Cypraea catholicorum dwarf Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange color with clear cream/white spots and mantle line. White base and margins with few small beige soft spots. Dived at 8-10 m. under coral slabs on top of hard reef. Off Suharato Village, Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1995

Cypraea cicercula dwarf Linne 1758 Outstanding Lilliput! Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful very hard to get from this area. Yellowish/cream color with attractive nodules and mantle line, pale orange terminals. Cream margin and base with pale yellowish teeth lines. Dived at coral reef. Ishigaki Isl. Southern Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 1990

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 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 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 bregeriana Crosse 1868 Gorgeous Large! Gem 22,9 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from this area now. Cream color background with tones of brown, beige band, marks and dots. Pale yellowish, cream, orange base and margins. Taken in shallow water. Ngo Bay near Noumea, New Caledonia 1980

Cypraea coxeni Cox 1873 Gorgeous Superb Large! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful Munda Isl. form. Cream/white color background with attractive blackish and brown marks. Callosus cream/white margin and base with strong teeth. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Kokenggolo, Munda Isl. Solomon's Islands 1940

Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Extra Large! Gem 37,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige marks. Callosus cream/white color margins and base. Dived at 20 m. under rocks. False Bay area, Cape Province, South Africa 1990

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 acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous! Gem 24,2 mm.  Very beautiful. White and cream color with grayish, brown spots and marks. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000

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