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BUCCINIDAE 231
Subgenus Sulcosipho Dall 1916
Neptunea tabulata Baird Tabled Neptune
British Columbia to San Diego, California.
Figure 5 if
3 to 4 inches in length, moderately solid, with 8 whorls, colored white
with a thin brown periostracum. Characterized by the wide, flat channel
next to the suture. It is bounded by a raised, scaly or fimbriated spiral cord.
Remainder of whorl with numerous sandpapery spiral threads. A choice col-
lector's item, not uncommonly dredged from 30 to 200 fathoms.
Genus Kelletia Fischer 1884
Kclletia kelleti Forbes Keller's Whelk
Plate 24W
Santa Barbara, California, to San Quentin Bay, Mexico.
4 to 5 inches in length, characterized by its very heavy, white, fusiform
shell, its fine, wavy suture, and by the sharp, crenulated outer lip. Whorls
slightly concave between the suture and the shouldered periphery, which
bears 10 strong, rounded knobs per whorl. Base with about 6 to 10 incised,
spiral lines. Aperture glossy and white. Very commonly caught in traps
from 10 to 35 fathoms. There are no other recent species in the genus. Often
misspelled with two t's.
Genus Bailya M. Smith 1944
Bailya intricata Dall Intricate Baily-shell
Southern half of Florida.
Plate 251
/4 inch in length, fairly strong, pure white in color and with cancellate
sculpturing. Last whorl with 12 to 14 low axial ribs which are crossed by
about a dozen spiral cords (between which there may be a much smaller
thread). At their intersection there are small beads. Outer lip with a frilled,
rounded varix. Columella smooth. Weak spiral cord present on inside of
aperture on the upper parietal wall. Whorls slightly shouldered. No notch
in lower part of outer lip. Nuclear whorl smooth, glassy and rounded. Uncommon
from I to 50 fathoms.
Bailya parva C. B. Adams from the West Indies differs in not having its
whorls shouldered, having weaker spiral cords, and in occasionally having
brown coloring.
Genus Antillophos Woodring 1928
Antillophos candei Orbigny Cande's Phos
North Carolina to south Florida and Cuba.
Plate 25U