Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large! F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and pale reddish color banded dorsum. Pale grayish, cream margins and base with lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities and two small defects on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 44,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color bands with attractive clear white spots and bluish mantle line. Grayish/beige color base with orange/brown basal blotch and margin with white spots. Taken at 3-6 m. under rocks. Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 1993

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 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

Cypraea francescoi Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dark brown color with attractive clear large cream/white spots. White, cream base and callosus margins. Taken in deep water. Tolagnaro (Ft.Dauphin), Anosy, South East Madagascar 2002

Cypraea argus contracasta Lorenz 2012 Gorgeous Superb Pattern! Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color with soft grayish bands and attractive clear large brown with cream ocellata spots. Margins and base cream color with brown ocellata spots, black, brown, beige basal blotches and cream, beige teeth. Taken under dead corals. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1900

Cypraea coronata debruini Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 30,5 mm. Very beautiful special Atlantic form. Dorsum cream/white color background with attractive yellowish//beige blotches and marks. Cream, white color base and granulose margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Dived at 40 m. on soft coral on reef. Hout Bay (Atlantic), Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Cypraea edentula sanfrancisca Chiapponi 1999 Gorgeous Spherical! Gem 21,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with pale beige soft marks. White spherical base and callosus margins with blackish/brown, beige spots. Dived at 45 m. on reef. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 2004

Cypraea edentula nahoonensis Lorenz 1989 Gorgeous Rare Subspecies! F+++ 21,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with tones of orange, gray and beige marks. White base with pale bluish marks and callosus margins with blackish, brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 12-13 m. on reef. Fish River area, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1993

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with clear large cream/white spots. Callosus bluish/white margins and base. From my personal collection. Philippines 1974