Southern Africa boasts many spectacular shells from shallow to very deep water. The great variation in colour and sculpture make these jewels of the sea very popular with collectors. In the past information about these subtidal and offshore shells was only presented in fragmented form in journals and other scientific publications. This book, with its repertory of about 780 species, subspecies and forms, for the first time, brings them together in one publication.

This book compliments Marine Shells of South Africa by the same authors.

Each shell is illustrated by a dorsal and ventral view, followed by a short but informative description, distribution, depth, size of the illustrated shell and rarity to assist in identification. This book will appeal to all shell collectors, particularly those who have collected most of the gastropods that inhabit the beach and the intertidal zone of the region and wish to extend their knowledge and collection to those mysterious gems that occur in the deeper waters of the ocean.