEP WATER!)
Size: 18.8mm
Price: $120.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381584
Species: Cypraea comptonii dereginae Lorenz, 2017
Location: Australia
Description: F+, EXTREMELY RARE DEEP WATER SUBSPECIES! VERY LIGHT SHELL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION (LABELED AS CF. COMPTONII DEEP WATER!)
Size: 18.7mm
Price: $180.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381643
Species: Cypraea dillwyni F. A. Schilder, 1922
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F, VERY RARE! FROM A VERY ISOLATED PLACE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! DEAD-TAKEN
Size: 10.8mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381587
Species: Cypraea felina pallidaeformis Biraghi, 1987
Location: S.Africa
Description: F+++, MONSTER SPECIMEN FOUND IN 1988! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 27.1mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381636
Species: Cypraea goodalli J. E. Gray, 1832
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F, RARE LOCAL FORM! GOOD DEAD-TAKEN SPECIMEN - FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 10.6mm
Price: $20.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381637
Species: Cypraea goodalli J. E. Gray, 1832
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F+, RARE LOCAL FORM! VERY GOOD DEAD-TAKEN SPECIMEN - FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 10.7mm
Price: $30.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381593
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: Taiwan
Description: F++, VERY SPECIAL ´HEART` SHAPE! FOUND IN 1970! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 34.8mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381650
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: Taiwan
Description: F++, BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 37.3mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381649
Species: Cypraea hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1888
Location: Taiwan
Description: F++, DEEP WATER FORM!! VERY NICE ELONGATED SHELL!! PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SPECIMENS EVER FOUND!! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 28.7mm
Price: $75.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381629
Species: Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927
Location: Niue Is.
Description: F+, RARE NIUE SPECIMEN! DEAD TAKEN, BUT STILL VERY NICE! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 14.3mm
Price: $35.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381588
Species: Cypraea pallida Gray, 1824
Location: India
Description: F+++, EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1979!
Size: 23.1mm
Price: $8.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381589
Species: Cypraea pallida Gray, 1824
Location: India
Description: F+++, EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1979!
Size: 24.3mm
Price: $8.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381581
Species: Cypraea piperita bicolor Gaskoin, 1849
Location: S.Australia
Description: F++, UNCOMMON BANDED FORM! HARD TO FIND IT NOW! GREAT SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 20.2mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381594
Species: Cypraea talpa L., 1758
Location: Solomon Is.
Description: F+++, FANTASTIC DWARF SPECIMEN! VERY SPECIAL! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 46.5mm
Price: $15.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381591
Species: Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale, 1935
Location: Australia
Description: F+++, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN! SPECIAL DWARF FORM FROM LANGFORD REEF! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 20.8mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: CYPRAEIDAE
ID Shell: 381592
Species: Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale, 1935
Location: Australia
Description: F+++, GORGEOUS SPECIMEN! SPECIAL DWARF FORM FROM LANGFORD REEF! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 22.2mm
Price: $10.00

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Family: NATICIDAE
ID Shell: 371261
Species: Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)
Location: N.Zealand
Description: F+, EXTREMELY RARE DEEP WATER SPECIES!!! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 22.8mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: CASSIDAE
ID Shell: 381271
Species: Phalium areola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Location: Australia
Description: F++, OUTSTANDING DARK SPECIMEN! VERY RARE FOR AUSTRALIA! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 57.2mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381290
Species: Ceratostoma burnetti (Adams & Reeve, 1849)
Location: Japan
Description: F+, HUGE JAPANESE SPECIMEN FOUND IN THE 1960s! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! w/o
Size: 104.2mm
Price: $120.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381547
Species: Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, DARK BROWN! SHORT SPINES FORM! IT SHOULD GET ANOTHER NAME! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 116.5mm
Price: $25.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381613
Species: Chicoreus strigatus (Reeve, 1849)
Location: Japan
Description: F++, SUPERB COLOR! SPECIAL LOCAL FORM! KNOWN BEFORE AS M.PENCHINATI! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 28.5mm
Price: $12.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381546
Species: Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, VERY UNUSUAL WHITE COLOR (NOT THE H.CANDIDISSIMUS)! SPECIAL SHELL FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 95.2mm
Price: $40.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381297
Species: Hexaplex fulvescens (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Location: Florida
Description: F++, WONDERFUL SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 132.6mm
Price: $60.00

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Family: MURICIDAE
ID Shell: 381550
Species: Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822
Location: Philippines
Description: F++, EXCEPTIONAL LARGE SPECIMEN COLLECTED IN 1980s! USED TO BE CALLED M.NIGRISPINOSUS! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 102.6mm
Price: $20.00

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