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Family: Conidae Born: 1777, Chemnitz       Genus: Conus Gloriamaris Size: 33.70mm  Grade: GEM Origin: collected by local fishermen off coast Manila Bay Philippines on June 2009. 
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Family: Cypraeidae Born: 1758, Linnaeus Genus: Cypraea Arabica Size: 49.5mm Grade: F+++/GEM Origin: collected by a local diver, 15 meters depth off coast Masbate Island Philippines on January 2009.
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Family: Conidae Born: 1908, Sowerby G.B. III Genus: Conus Excelsus Size: 96mm Grade: F+++ Origin: collected by local fishermen by tangle nets near Aliguay Island Philippines on 2008
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Family: Cypraeidae Born: 1758, Linne Genus: Cypraea Stolida Size: 41mm Grade: F+++ Origin: collected by a licensed diver about 15 meters deep Coral Sea, New Caledonia on 2008.
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Excelsior Cone
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One of my favorite cone species, collected dead most of the
time but this one is an exception.
 

The Illustrious Cone

Family: Conidae Born: 1908, Sowerby G.B. III Genus: Conus Excelsus Size: 96mm Grade: F+++ Origin: collected by local fishermen by tangle nets near Aliguay Island Philippines on 2008


 

 

 
 

 
 


Family: Camaenidae Born: 1894, Moellendorff Genus: Amphidromus Maculiferus Multicolor Size: 58mm Grade: GEM Origin: collected in the mountains of Northern Mindanao, Philippines on June 2009.
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Family: Bradybaenidae Born: 1825, Donovan Genus: Calocochlia Festiva Size: 49mm Grade: Exceptional Origin: collected by native Ibanags in the mountains of Cagayan Valley Northeastern Luzon Philippines on March 2009.
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