Misc. Gastropods

Colubraria testacea (Morch 1877) Gorgeous Slender!F+++/Gem 34,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige, brown and black marks, attractive granulose cords. Yellowish, cream base, mature aperture and lip with teeth, beige soft spots and marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Dived at 20-25 m. in sand under rocks. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Natica canrena (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, cream and white color with attractive blackish, brown, gray pattern and blue top. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and rough lip doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on sand at low tide on sand banks. Alcobaca, southern Bahia, Brazil 2021

Crucibulum scutellatum (Wood 1828) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W 52,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, gray and beige color with attractive knobby and lamellate ribs. Inside tones of blue, grayish, cream, white, brown and beige color with spiny lips. Dived at 20-30 feet on rocks. Coiba Isl. Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2008

Architectonica trochlearis (Hinds 1844) Outstanding Extra large! F++ W/O H 39 W 68 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale grayish color white bands, brown, beige, brick spiral marks and attractive nodulose cords. Has few growth marks, few micro defects and damaged lip as usual doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Off Phan Rang Vietnam 1998