SHELL AUCTION

Conchology Section, Auckland Museum Institute

Saturday 16th June 2007

LOT
1	WW	Variety : Fusinus colus, Strombus latissimus, Chlamys australis, Siratus alabaster, Harpa major, Harpa certicularis, Polices duplicata, and more
2	Fiji	Chicoreus ramosus, Charonia tritonis, Oliva reticulata, Trochus niloticus, Terebra areola, Strombus aurisdianae, Cyprae mauritiana, and more
3	WW	Match box variety : Vexillum sanguisugum, Cerithum atratum, Tectarius grandinatus, Nerita undata, Drupa morum, Cypraea kieneri, and more
4	WW	Special : Phyllonotus erythrostomus, Siratus alabaster, Lambis chiragra, Ficus aracilis, Umbilia hesitata, Phyllontus regius, Fusinus colus, and more
5	WW	Turbinidae and Trochidae : Trochus niloticus, Trochus conus, Tectus fenstratus, Trochus fenestratius, Turbo undulatus, Terbo setosus, Terbo pulcher, and more
6	WW	Match box Shells on wooden tray : Marginella rosea, latiaxus japonicus, Latiaxis deburghiae, Drupa elegans, Architectonica perspectium, Epitonium pallasi, and more
7	NZ	Selection : Alcithoe larochei, Penion ormesi, Fusitriton retiolus, Calliostoma turnerum, Calliostoma selectum, Xenophora zelandica, Oxyperas elongata, and more
8	WW	Interesting : Ancilla velesiana, Lyria kurodai, Fusines nicobaricos, Marginella pringlei, Strombus sinuatus, Erronea onyx, Strombus vittatus, and more
9	WW	Lucky dip : Cerithum vertagus, Strombus gibberulus, Malea pomum, Oliva mustelina, Semicassis bisculcata, Oliva incrassata, Harpulina lapponica, and more
10	NZ	Fossil shells (A) : Mainly from Castle Cliffs, Wanganui and Cape Palliser
11	NZ	Fossil shells (B) : Mainly from Castle Cliffs, Wanganui and Cape Palliser
12	NZ	Fossil shells (C) : from a variety of NZ locations
13	WW	Land snails : Helicostyla turbinoides, Helicostyla woodiana, Calocochlia pan, Acavus phoenix, Physota ovum, Acavus haemostoma, and more
14	WW	Land snails : Cochlostyla philippiensis, Calocochlea pan, Helicostyla marinduquensis, Heliocostyla pithogastu, Placostylus fibratus, and more
15	WW	Large : Melon baler, Cassis cornuta, Chicoreus ramosus, Tonna galea
16	WW	Lucky dip and box : Cypraea arabica, Polinces melaniostomus, Strombus luhuanus, Fimbria fimbriata, Cathidaria tyrhera, Conus canonicus, Cypraea walkeri, etc
17	NZ	Provocator mirabilis, Penion chathamensis, Mesopeplum convexum, Oxperas elongata, Frustriton magellanicus laudandus, and more and box
18	WW	Cymbiloa noilis, Strombus lattissimus, Livonia mammilla, Tibia delicatula, Trichus niloticus, Phyllonotus erythrostomus, and lots more and box
19	Furn	Small chest with 5 drawers
20	Furn	Large chest of 12 drawers - beautifully hand crafted especially for shells
21	WW	Muricidae 21 lots : including Murex pecten, Chicoreus palmarosae, Trophon gerversianus (Argentina), Purpurata trialata - good data
22	WW	Bivalves 42 lots : including Tellina perna, Soletellina irradians (South Africa), T squalida (England), T petitiana (Argentina) - good data
23	WW	Muricidae 22 lots : including Ceratostoma foliata (USA), Nacquetia triquetra (Papua New Guinea), Phyllonotus brassica - good data
24	WW	Bivalves 22 lots : including Callanaits disjecta, Acanthocardium aculeata (Mediterranean), Chlamys asperrimus - good data
25	WW	Muricidae 22 lots : including Crassilabrum crassilabrum (Argentina), Trophon gerversianus (Argentina), Thais rugosa (India) - good data
26	WW	Bivalves 25 lots : including Cyrtopleura costata, Lyropecten nodosus, Ensis ensis, Chama lazarus - good data
27	WW	Muricidae 20 lots : including Trophon lamellosus, Concholepas concholeopas (Chile), Murex festiva, Forreria belcheri (Mexico), Siratus alabaster, Phyllonotus regius - good data
28	Books	British Bivalve Seashells - Tebble, The Beautiful Shells of New Zealand - Moss (historic), Seashore Life - Campbell
29	NZ	Panopea zelandica, length 12.2 cm
30	WW	Hyotissa hyotis (Vavau, Tonga), length 21 cm
31	WW	Muricidae : Poirieria zelandica, Hexaplex cichoreum, Concholepas concholepas, Pterynotus alatus, Chicoreus capucinus, Chicoreus groschi, Chicoreus axicornis, Chicoreus florifer, Drupa rubusidaeus, Murex pomum, Lenitrophon convexus, Homalocantha scorpio
32	WW	Muricidae : Poirieria zelandica, Hexaplex cichoreum, Chicoreus laciniatus, Chicoreus damicornis, Chicoreus penchinati, Muricopsis octogonus, Drupa ricinus, Xymene plebeius, Stramonita haemostoma, Homalocantha zamboi, Lenitrophon convexus, Pterynotus triformis
33	WW	Muricidae : Poirieria zelandica, Hexaplex cichoreum, Hexaplex stainforthi, Chicoreus florifer, Pterynotus triformis, Pterynotus elongatus, Drupa rubusidaeus, Stramonita biserialis, Uttleya williamsi, Muricopsis octogonus, Vitularia salebrosa, Murex trapa
34	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe arabica (Cheltenham/Manukau)
35	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe swainsoni (Manawatu/Wanganui/Taranaki)
36	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe jaculoides (Bay of Plenty)
37	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe calva (Ninety Mile Beach)
38	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe johnstoni (Bay of Plenty)
39	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe fusus (deep water NZ)
40	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe swainsoni (Timaru)
41	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe swainsoni (Timaru)
42	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe swainsoni (Stewart Island/Gisborne)
43	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe fusus (Northern North Island)
44	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirabilis (Poor Knights)
45	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirabilis (Poor Knights)
46	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirabilis (Poor Knights)
47	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirabilis (Poor Knights)
48	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon lutea (Alderman Is)
49	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon (Alderman Is)
50	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe arabica (Auckland/Northland/Gisborne)
51	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe swainsoni/johnstoni (Auckland)
52	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirablis (Banks Pen)
53	NZ	Volutidae : Alcithoe arabica/fissurata (Northland/Alderman Is)
54	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon fissurata (Ninety Mile Beach)
55	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirablis (Timaru)
56	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirablis (Timaru)
57	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon fissurata (Ninety Mile Beach)
58	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon fissurata (North Island)
59	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon smithi (Otago/Timaru)
60	NZ	Volutidae : Pachymelon smithi (Banks Pen)
61	NZ	Volutidae : Iredalina mirablis (Auckland Islands)
62	NZ	Buccinidae : Austrofusus glans (NZ wide)
63	NZ	Buccinidae : Cominella (North Island)
64	NZ	Buccinidae : Penion sulcatus (North Is /Cape Campbell)
65	NZ	Buccinidae : Penion/Aeneator (NZ wide)
66	NZ	Buccinidae : Penion (Bay of Plenty)
67	NZ	Buccinidae : Penion (Auckland/Otago/Welllington)
68	NZ	Buccinidae : Cominella (NZ wide)
69	NZ	Buccinidae : Cominella (NZ wide)
70	NZ	Buccinidae : Buccinulum (NZ wide)
71	NZ	Buccinidae : Buccinulum (NZ wide)
72	NZ	Poirieria zelandica (2) (Hauraki Gulf), AWB Powell
73	NZ	Poirieria zelandica (a) growth series, AWB Powell
74	NZ	Alcithoe jaculoides (Bay of Plenty), AWB Powell
75	NZ	Alcithoe fusus haurakiensis, AWB Powell
76	NZ	Alcithoe fusus (sub-antarctic trawl), Ken Grange
77	NZ	Pachymelon smithi (East Otago), John Sutherland
78	NZ	Aenator? comptus? valedictus (1000m trawl off Bayleys Beach)
79	NZ	Trophon cardulus (1000m trawl off Bayleys Beach)
80	NZ	Thalassocyon tui (1000m trawl off Bayleys Beach)
81	NZ	Euciroa galtheae (2) (Alderman Is), Norman Douglas
82	NZ	Tawera marionae (3) plus Dosinia greyi, Mary Mouat
83	NZ	Lima zelandica (2) (Preservation Inlet, 1947), Captain Black
84	NZ	Maurea pellucida forsteriana, Bob Penniket
85	NZ	Maurea foveauxana (East Otago), AWB Powell
86	NZ	Maurea multigemmata (East Otago), AWB Powell
87	NZ	Maurea pellucida (2) (Devonport), Mary Mouat
88	NZ	Maurea tigris (Alderman Is) pale form, Norman Douglas
89	NZ	Cypraea vitellus (Poor Knights, January 1979), Warren Smith
90	NZ	Cellana strigilis strigilis (Campbell Is), Norman Gardner
91	NZ	Scutellastra kermadecensis (Raoul Is), Eddie Rodgers
92	WW	Conidae
93	WW	Bivalvia
94	WW	Volutidae
95	WW	Olividae
96	WW	Cypraeaidae
97	WW	Muricidae
98	WW	Strombidae
99	WW	Miscellaneous Gastropods
100	WW	Miscellaneous Gastropods
101	WW	Miscellaneous Gastropods
102	WW	Miscellaneous Gastropods
103		Freshwater Bivalves Lot A
104		Freshwater Bivalves Lot B
105		Freshwater Bivalves Lot C
106		Freshwater Bivalves Lot D
107	WW	Cones including bullatus, floccatus
108	WW	Bivalves including Bassina yatei
109	NZ	Bivalves
110	WW	Cypraea including staphalea, miliaris, depressa
111	WW	Cypraea including Macula, felina, cribraria
112	WW	Cypraea including clandestina, coxene, pyriformis
113	WW	Cypraea including hesitata, vitellus, lynx
114	WW	Cypraea including xanthadon, obvelata, mariae, caputdragonus
115	WW	Cypraea including pulchella, coxeni
116	WW	Cypraea including mapa, isabella, obvelata, felina
117	NZ	Alcithoe benthicola, 183mm, damaged lip
118	NZ	Alcithoe fissurata, 204mm, chipped lip
119	NZ	Alcithoe fissurata, 199mm
120	NZ	Alcithoe larochei tigrina x 2
121	NZ	Alcithoe pseudolutea x 2
122	NZ	Provocator mirabilis x 2
123	NZ	Provocator mirabilis (large angled form)
124	NZ	Provocator mirabilis (albino form)
125	NZ	Aeneator benthicolus x 2
126	NZ	Fusitriton magellanicus laudandus x 2
127	NZ	Ranella Olearium x 2
128	NZ	Ranella Olearium x 2
129	NZ	Calliostoma (Maurea) turnerarum x 2
130	NZ	Xenophora neozelanica neozelanica x 2
131	NZ	Coluzea mariae x 2
132	NZ	Mesopeplum convexum x 2
133	NZ	Zygochlamys delicatula x 2
134	Book	New Zealand Mollusca, A.W.B.Powell, 1979 - $100 reserve
135	Book	Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca (including Atlas of Plates), Henry Suter - $100 reserve
136	Book	Standard Catalog of Shells, Third Edition, Wagner and Abbott
137	NZ	Assorted 43 specimens
138	NZ	Assorted
139	Books	Assorted
140	WW	Conidae over 70 specimens
141	WW	Pectinidae 18 specimens
142	WW	Bivalves 63 specimens
143	WW	Mixed families smaller shells
144	WW	Assorted
145	WW	Assorted 66 specimens
146	WW	Landsnails including NZ
147	NZ	Species from an old collection
148		Crab carapaces and a display of shells in domed box
149	Book	Molluscs, John Morton
150	Book	North American equivalent of Morton & Millar
151	WW	Selection of good overseas shells
152	NZ	Bivalves : Most uncommon
153	NZ	Gastropods, bivalves, braciopods and barnacles
154	furn	Wooden show cases minus glass (x2)
155	NZ	Assorted
156	NZ	Assorted
157	WW	Snails
158	WW	Snails
159	WW	Neritidae
160	Book	Trilobites, Dinosaurs and Moa Bones - The story of N. Z. Fossil (Bruce Hayward)
161	Book	Marwicks illustrations of New Zealand Shells, 1966 (CA Fleming) (reserve)
162	Book	New Zealand Mollusca, 1979 (AWB Powell) (reserve)
163	Book	Shells of New Zealand, 1961 (AWB Powell) (reserve)
164	Book	A Natural History of Auckland, 1993 (John Morton)
165	Books	The Cliff Dwellings, 1979 (Wade Doak), A Treasury of New Zealand Fishes, 1956 (D Graham)
166	Book	Shells of New Zealand, 1976 (AWB Powell)
167	Books	New Zealand sea shells in colour, 1970 (Penniket), Beneath New Zealand Seas (Wade Doak), Just Under The Water, 1999 (Stace)
168	Books	Native Sea-Stars, 1962 NZ (Fell), Native Shells, 1962 NZ (Dell), Animals of estuary and shore, 1983 (Jones), Native animals of New Zealand, 1967 (Powell)
169	Books	Between the Tides, 1985 NZ Shore and Estuary Life (Bradstock), Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, 1973 (Miller/Batt/Willan)
170	Books	Marine Molluscs Part 2 Opisthobranchia, 1984 NZ (Morton/Waisby/Ball), Animals Without Backbones, 1987 (Buchsbaum/Pearse)
171	Books	Shells and Shell Collecting, 1972 (Dance), The World Beneath the Sea, 1972 (Torchio)
172	Books	Great Barrier Reef, 1950 (Dakin), Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, 1952 (Roughley), Barrier Reef in Colour, 1971 (Holthouse)
173	Books	The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs - Palaeontology, 1975 (Desmond), Quest for the African Dinosaurs, 1993 (Jacobs), Paleoentology and Paleoenvironments, 1981 (Skinner)
174	Books	Fossils - colour guide, 1981 (Prokop), Sleuthing Fossils,The Art of Investigating Past Life, 1990 (Cvancara)
175	Books	Assorted publications x5 - Coral, Shells, Seashore, Ocean floor
176	Books	New Zealand Shells and Shell Fish, 1971 (Pownall), Sea Shells of New Zealand (Bucknill)
177	Book	Australian Shells (600 species), 1971 (Wilson/Gillett)
178	Book	The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Shells (1,200 examples ), 1991 (Wye)
179	Books	Shells of the World, 1969 (Wye), Field Guide to North American Seashells, 1981 (Knopf)
180	Books	The Queer and Rare Fishes of New Zealand, 1960 (Parrott), Sea Fishes of New Zealand - a Collins Guide, 1982 (Ayling/Cox)
181	Book	Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour, Volume 1, 1975 (Kira) (Reserve)
182	Book	Shells of the Western Pacific in Colour, Volume 11, 1975 (Kira) (Reserve)
183	Books	Marine Invertebrates, 1989 (Haywood/Wells), Living Invertebrates, 1989 (Pearse/Buchsbaum) (Reserve)
184	WW	Pectinidae: Chlamys swifti, pallium, asperrimus, glosiosa, gigantea, delicatula, Pecten novaezelandae
185	WW	Pectinidae: C. australis, gloriosa, pallium, delicatula, asperrimus, tehuechus, Amussium papyraceus, A. japonicum
186	WW	Spondylidae: Spondylus americanus, wrightianus, tenuispinosus, squamosus, occidens
187	WW	Tridacnidae
188	WW	Cardiidae: Corculum cardissa (white & pink), Dinocardium robustum, Acanthocardia tuberculata, Trachycardium enode, Acrosterigma wilsoni
189	WW	Tellinidae: Tellina radiata, rostrata, foliacea, albinella, virgata, tongana, plicata
190	WW	Psamobiidae: Sanguinolaria, Gari, Soletellina, Asaphis
191	WW	Pinnidae, Pteridae, Mytilidae, Isognomonidae: Pinna vexillum, zelandica, Pteria loveni, Pinctada radiata, Isognomon perna
192	WW	Large Veneridae & Mactridae: Tresus nuttallii, capax, Amiantis callosa, Peryglypta multicostata, Mercenaria mercenaria, campechiensis
193	WW	Veneridae: Bassina, Placamen, Chione, Katelysia, Lioconcha, Pitar
194	WW	Veneridae: Macrocallista nimbosa, Callista planatella, chione, kingi, Paphia crassicula, Costacallista lilacina, Tapes litteratus, dorsatus
195	WW	Veneridae: Protothaca, Tapes, Tawera gayi, lagopus, gallinule, Gafraruim, Gomphina undulosa
196	WW	Mactridae: Mactra achatina, corallina, maculata, Anatina plicatella, Lutraria rhynchaena, Mactrellona alata
197	WW	Mesodesmatidae, Donaciidae, Solenidae: Paphies elongata, Donax deltoides, exeratus, Solen marcinatus, Ensis siliqua
198	WW	Arciidae, Glycymeridae, Limopsidae: Cucullaea, Glycymeris, Trisidios, Barbatia, Bathyarca, Limopsis
199	NZ	Placostylus, Paryphanta, Powelliphanta from old collection
200	NZ	Placostylus, Paryphanta, Powelliphanta from old collection
201	NZ	Powelliphanta from old collection, fossil Paryphanta & Placostylus
202	WW	Overseas land snails including Placostylus from New Caledonia
203	Book	National Geographic Mag. March 1969- the good one!
204	Book	Olive Shells of the World by Ziegler and Porreca - good condition
205	Book	Shells and Shell Collecting (S Peter Dance)
206	Book	The Scallop - edited by Ian Cox (previously owned by Jock and Martin Walker)
207	Book	Shell Collecting in Australia by Neville Coleman - as new
208	Book	The Living Volutes by Weaver and du Pont - very good condition - no dust jacket
209	Book	Australian Shells by Joyce Allan - excellent except for battered dust-jacket
210	Book	Shells on Stamps of the World by Arakawa - Japanese text but names also in Latin and English
211	Book	Shell Life - British Mollusca by Edward Step - 1945 (note inside indicates this owned by early member Captain Short)
212	Book	A Field Guide to the Maditerranean Sea Shore - Luther and Fielder - fair condition
213	Book	Indo-Pacific Mollusca Volume 1 - Limpets to Strombs with small section on Cowries - excellent condition.
214	Book	Indo-Pacific Mollusca Volume 2 - Cassids to Harps with big section on Mitres - excellent condition
215	Book	Indo-Pacific Mollusca Volume 3 - Turrids to Clams (Turrids were another big section contributed by A,W.B. Powell) - excellent condition
216	Book	Packet of odd books and articles including real photo of Voluta benthicola sold by John Alexander to du Pont.
217	stamp	Selection of Stamps depicting Shells (on Hagner Sheet)
218	stamp	Selection of Stamps depicting Shells (on Hagner Sheet)
219	WW	Strombidae : Strombus listeri, latissimus, vittatus, campbelli, Tibia delicatula, fusus, curvirostris
220	WW	Strombidae : Lambis lambis, digitata, chigara, crocata, scorpio
221	WW	Turridae : Thatcheria mirabilis, Bathytoma luhdorffi, Turricula kaderleyi, Gemmula unedo
222	WW	Turridae : Thatcheria mirabilis, Turris crispa, Turris babylonia, Bathytoma agnata
223	WW	Ovulidae & Triviidae : Ovula ovum, Trivia pediculus, T. merces, Neosimia uniplicata, Cyphoma gibbosum
224	WW	Harpidae : Harpa cabriti, articularis, major, crenata, amouretta, harpa, kajiyamai, doris
225	WW	Harpidae : Harpa cabriti, articularis, major, crenata, amouretta, harpa, kajiyamai, doris
226	WW	Harpidae : Morum cancellata, dennisoni, grande, joelgreeni, matthewsi, oniscus, praeclarum, tuberculatum, uchiyami
227	WW	Austroharpa punctata & Austroharpa sp. fossil
228	WW	Harpa costata
229	WW	Ficidae, Ficus gracilis, subintermedia, ficoides, communis, ventricosa
230	WW	Mitridae & Costellariidae, Mitra mitra, strictica, cardinalis, Vexillum rugosum, vulpeculam, caffrum
231	WW	Terebridae, Terebra maculata, subulata, areolata, dimidiata, crenulata
232	WW	Terebridae, Terebra maculata, subulata, areolata, dimidiata, crenulata
233	WW	Ranellidae, overseas : smaller species including Cymatium gutternium, caudatum, kampyla, rubeculum, Linatella cingulatum, Galanga succinata
234	WW	Bursa & Distortio : Bursa rana, cruentata, bufonia, nana, lamarcki, Distortio reticulata, decussata, constricta, clarathra
235	WW	Coral, New Caledonia, Cook Islands
236	NZ	Mix of 15 species including : Rexithaerus spenceri, Astraea heliotropium, Paphies subtriangulata, Cellana flava, Cominella nassoides sp
237	WW	Volutidae 11 species including : canaliculata, pulchra, roadnightae, rupestris, sericata, studeri
238	WW	Muricidae 14 species including : angularis, articulatus, brevicula, florifer, fournieri, oculatus, pazi, recurvirostris, siratus senegalensis
239	WW	Muricidae 14 species including : brassica, brunneus, cichoreum, pomum, radix
240	WW	Muricidae - Thais 17 species including : bufo, clavigera, dubia, emarginata, haemastoma, hippocostanum, kieneri, luteostoma, triangularis
241	WW	Conidae 14 species including : episcopus, inscriptus, mediterraneus, princeps, tessalata
242	WW	Conidae 10 species including : caracteristicus, ebraeus, tinianus, victoriae
243	WW	Melongenidae 9 species including : canaliculatum, coarctitum, contrarium, corona, morio, ternatanus
244	WW	Nassariidae 15 species (mulitiple specimens) including : abbreviata, capensis, coronatus, globosus, kraussiana, pulla, pyrrhus
245	WW	Buccinidae 6 species : bailya, erythrostomus, senticosus, suritulus, undatum, zonalis
246	WW	Coralliophilidae 3 species : kawamuri, meyendorffi, mawae PLUS WW Cancellariidae 3 species: asperella, loveolata, reticulata
247	WW	Strombidae 10 species including : bulla, latissimus, millepeda, raninus, scorpius, vomer
248	WW	Bursidae 11 species including : bubo, crumena, echinata, mammata, rubeta
249	WW	Cassidae 6 species including : coarctata, echinophora, erinaceus, granulatum PLUS WW Tonnidae 4 species including : allium, pomum, tessellata
250	WW	Bivalves 12 species
251	WW	Fasciolariidae 8 species
252	WW	Mix 15 species including : Voluta bullatiana, Turbo chrysostoma, Patella miniata, Polinices powisianus, Marginella turbinata
253	Book	The Paryphantidae of New Zealand - A. W. B. Powell - Published 30 June 1930 (Reserve)
254	Book	Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia book I - Alan Solem - ex RK Dell library (Reserve)
255	Furn	Unique Kiwiana mirror in starfish shape with NZ shells

Whilst all care has been taken with preparation of the lot list I apologise in advance for any errors and omissions that may have occurred - Jan