VOLUTIDAE (Volutes, Lyria, Melo etc.)

 

Hapulina arausiaca - 65mm ($35)

Lyria cloveriana - 85mm ($80)

Another visually stunning family with very diverse size, shape, texture, color and patterns. Found in all oceans and depths and again are very prized among collectors They are found on tidal sand flats to 400 metre deep trawled specimens and range in size from 20mm - 350mm. Approximately 250 species exist but new specimens are being discovered in the oceans depths and in remote locations.

THE RAREST VOLUTE IN THE WORLD????

NEWLY NAMED & SOLD - $4,000

Notovoluta gerondiosi - 83.5mm, Western Australia

Teramachia johnsoni - 131mm, F+++, Arafura Sea - $120

BEAUT SPECIMEN - CHEAP!!!

Livonia limpusi - 143mm, F++, Arafura Sea - $480

NEW SPECIES - A BEAUTY!!!

Voluta palawanica - STUNNING COLORS!!!!

90.5mm, F+++, $280

106mm, F+++, $350

95mm, F+++, $280

 

 

Volute Cymbiola magnifica - 210mm, F+++. $40
Voluta Ericusa sowerbyi - 163mm, F++, Victoria, trawled 100mts. Big showy Volute with zigzag pattern against orange brown background, thus the common name- Lightning Volute. $12
Voluta Cymbiolista hunteri - 129mm, F++, New South Wales. $10 
Voluta Cymbiolista hunteri (deep water form) - 128mm, F+, New South Wales. $15  

Voluta cymbiola innexa - 126mm, F+++, Indonesia - $40

BIG BEAUTY!!!

Voluta cymbiola innexa -115mm, F++ - $60

DARK COLOR FORM!!!

Voluta Livonia roadnightae - 138mm, F++, Victoria. $40

GREAT PRICE!!!

Voluta rutila norrisi (innexa - in the 1960's this species was named innexa so do not know how much research has been done for the naming in one reference as norrisi) - 110mm, F+ (minor faults), New Guinea, uncommon/rare, the New Guinea version of this Volute is not often found and rarely in good condition. The apricot and orange coloring would make this shell prominent in any collection. $70

THIS COLOR FORM IS RARE, GREAT COLOR!!!
Voluta rutila macgillivrayi - 84mm, F++, New Guinea. $15

Voluta rutila ceraunia - 104mm, F++, New Guinea. $40

BIG!!!!!
Voluta rutila ruckeri - 82mm, F++, Milne Bay, New Guinea. $25 This species has the darker grey/brown coloring with a grey mouth - rutila, which is all red and has an orange mouth.
Voluta rutila ruckeri - 77mm, F++, Milne Bay, New Guinea. $35

Voluta rutila (no subspecies name but a markedly different shell)- 91mm, F++, New Guinea. This is the Lusancay Is. form . $60

BIG BEAUTY!! UNCOMMON - ISOLATED LOCATION!!!
Voluta rutila(no subspecies name but a markedly different shell) - 85mm, F++, New Guinea, uncommon.This is the Trobriand Island form of rutila. Shades of gray and brown instead of the normal blood red color with an orange mouth . $50

Voluta rutila - 77mm, Gem-, Lusancay Is. New Guinea. $65

STUNNING SPECIMEN!!!!

Voluta rutila piperita - 85.5mm, F++, New Guinea. $60

VERY BIG!!! WORLD RECORD???

Voluta rutila piperita - 65mm, F+++, New Guinea. Normal size. $30

BEAUTIFUL COLOR - THIS SPECIES!!!
Voluta Ericusa sericata - 110mm, F+ (scar on underside, have F++ in smaller), Northern New South Wales, uncommon, trawled 160mts, nice big one of this species. $16
Vol. Amoria grayi - 90mm, F+++, Western Australia. $10
Vol. Amoria damonii - 93mm, F+++, Western Australia. $8
Vol. Amoria ellioti - 74mm, F+++, Western Australia. $12

Voluta bednalli - 98.7mm, F+++, Indonesia. Beautiful apricot/cream colored specimens, with the amazing cobweb pattern, fresh collected. $120

NICE SPECIMENS!!!

Voluta Cymbiola vespertilio pellisserpentis - 88.5mm, F++, Philippines, uncommon horned form. Nice tan/black markings. $20 SOLD

BIG HORNED FORM!!!

Voluta Cymbiola vespertilio pellisserpentis- 71mm, F++, Philippines. $15

BEAUT COLOR FORM!!!
Voluta Cymbiola deshayesi - 78mm, F++, New Caledonia. $25

Vol. Cymb. aulica palawanica - 71.4mm, Gem-, Philippines - $140

BEAUT COLOR/ QUALITY!!!
Vol. Cymbiola nobilis - 75mm, F+++, Malaya. $8

Voluta Cymbiola perplicata - 81mm, F+++/Gem, North East Queensland, dived 15 mts. This is one of the most sought after Volutes at present, coming from an isolated location. Beautiful species.Big beauty. $530 SOLD - others available.

BEAUTIES!!!!

Voluta pulchra coucomorum - 68mm, Gem, North Queensland, rare, dredged 8mts, only recently found this beautiful form of pulchra, again very difficult to obtain in Gem condition. $380

RARE/GREAT QUALITY!!
Voluta Amoria exoptanda - 90mm, Gem, South Australia, uncommon, trawled 20mts, nice big Southern form of Amoria with an unusual zigzag color pattern and a bright apricot/orange mouth, great shell. $22 SOLD
Vol. Amoria undulata - 77mm, F+++, South Australia. $8
Vol. Cymbiola sophia - 65.5mm, F+++, Northern Territory. $30
Vol. Cymbiola oblita - 72mm, F+++, Western Australia. $10

Vol. Cymbiola cymbiola - 63mm, F+++, Indonesia - $50

UNCOMMON/RARE!!!
Vol. Cymbiola flavicans - 62mm, F+++, Western Australia. $15
V. Ampulla priamus - 54.8mm, F+++, N.W. Africa. Nice specimen. $10

Vol. Cymbiola chrysostoma - 55mm, Gem-, Indonesia - $90

GREAT QUALITY!!!
Voluta Amoria jamrachi - 70mm, F+/F++, Western Australia, uncommon, dredged 25mts,nice big one, looks perfect,very minor faults only. $28
Voluta Amoria maculata caroli - 75mm, F++, North Queensland, trawled 30mts. One of a number of forms from the beautiful Amoria subfamily. $15
Voluta pulchra complexa - 90mm, F++, Southern Queensland. $20
Voluta pulchra pulchra - 81.5mm, F+++, Keppell Bay. $15

Voluta pulchra woolacottae - 60mm, F+/F++, North Queensland, uncommon, trawled 50mts, unusual horned form of pulchra with beautiful pink color toning. $15

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS!!
Voluta Pulchra woolacottae - 58mm, F+++, Nth. Queensland, Lady Musgrave Island color form. Beaut apricot/pink with the odd black spot, very unusual. $17
Vol. Athleta studeri - 48mm, F+++, Queensland. $5
Vol. Amoria zebra (melanistic) - 55mm, F+++, Queensland. $8
Vol. Amoria zebra (normal) - 43mm, F+++, Queensland. $2
Vol. Amoria zebra (golden albino) - 47mm, F+++, Queensland. $30
Vol. Amoria zebra liniata - 35mm, F+++, Queensland. $5
Voluta pulchra houarti - 60mm, F++, North Queensland, uncommon, trawled 200 mts. One of the numerous forms of pulchra, this being a deep water form. $15
Volutoconus grossi (dwarf form) - 70mm, F+/F++ (difficult to obtain perfect, often scarred and broken around siphonal canal), North Queensland, uncommon, dredged 40mts, very unusual as color and texture of shell are completely different from normal form. $28

Voluta Amoria grayi whitworthi - 50mm, F++, Western Australia, uncommon. Dwarf cream form of grayi. $15

DWARF FORM!!!!

Voluta Amoria praetexta - 46mm, Gem-,Western Australia. $35

BIG BEAUTY!!!!!
Voluta Amoria molleri (dwarf form) - 50mm, F++, North Queensland, very hard to get, and as with all trawled species hard to obtain in good condition. Great little specimen especially when placed beside the normal size molleri. $25
Voluta Amoria guttata - 43mm, F++, North Queensland, uncommon, trawled 200mts. Another beaut little Amoria. $23
Voluta Amoria canaliculata - 43mm, F++, North Queensland, uncommon, another trawled deep water species, glossy white with orange/red fine striped pattern. $20
Vol. Amoria dampieria - 28.5mm, F+++, Western Australia. $25

V. Nannamoria parabola - 33mm, F++, New South Wales. Deep water species, difficult to obtain now. $30

DIFFICULT TO GET NOW!!!

Lyria cloveriana - 85mm, F+++, Sri Lanka. $80

STUNNING BLOOD RED COLOR!!!

BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS!!!
Lyria kurodai - 78mm, F+++, Taiwan. Nice big specimen. $15
Lyria planicostata - 65mm, Gem-, Philippines.$30
Lyria delessertiana - 45.5mm, Gem, Seychelles Is. $7
Lyria mitraeformis - 41mm, Gem, South Australia. $6
Lyria vicdani - 46.9mm, F++, Philippines. $35
Lyria vicdani - 34.2mm, F+++, Philippines. $25
Lyria howensis - 24mm, Gem-, Queensland. $20

 

Hapulina loroisii - 115mm ($12)

OTHER VOLUTE SPECIES

No.
Species
Locality
Size-mm
Quality
Price $US
0401 Alcinthoe swainsoni
New Zealand
90-105
F+
 6
0402 Ampulla priamus
Morroco
65
F+
8
0403  aulica
Borneo
97
F++
20 
0404  benthalis
Sth. Queensland
40
F/F++
sold
0405  canaliculata
Nth. Queensland
35-53
F+/Gem
20
0406  canaliculata - red
Nth. Queensland
52
F+
25 
0407  Cymbium cymbium
Canary Is.
105-130
F
12 
0408  Cymbium glans
Senegal
190-200
F
12 
0409  Cymbium souliei
Ghana
110
F
7 
0410  damoni
West. Australia
75-85
F+/Gem
8 
0411  dampieria
West. Australia
28-30
Gem
25 
0412  deshayesi
New Caledonia
75
F++
20 
0413  ebraea
Brazil
110
F
7 
0414  ellioti
West. Australia
70
F++/Gem
12 
0415  exoptanda
Sth. Australia
90-100
Gem
22
0416  flavicans - rounded shoulders
Nth. Territory
70-80
F++
10 
0417  flavicans - pointed shoulders
Nth. Territory
60
F++
8 
0418  fulgetra
Sth. Australia
100-120
F/F++
15 
0419  Fulgoraria cancellata
Japan
87
F
8 
0420  Fulgoraria clara
Japan
87-90
F+
10 
0421  Fulgoraria hamillei
Taiwan
90
F+
6 
0422  grayi
West. Australia
58-80
F++/Gem
10 
0423  grayi - whitworthi
West. Australia
40-50
F++
15 
0424  grossi
Sth. Queensland
85-90
F/F+
30 
0425  grossi - dwarf
Nth. Queensland
55-70
F+/F++
28
0426  guttata
Nth. Queensland
43
F+/F++
23
0427  Hapulina arausiaca
Sri Lanka
65
F+++
20
0428  Hapulina loroisii
Sri Lanka
115
F++
12
0429  hunteri
Sth. Queensland
160-180
F/F+
10
0430  hunteri - banded, deep water
Sth. Queensland
120-140
F/F+
10 
0431  imperialis
Philippines
120

F+
12 
0432  jamrachi
West. Australia
60-75
F+/F++
28 
0433  junonia
Florida
85-100
F+
12
0434  keatsiana
Nth. Territory
70
F
20 
0435  Lyria  cloveriana
Sri Lanka
82
F++
80
0436  Lyria delessertiana
Madagascar
43-50
Gem
15 
0437  Lyria Enaeta cumingi
Mexico
30
F++
4 
0438  Lyria kurodai
Taiwan
77
Gem
20
0439  Lyria mitraeformis
South Australia
33-44
Gem
8
0440  maculata
Nth. Queensland
60-70
F++
6 
0441  maculata - caroli
Nth. Queensland
70-75
F+/F++
20 
0442  magnifica
Sth. Queensland
190-260
F/F+
15
0443  Melo amphora
New Guinea
330
F+/F++
50 
0444  Melo amphora
Nth. Queensland
200
F++
25 
0445  Melo melo
Vietnam
100-160
F+/F++
10 
0446  Melo miltonis
West. Australia
185-190
F+/F++
25 
0447  molleri
Sth. Queensland
75-90
F/F+
25 
0448  molleri - dwarf form
Nth. Queensland
50
F+/F++
25
0449  musica
Caribbean
45-50
Gem
20
0450  Neptuneopsis gilchristi
Sth. Africa
140
F++
20 
0451  nivosa
West. Australia
72-85
F+/F++
9 
0452  nobilis
Vietnam
110-120
F+/F++
10 
0453  oblita
West. Australia
55-80
F/F++
7 
0454  papillosa
Victoria
95-150
F/F+
25 
0455  parabola
Sth. Queensland
30-32
F/F+
35 
0456  perplicata
Nth. Queensland
50-81
F++/Gem
150-530
0457 praetexta
Sth. Queensland
37-45
F+/F++
15 
0458 pulchra complexa
Sth. Queensland
44-58
F++
12 
0459  pulchra coucomorum
Nth. Queensland
65-68
F++/Gem
380
0460  pulchra cracenta
Nth. Queensland
50-57
F++
30 
0461  pulchra houarti
Nth. Queensland
60
F++
18
0462 pulchra peristicta
Nth. Queensland
45-55
F++/Gem
24
0463  pulchra pulchra
Nth. Queensland
75
F++
20 
0464  pulchra wisemani
Nth. Queensland
60-65
F+/F++
30 
0465  pulchra woolacottae
Queensland
40-45
F+/F++
15 
0466  roadnightae
Victoria
110-130
F/F+
50 
0467 rutila - rutila
New Guinea
60-110
F/F++
10 
0468 rutila - innexa
New Guinea
85-125
F/F++
70 
0469 rutila - piperita
New Guinea
65
F++
15 
0470 rutila - ruckeri
New Guinea
65-90
F/F++
15 
0471 sericata
Sth. Queensland
80-105
F/F++
16 
0472 sophia
West. Australia
60-70
F+/F++
15 
0473 sowerbyi
Victoria
175-190
F/F++
12 
0474 studeri
Sth. Queensland
40-55
F+/F++
5 
0475  turneri
Nth. Queensland
42-55
F/F++
15 
0476 undulata
Sth. Australia
60-80
F+/F++
8 
0477 undulata - rust colored
Tasmania
70-75
F++
8 
0478 vespertilio
New Guinea
60-75
F++
2 
0479 vespertilio - brown form
West. Australia
65
F++
3 
0480 vespertilio - red form
Philippines
70-75
F++
3.50 
0481 zebra - typical
Queensland
40-50
F+/Gem
2 
0482 zebra - black
Queensland
40-50
F+/F++
8
0483 zebra - golden
Queensland
30-45
F+/F++
15
0484 zebra - lineata
Queensland
35-45
F+/F++
5
0485 Zidona dufresnei
Argentina
95-105
F/F+
12 

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