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TROCHIDAE - CALLIOSTOMATIDAE Calliostoma adspersum R.A. Philippi, 1851 Locality : Brazil. São Paulo. São Sebastião. Muddy sand bottom. Coll. G. Saunders. Remark : Size : 20.3 mm. mm 0.8 inch

BULLIDAE Bulla striata f. adansoni (R.A. Philippi, 1847) Locality : Cabo Verde. Sao Vicente. On the beach of Calhau. Coll. G. Saunders. Remark : These are fresh dead collected. In old literature B. striata, in recent literature B. adansoni. We use f. adansoni for the West African ones, very slightly different from Mediterranean ones only. Size : 20 mm. mm 0.79 inch

CONIDAE - W. AFRICA, EUROPE Kalloconus pulcher pulcher (J. Lightfoot, 1786) Locality : Senegal. Offshore Dakar. Shallow in sandy mud. 6-15 m. From fishermen. Remark : Size : 34.5 mm. mm 1.36 inch

THIARIDAE Melanoides dactylus (Lea, 1850) Locality : Philippines. Cebu. Malaboyoc. Saliring River Drainage. On rock platform in creek. Coll. R. Crookshanks. Remark : Size : 45.1 mm. mm 1.78 inch

CANCELLARIIDAE Sydaphera spengleriana (G.P. Deshayes, 1830) Locality : China. The Yellow Sea. On sandy mud bottom. 15-18 m. Remark : Size : 43.2 mm. mm 1.7 inch

CANCELLARIIDAE Cancellaria lyrata . A. Adams & L.A. Reeve, 1850 Locality : Senegal. Dakar. Deep water. Off shore. 200 m. Remark : Natural condition, not oiled, with Intritacalx. Size : 51.1 mm. mm 2.01 inch

VOLUTIDAE Lyria mitraeformis (J.B. Lamarck, 1811) Locality : Australia. South Australia. Brighton Reef. Dived 45 feet on sand. Remark : Size : 52.1 mm. mm 2.05 inch

ANCILLARIIDAE Ancilla atimovatae Y.I. Kantor, A.E. Fedosov, N.A. Puillandre & P. Bouchet, 2016 Locality : Madagascar. Lavanono. From local fishermen. Remark :This is our former ventricosa f. fulva. We think this corresponds very well to the shells described as A. atimovatae. Accgd. to the authors the shells are hardly to distinguish from A. ventricosa, but the color of the shell A. atimovatae is..

MARGINELLIDAE Marginella sebastiani I. Marche-Marchad & J.-C. Rosso, 1979 Locality : Senegal. Dakar. Taken offshore by fishermen. Remark : Sister species of the desjardini, becomes also quite larger and usually speckled and a little smaller than the desjardini. From fine to gem in the lot offered here. Prone to rust covering, variable. Size : 51.8 mm. mm 2.04 inch

POTAMIDIDAE Tympanotonos fuscatus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Locality : Senegal. South of Dakar in mangrove area on mud at low tide. Remark : Size : 39.9 mm. mm 1.57 inch

MARGINELLIDAE Marginella desjardini I. Marche-Marchad, 1957 Locality : Senegal. Dakar. Taken offshore by fishermen. Remark : West Africa?s most impressive Marginella. These come in this lot here offered from fine+ to gem. They are highly selected already. The species is prone to rust covering. Size : 64.2 mm. mm 2.53 inch

TURRITELLIDAE Mesalia mesal (G.P. Deshayes in Lamarck, 1843) Locality : Sierra Leone. Sherbo Island. 5-10 m. Remark : This is the true large ?mesal?. Not often seen. Size : 56 mm. mm 2.2 inch

APORRHAIDAE APORRHAIDAE Aporrhais senegalensi J.E. Gray, 1838 Locality : Gambia. Trawled offshore. Remark :This population of cute small Aporrhais has a decidious protoconch. The shells are taken alive, but lose their protoconchs in adult stage. Size :18.5 mm. mm 0.73 inch

FASCIOLARIIDAE Polygona filosa. Schubert & J.A. Wagner, 1829) Locality : Senegal. Offshore Casamance. Trawled. Remark : Size : 46.4 mm. mm 1.83 inch

MARGINELLIDAE Glabella adansoni cf. (L.C. Kiener, 1834) Locality : Senegal. Dakar. Gorée Island. Taken 5-20 m deep by local divers. Remark : This is the highly unusual ?adansoni cf.? from Cossignani. Do not know why cf. But needs further study. A not so easy to get shell from the Goree divers. From fine to gem. Size : 24.4 mm. mm 0.96 inch

APLUSTRIDAE Aplustrum amplustre (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Locality : Madagascar. South coast. Taolagnaro region. Shallow. After a storm. Remark : Size : 15 mm. mm 0.59 inch