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All Families

This is a complete listing of shells available in our on-line catalogue. Feel free to browse through our listings. Please note that all shells are unique and are offered on a first come, first served basis.

	APORRHAIDAE Pelican's foot shells. Sand dwellers at moderate depths	avail.
	ARCHITECTONICIDAE Sundials are a tropical species that live in shallow to deep waters	1 avail.
	BIVALVES Bivalves shells consist of two main parts or valves. Bivalves are the second largest class of Mollusca	15 avail.
	BUCCINIDAE A large family with many species inhabiting the sea floor of ocean deeps although most are shallow-water animals	32 avail.
	BULLIDAE Bubble shells found on sand amongst weed. They are fragile and often colourful	3 avail.
	BURSIDAE Bursa or Frog Shells are found in shallow water in rocky and coral habitats. They are colourful and have a horny operculum	5 avail.
	CANCELLARIIDAE Cancellaria also known as Nutmegs live in sand often under rocks and stones, they have no operculum	4 avail.
	CASSIDAE Also known as Helmet Shells. Large decorative shells to small plain shells all are sand-dwellers and carnivorous	17 avail.
	CERITHIIDAE Ceriths or Creepers are most strongly represented in shallow tropical waters	9 avail.
	CHITONIDAE Also known as Coat-of-Mail shells. Found on rocks along the shore line	1 avail.
	CLAVIGELLIDAE Also known as Watering Pot shells live buried in sand	avail.
	COLLECTORS CORNER Specimens that are a finer gade but still worthy of consideration Discounted monthly specials.	avail.
	COLUMBELLIDAE Dove Shells are minute to small and live in tropical and warn seas	6 avail.
	CONIDAE Cone shells almost all have bright and interesting colour patterns	143 avail. 50New
	CORALLIOPHILIDAE Almost all are white with violet or purple apertures	avail.
	CYPRAEIDAE Cypraeidae have ovate, beautifully coloured or patterned shells and live in rocky or coral habitats	267 avail. 22New
	EPITONIIDAE Also known as Wentletraps they live in sand at various depths	4 avail.
	FASCIOLARIIDAE Spindel like shells living on sand at all depths	7 avail.
	FASCIOLARIINAE Spindel like shells living on sand at all depths	6 avail.
	FICIDAE Also known as Fig shells they are mud and sand dwellers	2 avail.
	FISSURELLIDAE Keyhole and Slit Limpets live attached to rocks and under slabs along the shore line and reef areas	4 avail.
	HALIOTIDAE Also known as Abalone they have meaty bodies and are excellent eating	35 avail.
	HARPIDAE Harps are burrowing gastropods living in sand and mud. Their shells are strongly sculptured and colourful	17 avail.
	JANTHINIDAE Violet Sea Snails living at the surface are often washed ashore during storms	2 avail.
	LITTORINIDAE Also known as Periwinkles they live on rocky shore lines and amongst mangroves	6 avail.
	MARGINELLIDAE Marginella are found in almost every habitat in the world	13 avail.
	MELONGENIDAE Large heavy conch shells, sand dwellers	avail.
	MITRIDAE Mitres have beautiful shells and are favourites with collectors	21 avail.
	MURICIDAE Murex shells are most notable for their prominent varixes and spinose or frondose sculpture and include some of the most remarkable shells in the sea	107 avail.
	NASSARINAE Also known as Dog Welks, these shells live in colonies on sand and mud	7 avail.
	NERITIDAE Nerites are herbivorous, brousing on algae growing on rocks and mangrove trees	6 avail.
	NOTOCYPRAEA Small mostly elongate-oval shells. They are found amongst rocks from low tide to great depths from Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania	23 avail.
	OLIVIDAE Olives are best known for their highly polished and colourful shells. They are predators and most species live in sand	17 avail.
	OVULIDAE Egg and Spindle Cowries are found living on soft corals	14 avail.
	PATELLIDAE Limpets can be found on most rocky shore lines	5 avail.
	PECTINIDAE Pectens are a colourful family and much sort after by collectors	112 avail.
	PLANAXIDAE Planaxis or Clusterwinks inhabit the rocks on shore lines and cluster in colonies. They are algae browsers	1 avail.
	PLEUROTOMARIIDAE Large deep water dwelling slit shells	6 avail.
	POTAMIDIDAE Horn snails. Dull coloured shells that live mostly in mud in large colonies among Mangroves	5 avail.
	RANELLIDAE Triton shells are another medium to large shell popular with collectors	69 avail.
	SILIQUARIIDAE Also known as Slit Worm shells they live embedded in sponges under rocks and slabs in reef areas	3 avail.
	SPONDYLIDAE Thorny Oyster another very colourful shell sort after by collectors. Spondylus live attached to the rocky substrata	9 avail.
	STROMBIDAE Strombs are a most interesting group with small dainty shells to large shells with long curved legs. Strombs live in sand and mud	18 avail.
	STRUTHIOLARIIDAE Also known as Ostrich-Foot shells. They are sand dwellers and mostly from New Zealand	6 avail.
	TEREBRIDAE Terebras or Auger shells are sand dwelling carnivores from warm waters	12 avail.
	TONNIDAE Tun shells differ from Helmet shells by their thinner roomier shells. They prefer deeper water	9 avail.
	TROCHIDAE Top Shells or Trochus are mostly Top-Shaped and have horney operculums. They live intertidal to the deepest parts of the ocean	62 avail.
	TURBINELLIDAE Also known as Vase Shells and are very popular with collectors	1 avail.
	TURBINIDAE Turban Shells are another with top-shaped shells, most species feed on Marine Algae	20 avail.
	TURRIDAE Turrids form the largest of all molluscan families. Found in all seas from shallow to very deep waters	2 avail.
	UMBILIA Large to middle sized cowries found in deep waters from Rottnest Island Western Australia to Innisfail Queensland and including Tasmania	17 avail. 7New
	VERMETIDAE Worm-Shells. Coiling shells that grow in clumps or attach singly under slabs	1 avail.
	VOLUTIDAE Large and colourful shells that inhabit sandy areas from intertidal to the continental shelf. Volutes are predators, feeding on other molluscs	84 avail.
	XENOPHORA Also known as carrier shells	avail.
	ZOILA These large colourful shells are endemic to the cold deep waters of southern and south western Australia	29 avail. 6New