Buccinidae
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  Buccinulum

Buccinulum corneum
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Buccinulum corneum (Linné, 1758)
Mediterranean and Atlantic species.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Italy
  • SIZE:  49-60mm
  • GRADING:  Fine+
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Some with operculums; varied color/patterns.
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  Buccinum

Buccinum baeri
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Buccinum baeri Middendorff, 1848
Interesting cold-water species that inhabits intertidal zones.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Alaska
  • SIZE:  28-33mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine / Fine+
  • DATA:  Detailed
  • DESCRIPTION:With operculums
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  Colubraria

Colubraria kathiewayana
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Colubraria kathiewayana Fittkau & Parth, 1993
The southern-most range for this species -- found as far north as the Gulf of Mexico.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Brazil
  • SIZE:  18-22mm
  • GRADING:  Fine++
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Exceptional shells with well-developed apertures.
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Colubraria lucasensis
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Colubraria lucasensis Strong & Hertlein, 1937
Rare locality for this Panamic species.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Galapagos
  • SIZE:  19-21mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine+ / Fine++
  • DATA:  Detailed
  • DESCRIPTION:Mature shells with strong sculpture.
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Colubraria nitidula
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Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby, 1833)
Shells from the Marshall Islands tend to be smaller in size, though fully adult.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Marshall Islands
  • SIZE:  24-27mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine++ / Gem
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Nuclear whorls intact
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Colubraria testacea
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Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854)
The West Indies specimens were incorrectly referred to as C. obscura, which is a Western Pacific species.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Honduras
  • SIZE:  28-39mm
  • GRADING:  Fine++
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Fully mature lips
  • NOTES:  Malacolog 4.0.1 (on-line Western Atlantic gastropod database) cites the description date as 1854 - Mörch, O. A. L. 1854. Fortegnelse over Prof. R. af D. C. F. L. Hencks efterladte Conchyliesamling. [ii] + 34 pp. Kjo/benhavn. Epidromus testaceus = Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854).
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Colubraria testacea
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Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854)
Taken scuba diving in ± 20 meters of water. Southern-most location for the species.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Brazil
  • SIZE:  34-40mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine++ / Gem
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Some of the finest quality specimens I've seen.
  • NOTES:  This species has long been called C. obscura, which is a Western Pacific species.
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Colubraria tortuosa
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Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)
Naturally twisted spire. Limited to the Western Pacific.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Marshall Islands
  • SIZE:  37mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine++
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:The extreme tip of the nuclear whorl is missing as is typical for this species, but the shell is of exceptional quality.
  • NOTES:  Only a couple available.
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  Nassaria

Nassaria amboyensis
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Nassaria amboyensis Watson, 1881
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Philippines
  • SIZE:  34-40mm
  • GRADING:  Fine+
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Varied color/patterns
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Nassaria thesaura
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Nassaria thesaura Fraussen & Poppe, 2007
Rather uncommon. One of the largest species of the genus Nassaria.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Philippines
  • SIZE:  41-47mm
  • GRADING:  Fine+
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Some with operculums
  • NOTES:  Formerly sold and misidentified as N. spinigera Hayashi & Habe, 1965
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  Phos

Phos senticosus
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Phos senticosus (Linné, 1758)
Stout and spiny specimens.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Australia
  • SIZE:  30-34mm
  • GRADING Range for Lot:  Fine+ / Fine++
  • DESCRIPTION:With operculum
  • DATA:  Very Good
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  Plicifusus

Plicifusus plicatus
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Plicifusus plicatus (A.Adams, 1864)
Taken from fishing nets set in deep water.
  • FAMILY:  BUCCINIDAE
  • LOCALITY:  Japan
  • SIZE:  42-47mm
  • GRADING:  Fine
  • DATA:  Very Good
  • DESCRIPTION:Covered with thin opaque periostracum.
  • NOTES:  In subgenus Retifusus.
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