Marginellidae and Cystiscidae (Gallery view)...updated: 17.10.2008
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No. Species Data Size (mm) price in Euroset of 3
Cystiscidae
ma16 accola (Persicula) Cocos Is., Costa Rica. Very pretty. gem12-14
E 4
E 10
ma122 algoensis (Crithe) South Africa. Representative beach4-5
E 3
E 8
ma71 blanda (Persicula) Senegal. Slender. f/f+21-25
E 8
ma118 brinkae (Persicula) Sri Lanka. fresh beach9-10
E 12
ma21 cingulata (Persicula) Senegal. A very pretty species. Variable, I recommend a set. f+/gem19-21
E 2
E 7
ma21a cingulata var. (Persicula) Mauretania. Interesting smaller form with finer lines. f+/f++15-17
E 6
ma70 cornea (Persicula) Senegal. These always seem to have some lines or marks! f/f+18-21
E 3
E 8
ma100 cymbalum (Cystiscus) Australia. White blobs. f++/gem6
E 5
E 12
ma90 deburghi (Persicula) SW Australia. Best of best. f++/gem13-14
E 45
ma90a deburghi (Persicula) SW Australia. Smaller, very nice, fresh dead. f+/f++9-12
E 10
E 25
ma90b deburghi (Persicula) SW Australia. Whitish form. f+/f++9-12
E 12
E 28
ma78 hennequini (Persicula) Venezuela. Tiny white. gem6-9
E 15
E 40
ma101 hilli (Cystiscus) Australia. Minute. Ex pisce. Rare. f++/gem4
E 8
ma55 hilli (Persicula) Colima, Mexico. Rare. f+/gem14-17
E 8
ma74 imbricata (Persicula) Mexico. Lovely shells. gem10-12
E 4
E 10
ma80 interruptolineata (Persicula) Venezuela. Tiny things. Nice pattern. f+/f++9-13
E 6
E 15
ma119 marginata (Granulina) Greece. Minute things. gem2
E 3
ma103 melwardi (Cystiscus) NW Australia. uncommon. gem3-4
E 3
ma22 persicula (Persicula) Senegal. A very pretty species. Variable, I recommend a set. f+/gem19-21
E 2
E 7
ma22a persicula (Persicula) Senegal. Variety with finer dots. f+/f++16-19
E 3
E 8
ma111 pulchella (Gibberula) Australia. ex pisce. f+/gem6-9
E 3
E 8
ma112 shepstonensis (Persicula) South Africa. Rare. Fresh beach6-9
E 8
ma120 subbulbosa (Gibberula) Australia. ex pisce. f+/gem4-5
E 8
ma23 tesselata (Persicula) Panama. Lovely checkerboard pattern. f+/f++19-21
E 5
E 12
Marginellidae
ma12 adansoni (Glabella) Senegal. Lovely striped. f+/gem21-24
E 4
E 10
ma115 agatha (Volvarina) NW Australia. Live taken. gem6-8
E 12
ma68 amabile (Prunum) Florida. Very pretty species. f+/f++19-21
E 12
ma11 amygdalum (Prunum) Senegal. Pretty shells. f+/gem16-19
E 2
E 5
ma15 angustata (Cryptospira) India. Delicately striped. f+/gem16-23
E 3
E 8
ma51 apicinum (Prunum) Florida. Classic little shell. f+/gem9-11
E 2
E 5
ma69 aurantia (Marginella) Senegal. Reddish. f+/f++22-25
E 4
E 10
ma96 australis (Mesoginella) Australia. white and orange shells. gem5-6
E 2
E 5
ma85 avena (Volvarina) Antilles. Yellow or purple forms. f+/f++12-15
E 4
E 10
ma110 bahiensis (Volvarina) Brazil. Live taken. f++/gem8-10
E 6
ma33 bairstowi (Marginella) South Africa. Select beach13-15
E 5
E 12
ma33a bairstowi (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. f+/gem13-15
E 45
ma104 baylii (Balanetta) Australia. ex pisce. f+/f++9-10
E 5
E 10
ma220 belli (Marginella) Joal, Senegal, striped beauties. gem20-22
E 22
ma14 bernardii (Cryptospira) Taiwan. Hard to get in good condition. f/f+22-25
E 6
E 15
ma86 boyeri (Volvarina) Cape Verde Is. Purple banded. f+/gem12-15
E 5
E 12
ma37a broderickae (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. Rare. gem18-19
E 40
ma25 bullata (Bullata) Brazil. Nice quality for this usually badly flawed species. f+/f++45-51
E 5
ma93 capensis (Volvarina) South Africa. Live taken f++/gem11-13
E 3
E 8
ma62 carneum (Prunum) Florida. Pretty color. f+/gem17-21
E 4
E 10
ma52 cassis (Prunum) Florida. Uncommon. f+/gem9-11
E 4
E 12
ma217 catenata (Gibberula) Florida Keys. A pair. fresh dead. f6
E 8
ma20 cinctum (Prunum) Senegal. Lovely golden striped. f+/f++18-23
E 4
E 10
ma56 cleryi (Marginella) Senegal. Lovely shells. f++/gem18-20
E 5
E 12
ma44 confortinii (Marginella) South Africa. Rare. f+/f++21-23
E 38
ma44a confortinii (Marginella) South Africa. Large, gem23,3*
E 100
ma116 dawnbrinkae (Hydroginella) South Africa. Rare. Trawled. gem9-10
E 25
ma98 delessertiana (Serrata) Mauritius. Orange banded, diver collected, glossy, fresh dead. f+/gem6
E 25
ma8 denticulata (Marginella) Joal, Senegal. Variable. gem23-26
E 10
E 25
ma1 desjardini (Marginella) Senegal. Dark specimens. f+/f++39-45
E 5
E 12
ma1a desjardini (Marginella) Mauretania. Paler form. f+/f++37-42
E 5
E 12
ma36 diadochus (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. Rare. gem22,3*
E 60
ma218 eburneola (Dentimargo) Florida Keys. Rare, only a few. gem7-8
E 25
ma108 electrina (Hydroginella) South Africa. Live taken gem11*
E 20
ma18 elegans (Cryptospira) India. Very pretty. f+/gem24-34
E 5
E 12
ma214 epipolia (Marginella) South Africa. Extremely rare. gem25,9
E 250
ma99 eucosmia (Marginella) South Africa. Representative beach11-13
E 5
ma99a eucosmia (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken f++/gem11-13
E 35
ma58 exilis (Volvarina) Senegal. Whatever - to sell these. f+/gem9-10
E 2
E 5
ma49 ferreirai (Glabella) Mozambique. Recently named. Interesting sculpture. f+/gem19-22
E 6
E 15
ma26 fischeri (Cryptospira) Philippines. Characteristic species with four faint transverse lines. f+/gem12-13
E 4
E 10
ma43a fishhoekensis (Marginella) South Africa. Somewhat paler floccata-type thing. f+/gem23-26
E 30
ma43 floccata (Marginella) South Africa. Typical. f+/gem23-26
E 25
E 65
ma40 fulvocincta (Marginella) South Africa. Rare. As usual, beached12-14
E 5
ma124 giadae (Closia) Madagascar. Exceptionally nice colors, very fresh dead. fine26-30
E 15
E 40
ma73 gibbosum (Prunum) Somalia. Plain white. f++/gem10-12
E 4
E 10
ma4 glabella (Glabella) Senegal. Smaller form. f+/gem24-30
E 3
E 8
ma4a glabella (Glabella) Canary Is. Dark, fresh. f+/gem30-35
E 4
E 10
ma4b glabella (Glabella) Canary Is. Pale pink. f+/f++30-35
E 4
E 10
ma4c glabella (Glabella) Canary Is. Albinistic f+/f++30-35
E 8
ma3 goodallii (Marginella) Senegal. Inflated. Very pretty species. f+/f++27-31
E 10
E 25
ma10a guttatum (Marginella) Grand Cayman Is. Very pale form. f+/gem18-24
E 6
ma10 guttatum (Prunum) Florida Keys. Finely dotted gem16-20
E 4
E 10
ma13 harpaeformis (Glabella) Senegal. Finely dotted. f+/gem16-19
E 8
ma13a harpaeformis (Glabella) Senegal. Selected. gem17,8*
E 18
ma13b harpaeformis (Glabella) Senegal. Nice colors. f++20,7*
E 15
ma105 hedleyi (Volvarina) Australia. ex pisce. f+/f++10-12
E 8
E 20
ma105a hedleyi (Volvarina) Australia. Fresh beach. fine10-13
E 3
E 8
ma219 helmatina Gabun. f++24,1*
E 28
ma97 ingloria (Volvarina) South Africa. Orange banded. f+/f++4-5
E 4
ma7 irrorata (Marginella) Canary Is. Pale pink. Variable. f+/f++24-29
E 3
E 8
ma77 johnstoni (Austroginella) Tasmania. Selected beach6-7
E 25
E 60
ma87 keenii (Hyalina) South Africa. Dark red, livecoll. f+/gem12-15
E 10
E 25
ma87a keenii (Hyalina) South Africa. Nice select beached12-15
E 2
E 5
ma84 kemblensis (Dentimargo) Australia. Ex pisce. Rare. f/f+3-4
E 12
ma94 kerochuta (Alaginella) South Africa. Ex pisce. f/gem7-9
E 5
ma6 labiatum (Prunum) Yucatan. Attracive heavy shells. f+/gem24-27
E 4
E 10
ma65 leonardhilli (Prunum) Panama. Quite rare, nice shells. f+/gem17-21
E 12
E 30
ma221 limbata (Marginella) Western Sahara. One of the most pretty species. gem20,9*
E 48
ma221a limbata (Marginella) Western Sahara. One of the most pretty species. gem21,0*
E 48
ma221b limbata (Marginella) Mauretania. Typical colors. f+/gem21-25
E 25
ma29 lineolata (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken f+/gem26-29
E 18
ma29a lineolata var. (Marginella) South Africa. Variation from False Bay. rare, only one. gem32,5*
E 60
ma107 lucida (Hyalina) South Africa. Beach but glossy. f+/gem8-10
E 5
E 12
ma38 lussii (Marginella) South Africa. Attractive fresh dead. fine29,7*
E 18
ma38a lussii (Marginella) South Africa. Lovely gem29,8*
E 85
ma38b lussii var. (Marginella) South Africa. Intermediate to lineolata. f++25,3*
E 50
ma34 lutea (Marginella) South Africa. Very fresh dead. Dark mottled form. fine19-21
E 6
E 15
ma34a lutea (Marginella) South Africa. Fresh dead. Paler banded form. fine19-21
E 2
E 5
ma34b lutea (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. Banded, orange. gem19,8*
E 25
ma34c lutea (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. Fine brown lines. gem17,7*
E 25
ma9a marginata (Marginella) Brazil. Albino. f+/f++24-27
E 8
ma9 marginatum (Prunum) Brazil. Heavily callused. f+/f++24-27
E 4
E 10
ma123 marina (Hydroginella) New Ireland. From type-lot. This distinctive species is known only from a single sample of shellgrit. Fresh dead. f3*
E 100
ma59 martini (Prunum) Brazil. Lightweight. f+/f++23-26
E 7
ma109 miliaria (Gibbularia) Italy. Minute bands. f/f+5-6
E 2
E 5
ma66 mirabilis (Marginella) Somalia. my personal favorite. f++/gem21-26
E 30
ma117 mitrella (Hyalina) Greece. Live taken. f+/gem9-10
E 8
ma54 monilis (Prunum) Senegal. Inconspicuous. f+/gem10-14
E 3
E 8
ma57 monilis (Prunum) Senegal. Banded. f+/gem10-14
E 6
ma28 mosaica (Marginella) South Africa. Representative beached23-27
E 5
E 12
ma28a mosaica (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken f+/gem25-27
E 125
ma76 muscaria (Austroginella) Tasmania. Selected f++/gem13-15
E 10
E 25
ma35 musica (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. Rare. f++/gem17-19
E 35
ma35a musica var. (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken, only one. Note interrupted bands. Rare. f+18,5*
E 50
ma27 nebulosa (Marginella) South Africa. Typical f+/f++36-42
E 18
E 50
ma27a nebulosa (Marginella) South Africa. Carefully selected gem36-42
E 35
ma82 neglecta (Dentimargo) South Africa. Live taken. f+/gem3-4
E 4
E 10
ma72 obscura (Volvarina) Oman. Typical. f+/f++12-15
E 6
E 15
ma114 occidua (Volvarina) Australia. ex pisce. f+/gem6-8
E 5
E 12
ma32 ornata (Marginella) South Africa. Variable. Live taken. f+/f++22-25
E 12
E 30
ma32a ornata var. (Marginella) South Africa. Reddish form. Select beach22-25
E 5
E 12
ma46c peelae f. beltmani (Marginella) South Africa. Rather plain color. f+25,2*
E 30
ma46 peelae (Marginella) South Africa. Heavy shelled, striped anterior. gem26,4*
E 45
ma46a peelae (Marginella) South Africa. Faintly mottled. f++30,7*
E 45
ma46b peelae (Marginella) South Africa. Faintly striped. gem24,5*
E 45
ma88 philippinarum (Volvarina) NW Australia. Select f+/gem15-17
E 2
E 5
ma88a philippinarum (Volvarina) Philippines. Sinistral. f+/gem15-17
E 25
ma41b piperita albocincta (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken gem16,4*
E 45
ma41c piperita albocincta (Marginella) South Africa. Fresh beach15-17
E 10
ma41 piperita (Marginella) South Africa. Typical form. Very variable, a set is a must! Live taken, f++/gem18-20
E 8
E 20
ma41a piperita (Marginella) South Africa. Typical form. Fresh beach18-20
E 2
E 5
ma42 piperita ssp. (Marginella) South Africa. Smaller subspecies from False Bay. Only a few. Live taken f+/gem13-15
E 15
E 35
ma42a piperita strigata (Marginella) South Africa. Rare color form. Live taken gem14,2*
E 40
ma42b piperita strigata (Marginella) South Africa. Rare color form. Very fresh beach, interesting intermediate color. f+16,4*
E 15
ma41d piperita var. (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. gem15,3*
E 25
ma215 pringlei (Afrivoluta) South Africa. Rarely available in good condition. These are f++/gem100-110
E 40
ma67 pseudofaba (Marginella) Senegal. Nice spotting. f+/f++28-31
E 12
ma67a pseudofaba (Marginella) Senegal. Superbe quality. gem29-31
E 24
E 60
ma216 pseudornata (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken. gem20,2*
E 250
ma2 pseudosebastiani (Marginella) Senegal. Typical, from deeper water. f+/gem35-44
E 15
E 35
ma2a pseudosebastiani (Marginella) Senegal. Increbible beauty. gem68,3*
E 30
ma102 pseustes (Cysticus) South Africa. Slight erosion around spire, micro-chips along labrum, somewhat dull area at columella (I am kidding, could you tell?) beach1
E 3
ma60 pulchrum (Prunum) Antilles. Not as quite beautiful as the name may suggest. f+/f++12-15
E 3
E 8
ma75 pygmaeoides (Mesoginella) Australia. Tiny white. (beached: 2.00), few gem6-8
E 10
E 25
ma81 ratzingeri (Dentimargo) New Ireland. Tiny, taken in shellgrit. Bleached, fine2
E 5
ma53 roscidum (Prunum) Florida. Uncommon. f+/gem10-12
E 4
E 12
ma31 rosea (Marginella) South Africa. Typical reddish shells from False Bay. Attractive and variable. f+/f++19-25
E 3
E 8
ma30 rosea var. (Marginella) South Africa. Variation from the Atlantic, dived from deeper water. f+/f++23-25
E 6
E 15
ma30a rosea var. (Marginella) South Africa. Variation from the Atlantic, intertidal form. f+/f++18-21
E 4
E 10
ma37 roseolineata (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken, growth line. Rare. f+16,8*
E 35
ma37b roseolineata (Marginella) South Africa. Live taken, growth line. Rare. Micro-drill in spire, otherwise top. f++21,0*
E 90
ma61 sapotilla (Prunum) Panama. Olive color. f+/f++19-23
E 4
E 10
ma5 sebastiani (Marginella) Mauretania. Very variable. I recommend a set. f+/f++32-44
E 4
E 10
ma95 serrei (Volvarina) Brazil. Live taken, gem8
E 5
E 12
ma91 sordida (Serrata) Mauritius. Orange banded, diver collected, glossy, fresh dead. f+10
E 25
ma36a sp. cf. musica (Marginella) South Africa. Deep water. Unique. gem21,3*
E 80
ma63 species 1 (Volvarina) Tanzania. I used to call these obscura but obviously they are something else. f+/f++12-13
E 8
ma39 spiralineata (Marginella) South Africa. Rare. gem26,3*
E 225
ma39a spiralineata (Marginella) South Africa. Rare. f++25,4*
E 115
ma39b spiralineata (Marginella) South Africa. Pale orange. Rare. f++24,5*
E 115
ma121 spryi (Serrataginella) Mozambique. gem8-10
E 4
E 10
ma19 strigata (Cryptospira) Malacca Strait. Large form. Pretty colors. f+/gem34-42
E 6
E 15
ma19a strigata (Cryptospira) Andaman Sea- Smaller, more callused variant. Pretty colors. f+/gem22-28
E 5
E 12
ma106 taeniolata (Volvarina) California. Live taken. f++/gem8-10
E 3
E 8
ma79 tasmanica (Austroginella) Tasmania. Selected beach8-11
E 15
E 40
ma113 tridentata (Hydroginella) Australia. Fresh beach8-10
E 3
E 8
ma50 tyermani (Marginella) Gabon. Tiny jewels. Variable colors. f+/gem7-9
E 12
ma17 unicolor (Cryptospira) Thailand. Large, greyish, hardly striped. f+/f++34-44
E 5
E 12
ma24 ventricosa (Cryptospira) Thailand. Greyish-blue. f+/f++27-31
E 5
E 12
ma51a virgineum (Prunum) Florida. Albinistic form. f+/gem9-11
E 8
ma45 werneri (Marginella) South Africa. Dark. f+/f++23-25
E 42
ma92a zonata bilineata (Volvarina) South Africa. Live taken f++/gem5-8
E 2
E 5
ma92 zonata (Volvarina) South Africa. Live taken f++/gem5-7
E 2
E 5
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