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Welcome to one of Australia's largest suppliers of quality Australian and world wide specimen seashells.

 We buy, sell, trade and collect quality marine shells, starfish and seashells for decoration and have well over a million shells in our warehouse at any given time.

Take a look at our shells page for the specimen shell pricelists and also see our special offers page for new specimen additions!

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We are authorised dealers and licensed exporters of Australian seashells -

export permits for all listed shells are available.

 

We have been collecting and accumulating shells since 1970, are frequently buying whole shell collections and can offer a huge range of natural marine and land shells, starfish and decorative shells.

 

 

 

Bursa verrucosa Sowerby I, 1825 - Lord Howe Island, 2008

Bursa verrucosa Sowerby I, 1825 - see SPECIALS

 

Our company is known and respected by many of the world's leading dealers and collectors as reliable suppliers of Australian specimen shells - annually presenting stock for sale at COA conferences (USA) and at several European shell shows, incl. Paris, London and Antwerp. View our upcoming schedule on the information page.

Australian Seashells is located in Perth, Western Australia (only a 30 min. drive from the city centre or the airport). You can view our stock by appointment - see contact page for info.

 

Callanaitis disjecta Perry, 1811 (Tasmania)

Conus gauguini Richard & Salvat, 1974 (sold)

Angaria tyria Reeve, 1842 Western Australia 2005

 

More about us: Hugh has been scuba-diving and collecting shells professionally for nearly 40 years. He's been trading and selling specimen shells for the last 25 years or so. Simone is a diver and master goldsmith, but these days finds herself mostly working on shell orders and e-mails.

 

"We would like to give you the same good service that we hope to receive when purchasing items for our own collections. As no image (digital or otherwise) can truly replace your having a close look at a specimen yourself, we always will prefer to send you the shell in question directly - with a full money-back-guarantee."

Find out more about our refund & exchange policy on the ordering page.

 

 

We display Australia's largest collection of Pectinidae with over 20,000 specimens. We're always interested in acquiring rare and unusual Pectens. Do you have any for sale or trade? 

Go to the information page for more info about shell exchange / trade.

 

Annachlamys iredalei, Powell 1958

We can offer all the XL decorative Australian shell species - available in various sizes, colours and patterns, some (i. e. like the pictured Syrinx) measure over 50 cm.

Livonia nodiplicata Cox, 1910

Syrinx aruanus Linnaeus, 1758

Melo amphora Lightfoot, 1786

ID WANTED!

If you are a malacologist or knowledgeable collector and would like to help us identify some unusual shells, please visit the Seashell ID Request page for a real tricky puzzle!
 
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