Pinna nobilis

Monster Cardium pseudolima in black lacquered wood pedestal.

This specimen in our collections since thirty years, its now very rare and almost impossible to get 115mm size, this one is 150mm.

Exceptional decor and collection item, from Kenya. 

Marine life in an open vitrine with green lacquered wood, comprising six specimen of Biplex perca big size, from South China Sea and four Guildfordia triumphans also from South China Sea on two beautiful Orange Gorgonia from Philippines.

A One of a Kind handmade piece.

A spectacular Spondylus variegatus attached in a Malleus malleus shell from Davao - Philippines, in a white lacquered wood pedestal.

The Spondylus is a marine bivalve from the Spondilidae family, perfectly preserved. The Malleus malleus shell a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Malleidae, it is also known as the black hammer oyster.

This is a uncommon attachment that came out by divers from time to time.

The two shells live in perfect symbiosis. 

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.

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

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

Euplectella aspergillum is a transparent sponge called "basket of Venus", displayed in a glass dome.

From Asian South China Sea and Pacific ocean, between 150 and 5000 meters deep.

The sponge clings to the bottom thanks to thousands of "spicules", fine filaments like hair.

Its structure is very resistant of natural fiberglass and bio-silica filaments.

This transparent skeleton is a traditional wedding gift in the Pacific region.

An exceptional Spondylus visayensis in a glass dome.

This is a Museum class specimen with 130mm diameter, taken twenty-five years ago by the late E. Guillot de Suduiraut and in our collection since that.

A rare masterpiece of nature. 

Sponge species from Madagascar reefs, mounted in a Tecula 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.

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.

Spectacular, colored handmade Spondylus glass dome with two Spondylus versicolor (deep orange and redish colour), from Calitoban Islands, one Spondylus spinosus (yellow colour) from Bohol Islands, and one Spondylus nicobaricus (white colour) attached in a coral from Mactan Islands.

One of a Kind decor piece!

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.

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.

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.  

Mitra mitra is a beautiful shell with orange/red pattern on white, from Philippines.

Glass dome with 4 specimen, a piece with great decorative value.

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.