Melo umbilicatus (Sowerby, 1826) in a black lacquered wood base.
Heavy Baler Sea - Melo umbilicatus, from Australia.
Great pattern and quality (F+/ F++) for a giant shell like this, nowadays it's very hard to get this size.
Papilio rumanzovia - the Red Mormon, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae, from Philippines.
This fabulous dome have 3 pair of male and female specimen, mounted in a Redmoor wood piece.
One of a Kind handmade piece.
Tubipora musica coral in an acrylic base, from Solomon island.
Beautiful natural red color, formed by pipes that remind an organ!
It is supplied with CITES number.
This species of Spongia came from the Florida Keys.
It is a very healthy population once from many years they are fished commercially for bath sponges, these are special pieces turned into great decor objects. The sponges feed on microorganisms that they filter and their larvae are taken by the sea movements making them widespread. Taken by divers from 5 to 40 meters deep.
Mounted in a black lacquered wood stand.
Pocillopora meandrina, from Solomon Islands.
Beautiful coral, mounted in a black granite base.
Supplied with CITES certificate.
A superb Scyphocrinites elegans in a rose marble base.
A One of a Kind piece, from Permian period (358 to 419 million years) of Erfoud - Morocco, an extinct genus of crinoid Camarocrinus.
Beautiful fossil slabs colous and pattern made an extraordinary decor piece.
Side table with petrified wood and three double handmade brass legs.
Top of the table is a slice of petrified tree - Araucaria species with 220 million years from Early Triassic period, with beautiful pattern and very dark color.
It comes from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar.
One of a kind piece.
Tubipora musica coral in granite base, from Solomon island.
Beautiful natural red color, formed by pipes that remind an organ!
It is supplied with CITES number.
Polished Orthoceras slab fossil with over 400 million years.
As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix.
The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco - mounted in a black granite base.
Gorgonocephalus - Astrospartus mediterraneus, a fantastic deep sea starfish, displayed in an open vitrine with grey lacquered wood base.
This one is taken from a deep of 90 meters of Capo Vado, Savona Italy. It is necessary a special technique to dry and to keep it in a perfect shape, turning it a highly decorative and curious species. Sometimes they are attached to sponges and deep water corals.
This species habits until deeps of 800-900 meters.
A One of a Kind handmade piece.
Wood glass dome with two Papilio ulysses from Ceram - Moluccan Island, a superb exclusive species with bright contrast of black and deep blue.
Papilio ulysses - popularly named as Ulysses Butterfly, Blue Mountain Swallowtail, Mountain Blue or Blue Emperor - it is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family and Papilioninae subfamily, found in the Australian biogeographic region and native to the Wallacea area and the island of Nova Guinea, Bismarck archipelago and Northern Australia.
Gorgonocephalus - Astrospartus mediterraneus is a fantastic deep sea starfish.
This one is taken from a deep of 90 meters of Capo Vado, Savona Italy. It is necessary a special technique to dry and to keep it in a perfect shape, turning it a highly decorative and curious species. Sometimes they are attached to sponges and deep water corals.
This species habits until deeps of 800-900 meters.
Displayed in a glass vitrine with black lacquered wooden base.
Pocillopora meandrina coral, from Solomon Islands.
Beautiful coral, mounted in a wood base.
Supplied with CITES certificate.
A superb glass vitrine with two of each of the following outstanding and very colorful rare Coleoptera.
Euchroma gigantea from Peru, Lampropeplarotschildii from Madagascar, Chrysochroa mniszechii and Chrysochroa mniszechii rugicollis from Thailand.
Very uncommon this beauty decor piece.
Cyriopagopus minax known as Thailand black is a medium sized Tarantula.
It is a very fast and aggressive spider, and females are bigger and more dangerous! Even during mating, males are too afraid to simply approach a female and mate with her. Males take it pretty slow, attempting to distract the female with large slapping action from their front pair of legs.
They live in Thailand and Myanmar.
Coelacanth Devonian Fossil Nodule
This is a nicely preserved, Lower Triassic (247 million year old) Coelacanth fossil from the Karoo Formation of Madagascar.
It is preserved inside of a concretion that has been broken open (perfect two halfs) with great measure.
There are many different types of fossil fish found in these nodules, but the Coelacanths are one of the rarer components of the fauna.
Incredible detail including fins, scales and the bony head structure.
Exceptional piece mounted in a natural marble vertical display.
Beautiful Coral Acropora latistella in a black lacquered wood base, from Solomon Island.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
One of a Kind piece.
Acropora hyacinthus, known as table coral, mounted in a handmade brass stand, from Solomon Islands.
An authentic museum decor piece.
Supplied with CITES certificate.
Acropora florida coral - Branch coral in a handmade brass base, from Solomon Islands.
One of the most beautiful corals, found only till 30 meter deep.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Tubipora musica coral in granite base, from Solomon island.
Beautiful natural red color, formed by pipes that remind an organ!
It is supplied with CITES number.
Cauliflower Coral - Pocillopora eydouxi in a black wood base, from Solomon Islands.
Cauliflower corals are widespread and can be identified by the presence of wart-like growths on their surface.
The colonies can be dome shaped or branching and are very variable in color and shape depending on the species and the environmental conditions. Each individual polyp has tentacles but these are normally extended only at night.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Araucaria trunk piece from the famous Ambilobe Petrified forest in Madagascar.
These are formations from the Triassic period with around 220 million years.
Mounted in a granite base is a beautiful historic piece!
Montipora Coral in a handmade brass base, from Solomon Islands.
Montipora corals are very delicate, large variation in form and shape, is among the most sought after by collectors.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Sea Stars displayed in an open glass vitrine with white lacquered wood base. Composed by one Sugar Star, one Sun Star, one Jungle Star and two Duck stars.
Very colourful and decorative One of a Kind handmade piece.
Neptun Cap Coral - Halomitra pileus in an acrylic base, from Solomon island.
These corals are not attached to the rocks or other corals, they live free on the bottom, and usually in the shape of a helmet, but also sometimes with a flattened round shape.
Supplied with CITES certificate.
Finger Coral - Acropora humilis, from Solomon Islands.
Beautiful coral, mounted in a black granite base.
Supplied with CITES certificate.
Stylophora pistillata coral in a black lacquered wood base, from Solomon Islands.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Beautiful Coral Stylophora pistillata (Elk Horn coral) in a white krion base, from Solomon Island.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Beautiful Coral Stylophora pistillata (Elk Horn coral) in an acrylic base, from Solomon Island.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
A beautiful glass dome with 7 Epitonium scalare and a few small corals.
Epitonium scalare is a classic elusive species, from Philippines.
Thysania agrippina is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776.
The most commonly accepted English name is the "White witch". Thysania agrippina is a competitor for title of "largest insect". This may be true by the measure of wingspan—a Brazilian specimen with a wingspan of almost 30 cm (12 in) appears to hold the record. The "White witch" occurs from Uruguay to Mexico. One story of the derivation of the common name: early naturalists collected specimens of birds and bats with shotguns. An enormous darting flyer high in the canopy was a tempting target. Firing a cloud of pellets at a "White witch" moth did not necessarily bring it down, however, because the body is small relative to the wing area.
Very hard to find nowadays this perfectly beautiful specimen from Peru.
One of a kind handmade piece.
Very special glass vitrine with three Kalima inachus, from Thailand and three Salamis anteva, from Madagascar.
The two species named as Deadleaf butterflies, because when the wings closed they look like a dead leaf and so predators don't catch them. One of each butterfly is mounted showing from the back side position to show the similarity with a dead leaf.
Nine Gorgonocephalus specimen showing several variations displayed in a glass vitrine with black lacquered wooden base.
Gorgonocephalus - Astrospartus mediterraneus is a fantastic deep sea starfish.
These ones have been taken from a deep of 90 meters of Capo Vado, Savona Italy. It is necessary a special technique to dry and to keep it in a perfect shape, turning it a highly decorative and curious species. Sometimes they are attached to sponges and deep water corals.
This species habits until deeps of 800-900 meters.
An outstanding unique dramatic piece, handmade by One of a Kind.
Beautiful Coral Stylophora pistillata (Elk Horn coral) in a gold metal support, from Solomon Island.
Supplied with Cites certificate.
Beautiful Nautilus polished cutted in two halves showing all the mother-of-pearl of the Nautilus pompilius, from Philippines.
Mounted in a handmade brass base, it's a unique One of a Kind decor piece.
Supplied with certification document.
A Papilio family frame, displaying:
Papilio maacki - from China
Papilio memnon - from Thailand
Papilio nireus - from Congo
Papilio delalandei - from Madagascar
Papilio lormieri - from Congo
Papilio antenor - from Madagascar
Beautiful set on a white wood frame.
Jimbacrinus Bostocki (Crinoid Fossil - Ordovician 488 million years)
This is a rare piece, mass mortality plate of Jimbacrinus bostocki crinoid fossils from Western Australia with over 8 individuals on it.
These crinoids are 3D and have a very alien appearance.
The plate is 32cm x 20cm and has been nicely prepared.
These Jimbacrinus crinoids are hard to acquire due to Australia's strict fossil export laws.
This specimen was exported legally during the 80's and was part of a collection for years before being recently re-prepared.
Papilio antimachus in a white wood frame.
Two specimen, one each side, showing the interior and the back of their magnificent wings. The African giant swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. With a wingspan between 18 and 23 centimetres, it is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest butterflies in the world.
The wings are long and narrow and the ground color is orange brown with black markings. Papilio antimachus live in the tropical rainforests of west and central Africa. The distribution area stretches from Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. The male is larger than the female and can be seen in groups at nectar. The females show themselves less, continually flying high above the tree tops.
The butterfly has no natural enemies because it is very toxic. This one came from Congo.
A Victorian style glass vitrine, same look of the one's found in the XVIII/XIX century Curious Cabinets, with Coral, sea shells, sea urchins and gorgonian, from several proveniences.
Supplied with full data of the species.
A beautiful glass vitrine with a male and female of Mecynorhina torquata, is among the largest flower beetles in the world, only surpassed by the goliath beetles.It reaches about 55–85 millimetres (2.2–3.3 in) of length in the males, while the females are slightly smaller, reaching about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) of length.
Also a male and female of Mecynorhina ugandensis that differs from the torquata in the colour more brown and slightly bigger. These beetles are native to tropical Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Uganda. In this case they came from Uganda.
