VENERIDAE (Venus Clams)

 

Globivenus toreuma - 46mm, Thailand, $8

Bassina calophyla, 39mm, $4

Periglypta magnifica - 95.5mm, F+++, Philippines. Big beauties and colorful in brown tones. $4

BIG BEAUTIES!!!!!!

Tapes sericeus - 60mm, F++, North Queensland. Intricate crossed zig zag pattern - how do they make it, amazing. $7

Tapes sericeus - 60mm, F+++, North Queensland. $10

VERY UNUSUAL PATTERN!!!!

Tapes dorsatus - 54.5mm, F+++, Southern Queensland. $4
Paphia planatella - 55mm, F+++, North Queensland. $6

Peryglypta sp. - 61.8mm, F++++, Thailand. $8 SOLD

UNCOMMON!!!! 

Callista planatella - 69mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $6
Notocallista kingi - 59mm, F+++, South Australia. $6
Paphia crassisulca - 59mm, Gem-, Northern Territory. $3
Paphia semirugata - 61mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $3
Callista impar - 46mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $3
Pitar citrinus - 44mm, F+++, Western Australia. $3
Marcia hiantina sp. - 42mm, F+++, Nth. Queensland. Nicely patterned bivalve from the Venus family. $2

Bassina disjecta - 50mm, F+++, Tasmania. Beaut fresh specimens of this delicate species. Common name - Wedding Cake Clam $9

AMAZING SPECIES!!!!!

Placamen berryi - 39mm, F+++, Western Australia. $3
Globivenus embrithes - 38mm, Gem-, Northern Territory. $4
Placamen gravescens - 34mm, F++, Western Australia. $2

Antigona lamellaris - 44mm, F+++, Thailand. $4

GREAT SIZE?QUALITY!!!!

Tapes variegatus - 30mm, F+++, Queensland. Uncommon orange form.$7
Katelysia scalarina - 35mm, F+++, South Australia. $2
Katelysia rhytiphora - 37.5mm, F++, Western Australia. $2
Anomalocardia squamosa - 41mm, Gem-, Western Australia. $2
Pitar lupanaria - 50mm, F+, Mexico. Very unusual bivalve with delicate spines on posterior end, certainly an item of interest in any collection, seldom perfect. SOLD
Circe scripta - 33.5mm, F+++, Queensland. $3
Antigona persimilis - 30mm, F+++, Southern Queensland. $4
Placanen gilva - 17mm, Gem-, North Queensland. $5
  VENERIDAE (Venus Clams)
 
 
 
 
1813 Antigona chemnitzii - white
Queensland
60
F++
1.50
1814  Antigona crispata
New Guinea
75
F++
4
1815  Antigona gladstonensis
Queensland
58
F++
4
1816 Antigona lamellaris
Nth. Queensland
45-50
F++
4
1817  Antigona puerpera
Nth. Queensland
60
F++
4
1818  Antigona resticulata
Nth. Queensland
82
F++
4
1819 Antigona reticulata
Nth. Queensland
50-75
F++
2
1820  Bassina calophylla
Nth. Queensland
27
F++
.50 
1821 Bassina disjecta
Tasmania
45-55
F++
9
1822 Callista bardwelli
Western Australia
58-60
F++
3
1823 Callista disrupta
Queensland
35
F++
3
1824  Callista erycina
New Guinea
50-55
F++
1825  Callista erycina sp.
Northern Territory
59
F++
4
1826
Callista grata
Nth. Queensland
65-80
F++
1827 Callista impar
Western Australia
47-55
F++
3
1828 Callista lilacina
Nth. Queensland
58-63
F++
2
1829
Callista planatella
Western Australia
65-80
F++
6
1830 Chione crassa
New Zealand
45-60
F++
1831 Chione gnidia
Mexico
38
F++
1832 Gafrarium menkei
Queensland
39-51
F+++
2
1833  Gafrarium pectinatum
Nth. Queensland
33
F++
1834  Gafrarium tumidum
Nth. Queensland
33-37
F++
1835 Globivenus embrithes
Queensland
27-29
F++
4
1836 Globivenus toreuma
Nth. Queensland
25
F+
4
1837 Katelysia scalarina
South Australia
45
F++
1838 Lioconcha castrensis
Nth. Queensland
27-35
F++
1839 Mercenaria mercenaria
Georgia
75
F+
1840 Paphia alapapilionis
Western Australia
65
F++
1841 Paphia crassisulca
Western Australia
60
F++
1842 Paphia euglypta
New Guinea
60
F++
1843 Paphia nocturnis
South Africa
65
F++
3
1844 Paphia textile
Western Australia
35
F++
1845 Paphia undulata
Nth. Queensland
37
F++
2
1846 Pitar dione
West Indies
38
F++
1847 Pitar lupanaria
Mexico
52
F+
1848 Placamen calophyllum
Queensland
30
F++
1849 Placamen tiara
Nth. Queensland
38
F++
2
1850 Ruditapes variegatus
Nth. Queensland
40-50
F++
1851  Striacallista disrupta
Sth. Queensland
35
F++
1852 Sunetta vaginalis
Western Australia
30
F++
1853 Tapes deshayesii
Nth. Queensland
65
F++
2
1854 Tapes literatus
Western Australia
62-95
F++
1855 Tapes sulcarius
Nth. Queensland
34
F++
2
1856 Tawera gallinula
South Australia
44
F++
1857 Tawera lagopus
South Australia
30-37
F++
2
1858  Tivela compressa
South Africa
45-60
F++
1859 Venus toreuma
Nth. Queensland
30
F++
1860 Venus verrucosa
Mediterranean
35-40
F++
2

 

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