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 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 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 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 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 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 fimbriata marmorata Schroter 1804 Outstanding Exceptional Form! Gem 12,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige, pale bluish pattern and brown terminals Cream, white base and margins with blackish dots. Taken under rocks near reef. Piti Bay, Guam 1970

Cypraea childreni Gray 1825 Gorgeous Huge! F+++/Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with attractive sharp cords and mantle line. Yellowish, cream corded base and margins. Taken under dead corals at 2-3 m. Off Eastern Samar Is. Leyte, Philippines 1980

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous Large Elongated Superb! Gem 45 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream, pale bluish color background with beige, brown marks and dots. Cream base with gray dots and amazing callosus and granulose margins with large black relief spots. Taken under rocks in reef at 1-2 m. Moucha Isl. Iles de Pres, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous! Gem 34,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige, brown marks and dots. White, cream base and margins with large black and soft blue spots. Taken under rocks at 2-3 m. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, north Red Sea, Israel 1980

Cypraea camelopardalis Perry 1811 Outstanding Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Light beige color with clear cream/white spots, some are relief over the terminal. White base and callosus margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, North Red Sea, Israel 1990

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1836 Gorgeous Deep Water Form! Gem 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white and black ocellata spots. Cream color base and margins with brown spots, granulose brown dots on the lip and white teeth. Taken by nets in muddy sand bottom at 160 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol, Philippines 2003

Cypraea angelicae dwarf Clover 1974 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. White callosus margins and base with pale yellow columellar teeth. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Off Libreville, Gabon 1990

Cypraea achatidea inopinata Schilder 1930 Gorgeous Huge Superb! Gem 44,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige blotches, marks and dots, pale yellow ring. Cream, white base and margins. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Conakri, Guinea, West Africa 2001