Charonia variegata

Glass dome with two beautiful Stellaria solaris and three Spondylus variegatus, from Philippines deep water.

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. 

Superb pair of Hexaplex chicoreus 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.

Seven Guildfordia yoka Joussaume, 1899 in a glass dome.

This magnificent shells come from deep water of Balicasag Island, Philippines.

Its color is very particular and have rose gold reflections.

These species are highly collectible and a beautiful decor item!

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

Displayed in black granite socket.

Spondylus varius, in a black lacquered wood base.

A giant for the species, over 20 cm, this albinistic specimen ( as is pure white all over ) was collected in the '90 by the late Emmanuel G. de Suduiraut, from Balicasag Isl. Philippines.

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.

The two valves of a giant Acesta philippinarum, very rare, perfect condition in a pair of black lacquered wood pedestals.

These came from deep water, in tangle nets - from Balicasag island, Philippines.

White sea fan in a black granite base, from Celebes Isl. Molucas Arch.

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

Be one of a kind!

Polished Trochus niloticus and salzeticus in a big glass dome, from Philippines.

Very aesthetic piece with five Trochus niloticus and five Trochus salzeticus, polished and cutted in a handmade brass support.

A huge Murex ramosus, seldom seen like this one!

Extra size and quality, selected from a famous collection of the 70's.

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. 

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.

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.

A beautiful and big size Fusinus longissimus trawled from Nha Trang - Vietnam, in black lacquered wood base.

Beautiful decor piece!

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!