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Buccinum castaneum: Shell large, clear chestnut-brown, with whorls seven in number, inflated and smooth, except for microscopic, closely crowded, revolving striae. Suture distinct, not channeled. Apex rather acute* pointed. Columella straight, with a faint fasciole. Aperture wide, rounded, more than semicircular. A slight glaze on the columella. Outer lip heavily thickened, expanded, and smooth, not projecting before the column nor waved; within livid whitish or purple. Length, 2.5; width, 1.1; length of aperture, 1; width, 0.75 in. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum. Type locality, Shumagin Islands, 20 fathoms.
RANGE. Sannak and Shumagin Islands, 20-41 fathoms.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.