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Heilprinia caloosaensis 2 7/8” or 74.06mm. Heilprin, 1886-Extinct Superb Collected in the Golden Gate Member (Petuch Unit 7 Equivalent, Lower Beds) of the Tamiami Formation on 12/6/15.Aggregates Pit, Lee County, Bonita Springs, Florida Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin.   

Anadara lienosa 4” or 100.16mm. Say 1822-Extinct Larg Collected in the Belle Glade of the Bermont Formation on June 24th, 2001. Palm Beach Aggregates Pit, Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, Florida. Chibanian Pleistocene 126,00-400,000 Years Ago. Collected and identified by: Herbert Waldron and Edward J Petuch.   

Cancellaria depressa 1 ¼” or 29.99mm. Tuomey & Holmes, 1857-Extinct Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1980’s Apac Pit, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin.   

An NG/Gem Cribrarula esontropia francescoi 17.61mm. Lorenz 2002 Collected by diver under coral at 5-7 meters in 2009. Fort Dauphin, Madagascar.   

Eupleura metae 1” or 25.41mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct Juvenile Collected in the Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation in the 1980’s Apac Pit, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.6 M.Y.A. This is a rather uncommon juvenile.

Gemophos tridentatus 1 ¼” or 31.33mm. Tuomey & Holmes, 1858 Collected in the Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation (Petuch Unit 7) in the 1980’s Apac Pit, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.6 M.Y.A.

Harpa articularis 3 ¾” or 95.49mm. Lamarck, 1822-Superb Collected by local diver on sand at 20-30 meters in the 2000’s Bohol, Philippines.   

Heilprinia caloosaensis 2 5/8” or 64.29mm. Heilprin, 1886-Extinct Superb Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation on 04/16/16.SMR Aggregates, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.6 M.Y.A. Coll: Melanie Briskin Really superb specimen with protoconch and the normal minor nicks. Collected the last day this pit mined fossil shell!

An F++Hexaplex princeps 2” or 49.96mm. w/o. Broderip, 1833 “Dwarf”Diver collected at 18- 20 meters on rocky bottom in April ,2014.Manabi, Ecuador.   

Jaspidiconus hyshugari 1” or 24.91mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct Collected in the Holey Land of the Bermont Formation in the 1990’s.Palm Beach Aggregates, Pit #9Loxahatchee Palm Beach County, Florida. Calabrian Pleistocene 781,000-1.8 M.Y.A. Collector: Herbert Waldron with Dr. Ed Petuch Normal lip chips but nice fossil conus and hard to obtain now with no quarry producing them   

Lindaconus streami 2 3/8” or 59.88mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 3) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1980’s Apac Pit, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.6-3.0 M.Y.A. Coll: Melanie Briskin Lip has usual minor chips.

An F+/Mostly F++Lyncina ventriculus 1 7/8” or 48.13mm. Lamarck, 1810 Taken by diver on coral reef at 15 -20 meters. Batan Island, Albay, Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines.   

An F++/ Near-Gem Muracypraea mus 1 3/8” or 33.38mm. Linne, 1758 Collected at 2-4 meters by skin diver in the grassy shallows in the 2000’s Amuay Bay, Venezuela.   

An F++/NG Periglypta puerpera 4 3/8” or 108.89mm. Linne, 1771-“Large”Collected by Local fishermen in up to 20 meters of water.Sulawesi Indonesia.     

Pleioptygma lindae 2 ½” or 60.69mm. Petuch, 1991 Extinct “Rare” Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation in 2020.Aggregates Pit, Tampa Bay Area, Hillsborough County, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collector P#2 Identified by Melanie Briskin -Collector and true locality will be divulged in the final data of this fossil Pleioptygma   

Seashells of the Texas Coast by Jean Andrews, 1971.University of Texas Press. Austin Texas & London. 298 pages with dust cover and plastic cover. Light moisture spotting on the spine Size 11 3/8” x 9” x 1 3/8” Very Good Condition. Excellent book on Texas Seashells in Black and white plates.   

Strombus keatonorum brantleyi 3" or 75.85mm. Petuch & Drolshagen 2011.Extinct Collected in the Bee Branch Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation in 2004. Brantley Pit, Arcadia, Florida. Gelasian Pleistocene 2.0-2.2 M.Y.A. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin.   

Strombus sarasotaensis cannoni 2 ¼ or 55.84mm. Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011-Extinct Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 3) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1980’s. Apac Pit, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.58-3.0 M.Y.A.     

Trajana pyta 16.46mm. Gardner, 1948-Extinct "Ultra-Rare" Collected in the Pinecrest Member (Petuch Unit 7) of the Tamiami Formation in 1985. Apac Pit, Sarasota County, Sarasota Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 3.0-3.4 M.Y.A. Collected and identified by: Melanie Briskin.  This is a rare offering from the Famous Apac Pit.   

An F+/F++ Vexillum speciosum 16.81mm. Reeve, 1844 Taken in 20 meters of water under coral in rubble in 1988 Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.