The Cape Verde experience: the Whicher family

"The Cape Verde Islands are a location associated with many endemic species and in 2003, our family was fortunate to spend a shell-collecting and diving vacation on the Islands. Here are some pictures of the beach shells and some fine specimens that we found."
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Strombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)  on beach at Sal, Santa Maria, Cape Verde Islands.
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Phyllonotus duplex (Roding, 1798)  collected at 20m on scuba dive, at Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde.
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Strombus latus (Gmelin, 1791)  collected on beach at Sal, Santa Maria, Cape Verde Islands.
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Thais haemastoma Linné, 1758  collected on beach at Sal, Santa Maria, Cape Verde Islands.
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Turritella bicingulata Lamarck, 1882  on beach at Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde Islands.
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Purpura nodosa (Linné, 1758)  collected on beach at Sal, Santa Maria, Cape Verde Islands.
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Bursa corrugata postulosa Reeve, 1844  collected on scuba dive at 15m at Burcona, Sal, Cape Verde Islands
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Ranella olearia (Linnaeus, 1758)  collected in kitchen waste pile at Palmeira, Sal, Cape Verde.
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Charonia tritonis variegata (Lamarck, 1816)  acquired from fishermen at Santa Maria, Sal, Cape Verde.
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Turritella bicingulata Lamarck, 1822  collected at Praia Beach, Santiago, Cape Verde.