The collectors page
from: New Zealand GEOGRAPHIC - 1990
RARE
UNCOMMON
UNUSUAL
AND JUST PLAIN
KOOL !
Camaena mamilla
crassiventrisRensch,1933
.  $15.00
Papuina lacteolota japenensis
Van Benthem Jutting,1965.
36+mm. New Guinea.         $12
Drymaeus dombeyanus
(Pfeiffer,1846). Central
Mexico.44mm.+   $20
Camaena illustris (Pfr.).
30mm.up.            $20.00
Obba papilla konawensis
Bollinger,1918. 32mm $7
Guamampa gloriosa
sarasinorum. P/F sarasin
,1899. 32mm.up.      $6.00
Guamampa bulbus bulbus
30mm. up. (Pfeiffer,1853).
On the rare side. color forms     
                                           $7.00
MEXICO
Acroptychia metableta  
 Crosse/Fischer,1877)
25mm.                                
                             $10.00
PHILIPPINES
MADAGASCAR
Camaena cicatricosa
ducalis (Ancey).60mm.up.
$25.00
INDONESIA
AUSTRALIA
Thersities etheridgei (Brazier,1877)
Mid Queensland. 34+mm.  Rare.       
                                                 $10.00
Calocochlia festiva
(Donovan,1825). 35mm.+
$6.50
Calocochlia pulcherrima
Sowerby. 34mm.+
$4.00
Calocochlia cailliaudi
Deshayes,1839. 35mm.+
$4.00
Solomon  Islands
Crystallopsis hunteri
Cox.      25+mm.        $7.00
Crystallopsis purchasi  
(Pfeiffer,1858). Subsp.
paravicinnii
Rensch,1933.  26mm+.
         $9.00
Calocochlia pyrostoma (Ferussac,1819).
50+mm. Halmahera Island. Big, Beautiful !  $15.00ea.
Three color forms.
Rhiostoma hainesi  from
border with Cambodia and
Thailand.  W/o. Average size
34mm.+ x 25mm.+         $7.00
THAILAND and  CAMBODIA
Dyakia salangana
(Martens,1883).
37mm.up. From
border areas
between Thailand
and Cambodia.       
                        $8.00
Calocochlia pulcherrima
Sowerby. 34mm.+
many color forms.     $4.00
Camaena quoyi  Sulawasi
Collected live! 50mm.+
RARE!                         $25.00
Collected live!!
Camaena species. China
34mm.  COMMING SOON
Orthalicus floridensis
Collected in the 70's.
50+mm.           
      $7
Camaena
mamilla mamilla
Ferussac,1838.
Sulawasi
Island. 35mm.up.  
    $12.00
Levantina hierosolyma
Mousson,1854. 34+mm.
Jerusalem. Tough and
rugged shells.           $6.50
Levantina werneri Kobelt,
1889. Bareqet,
Israel.
Very rounded, tough .
32+mm.                   $6.50
Papuina exsultans Tapparone/
Canefri,1883. One of the rarer
species in the family. From
Sorong, West NewGuinea.
Always scarce, these are gem shells.
Just a few.  20+mm.
Really beautiful and rare  $35
Cyclophorus perdix
plicifera
Von Martens,1900.
Very much like perdix,
but about 20% larger
with a wider flaring
lip. not common and
very seldom offered if
a all! 40+mm. w/o.         
                $6.00
Rhagada setzeri. Alor Island,
IndonesiaUncommon.19-22mm.
 It turns out that this is a 'new'
species. Just described and
named after me! $6.00
Rhagada species.
Here is another 'new' species
and un described as well from
Jakarta, Indonesia. 13-14mm.
Cute!    $6.00
Leptopoma helicoides (Grate.,1840
Luzon, Philippines. 15-16mm.
across base.                              $1.25
Leptopoma stainforthi (Sowerby,1842)
Ticao Island, Philippines. 15-16mm.
across base.                                $1.25
Cyclophorus species.
From Panay Island, Philippines.
Few. 35mm.        $5.50
Isomeria subcastanea (Pfeiffer,1842)
Ecuador. Rare. Few!  35-36mm.    $20.00
. Sasakina plesseni Rensch,1938. Bali,
Indonesia. Several colors $5ea
E     F      G    H     I
A     B      C       D
Cyclotus dimidiatus
Kobelt,1896
Indonesia. w/o. 24mm.      $3.50
Labyrinthus bifurcata (Deshayes,1838)
Amazon Rain Forest. Rare.       $25.00
34mm.
Well, after about two years of searching I have finally found
what I set out to find! This is
Calocochlia festiva Donavan.
REALLY !  If you have Walter Webb's book on land shells
look on page 12, #8. From Cagayan Province, Luzon Id. comes
this amazing shell. Color is all natural. All of these are live
collected.  48-52mm. Color varies some.                     $8.50ea
Cyclophorus
appendiculatus
Pfeiffer,1851.
Panay
Island.real
nice.   31+mm.
$3.
Helicostyla grandis c.f. ?
40mm. up. Extremely small form from
Luzon Island, Philippines. Very
rugged shells. Not at all common. $7.
Chloraea fibula
(Reeve,1842). Cebu Id.
19-20mm.             $2.50
Ryssota oweniana(Pfeiffer,1853)
29mm. up. Negros Id.
Uncommon.                         $3.50
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Israel
haemastoma
red lip  $6
melanotragus
black lip  $6
superbus $15.
Sri Lanka
The Amazon Rain Forest
Ecuador
Recent name changes to these two species.
Florida
Eudolichotis distorta (Pilsbry,
1895). Venezuela. Uncommon.
  not many!                   $18.00
Policaria rochebruni (Mabille,
1887). N.E. Vietnam. Rare,w/o
Few.                             $35.00
Rhachis zonulata Pfeiffer,1846.
Sulawasi, Indonesia. 17+mm.   $4.00
Cepolis lincolni
Domonican Republic. Endemic. Rare.
Almost never seen, this little fellow
is endemic to Beata Id., D.R.
Just a couple      17mm. up       $15.00
Planispira giloloensis (E.A.Smith). Halmahera
Island,  Indonesia. 14mm.up. Rare.   $12.00
Sterophaedusa
valida (Kuster,
1847). Japan.
22+mm.   $4.50
Tropidauchenia
mirifica Chen/Gao
1982. China. Rare.
17mm.up.  $25
Tricheulota zodiacus tuba Albers,1854
From Sulawasi Island, Indonesia.  $8.50
Beddomea albizonatus (Reeve,
1849). Very rare,Sri Lanka.
20+mm.                              $30.00
Cepolis porcellana
Grateloup.16mm.up.
Dominican Republic.
Uncommom.   $6.00
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Pollicaria gravida  Always rare.
from Guangxi, China. Few! $ $25.00
Farcimen vinalense
scopulorum
Cuba.  24mm.up.   $6.00
Farcimen subventricosum
Cuba.  25mm. $6.00
Acroptychia bathei
Cross,Fischer,Piette
Bedoucha,1965.
25mm+/-. Rare        
                      $12.00
Chloritis vanbruggeni
Wim Massen,2009.
A new species of
Chloritis discovered
By John Abbas in
2008. 20-22mm.+/-.
Indonesia. Fairly
rare.                           
                       $6.25
CHINA &
JAPAN
Leptopoma perlucidum
Grateloup,1840.
12-13mm. Few.      $2.00
Thelidomus asper
(Ferussac,). 44mm.up.
Live collected. . Tough,
rugged shells. About as
good as they get. Has
not been offer for
several years. not many.  
                               $6.00
Eurycratera jamaicensis
(Gmelin,1791) These are
outstanding shells. Found
in caves, these are a real
rarity. Not a lot! 39mm+
and up.                         $12
JAMAICA