Bursidae

Bursa cruentata (Sowerby 1835) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 28,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with brown, marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodules cords. Amazing white base with brown marks, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The apex is chipped. Dived at 50 feet under dead corals. Christmas Reef, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1983

Bursa rosa (Perry 1811) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 28,8 mm. Very beautiful uncommon Hawaiian specimen. Cream and white color with few beige soft marks on low body, attractive sculpture with spiral knobs and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Dived at 5-10 m. under dead coral. Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii 1981

Bursa corrugata ponderosa (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 36 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange/beige color with soft brown marks, attractive spiral knobs and fine nodulose cords. Amazing beige base with cream/white nodules, white aperture and beige lip with teeth. and wings. Has slightly damaged apex as usual. Dived at 4-5 m. under rocks. Barra, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 2009

Bufonaria bufo (Bruguiere 1792) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 52,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy Brazilian form. Tones of grayi, bluish, beige and cream/white color with attractive nodulose cords and knobs. Violet and white aperture, cream/white nodulose base, white and yellowish lip with teeth. Has little chipped upper lip and few nicks on the canal. Trawled at 50-70 m. on muddy bottom. Off Luis Corer, Piaui, Brazil 2015