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Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Land Shells
 
CALIFORNIA
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PECTINIDAE from California
enlarge photoID Shell: 378642
Species: Argopecten ventricosus aequisulcatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Location: California
Description: F++, GREAT SPECIMEN! VERY HARD TO GET NOW! FROM LINO LASAGNA COLLECTION!
Size: 50.5mm
Price: $15.00
Offered in our list: 4625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 373453
Species: Argopecten ventricosus aequisulcatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Location: California
Description: F++, DARK INFLATED SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1960´s!
Size: 67.6mm
Price: $30.00
Offered in our list: 52i25
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enlarge photoID Shell: 378573
Species: Chlamys hastata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Location: California
Description: F++, EXTREMELY RARE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPECIMEN! LOOKS SO DIFFERENT! FROM LINO LASAGNA COLLECTION!
Size: 37.6mm
Price: $40.00
Offered in our list: 4625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 382479
Species: Crassadoma gigantea (J. E. Gray, 1825)
Location: California
Description: F+, FORMERLY HINNITES GIGANTEUS! GREAT SPECIMEN FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION
Size: 80.1mm
Price: $25.00
Offered in our list: 0326
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enlarge photoID Shell: 378891
Species: Crassadoma gigantea (J. E. Gray, 1825)
Location: California
Description: F+, GREAT SPECIMEN FROM LINO LASAGNA COLLECTION! FOUND IN THE 1970s!
Size: 97mm
Price: $40.00
Offered in our list: 4725
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enlarge photoID Shell: 372967
Species: Crassadoma gigantea (J. E. Gray, 1825)
Location: California
Description: F+, DARK REDDISH BROWN SPINY VALVE! FULLY CLEANED! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION! FOUND IN 1956! (THE BLACK ON THE LOWER VALVE IS A ROCK, NOT A HOLE)
Size: 113.1mm
Price: $35.00
Offered in our list: 52i25
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enlarge photoID Shell: 370719
Species: Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837)
Location: California
Description: F++, UNUSUAL SPECIMEN FROM MICHAEL CAHILL COLLECTION!
Size: 22.2mm
Price: $12.00
Offered in our list: 2625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 370720
Species: Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837)
Location: California
Description: F++, UNUSUAL SPECIMEN FROM MICHAEL CAHILL COLLECTION!
Size: 23.6mm
Price: $12.00
Offered in our list: 2625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 370721
Species: Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad, 1837)
Location: California
Description: F++, GREAT DARK ORANGE SPECIMEN FROM MICHAEL CAHILL COLLECTION!
Size: 24.6mm
Price: $12.00
Offered in our list: 2625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 368255
Species: Leptopecten latiauratus monotimeris (Conrad, 1837)
Location: California
Description: F+, I WAS NOT GOING TO OFFER THIS AS THE LOWER VALVE HAS A CHIP, BUT HAS A BEAUTIFUL DARK RED-ORANGE COLOR! COLLECTED BY JOHN BURCH IN 1935! (CON)
Size: 30mm
Price: $25.00
Offered in our list: 2625
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enlarge photoID Shell: 373949
Species: Leptopecten latiauratus monotimeris (Conrad, 1837)
Location: California
Description: F++, INFLATED ECOLOGIC FORM (SEE ABBOTT 1974)! THE RIBS ARE ROUNDED AND IN SMALLER NUMBER! FOUND IN 1933! FROM DOUG SNOOK COLLECTION!
Size: 27.8mm
Price: $20.00
Offered in our list: 52i25
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