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

Cypraea depressa dispersa Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown color background with white, cream clear spots and mantle line. Callosus pale bluish cream/white color base and margins with black marks and spots, brown teeth. Taken under coral slabs at low tide. Agatti Atoll, Laccadive Isl. India 1982

Cypraea decipiens E. A. Smith 1880 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 49 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white pale beige mantle line. Black, brown color base and margins. Has micro defects. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponge. Kimberley Coast, North West Australia 1990

Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish brown color with clear white spots . Callosus white relief margins with blue flashing and base. Dived at 10 m. on cave. Rottnest Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1998

Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Outstanding Greenish Overglaze! F+++ 62 mm. Very nice. Greenish color overglaze with soft grayish pattern. Margins and base yellowish/green color with gray and brown spots. Has few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal ridge. Cebu 2000

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis dwarf Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Gorgeous Special Cylindrical Form! Gem 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with exceptional black, gray densely large marks. Cream color base and margins with black dots. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead corals. Off Abrolhos National Park, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous! Gem 35 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige, brown marks and dots. Pinkish/cream base and margins with large black and soft gray spots. Taken at 2-3 m. Sharm-el-Sheik, Red Sea, Egypt 1971

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980