Worldwide Specimen Shells
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
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NOTE: Pictured shells are representative examples from available stock. "One Only" shells pictured are the actual shells being offered |
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Ancistrolepis |
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Ancistrolepis grammatus (Dall, 1907)
Cold water species trawled from deep water in the Ohotsuku Sea.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Buccinulum |
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Buccinulum corneum (Linné, 1758)
Mediterranean and Atlantic species.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Buccinum |
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Buccinum baeri Middendorff, 1848
Interesting cold-water species that inhabits intertidal zones.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Colubraria |
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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.
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Colubraria lucasensis Strong & Hertlein, 1937
Rare locality for this Panamic species.
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Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby, 1833)
Shells from the Marshall Islands tend to be smaller in size, though fully adult.
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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.
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Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854)
Taken scuba diving in ± 20 meters of water. Southern-most location for the species.
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Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)
Naturally twisted spire. Limited to the Western Pacific.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Nassaria |
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Nassaria amboyensis Watson, 1881
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Nassaria thesaura Fraussen & Poppe, 2007
Rather uncommon. One of the largest species of the genus Nassaria.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Phos |
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Phos senticosus (Linné, 1758)
Stout and spiny specimens.
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| Family: BUCCINIDAE / Genus: Plicifusus |
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Plicifusus plicatus (A.Adams, 1864)
Taken from fishing nets set in deep water.
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