Semicassis whitworthi - Rare Live Taken Shell !! , (Abbott, 1968)
Size
56.4 mm
Locality
Coral Bay, WA
Note
Live specimen found
partially buried in sand in
232 metres of water west of
Coral Bay in Western
Australia during April 2024. A beautiful big pink cream
cassis with thick radial ribs. This is the last of three live specimens we collected on our recent collecting trips. The shell is gem other than a couple of small chips to it's siphon area as indicated by the green arrow in the photos. Fine+++ W/O