Aplustrum amplustre (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 15,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale pinkish color with attractive black, brown bands. Body color aperture and lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 1990

Granata imbricata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 27,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown dots, attractive nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole. Taken under rocks at low tide. Long Reef, North West Australia 1943

Septaria porcellana (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O H 8 W 20,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Black color with attractive dark yellowish pattern. Inside blue and white color. Has few erosions defects and few nicks. Taken on rocks and walls in small river near dam. West Okinawa, Japan 2006

Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 57,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of beige, gray, brick and orange pattern. Body color and white base, aperture and lip. Trawled at 40-60 m. off shore. Cuddalore, Southern Chennai (Madras), India 1990

Architectonica nobilis Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 21 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale grayish, beige and pale yellowish color with tones of brown narks and dots, nodulose cords. Cream, white color aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

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

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

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

Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry 1901 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 37 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale beige, gray and blackish color pattern with attractive sculpture. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Kii Peninsula, Honshu Isl. Japan 1980

Tenagodus weldii Tenison Woods 1876 Outstanding Rare! F+++/Gem 21,5 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. White color with attractive split and nodulose sculpture. Has chipped lip. Taken washed on the beat. KariKari Peninsula, North Isl. New Zealand 1980

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

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

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

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

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