Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 37,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with brown, beige spots. Has a small slightly growth defect on the posterior end of the dorsum. Taken on reef in very shallow water. Plate Siesta, Djibouti City, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale 1935 Outstanding Dwarf! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream and  dark beige color bands with brown, grayish, beige marks and dots. Cream/white base and margins with brown, beige spots. Taken under rocks and dead corals on reef at low tide. Langford Reef, near Proserpine, Qld. Australia 1977

Cypraea zonaria gambiensis Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream, pale beige color base and margins with gray spots. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Casamance, Senegal 1980

Cypraea turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Extra Large Callosus! F+++/Gem 45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color background with attractive brown spots. Callosus white color base and margins with gray spots. Has two micro defects. Taken under stones at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Cypraea zebra Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra Large Inflated! F+++ 86,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and chocolate color bands with cream, white and some ocellata spots, cream mantle line. Beige color base and margins with white and blackish with white over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and healed defects on the anterior extremities terminal ridges. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Marathon Key, Florida 1995

Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder 1924 Gorgeous Giant! F++ 103 mm. Very beautiful, almost no more large shells like that around. Tones of dark brown color with white, cream clear spots and grayish mantle line. Dark beige, blue color aperture, base, and margins with cream spots, black and brown teeth. Has few slightly growth lines, few micro defects and chipped labial anterior extremities terminal ridge. Taken under large rocks at 5-10 m. by dive. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 200...

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Slim Black White Blotch! Gem 52 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with gray, beige, blue soft marks and attractive unusual slim black and white dorsal blotch. Cream, white color base and callosus margins with beige, brown large spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024