The shells you will find listed when you make your selection of lists are specimens that I have accumulated over the past 50+ years either by self collecting, trading or buying as I traveled around the world. Specimens are being added continually, so check back frequently to see what’s new. We will have a separate listing of recently added specimens to make this a bit easier.

I have 8,200+ entries on the list (when we add the latest additions) organized alphabetically by genera. You can search the list for Family, Genus or Species. I have attempted to use the most recent books on a particular area to check identifications, etc., but am certain errors will occur. For that I apologize. Some of the best books for certain areas are quite old (i.e. American Seashells by Abbott for North America and New Zealand Molluscs by Powell), but are still the best general reference. As time permits I will recheck each of the 450+ drawers of specimens and attempt to update any out-of-date nomenclature. It will help if I live to 100 years old!

When your order is received, either by email or postal service I will go over the list and pull out of my stock those which are still available. Then an invoice will be sent to you for approval, including shipping. As I am retired and this is supposedly “a hobby”, I am often away traveling, enjoying this beautiful part of southeast Asia, so your inquiry might not receive an immediate response, other than an automatic acknowledgement of receipt. I hope you will be patient and understanding.

So please enjoy going over the list – we hope soon to have a “shopping cart” system in place so you won’t have to note those species of interest, but that’s in the future. We are also continuously taking photos of the shells – if there is something that interests you, but no photo is available, please email me and a photo can be provided via the Internet. If a species is marked as sold, but you want to know when I get another specimen put these items on a "want list" and I will let you know when this species is again in stock.

Unfortunately if you’ve discovered this website and think I feature the shells of Thailand, you’ll be disappointed. I do live in Thailand now, but am concentrating at this time on organizing and listing the past accumulation of specimens which included only a few from here. More will be added as time passes and I hope to have a page dedicated to Thailand mollusks soon.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Tom
Tom Rice

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Note: (Price are in Euros €)