Shells and Marine Animals

Marine Life Cabinet – white specimen on a black lacquered wood cabinet Victorian style.

Inside from left to right up from down :

Knobbed white sea urchin, from Philippines

Pocillopora meandrina coral, from Solomon Isl.

Xenophora pallidula, from Philippines

Two Fusinus colus, from Philippines

Two Cymatium muricinum, from Philippines

Two Homalocantha zamboi, from Philippines

Three Siratus alabaster, from Philippines

Clypeaster sp., from USA

Two Sand dollar urchin, from USA

Clypeaster sp., from USA

Seriatopora hystrix coral, from Solomon Isl.

Argonauta argo, from Indonesia

Ovula ovum, from Philippines

White Sea star, from USA

Carcharhinus obscurus vertebrae, from Madagascar

White Sea star, from USA

A beautiful barrel form Tarpon Springs - Anclote, Florida - USA grass sponge. These very typical sponge was start been explored for domestic use in the 1900" by greek divers that emigrate to USA, becoming very popular.

They start to farm these sponges and now there have a sustainable exploitation. When they have this barrel form they use them for decor purposes and not for bath and exfoliation.

A beautiful and colorful mini Marine Life Glass dome, with a Seriatopora Hystrix coral from Solomon Islands, a Terebra dimidiata, a Nerita textilis, a Clanculus puniceus from Philippines and a Orange sea urchin from Madagascar.

For your kids Natural History collection!

Sea fan is a Gorgonian, classified in the phylum Cnidaria, mounted in a dark brass base.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean.

A huge Busycon contrarium from Tampa Bay - Florida - USA.

Beautiful decor piece, mounted in a handmade dark brass base.

A beautiful Victorian style table tray with a Tridacna derasa on a handmade brass support with old decoration of tree branches supporting the two halves of the Tridacna.

A unique piece produced and created by One of a Kind. 

Supplied with CITES certificate.

Charonia tritonis - Giant Triton, in shell length, this is one of the biggest mollusks in the coral reef.

Beautiful pattern and colours, from Madagascar, mounted in a handmade dark brass base.

Simpsonella sp. a great freshwater mussel from Philippines, can grow to near 30 cm and is a edible species and much prized by its high quality mother of pearl.

Perfect specimen mounted in a brass base.

Fantastic deep water Sponge species. A deep water hard sponge, very peculiar resemble Turbinaria coral.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood base, from Tulear, Madagascar waters.

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

A superb Bryozoa sps. Glass vitrine - Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. Typically about 0.5 millimetres long, they have a special feeding structure called a lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles used for filter feeding. Most marine bryozoans live in tropical waters, but a few are found in oceanic trenches and polar waters. The bryozoans are classified as the marine bryozoans (Stenolaemata) 5,869 living species are known. At least, two genera are solitary (Aethozooides and Monobryozoon); all the rest are colonial.

Colonies take a variety of forms, including fans, bushes and sheets. Single animals, called zooids, live throughout the colony and are not fully independent. These individuals can have unique and diverse functions. All colonies have "autozooids", which are responsible for feeding, excretion, and supplying nutrients to the colony through diverse channels. Some classes have specialist zooids like hatcheries for fertilized eggs, colonial defence structures, and root-like attachment structures. Cheilostomata is the most diverse order of bryozoan, possibly because its members have the widest range of specialist zooids. They have mineralized exoskeletons and form single-layered sheets which encrust over surfaces, and some colonies can creep very slowly by using spiny defensive zooids as legs.

Predators of marine bryozoans include sea slugs (nudibranchs), fish, sea urchins, pycnogonids, crustaceans, mites and starfish. Chemicals extracted from a marine bryozoan species have been investigated for treatment of cancer and Alzheimer's disease, but analyses have not been encouraging.

These four different species of Bryozoa have been taken by a famous Italian diver at a deep of 40/50 m from Capo Vado – Savona coast, Italy.

Sea fan is a Gorgonian, classified in the phylum Cnidaria, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean.

Gorgonacea sp. beautiful yellow sea fan, thick branches very robust dived 20 m, from Java – Indonesia.

Great decor item, mounted in an iron base.

An exceptional specimen of pinna nobilis, from Greece, in a black lacquered wood frame .

The specimen came from a old collection, today is impossible to get this size specimen. 

One of a Kind decor piece!

Pentaceraster alveolatus is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Know as Cushion Sea star, occurs in sandy-rocky intertidal regions and on reef platform at depths of 1 to 60 m.

Feeds on carrion and harmless for humans.

Dived from Jetafe - Bohol Isl. Philippines and mounted in a high gloss beige base. 

Mexican Sunflower Starfish 23 legs and Ophiura from Philippines Glass Dome.

Two very special Echinoderms, both with strange forms that let us see how impressive nature can be. They are high quality specimen in very good colour.

Both of these species are predator of sea urchins.

Mounted by One of a Kind in glass dome with black lacquered base.

Sea fan is a Gorgonian, classified in the phylum Cnidaria, mounted in a metal circle.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean.

Two dark colour Sand dollars in a beige lacquered wood base.

The Sand dollars are species of flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Echinarachnius parma, the Common Sand Dollar, is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, from the intertidal zone to considerable depths. Sand dollars can be found in temperate and tropical zones, these come from Florida – USA.

All sand dollars have a rigid skeleton known as a test. This is the typical white disk found washed up on beaches. The living animals have a skin of movable spines on the test. The sand dollars are the most specialised sea urchins. All their features are adaptations for burrowing. They live just beneath the sand, either flat or at an angle. At an angle they keep the edge facing the oncoming currents, presumably to catch food. Sand dollars can live for up to 10 years. Most living sand dollars have dark colours, like brown or purple. Their darker color helps them stay camouflaged, easily hiding in the sand or mud or on the sea floor. The tests of sand dollars do not have bristles and tube feet, and because of the sun, they usually become bleached white.

Syrinx aruanius - Australian Trumpet shell in a dark brass base.

It's a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. Shells over 50 cm are now impossible to obtain, specially in good condition. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.

This one is open into an spiral shape, handmade by local artisans from Indonesia. 

Small size specimen polished 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 Cites certificate. 

Gorgonacea sp. beautiful yellow sea fan, thick branches very robust dived 20 m, from Java – Indonesia.

Great decor item, mounted in black high gloss round wood base.

Gorgonacea sp. Red Gorgonia, from Manado - Indonesia, mounted in a frame.

These gorgonians live between 20 and 100 meters deep in vertical walls, are caught by diver and prepared in order to maintain their natural color.

It's a non-cites species. Excellent decor item. 

Pentaceraster alveolatus is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Know as Cushion Sea star, occurs in sandy-rocky intertidal regions and on reef platform at depths of 1 to 60 m.

Feeds on carrion and harmless for humans.

Dived from Jetafe - Bohol Isl. Philippines and mounted in a high gloss beige base. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a high gloss beige round lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

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.

Precious coral or Red coral, is the common name given to a genus of marine corals, Corallium.

The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink-orange skeleton, which is used for making jewelry.

This is the Corallium rubrum species they grow on rocky seabottom with low sedimentation, typically in dark environments—either in the depths or in dark caverns or crevices. The original species, C. rubrum is found mainly in the Mediterranean Sea. It grows at depths from 10 to 300 meters below sea level, although the shallower of these habitats have been largely depleted by harvesting.

Now it's a protected species, although is still fished by licenced divers at very deep water (+100 meters deep) in South Italy.

Our specimen was officially bought from a licenced supplier with official documents, from South Italy, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Gorgonacea sp. beautiful yellow sea fan, thick branches very robust dived 20 m, from Java – Indonesia.

Great decor item, mounted in black high gloss round wood base.

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.

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a black round lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Marine Life glass box with brass edges, inside we have:

- Strombus listeri from Thailand

- An exotic Tatcheria mirabilis from Philippines

- A elusive Cypraea mapa from Philippines

- A colouful Mitra mitra from Indonesia

- A pink sea urchin from Mediterranean sea

One of a Kind decor piece! 

Beautiful Sand clam - Tridacna derasa, this is an endangered species, from Australia.

Supplied with CITES certificate. 

Busycon perversum is an edible species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the Busycon whelks.

This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Mounted in a handmade round brass base, make it a very desirable decor item, from Gulf of Mexico.

Busycon perversum is an edible species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the Busycon whelks.

This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Mounted in a handmade round brass base, make it a very desirable decor item, from Gulf of Mexico.

Tribal Cowrie Shell Papua necklace, made with Cypraea moneta shells.

In Papua this type of necklace is used during ceremonies and is custom-made for each person. Its round outside shape symbolizes the universe, while the circular hole in the center is a symbol of the opening to eternal life. It is believed to bring the wearer a happy life and protection.

There, the shells are known to bring good luck and to protect the spirit of the wearer, and many tribes use them in spiritual ceremonies.

They also are a sign of femininity and fertility, with women often wearing them not only to help them conceive, but to help them give birth safely.

Beautiful Sand clam - Tridacna derasa, this is an endangered species, from Australia.

Supplied with CITES certificate. 

Melo umbilicatus - Melon shell in a brass base, from Arafura Sea. Indonesia.

This species belong to the Volutidae family, generelly big sized shells. Can reach near 45 cm, gargantuam specimen usually are very scared and few pattern. This specimen is a medium size one but is beautifully patterned.  

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a lack lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

White sea fan in an iron base, from Celebes Isl. Molucas Arch, mounted in a brass base.

These Sea fans are superb decorative items, bringing nature to your home.

Be one of a kind!

Gorgonian is a sea fan, classified in the phylum Cnidaria.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean, mounted in a high gloss cream lacquered wood base.

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cerithiidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Pentaceraster alveolatus is a genus of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae.

Know as Cushion Sea star, occurs in sandy-rocky intertidal regions and on reef platform at depths of 1 to 60 m.

Feeds on carrion and harmless for humans.

Dived from Jetafe - Bohol Isl. Philippines and mounted in a high gloss beige base. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Strombidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cardiidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cerithiidae shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Orange Charonia variegata mounted in an acrylic base.

This rare colored piece for came from the North of Brazil coast and it is very much collectable.

A beautiful Shell ball made with Cardiidae shells, from Indonesia, mounted in form of flowers. 

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Vertical branch black Gorgonian in a black lacquered wood base, these medium sizes Gorgonia have a special shape and are taken by divers from Manado, North Sulawezi - Indonesia. 

Marine Life Glass vitrine with black lacquered wood base, displaying an Orange gorgonia from Philippines, a Stylopora pistillata coral from Solomon Islands, one Nautilus pompilius polished and one half cutted both from Philippines, and also a Coelopleura maillardi sea urchin from Philippines and a white Sea star from Florida, USA.

A One of a Kind piece!

A beautiful Shell ball made with Umbonium vestiarium shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

A beautiful Shell ball made with Umbonium vestiarium shells, from Indonesia.

These balls are part of the Indo-Pacific cultural heritage, and from a long time tribal people use them as adornment pieces. Today they are natural and beautiful decor pieces. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a handmade Afzelia wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

A Horned Helmet shell - Cassis cornuta, from Philippines.

Cassis cornuta is a species of extremely large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae. This large sea snail is found on sand and coral rubble, often around reefs. 

A beautiful decor shell. 

Turbo marmoratus, from Indonesia, mounted in a handmade work in brass.

Known as the Green Turban, the Marbled Turban or Great Green Turban, is a large species of marine gastropod with a thick calcareous operculum in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. The shells of these large sea snails have a very thick layer of nacre; this species has been commercially fished as a source of mother of pearl.

One of a Kind decor piece!

Lodoicea, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the palm family.

The sole species, Lodoicea maldivica, is endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. The mature fruit is 40–50 cm in diameter and weighs 15–30 kg, and contains the largest seed in the plant kingdom. The fruit, which requires 6–7 years to mature and a further two years to germinate, is sometimes also referred to as the sea coconut, love nut, double coconut, coco fesse, or Seychelles nut. The leaves of Lodoicea have the longest lifespan of any Monocot, nine years to develope in the terminal spike, and then nine more years as a fully functioning leaf, what make a incredible 18 years cycle. Only when Lodoicea begins to produce flowers, which can vary from 11 years to 45 or more, is it possible to visually determine the sex of the plant. Until the true source of the nut was discovered in 1768 by Dufresne, it was believed by many to grow on a mythical tree at the bottom of the sea. European nobles in the sixteenth century would often have the shells of these nuts polished and decorated with valuable jewels as collectibles for their private galleries.

The Coco de Mer tree is now a rare and protected species. The seeds of Lodoicea have been highly prized over the centuries.

This magnificent specimen in mounted in a handmade brass display base and have all the licenses from Seychelles Islands as well the holographic stamp certificate.

A truly One of a Kind exclusive piece.

Linckia sp. Giant red Sea star, from Philippines, in a black lacquered wood base.

The variation ("polymorphism", in this case, a "color morph") most commonly found is pure, dark, or light blue, although observers find the aqua, purple, or orange variation throughout the ocean. These sea stars may grow up to 30 cm (11.8 in) in diameter, with rounded tips at each of the arms; some individuals may bear lighter or darker spots along each of their arms.

Individual specimens are typically firm in texture, possessing the slightly tubular, elongated arms common to most of other members of the family Ophidiasteridae, and usually possessing short, yellowish tube feet. An inhabitant of coral reefs and sea grass beds, this species is relatively common and is typically found in sparse density throughout its range. Linckia stars live subtidal, or sometimes intertidally, on fine (sand) or hard substrata and move relatively slowly (mean locomotion rate of 8.1 cm/min).

A piece that fits every decor!

Elephant ear sponge, from Indonesia, mounted in a handmade solid walnut wood base.

This family of sponges can be found from the Mediterranean sea to the Indo-Pacific area. 

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

Sea fan is a Gorgonian, classified in the phylum Cnidaria.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean.

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.

This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia. 

Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.

These are beautiful colored specimens! 

Megabalanus tintinnabulum, from Philippines, in a green high gloss wood base.

Megabalanus colonies can reach big size groups, they live attached to rocks and dead coral in watched areas, sometimes attached in boats.

That is the reason why this species can be found in all Indo-Pacific but also in some areas of South Atlantic. Due to the incredible forms and colors they make excellent bizarre decor items.

Lambis chiragra - Spider shells, from Palawan Isl. Philippines, in dark brass base.

It's a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. The shell length for this species varies between 85 mm and 320 mm, usually to 170 mm. They have a very thick, robust and heavy shell, with a distinct anterior notch.

Its most prominent characteristic are the six long and curved marginal digitations, expanded from the flaring, thick outer lip and canals. The columella and aperture are lyrate. Female individuals are usually much larger than the male ones.  

Sea fan is a Gorgonian, classified in the phylum Cnidaria.

Its shape is formed by individual tiny polyps' colonies which are normally erect, flattened, branching and reminiscent of a fan.

A unique piece, exceptional specimen of Black Gorgonia, from an old collection - Black Sea Fan from Indian Ocean.

Big Cornish Sea urchin - Echinus esculents, is the biggest urchin species from UK.

Is a edible species and can reach very big sizes. We have an assortment of different color specimen ideal for decoration of tables, bowls, etc.

Syrinx aruanius - Australian Trumpet shell in a dark brass base.

It's a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. Shells over 50 cm are now impossible to obtain, specially in good condition. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.

This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia. 

Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.

These are beautiful colored specimens! 

Vertical branch black Gorgonian in a natural wood base, these medium sizes Gorgonia have a special shape and are taken by divers from Manado, North Sulawezi - Indonesia. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.

Sponges are beautiful decor items, due to its different shapes and colours.

A superb polished Haliotis assimilis tray table in satin brass. Look like a Victorian table piece.

With six Haliotis shells polished on both sides, ideal for bringing nuts or sweets to the table.

Unique One of a Kind design piece.

Megabalanus tintinnabulum, from Philippines, in a black lacquered wood base.

Megabalanus colonies can reach big size groups, they live attached to rocks and dead coral in watched areas, sometimes attached in boats.

That is the reason why this species can be found in all Indo-Pacific but also in some areas of South Atlantic. Due to the incredible forms and colors they make excellent bizarre decor items.

Syrinx aruanius - Australian Trumpet shell in a dark brass base.

It's a species of extremely large sea snail measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. Shells over 50 cm are now impossible to obtain, specially in good condition. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae, and is the only species in the genus Syrinx.

Fantastic Spondylus croceus attached naturally in a dead coral base, from Olango Island, Cebu - Philippines.

Displayed in black granite socket.

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae, from Madagascar and Scottish sea urchins, from North sea in a black lacquered wood base.

A live taken specimen of Astraea heliotropium taken from Foveaux Strait - New Zealand, with operculum, uncommon in this condition, in a black lacquered wood base.

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae and white knobbed sea urchins, all from Madagascar in a natural walnut wood base.

This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia. 

Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.

These are beautiful colored specimens! 

Sugar Sea star in a white wood glass frame.

One of the most elusive species of starfish, very big size, from Gulf of Mexico.

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae and knobbed sea urchins, from Madagascar in a black lacquered wood base.

Very unusual decor item.

Gorgonocephalus - Astrospartus mediterraneus, a fantastic deep sea starfish, in a frame.

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.

Superb pair of Hexaplex cichoreus from Balicasag, Philippines.

This intricated species is very variable in pattern and color, along the years we have had exceptional pieces, these ones are of great beauty.

Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.

Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae from Madagascar and Alphonso sea urchins from Philippines in a black lacquered wood base.

Very unusual decor item.