North Carolina Shell Club

Auction Catalog II

Lot 30

Horned Helmet; 222 mm

Cassis cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Collected at Eniwtok Atoll 1960’s

By Louis C. Spillman, Jr.

Donated by Harry Spillman

Lot 31

Seba’s Spider Conch; 285 mm

Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843)

Collected at Eniwtok Atoll 1960’s

By Louis C. Spillman, Jr.

Donated by Harry Spillman Lot 30 and 31 are shells with historic interest.

A letter is included with each shell profiling

the collector’s history.

Lot 32

Two Striate Cones

Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758

Okinawa; 75 mm; by Bill Bennight

Oahu, Hawaii; 97 mm; by Dave Watts

Lot 33

Three Cones

Conus imperialis; 41 mm; Hawaii

Donated by Dave Watts

Conus generalis; 43 mm; Okinawa

Conus marmoreus; 42 mm; Okinawa

Donated by Bill Bennight

Lot 34

Three Hawaiian Gastropods

Cypraea caputserpentis; 23 mm

Polinices tumious; 19 mm

Mitra aurora; 23 mm

Donated by Dave Watts

Lot 35

Calico Scallops Collection

Color variants

Argopecton gibbus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Donated by Everett Long

Lot 36

Mixed Bivalve Collection

Cardium, Veneridae, Others

Lot 37

Mixed Bivalve Collection

Cardium, Veneridae, Others

Donated by Everett Long

Lot 38

Mixed Bivalve Collection

Veneridae, Arcs, Ostrea

Donated by Everett Long

Lot 39

Book

“American Seashells” Second Edition

R. Tucker Abbott

Donated by Ed Shuller/Jeanette Tysor

The must have book for American Shells!

Lot 40

Collection of publications

Vintage shell publications for historic interest

Donor - Anonymous

Lot 41

“Into The Field Guide”

Everything needed to explore

and learn about seashore life

Donated by Dora Zimmerman

Lot 42

Three nesting boxes

16” x 12” x 5.5”; 14” x 9.5” x 4.5”; 12” x 8.5” x 3.5”

Sturdy boxes, hinged lids, magnetic closures, shell motif decorations

So much nicer than storing your treasures in brown cardboard boxes.

Donated by Sue Hobbs

Lot 43

King Helmet

Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bahamas; 222 mm

Donated by Alan Gettleman

Lot 44

Crowned Baler

Melo broderipii (Gray in Griffith & Pridgeon, 1833)

Philippines (full data); 323 mm

Donated by Alan Gettleman

Lot 45

Bivalves Collection

Cardium, Venus, Lima, Duck Clam

Donated by Everett Long Lot 46

Prickly & Yellow Cockle Collection

Trachicardium egmontium (Shuttleworth, 1856)

Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Color variations

Donated by Everett Long

Lot 47

Worm Snail

Siliquaria anguina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Collected by local fishermen

off Mactan Is. Philippines 135 mm

Donated by Everett Long

Lot 48

Eloise’s Acteon

Acteon eloisae Abbott, 1973

Masira Island, Oman 25 mm

Collected by the Bosch family

Donated by Harold Brown

Lot 49

11 Species of “Pinecrest Region” (Florida ) Land Snails

Excellent data with each specimen many from areas now off limits to collecting.

Donated by Alan Gettleman

Liguus fasciatus flori-

danus

Zachrysia provisoria Liguus fasciatus

versicolor

Helicina clappi

Subulina octona Bulimulus guadalupenisis

Euglandina rosea

Praticolella griseola

Chondropoma dentatum

Polygra cereolus

Drymaeus multilineatus

Bradybaena similaris

Liguus fasciatus barbouri

Lot 50

4 Florida Liguus Land Snails

All with complete data

Donated by Alan Gettleman

Liguus fasciatus mosieri Liguus fasciatus vacaensis Liguus fasciatus floridanus

Lot 51

Carrot Cone

Conus daucus Hwass, 1792

Dominican Republic 53 – 26 mm

Donated by Dora Zimmerman

Lot 52

3 Dominican Republic Gastropods

Conus nux (3 specimens) 10 -14 mm

Lithopoma phoebium 34 mm

Cypraea cinera (3 specimens) 17 – 22 mm

Donated by Dora Zimmerman

Lot 53

3 Dominican Republic Bivalves

Modiolus americanus (2) 51 – 65 mm

Chlamys ornata (2) 21 – 26 mm

Pecten ziczac 31 mm

Donated by Dora Zimmerman

Lot 54

Flamingos

Sculpture, Cup, Light Catcher

and Photograph

Donated by Dora Zimmerman

Lot 55

3 Nesting Boxes

Sizes 6.75” x 6.75” x 3.5”

7.75” x 7.75” x 4.5”; 8.75” x 8.75” x 5.5”

With magnetic closing lids

Donated by Sue Hobbs

Lot 56

2 Nesting Boxes

Sizes: 11” x 8” x 2.5”; 13.5” x 10.5” x 3”

Donated by Sue Hobbs