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ARCHITECTONICIDAE
J. E. Gray, 1850
Adelphotectonica
/ Architectonica / Basisulcata
/ Discotectonica
Grandeliacus
/ Granosolarium / Heliacus
/ Philippia / Pseudotorinia
Psilaxis
/ Solarium / Solatisonax
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Adelphotectonica
/Bieler, 1987/
Adelphotectonica reevei
(Hanley, 1862)
26 mm, F+/F++ Great Pattern!
New South Wales, Australia. Aug. 1972.
29.00 €
Discotectonica
/Marwick, 1931/
Discotectonica acutissima
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
44.9 mm, F+++/Big & Great color! W/O
East China Sea.
24.00 €
Architectonica
/Röding, 1798/
Architectonica arcana
(Bieler, 1993)
29.9 mm, F++/Rare!
India Trawled at 30 m in 2009.
39.00 €
Architectonica axelalfi
(Thach, 2023)
65.5 mm, F++/Rare! W/O
Nha Trang, Vietnam.
49.00 €
Architectonica axelalfi cf.
(Thach, 2023)
52.8 mm, F++/F+++ Rare & Great pattern! W/O
Paracel Islands, South China Sea.
44.00 €
Architectonica carocollata semitypica
(Sacco & Schultz 1998)
18.9 mm, Early Miocene.
Czech Republic
24.00 €
Architectonica chipolana
(Dall, 1892)
12 mm, Early Miocene to Middle Miocene.
Chipola River, Calhoun county. Oct. 1992.
Ex-coll. of Andy & Greta Murray.
29.00 €
Architectonica consobrina cf.
(Bieler, 1993)
34.7 mm, F++/Uncommon size & pattern!
Zamboanga Peninsula.
30.00 €
Architectonica gualtieri
(Bieler, 1993)
53.5 mm, F++/F+++/Great pattern & locality!
Nacala Bay. Mozambique.
From local diver in 2007.
29.00 €
Architectonica gualtieri
(Bieler, 1993)
72 mm, F++/Great pattern! W/O
Taiwan, South China Sea.
Trawled by local fisherman at 200 m in 2007.
39.00 €
Architectonica laevigata
(Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816)
27.8 mm, F+++/Rare & Great locality!
Keelakarai Tamil Nadu , India. Trawled at 30-35 m
44.00 €
Architectonica laevigata
(Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816)
30.7 mm, F+++/Rare & Great locality!
Off Malé, Maldives.
49.00 €
Architectonica maculata
(Link, 1807)
58.6 mm, F++/F+++ Large & Great pattern!
Placer, Masbate.
Trawled at 50 m.
44.00 €
Architectonica maculata var. picta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
50.9 mm, F++/F+++ Large & Great pattern!
Bantayan Island.
39.00 €
Architectonica maculata var. picta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
51.1 mm, F++/F+++ Large & Great pattern!
Nha Trang, Vietnam.
44.00 €
Architectonica maculata var. picta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
51.2 mm, F++/Great pattern & locality! W/O
Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
44.00 €
Architectonica maculata var. tryoni
(J. T. Marshall, 1887)
32 mm, F+/ ULTRA RARE & Great pattern!
Arafura Sea. Papua, New Guinea. From an old coll.
79.00 €
Architectonica maxima
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
60.5 mm, F++/F+++ Great pattern & locality!
Off Thursday Island. Australia.
29.00 €
Architectonica maxima var. australis
(Chemnitz, J.H., 1795)
74 mm, F++/Giant & Great pattern! W/O
New South Wales.
49.00 €
Architectonica modesta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
13.5 mm, F+++/Great locality!
Lacadives Island, India.
15.00 €
Architectonica modesta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
13.7 mm, F+++/Great locality!
Lacadives Island, India.
15.00 €
Architectonica modesta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
15.8 mm, F+++/G Rare locality!
Grand Coude, Extreme South of New Caledonia.
Dived alive at 25-40 m. on sand in 1998.
19.00 €
Architectonica modesta cf.
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
16.2 mm, F+++/Great locality!
Rayong, EasternThailand.
19.00 €
Architectonica modesta cf.
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
20.8 mm, F++F+++ Great locality!
Rayong, EasternThailand.
19.00 €
Architectonica modesta cf.
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
35.9 mm, F++F+++ Great locality! W/O
Nha Trang, Southern Vietnam.
29.00 €
Architectonica nobilis
(Röding, 1798)
30.5 mm, F++/F+++ Great pattern & locality!
North side Isla Coche, Venezuela.
Scuba at 50 ft at night. 23-9-99.
19.00 €
Architectonica nobilis
(Röding, 1798)
40 mm, F++/F+++ Large! W/O
Florida. Trawled off Cape Canaveral by scallop boat.
29.00 €
Architectonica nobilis var. granosum
(Valenciennes, 1832)
27.5 mm, F++/Great locality & pattern!
Tilapa, Southwest corner of Guatemala.
24.00 €
Architectonica nobilis var. granulatum
(Lamarck, 1816)
23.8 mm, F++/Uncommon & Great sculpture!
Gulf of Mexico. Dredged in deep water.
24.00 €
Architectonica nobilis var. valenciennesii
(Mörch, 1859)
37 mm, F+++/Rare! W/O
Islas Murcielagos, 3rd Anchorage, Costa Rica.
Scuba in June, 1988
39.00 €
Architectonica nobilis var. wroblewskyi
(Mörch, 1875)
24.1 mm, F++/Rariest form! Great pattern.
Isla Culebra, Puerto Rico. From and old collection.
29.00 €
Architectonica nobilis var. quadriceps
(Hinds, 1844)
17.3 mm, F+++/Rare! W/O
Bay of Panama.
19.00 €
Architectonica perdix
(Hinds, 1844)
20.5 mm, F+++/Great pattern & locality!
Rayong, EasternThailand.
19.00 €
Architectonica perdix
(Hinds, 1844)
21 mm, F+++/Great pattern! W/O
Hills Beach, Curtis Island, Australia.
19.00 €
Architectonica perdix
(Hinds, 1844)
23 mm, F+++/Great pattern! W/O
Hills Beach, Curtis Island, Australia.
24.00 €
Architectonica perdix
(Hinds, 1844)
27 mm, F+++/Great Pattern!
Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia. Oct. 1967.
27.00 €
Architectonica perdix var. dunkeri
(Hanley, 1862)
32.5 mm, F++/Great pattern!
South China Sea.
Trawled in shallow water sand by fisherman in 2012.
29.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
36.5 mm, F++/Great pattern & locality!
Phuket Island, Southern Thailand. 2005.
15.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
41.6 mm, F+++/Amazing color & pattern!
Nocnocan Island.
29.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. cumingii
(Hanley, 1862)
32.8 mm, F++/F+++ Rare & Great pattern!
Indonesia.
34.00 €
Archtectotonica perspectiva var. fressa
(Iredale, 1936)
32.8 mm, F++/Rare Dark & Great pattern!
New South Wales.
34.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. fuliginosum
(Hinds, 1845)
36.1 mm, F++/F+++ Uncommon & Great pattern!
Vietnam.
34.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. hanleyi
(Sowerby in Hanley, 1863)
34.2 mm, F++/F+++/Rare & Great pattern!
Calituban Island.
39.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. heurni
(Bayer, 1940)
28 mm, F++/F+++ Great color & pattern!
Sunda Islands, Western Indonesia.
34.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. modesta
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
35.7 mm, F++/F+++ Great locality & pattern!
Swain Reefs, Queensland, Australia.
39.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. striatum
(J. E. Gray, 1850)
31.3 mm, F++/F+++ Great color & pattern! W/O
Maluku Islands, Indonesia.
34.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. striatum
(J. E. Gray, 1850)
32.4 mm, F++/F+++ Great color & pattern! W/O
Cudalore, India. Dredged at 30 m
34.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. trisulcatum
(Jousseaume, 1877)
34.2 mm, F+++/Uncommon & great pattern!
Swain Reefs, Australia.
Dredged in sand at 3-5 m.
29.00 €
Architectonica perspectiva var. trisulcatum
(Jousseaume, 1877)
37 mm, F+++/Uncommon & great pattern!
Swain Reefs, Australia.
Dredged in sand at 3-5 m.
34.00 €
Architectonica proestleri
(Alf & Kreipl, 2001)
17.37 mm, F+++/G Uncommon & Great locality! W/O
Mactan Island, Punta Engano.
Trawled at 100-150 m. March, 2013.
24.00 €
Architectonica proestleri
(Alf & Kreipl, 2001)
18 mm, F++/Great locality!
Off Okinawa.
Trawled in shallow water sand by fisherman in 2010.
29.00 €
Architectonica purpurata
(Hinds, 1844)
28.1 mm, F++/Uncommon & Great pattern!
Papua, New Guinea.
29.00 €
Architectonica regia
(Hanley, 1862)
25.8 mm, F++/Rare & Great locality!
Gadani Beach, Pakistan. Persian Gulf.
49.00 €
Architectonica stellata
(R. A. Philippi, 1849)
56.6 mm, F++/Uncommon giant & Great pattern!
Preethipura Beach, Sri Lanka.
From an old collection.
79.00 €
Architectonica taylori
(Hanley, 1862)
64 mm, F+++/Large! Great pattern & locality! W/O
Kochi Prefecture, Japan.
59.00 €
Architectonica trochlearis
(Hinds, 1844)
56.5 mm, F++/F+++ Great pattern & locality!
Off Thursday Island. Australia.
34.00 €
Architectonica trochlearis
(Hinds, 1844)
69.5 mm, F+++/Large & Great pattern! W/O
South China Sea.
59.00 €
Grandeliacus
/Iredale, 1957/
Grandeliacus mortensenae
(Iredale, 1957)
syn. of Heliacus stramineus (Gmelin, 1791)
34.78 mm, F++/Rusty Giant! Great locality!
New South Wales. Trawled in 80m deep. January, 2004
29.00 €
Grandeliacus subvariegatus
(A. d'Orbigny, 1852)
syn. of Heliacus fallaciosus (Tiberi, 1872)
16.7 mm, F+++/Great sculpture & locality!
Angola.
34.00 €
Granosolarium
/Sacco, 1892/
Granosolarium asperum
(Hinds, 1844)
7.5 mm, F++/Rare! Great sculpture & locality!
New Zealand.
34.00 €
Granosolarium canaliculatum
(Lamarck, 1804)
11 mm, Eocene-Lutetien.
Bassin Parisien. France.
16.00 €
Granosolarium elegantissimum
(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
19.6 mm, F++/Largest & Rariest!
Japan.
129.00 €
Granosolarium excavatum
(Bieler, 1993)
14.7 mm, F++/Rare!
North of Grand Passage, New Caledonia.
69.00 €
Heliacus
/A. d'Orbigny, 1842/
Heliacus areola
(Gmelin, 1791)
13 mm, F+++/G Great pattern & locality!
Reunion Rocks, Natal, South Africa.
In weeds on rocks during low tide. ex-coll. D. &
M. Meyer.
15.00 €
Heliacus areola
(Gmelin, 1791)
13.38 mm, F+++/G High tower & superb pattern!
Bohol Island.
18.00 €
Heliacus areola
(Gmelin, 1791)
14 mm, F+++/G Great pattern!
Nochocan Island.
Collected by local fishermen. 2006.
15.00 €
Heliacus areola var. tessellatum
(Deshayes, 1830)
13.9 mm, F+++/G Great pattern!
Port Douglas, Australia.
19.00 €
Heliacus areola var. tessellatum
(Deshayes, 1830)
15 mm, F+++/G Great pattern!
Port Douglas, Australia.
19.00 €
Heliacus areola bicanaliculatus
(Valenciennes, 1832)
10.01 mm, F++/Uncommon & Great pattern!
West Costa Rica.
24.00 €
Heliacus areola bicanaliculatus
(Valenciennes, 1832)
12.5 mm, F+++/Great coror & pattern!
West Panama.
24.00 €
Heliacus chiquita
(Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
6.8 mm, F++/ Rare!
Coiba Island, West Panama.
Collected at Front Beach in December, 1981.
29.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus
(Gmelin, 1791)
8.9 mm, F++/Great sculpture!
Brazil.
16.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Set of elleven: 6 - 10 mm, F/Nice locality!
Largest are with holes.
Aruba. Beach collected by DeGraff.
24.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus var. aethiops
(Menke, K.T., 1830)
10.2 mm, F+++/Rare!
Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico.
29.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus var. herberti
(Deshayes, 1830)
12.1 mm, F++/Rare!
Cuba.
24.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus var. cyclostomum latior
(Hanley, S., 1863)
6.1 mm F/Rare! With a pinhole.
Caribbean. Ex-coll. A.N.de Man.
24.00 €
Heliacus cylindricus var. nubilum
(Menke, K.T. in Philippi, R.A., 1849)
10 mm, F/Rare! Some holes.
Haiti.
19.00 €
Heliacus fallaciosus var. spencerii
(E. Allen, 1856)
18.5 mm, F+++/Great sculpture & locality! W/P
Beni Saf, Algeria.
34.00 €
Heliacus implexus
(Mighels, 1845)
Heliacus implexus var. alfredensis
(W. H. Turton, 1932)
9 mm, F++/Rare! Ex pisce.
Richards Bay, Natal, South Africa.
34.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis
(Gmelin, 1791)
10 mm, F++/Uncommon! Great sculpture & locality!
(dry animal inside)
Sodwana, Natal, RSA.
29.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis perrieri
(Rochebrune, 1881)
11.5 mm, F++/Great color & sculpture!
La Punta, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Collected dead on beach in July 2010.
19.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis perrieri
(Rochebrune, 1881)
La Punta
12 mm, F++/Double lip! Great color & sculpture!
La Punta, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Collected dead on beach in July 2010.
19.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis perrieri
(Rochebrune, 1881)
12.6 mm, F++/Big & Great sculpture!
Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Snorkel at 2 m. December, 2011.
19.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis perrieri
(Rochebrune, 1881)
14.47 mm, F++/Large & Great color & sculpture!
Senegal.
24.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis var. chemnitzii
(Kiener, L.C., 1838)
4.8 mm, F+++/RARE!
Okinawa.
29.00 €
Heliacus infundibuliformis var. strigata
(Hanley, 1863)
10.7 mm, F++/Great sculpture!
South China Sea.
24.00 €
Heliacus mazatlanicus
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
11.8 mm,
Amador Beach, Panama, 1972.
19.00 €
Heliacus mazatlanicus
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
12.7 mm,
Amador Beach, Panama, 1972.
19.00 €
Heliacus mazatlanicus
Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
set of two: 10.5 & 10.8 mm,
Amador Beach, Panama, 1972.
24.00 €
Heliacus sterkii
(Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1908)
5 mm, F++/F+++ Great sculpture!
Malaysia.
19.00 €
Heliacus trochoides
(Deshayes, 1830)
12 mm, F++/F+++ /Great sculpture & locality!
(dry animal inside)
Park Rynie, Natal, RSA. Amongst soft coral polyps.
24.00 €
Heliacus variegatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
16.8 mm, F+++/Great sculpture & locality!
Oman.
19.00 €
Heliacus variegatus var. depressiuscula
(Bayer, 1948)
13 mm, F+++/Uncommon & great locality!
Timur, Indonesia.
19.00 €
Heliacus variegatus var. perspectiviunculus
(Dillwyn, 1817)
19.4 mm, F++/Large! Great variation & locality!
Norfolk Island, Australia.
29.00 €
Heliacus variegatus perspectiviunculum var. pallida
(R. A. Philippi, 1853)
13.5 mm, F+/Great color & locality! Pin holes.
Belep Archipelago. North of New Caledonia.
24.00 €
Heliacus variegatus var. planulatum
(Hanley, 1863)
15 mm, F+++/Great color & locality!
New Caledonia.
29.00 €
Heliacus (Pyrgoheliacus) verdensis
(Bieler, 1984)
2.9 mm, F+++/Uncommon & Great sculpture!
(dry animal inside)
El Poris, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
By local colector at 40 m detritus in cave.
39.00 €
Heliacus (Torinista) virgatus cf.
(Hinds, R.B., 1844)
6.1 mm, F+++/G
New Guinea
Trawled at 220 m. in 2013.
29.00 €
Heliacus (Torinista) caelatus cf.
(Hinds 1844)
8.7 mm, F++/RARE!
New Zealand.
29.00 €
Philippia
/Gray, 1847/
Philippia hybrida
(Linnaeus, 1758)
10.55 mm, F++/Great color & locality!
Tenerife, Canary Islands.
15.00 €
Philippia lutea var. novaehollandiae
(R. A. Philippi, 1853)
11 mm, F+++/Rare color form!
Gleesons Landing, Yorke peninsula, South Australia.
In beach drift.
19. 00 €
Pseudotorinia
/Sacco, 1892/
Pseudotorinia architae
(O. G. Costa, 1841)
8 mm, F+++/Uncommon!
(dry animal inside)
Malaga.
39.00 €
Pseudotorinia kraussi cf
(J. E. Gray, 1850)
9.4 mm, F++/Rare GIANT!
Madagscar. No exact locality.
99.00 €
Pseudotorinia nupera
(T.A. Conrad, 1834)
30 mm, Zanclian Stage, Pliocene. About 3.7 million years
old.
Sarasota, Florida. Buckingham Formation.
24.00 €
Psilaxis
/Woodring, 1928/
Psilaxis krebsii cf.
(Mörch, 1875)
8 mm, F++/Ultra Rare! Could be another species. With
a pinhole.
Guadeloupe.
49.00 €
Psilaxis oxytropis
(A. Adams, 1855)
16.86 mm, F++/Large & Great pattern!
Mozambique.
19.00 €
Psilaxis oxytropis
(A. Adams, 1855)
17.42 mm, F++/Large & Great pattern!
Mozambique.
19.00 €
Psilaxis oxytropis var. manifesta
(Iredale, 1931 )
15.9 mm, F+++/Great Dark!
New South Wales.
25.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus
(Röding, 1798)
26.9 mm, F++/F+++ Big & Great locality!
Koloa, Kauai Hawaii.
Dirty silty sand at 110 ft.
59.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. cingulum
(Kiener, 1839)
13.7 mm, F++/Great pattern & locality!
Mozambique.
29.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. cingulum
(Kiener, 1839)
17 mm, F++/Great pattern & locality!
Mozambique.
29.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. layardi
(A. Adams, 1855)
10.2 mm, F++/great locality!
Tabiteuea, Gilbert Islands.
25.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. kowiensis
(W. H. Turton, 1932)
12.5 mm, F++/Great pattern. Rare!
Port Alfred, RSA.
29.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. stipator
(Iredale, 1931)
12.8 mm, F++/Great pattern & locality!
New South Wales.
34.00 €
Psilaxis radiatus var. undatum
(Hanley, 1863)
13.8 mm, F+++/Rare!
Cook Islands. No exact locality.
39.00 €
Solatisonax
/Iredale, 1931/
Solatisonax supraradiata
(E. von Martens, 1904)
12.2 mm, F++/F+++ Rare & Great sculpture! W/P
Japan.
99.00 €
Solarium
/Lamarck, 1799/
Solarium (Torinia) dorsuosum
(Hinds, 1844)
10.2 mm, F+++/G Great pattern!
Southern Madagascar.
24.00 €
Solarium Nipteraxis bifidum
(Deshayes, 1863)
11.1 mm, Eocene-Lutetien.
Bassin Parisien. France.
19.00 €
Solarium Nipteraxis merignacense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918)
19.7 mm, Neogene-Miocene.
Gironde, France.
19.00 €
Solarium Nipteraxis plicatulum
(Deshayes, 1832)
16.3 mm, Eocene-Lutetien.
Bassin Parisien. France.
19.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia angustiforatum
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)
5.7 mm, Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
16.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia angustiforatum
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)
Set of 12: 4 - 7 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia angustiforatum
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)
Set of 12: 4 - 7 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia angustiforatum
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)
Set of 12: 4 - 7 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia burdigalense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917)
4.5 mm, Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
16.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia burdigalense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917)
Set of 24: 4 - 6 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia burdigalense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917)
Set of 25: 4 - 6 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia burdigalense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917)
Set of 25: 4 - 6 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia burdigalense
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917)
Set of 24: 4 - 6 mm. Some with holes.
Neogene-Miocene.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Solarium Pseudotorinia subplicata
(d’Orbigny, 1852)
5.5 mm, Lower Miocene.
Aquitaine Basin, Landes.
16.00 €
Basisulcata
/Melone & Taviani, 1985/
Basisulcata simplex subconoidea
(D'Orbigny, 1852)
9.1 mm, Lower Miocene, Aquitaine Basin.
Landes, France.
16.00 €
Basisulcata simplex subconoidea
(D'Orbigny, 1852)
Set of 25: 5- 15 mm. Some with holes.
Lower Miocene, Aquitaine Basin.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Basisulcata simplex subconoidea
(D'Orbigny, 1852)
Set of 30: 5- 15 mm. Some with holes.
Lower Miocene, Aquitaine Basin.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
Basisulcata simplex subconoidea
(D'Orbigny, 1852)
Set of 28: 5- 15 mm. Some with holes.
Lower Miocene, Aquitaine Basin.
Landes, France.
34.00 €
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