BUCCINIDAE 23 3 



Former distinct varices present every % of a whorl. Sculpture very finely 

 cancellate and beaded. Nucleus brown, smooth and bulbous. Shell ash-gray 

 with occasional orange-brown smudges. Uncommonly dredged on rocky 

 bottom just ofi'shore. 



Colubraria test ace a Morch from Tortugas and the West Indies is % 

 to 1% inches in length, fatter, with numerous, small beads and with wider 

 varices. C. sivifti Tryon (subgenus Monostiohnn Dall), also from the West 

 Indies, is % inch long, without former varices, axially ribbed and heavily 

 maculated with brown. Both are uncommon. 



Genus Pisania Bivona-Bernardi 1832 

 Fisania pusio Linne Miniature Triton Trumpet 



Plate 13-0 



Southeast Florida and the West Indies. 



I to 1% inches in length, sturdy, smooth, and usually with a glossy 

 finish. The outer lip is weakly toothed within, and the upper parietal wall 

 has a small, white, swollen tooth near the top of the aperture. Color variable, 

 but usually purplish brown with narrow spiral bands of irregular dark and 

 light spots commonly chevron-shaped. Moderately common below low- 

 water line in the region of coral reefs. 



Genus Cantharus Roding 1798 

 Subgenus Pollia Sowerby 1834 



Cantharus tmctits Conrad Tinted Cantharus 



Plate 25y 



North Carolina to both sides of Florida and the West Indies. 



% to I /4 inches in length, heavy, spire evenly conic; aperture with a 

 small canal at the top. Axial ribs low and weak. Spiral cords numerous and 

 weak, forming weak beads as they cross the ribs. Inside of outer lip with 

 small teeth which are strongest near the top. Color of shell variegated with 

 yellow-brown, blue-gray and milky-white. Fairly common in shallow water. 

 The young are easily confused with Thais. See remarks under T. rustica, 

 p. 214. 



Cantharus auritula Link Gaudy Cantharus 



Southeast Florida and the West Indies. 



Similar to C. tinctus, but broader, with shouldered whorls, with about 

 9 stronger axial ribs per whorl and with about 10 sharp spiral threads on 



