from ALL PARTS of THE WORLD 



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1. Haliotis cyclobates, Peron. Queensland. A 

 really attractive small shell when first taken 

 from water. The last whorl consists of most all 

 of the shell, which is adorned with waves of 

 white and brown. Interior iridescent. 



2 to 2%" 1.00 



2. Haliotis emmae. Gray. So. Australia. The 

 shell is wrinkled, thin, and the round knobs that 

 adorn the main whorl extend around the shell, 

 only 6 usually being open. Interior is wrinkled 

 and iridescent. 2Vz" 1.00 



3. Haliotis glabra, Chem. Philippines. A 

 small richly colored shell showing shades of 

 cream, greenish and other colors on different 

 specimens. Has 6 holes and interior is smooth 

 pearl. About 2" 25c 



4. Patella transmerica, Sow. Queensland. The 

 color of interior is a pearly bronze the 22 perpen- 

 dicular stripes show through. Center of interior 

 is grayish, shape of owl. l 1 /^" BOc 



5. Cassis jappnica, Rve. Japan. The shell is 

 grayish with 4 interrupted bands of square blot- 

 ches. Lip reflexed and showing brown trans- 

 verse .marks. 2" 60c 



6. Cassis abbreviate, Lam. Gulf of California. 

 The shell has circular tiny ribs but near crown 

 there are two rows of small knobs. Lip is reflexed 

 with 4 brown patches at back 2" 75c 



7. Vermetus nigra, Lam. Philippines. A black 

 solid shell which has to be broken off rock. It 

 usually consists of only one huge coil, the whole 

 shell is usually 2" 50c 



8. Polinices bicolor, Phil. Queensland. The 

 shell is of horn-color, rather flat for its size, um- 

 bilicus open partly covered by prominent callous. 



2" 75c 



9. Latirus prismaticus, Mart. Philippines. The 

 shell is white with vertical interrupted bands of 

 red. Aperture white. Nearly 2" 60c 



10. Mitra plicata, Kien. Philippines. A plicat- 

 ed white shell with vertical brown bands. Base 

 aperture toothed. IVz" 76c 



11. Mitra sanguisuge, L. Queensland. A small 

 shell with ver ical plications of rich dark color, 

 one white cirr alar band in middle of whorl, aper- 

 ture dark. All Mitra are beautiful and this one 

 specially so. l 1 /^" BOc 



12. Mitra hanleyana, Sow. Queensland. The 

 shell is smooth shining of uniform shades of 

 brown. Lower half of last whorl mostly white. 



iy 2 " 50c 



13. Mitra filaris, Queensland. The shell is a- 

 dorned with circular brown ridges throughout. 

 Upper part of whorl is white. Little over 1 inch. 



50c 



14. Mitra glabra, Swain. So. Australia. The 

 color is light yellowish brown, smooth, base of 

 aperture toothed. 2 l / 2 " 1.00 



15. Cymatium kleineri, Sow. South Africa. A 

 small rugged shell. The picture is not quite typ- 

 ical, being shorter. 1" 50c 



16. Conus brazieri, Sow. Queensland. A small 

 smooth yellowish shell with one white band in 

 middle of last whorl. Tip of shell shows pink. 



1%" 1.00 



17. Olivancillaria auricularia. Lam. Uruguay. 

 A short stubby shell of about two whorls and 

 usually uncolored. Aperture white. I'/i" BOc 



18. Olivancillaria braziliana, Lam. Brazil. 

 The top of the shell is almost flat and lighter 

 colored than rest of shell. Celor gray. 



1 1 A" BOc to 1.00 



19. Oliva peruviana, Lam. Peru. The shell is 

 slightly angular, apex elevated. Color pattern 

 spotted with shades of brown but there are many 

 uncolored forms of dainty shades. Very variable. 



1*4" BOc 



20. Oliva ispidula, L. Philippines. An extreme- 

 ly variable shell running from white to black 

 and all shades in between. Usually 1 to 1%". 



2Bc 



21. Olivancillaria cauta, More. The shell is 

 almost entirely one whorl, wide aperture, gray- 

 ish color. 114" 60c 



22. Olivancillaria acuminata, Lam. A slender 

 yellowish-brown shell from So. Australia, but 

 it may be other shades. 1%" BOc 



23. Olivancillaria steeriae, Rve. India. A slen- 

 der strong shell with brilliant markings of brown 

 shading. 1%" BOc 



24. Olivancillaria subulata. Lam. The speci- 

 men figured is of a smooth gray color, the apical 

 whorl being tiny. 1%" BOc 



25. Olivancillaria gibbosa, Born. Brazil. A 

 very variable shell. The specimen figured is 

 mottled gray, apical whorls darker, and there 

 is a wide band near the base of brown blotches 

 on yellow. Other shells may be differently col- 

 ored throughout. IVz" 25c and 50c 



26 and 27. Olive bulbosa. Bolt. East Africa. 

 This shell has many patterns, the ones illustrated 

 being the lighter shades. Other specimens may 

 be richly mottled with black. I 1 /*" 25c. I have 

 been making up collections of 20 specimens, 5 

 different patterns of 4 each for only 2.00 and 

 they seem to give great satisfaction. 



28 and 29. Olive ispidula, L. Philippines. An- 

 other extremely variable variety the two figures 

 showing extreme types. Some are entirely dark, 

 others mottled and may have a rich lavender 

 inside. It is very common on some of the islands. 

 25c 6 of smaller sizes 25c 



30. Mitra plicaria, L. Queensland. This small 

 reddish and white shell has two prominent dark 

 bands. Base of shell is pink. Slightly over 1". 



BOc 



31. Conus kiiensis, Kuroda. Japan. Upper 

 whorls are carinated, main color pattern light 

 brown with two darker bands. Lip thin, sharp. 



Slightly over 1" scarce 1.00 



32. Siphonalia trochula, Rve. Japan. The shell 

 is light brownish, with many spiral lines, aper- 

 ture strong and there are interior spiral lines. 



1%" BOc 



33. Siphonalia cassidaeformis, Rve. Japan. 

 The shell has a row of nodules on top of last 

 whorl, six circular brown lines, lip strong, inter- 

 ior white. IVz" BOc 



