Volutidae

Voluta Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve 1856) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 43,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color with attractive spiny shoulder, brown pattern and gray, blackish marks. Cream, grayish, pale beige aperture and lip. Has a chipped spine and few nicks. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2022

Voluta Cymbiola nivosa oblita (E. A. Smith 1909) Outstanding Unusual Light color! F++/F+++ 71.2 mm. Very beautiful, cream color bands with attractive spiny and knobby shoulder, brown, beige pattern and blue flashing. Cream and beige aperture and lip. Has few micro defects, thin rough lip and a nick on the canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Intertidal on sand flats. Dixon Isl. Dampier, North West Australia 2016

Voluta Enaeta cumingii (Broderip 1832) Outstanding Colorful! F+++/Gem W/O 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Yellowish/cream aperture and thick lip with beige dots. Has a small slightly growth defect on the shoulder near the lip. Taken on sand reef at extreme low tide at night. Mulege, Bahia Conception, Baja California, West Mexico 1985