Antillophos candei: Shell with nine or ten rounded whorls, the first two or two and a half having merely a sharp, revolving, central keel; below this it is sculptured with numerous slightly curved, longitudinal ribs (about sixteen on the last whorl), which are crossed by revolving threads of three sizes, alternating one with the other, and the surface is minutely decussated by fine growth lines; aperture ovate-elongate; outer lip thick, with a varix some distance back of its edge, and in some examples there are varices scattered over the shell; the liree on the inner side of the outer lip extend in for half a whorl or more; notch near the base of the lip well marked, sometimes quite decided, as in Strombus notch at the base deep; columella with two folds at its base, the upper faint; sometimes there are a few nodulous plaits above, and there is a plait at the upper part of the parietal wall. Color yellowish white to brownish, with darker, faint, broken bands. Length, 25 mm.; diameter, 12 mm.

Average 24.1 mm in length (min, 16.9; max, 31.8). Fusiform; spire ca. 50% of total length. Protoconch minute, white, conical, of ca. 2.25 smooth whorls with sharp keel at periphery; First whorl sunken into subsequent whorls; protoconch not distinctly delimited from teleoconch. Teleoconch of 6.5 whorls. Teleoconch whorls sculptured with weak, narrow, widely spaced spiral cords separated by incised grooves; ca. 12 cords on last whorl. Axial sculpture of widely spaced, low, rounded ribs separated by concave spaces; ca. 12 ribs on last whorl, excluding varix, and 12-14 ribs on penultimate whorl. Previous varices absent or not differentiated from axial sculpture. Terminal varix low, not well-differentiated, very wide, crossed by numerous axial ribs. Intersections of axial and spiral sculpture form rachet-like, posterior pointing serrations. Aperture elongate-oval, with 2-3 weak plications at siphonal canal, anal canal set off by two weak denticles. Outer lip with 8-11 lirae deep within mouth. Columella continuous; parietal lip adherent to previous whorl. Siphonal canal short, open. "Stromboid notch" small but deep. Colored white or off-white with three vague tan or pinkish bunds below suture, below periphery, and on siphonal canal, bands darkest on varices, or all serrations tinged with tan, or with dark subsutural band. Aperture white or faintly purple. Operculum rhomboid, yellow or tan, with anterior terminal nucleus. Dall (1889: 179) described the animal: "The soft parts and operculum are exactly like those of Phos beaui, but there is less of the blackish dotting, even the siphon has not much." Radula unknown.

The misused name "candeanus/candei" is the most commonly applied nomen for nearly any western Atlantic Antillophos. This species is easily differentiated from all others by its medium size, solid bullet-shape, coarse serrate sculpture, and fewer lirae inside the outer lip. The commonly confused A. virginiae, A. oxyglyptus, and A. smithi all have much finer sculpture that is more nodulose than serrate. Antillophos chazaliei resembles a miniature version of A. candeanus, often being half the size or less of A. candeanus. Although A. candeanus does rarely occur in south Florida, the commonly dredged species there almost universally referred to as "candeanus" is actually A. virginiae.

Distribution: Recorded from the southern half of Florida through the Greater and Lesser Antilles, one record each from the Bahamas, Honduras, and Venezuela. Dall (1889b) listed "Phos candei" from Hatteras. North Carolina, but this seems to be a reference to A. virginiae, based on other records.
Habitat: Dead shells have been found in depths from 5 to 240 m, but most records are from 20-60 m. Live and freshly dead specimens have been taken in 8-40 m. It lives in somewhat shallower water than A. virginiae. It appears to be locally common; over 50 specimens have been taken in a single sample. Substrate unknown.

Named after Ferdinand de Candé (1801 -1867), Cuban naturalist and contemporary of d'Orbigny.