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The Stiff Pen Shell, Atrina rigida, is adorned with inrolled spines that it no doubt uses to discourage hungry foragers....
02/28/2020

The Stiff Pen Shell, Atrina rigida, is adorned with inrolled spines that it no doubt uses to discourage hungry foragers. It is a common mud-dwelling bivalve. This exquisite specimen was recovered from Roatan Island's north coast in the Bay Islands of Honduras.

This handsome cone is one of the most vividly colored of all Caribbean Conidae. The Carrot Cone, C. daucus, may tend tow...
02/17/2020

This handsome cone is one of the most vividly colored of all Caribbean Conidae.
The Carrot Cone, C. daucus, may tend toward lemon yellow, spots and dashes, white bandings on scarlet and orange body whorls, with maculated or unicolored spires.
The animal will be a perfect match when the shell is its usual rich red.
The shell bears a distinctive ridged periostracum.

Colonies of the famed Sundial Shell, Archtechtonica nobilis have been observed living in soft mineral sand in semi-enclo...
02/14/2020

Colonies of the famed Sundial Shell, Archtechtonica nobilis have been observed living in soft mineral sand in semi-enclosed bays off Union Island's west coast.

This tiny (11mm) Dermomurex abysicola was inhabited by a hermit crab which had carried the shell to the uppermost part o...
02/14/2020

This tiny (11mm) Dermomurex abysicola was inhabited by a hermit crab which had carried the shell to the uppermost part of a coral reef along Union Island's quiet west coast.

If you're seriously interested in Caribbean rarities, or if you just plain love shells, Union Island is the place to be....
02/09/2020

If you're seriously interested in Caribbean rarities, or if you just plain love shells, Union Island is the place to be.
A single spot remains available for my April 20th -29th trip. And I will return to this little gem in the southern Caribbean June 22nd-July 1st

The beautiful island of Union in the southern Grenadines is a haven for flourishing colonies of the stunning T. c. domin...
02/09/2020

The beautiful island of Union in the southern Grenadines is a haven for flourishing colonies of the stunning T. c. dominicanus where it seeks refuge beneath the rich sand of quiet bays. These were recovered during night dives in 45-65 feet off Union Island's west coast.

Columbella mercatoria, West Indian Dove Shell, is a common species distributed throughout the Caribbean. This unusual co...
03/25/2019

Columbella mercatoria, West Indian Dove Shell, is a common species distributed throughout the Caribbean. This unusual color form was recovered during a night dive in 50 feet of water at the base of a marine cliff of Union Island's quiet west coast.

Bursa rhodostoma thomae, St. Thomas Frog Shell, has a delicately bluish mauve-colored animal with yellow spots and prune...
03/25/2019

Bursa rhodostoma thomae, St. Thomas Frog Shell, has a delicately bluish mauve-colored animal with yellow spots and prune-tipped, swaying tentacles, protruding from its cumbersome housing.
The St. Thomas Frog Shell is an uncommon and beautiful species of Bursa which lives hidden under rocky crevices.
This specimen was recovered during a night dive in 55 feet of water from a coral rock wall in a semi-enclosed bay off Union Island's west coast.

Swirls, beads and chocolate-colored lines combine to create a conchological masterpiece in this pyramid-shaped Calliosto...
03/24/2019

Swirls, beads and chocolate-colored lines combine to create a conchological masterpiece in this pyramid-shaped Calliostoma javanicum.
This specimen was recovered from the edge of a deep-water marine cliff in 75 feet of water during a night dive on Roatan Island's north coast (Bay Islands of Honduras).

I recovered this Argopecten nucleus during a night dive in 50 feet of water from the mineral-rich bottom of Trujillo Bay...
03/21/2019

I recovered this Argopecten nucleus during a night dive in 50 feet of water from the mineral-rich bottom of Trujillo Bay. It is a sleepy little fishing village along coastal Honduras.

The Sulcate Natica, Stigmaulax sulcata, a member of the family Naticidae, this three-quarters-of-an-inch treasure is the...
03/17/2019

The Sulcate Natica, Stigmaulax sulcata, a member of the family Naticidae, this three-quarters-of-an-inch treasure is the only member of the genus Stigmaulax in the tropical Western Atlantic. This exquisite specimen was recovered during a night dive in 65 feet of water off Union Island's quiet west coast.

Morphologically the uncommon and colorful T. cedonulli domenicanus varies considerably within populations. These sand-lo...
03/17/2019

Morphologically the uncommon and colorful T. cedonulli domenicanus varies considerably within populations. These sand-loving specimens were recovered during night dives in 55-75 feet of water on Union Island.
A single reservation remains available for my only trip to this hidden gem in the eastern Caribbean. Trip dates are August 27th - September 5th.

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