Buccinidae

Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi 1848) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 24.8 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Yellow body color and white top with attractive cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the lip side and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on sand on beach. Kice Isl. Marco Isl. Florida 2006

Cantharus elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding Huge! F+++/Gem 51,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Dived at 4-6 m. in sand bottom. Kobe Beach, West Panama 1992

Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye 1852) Gorgeous Elongated Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 39,2 mm. Very beautiful. Pale beige and cream/white color with attractive sculpture and nodulose cords. White. pale beige ribbed aperture and cream lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken alive on rocks at low tide. Park Rynie, Natal, South Africa 1990

Pisania auritula (Link 1807) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 25,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, caramel and brown color with attractive nodulose ribs and cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2016