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North Carolina Shell Club Auction Catalog III North Carolina Shell Club Auction Catalog III For shells to have scientific value, where they were collected is of utmost importance. To keep track of this information a shell may have a control number and a data slip stored with it. A catalog may also be present recording the information. If the record becomes separated from the shell its im- portance to science is greatly diminished. This catalog features a collection of shells that were at one time cataloged but have since lost those records. Included in this list are some very special shells from this collection. Even without collecting data shells remain objects of beauty and fascination. The shells are selected for their exceptional qualities including beauty. Here is a chance to add a standout shell or two to your collection without the added value often associated with collecting data. Note: Even without specific collecting data some species have a very limited range of occurrence so where it came from is not a complete mystery. The shells are donated by the Mollusk Collection, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. (NCSM) Lot 58 Lot 59 Victor Dan’s Delphinula Cloudy Cowrie Angaria vicdani Kosuge, 1980 Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1837 Philippines 58 mm (includes spines) Northwestern Indian Ocean 65 mm A very large specimen! Lot 61 Dog Conch Lot 60 Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758 Hebrew Volute Southwest Pacific 110 mm Voluta ebraea Linnaeus, 1758 An exceptionally huge specimen ! North and Northeast Brazil w/op; unusual colors; 110 mm Lot 62 Pontifical Miter Mitra stictica (Link, 1807) Indo- Pacific 69 mmm A very large specimen. Lot 63 Lot 64 Lazarus Jewel Box Lazarus Jewel Box Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 Indo-Pacific 70 mm Indo-Pacific 83 mm Unusual color. Gorgeous! Lot 66 Marble Cone Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 Lot 65 Indo-Pacific 84 mm Swift’s Scallop Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernardi, 1858) Japan 112 – 91 – 85 mm Three color forms Lot 67 Hawk-wing Conch Lot 66 Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791 Saul’s Murex SE Florida – Brazil 53 – 95 mm Chicoreus saulii (Sowerby, 1841) Amazing dwarf! Southwestern Pacific w/op. Lot 68 Apple Murex Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin, 1791) SE USA – Brazil 108 mm Very large Lot 69 Regal Murex Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821) W.Mexico – Peru 127 mm Exceptional varices! Lot 70 Lot 71 American Thorny Oyster American Thorny Oyster Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781 SE USA – Brazil SE USA – Brazil 75 mm (including spines) 90 mm (including spines) unusual color! Lot 72 Chinese Thorny Oyster Lot 73 Spondylus sinensis Scheibers, 1793 Japan – East Indies 75 mm Spondylus reesianus G.B. Sowerby III, 1903 Indonesia – Japan 90 mm Lot 74 Sondylus fauroti F.P. Jouseaume, 1888 Red Sea – Mela 70 mm Lot 76 Royal Cloak Scallop Lot 75 Cryptopecten pallium (Linnaeus, 1758) Thorny Oyster on Murex Indo-Pacific 65 mm Spondylus multisetosus L.A. Reeve, 1856 Chicoreus cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791) Southwestern Pacific 110 mm (combined) Lot 77 Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific 248 mm Seldom seen natural condition giant! Lot 78 3 Spider Conchs Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758) Lot 79 Lambis arachnoides Shikama, 1971 American Sundial Lambis truncata (Lightfoot, 1786) Architectonica nobilis Roding, 1798 A popular theory holds that L. arachnoides SE USA – Brazil w/op 58 mm is a hybrid of L.millipeda and L. truncata Very large Philippines Lot 80 Lot 81 West Indian Crown Conch Zebra Volute Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) Amoria zebra (Leach, 1814) West Indies w/op 103 mm Australia 45 – 56 mm 4 Rows of spines! Unusual Golden form and a Giant! Lot 83 Lot 82 Zigzag Scallop 3 Noble Scallops Pecten ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) Mimachlamys crassicostata Sowerby II, 1842 SE United S tates - Brazil Japan 85 – 74 – 87 mm 60 mm Lot 84 4 Lion’s Paw Scallops Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849) SE United States – Gulf of Mexico 83 – 77 – 75 – 64 mm Beautiful specimens – not a broken knuckle in the lot! Lot 85 4 Lion’s Paw Scallops Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849) SE United States – Gulf of Mexico 53 – 40 – 42 – 45 mm Beautiful small specimens – not a broken knuckle in the lot! Lot 87 Atlantic Trumpet Triton Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816) SE Florida – West Indies; Mediterranean Lot 86 60 mm Dead collected; This is a juvenile shell 2 Common Spider Conchs Go for showing how the young appear without Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758) harming the population. Indo-Pacific 110 – 143 mm .
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