Cypraea errones (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Banded Blue! F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful special color looks like Cypraea errones azurea. Sky/blue and cream color bands with only beige dots. White margins and base. Has one micro defect. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1836 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 11,6 mm. Very beautiful, from rare location, special local form. Yellowish color with brown, cream spots some are ocellata. Cream color base and margins with brown spots, granulose brown dots on the lip and white teeth. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead coral. Lau Lau Beach, Saipan Isl. North Marianas Islands 2006

Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Cypraea asellus (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 14,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and back with orange over line color bands. Base and margins white color with bluish basal blotches. Taken in low tide under stone. New Guinea 1975

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus! Gem 15,7 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color background with densely beige spots. White base and callosus margins with brown spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2020

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 13,5 mm. Very beautiful strange smooth deep water form. Yellowish/cream color with beige blotches and brown, beige spots. Yellowish cream color margins and base without basal blotches. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Senkaku Islands, SW Okinawa, Japan 1970

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous! Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base and margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base with unusual dorsum pattern expands to the base and in the aperture, margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Cypraea acicularis dwarf Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with cream, beige spots some are ocellata, cream soft mantle line. Hyper callosus white nodulose margins with brown, grayish spot and bases. Dived at 5-10 m. under rocks. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Cypraea cylindrica lenella Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Bluish! Gem 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of bluish color background with beige marks and dots, black, brown terminal marks. White, pale blue color base and margins with brown mark and spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Seaforth, Mackay, West Australia 1972

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 29,3 mm.  Very beautiful. Bluish/white and sky/blue color with bluish spots and  grayish mantle line. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. From my personal collection. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 1976

Cypraea boivinii Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Ocellata spots! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with violet over line gray ocellata spots. White nodulose margins and base. Mactan Isl. Cebu 2008

Cypraea caurica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Callosus Superb! Gem 42 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and tones of brown color bands with beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus white relief margins and base with black spots and grayish marks, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea arabica Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Blue margins! Gem 59,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown pattern, white and beige blue mantle line and extended tip. Amazing blue, cream margin and base with large slightly relief black, blue large spots and brown teeth. Taken on reef at shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2016

Cypraea carneola dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Ring! F+++/Gem 27,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange/beige and cream color banded dorsum with blue ring and grayish sides with cream dots. Cream margins and base with  lavender lop with cream teeth. Has a micro defect. Self collected under dead coral at shallow water. Malonao Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Cypraea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Gorgeous Dark Globose! F+++ 39,5 mm. Very beautiful unusual color and shape. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige, blue blotches, marks and dots, yellow ring. White base with pale blue marks and yellow margins. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. From my personal collection. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Malaga, Spain 1974

Cypraea albuginosa Gray 1825 Gorgeous Light color Form! Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background, brown with cream ocellata densely spots. White base and margins with few soft beige spots. Taken under rocks at 2-5 m. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cypraea decipiens (E. A. Smith 1880) Gorgeous Dark Bargain! F+++/Gem 51,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white beige mantle line. Black color base and margins. Has a micro defect. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponges, Broome, North West Western Australia 1974

Cypraea friendii friendii (J. E. Gray 1831) Gorgeous Blue! F++ 76,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum blue and white color background with attractive black, brown, beige spots and marks. Black, brown color base and margins with orange/brick marks and black spots, white teeth and aperture. Has micro defects and nicks on the posterior extremities terminal ridge. Dived at 18 m. on sponge. Carnac Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1975