Cypraea pallidula rhinoceros dwarf Souverbie 1865 Outstanding! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful rare from Qld. Cream color background with soft grayish, beige, bluish marks and dots. Cream/white color base and margins. Taken under rocks at low tide. Swain Reefs, Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Elongate! Gem 31 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Patternless Elongate! F+++/Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful exceptional and unique. Cream/white color without pyrum pattern only few beige soft marks and dots. Margin and base orange and yellow/orange color with white strong teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida pulchroides Alvarado & Alvarez 1964 Outstanding Elongate! F+/F++ 33,3 mm. Very beautiful with extended apex. Dark beige color with soft grayish bands. Cream, beige, pale blue, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has healed slightly growth marks and lines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Cape Verde Islands 1993

Cypraea marginalis pseudocellata Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Globose! Gem 24,5 mm. Very beautiful curious bump globose specimen from unusual area. Pale bluish color background with attractive small cream/white and large brown spots, pale bluish soft mantle line. Cream/white color base and nodulose margins with beige, gray soft spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Aden area, Yemen 1987

Cypraea mappa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Cross Mantle Line! F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and unusual cross on the mantle line. Cream color base and margins with brown, beige soft spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has few micro defects. Dived at 16 m. on reef. Cuyo Isl. North East of Palawan Isl. Philippines 1990

Cypraea irrorata Gray 1828 Gorgeous Blue Large! Gem 12,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale blue with brown spots. White base and margins with black, brown. beige spots. Taken under dead corals at shallow water. Pueu, Tahiti, French Polynesia 2008

Cypraea robertsi (Hidalgo 1906) Outstanding! Gem 23,4 mm. Very beautiful rare west Mexico form. Cream color background with brown blotch, beige marks and dots. Callosus cream/white color margins with blackish, brown spots and base. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1988

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! Gem 26,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with orange, brown marks and pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Dived at 10-15 m. in coral rubble. Bohol, Philippines 1970

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea pyriformis smithi dwarf Sowerby 1881 Outstanding Rare Western Form! F+++/Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale bluish color background with brown, gray blotches, and beige dots. Cream/white margins and base with brown, beige spots and brown columellar teeth. From my personal collection. Intertidal under stones. West Australia 1974

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 33,6 mm. Very beautiful unusual pattern and violet lip. Dorsum cream color background with typical pyrum pattern only on the center of the dorsum the sides has only beige, brown soft marks. Orange, yellow/orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++ 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/brown color with pale grayish soft bands. Cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. Self collected under large stones at 4-5 m. Offshore Reef 2 miles off from Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1998

Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa! Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea obvelata Lamarck 1811 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color compressed dorsum with bright orange intense ring. Hyper callosus cream/white color margins and base. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at 1 m. Downtown Huahine, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 2015

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea propinqua Garret 1879 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with dark lavender lips. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Has few micro defects. Namoui Reefs, Makapu Point, Niue Isl. South Polynesia 2010

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973

Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973