Bulla ampulla Linne 1758 Outstanding Inflated Extra large! F++ 54,5 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has slightly growth mark and defects, slightly rough lip doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in silty sand at low tide. Lami, Suva Harbor, Viti Levu, Fiji 1970

Bulla occidentalis A. Adams 1850 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 31 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige, gray, blackish marks and spots, fine cords on lower body. Bluish, white aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and nicks Taken on sand near small cave. San Pedro, Belize 1987

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Multicolor! F+++ 33,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish, white aperture and lip. Has damaged body inside the aperture doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Ha' Apai Islands, Tonga, Polynesia 1972

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Strange Species! F+++/Gem 27,1 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige, brown attractive pattern. White aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Hikkaduwa, North Galle, Sri Lanka 1984

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Polinices flemingianus (Recluz 1844) Outstanding Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful. White color. White base callus, aperture and lip. Self collected in sand at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large Spines Superb! Gem 45,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color, attractive sculpture with knobby and. nodulose cords. White color callosus base, aperture and lip with large strong perfect spines and the canal. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Sounion, south Athens, Aegean Sea, Greece 2000

Coluzea mariae A. W. B. Powell 1952 Gorgeous Rare Large! F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful rare! deep water shell, no more around. White color with attractive nodulose cords and perfect spiral spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and a chips on the side of the canal. Trawled at 400-500 m. Off West Chatham Rise, South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, gray color with attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken on rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous From New Zealand! F+++/Gem 90,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare in new Zealand. White body color, attractive sculpture with large granulose cords and white, black, brown dorsal knobs. Taken washed on beach. Western Bay, Mayor Isl. Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 1950

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

Argonauta hians Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 60 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords and black dorsal knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Trawled. Off South West Taiwan 1970

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with tones of brown dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, brown ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick Blotchless! Gem W/O 12,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color without dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, pale yellow ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal and the operculum inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Nassarius pullus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Humped! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful humped. Blue body and tones of brown color whorls with pale yellowish soft band, attractive sculpture with cream ribs and nodulose cords on low body. Very tick full mature yellowish/cream base with dark gray basal blotch. Cream, pale yellow, blackish ribbed aperture and thick lip. Self collected on sea grass at shallow water. On the front of Diving Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998

Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin 1781) Gorgeous Great Specimen! F+++/Gem W/O 120 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream,  grayish, white and pale yellowish/beige color to the top, attractive sculpture with spiral spines and nodulose cords. Pale orange, cream, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Kanegashima, Aichi, Japan 1980

Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neefs 1970) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale yellowish/beige, cream and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords. Amazing cream, white mature base, aperture and thick lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged for beach renourishment. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 2004

Trajana perideris (Dall 1910) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White, cream aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1970