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Precious Highlight – shells from Wonders of the Sea and Gemstone House

Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) Eastern Africa, Indo-Pacific.
Conus betulinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Red Sea to Indo-Pacific.
Conus geographus (Linnaeus, 1758) Queensland, Northern Territory & Western Australia. This species caused the only death by cone sting in Australia in the 1960s.
Callistocypraea aurantium (Gmelin, 1791) Philipines to Polynesia (New Guinea).
Cypraea tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Multiple forms location dependant. Indo-Pacific (Florida).
Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) Florida, Bermuda, West Indies (Florida). With operculum.
Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific shallow reefs (Great Barrier Reef Queensland).
Murex pecten (Lightfoot, 1786) Indo-Pacific (Queensland).
Muricanthus nigritus (R. A. Philippi, 1845) Gulf of California (Panama). With operculum.
Cymbiola aulica aulica (GB Sowerby I, 1825) f. Red Southern Philippines (Sulu Sea).
Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific, Galápagos & Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Western Australia to Queensland. (Queensland).
Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-Pacific. Cut away for spiral - helix columella.
Lambis scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and Philippines.
Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (Savana, Italy).
Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849) East Coast Florida to Mexico.
Maoricardium psuedolima (Lamarck, 1819) West Africa.
Papustyla pulcherrima (Rensch, 1931) Manus Island. Endemic to Manus Island. Air breathing land snail lives in trees. Endangered. Group of 3.
Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831) West Coast of Mexico California to Peru (Mexico) with operculum.
Turbo marmoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Indian Ocean reefs, Western Pacific & Queensland. Introduced to Pacific Islands for commercial use. (Queensland) with operculum.
Nerita polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Tropical Indo-Pacific (Maldives). Set of 4.
Bassina disjecta (Perry, 1811) Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales. Set of 2.
Argonauta nodosus (Lightfoot, 1786) Indo-Pacific. Octopus eggcase created by female.
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Herpolitha limax coral long form Esper, 1792 Lobophyllia serratus (open brain coral) Veron, 2000 Fungia scabra Doderlein, 1901 (large round) Acropora elsey Brook, 1892 x 3 Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (long thin branch).
Pinctada maxima (Jameson, 1901) South Sea Islands, Philippines, Indonesia & Australia (Broome W.A). Set of 3.
Aequipecten muscosus (W. Wood, 1828) Philippines, Florida USA (Philippines).
Tridacna squamosa (Lamarck 1819). Set of 2 Pink & Yellow.
Tridacna squamosa (Lamarck 1819). Set of 2 Pink & Yellow.
Haliotis fulgens fulgens (R.A. Phillipi, 1845) California to Mexico. Polished.
Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Indian & Pacific Oceans. Set of 2.
Tiger shark jaw galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & Lesueur, 1822).
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