Murex Siratus kugleri (Clench & Perez Farfante 1945) Gorgeous Deep Water Species! F+++/Gem W/O 47 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream/white color with pale beige spiral lines and attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few chips on the side of the canal Taken in trap set at 250 m. Off Sainte Anne, Guadeloupe, Antilles 2005

Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes 1832) Gorgeous Great Specimen! F+++/Gem 42,9 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of gray, blackish, bluish and cream color attractive sculpture with granulose cords and knobby shoulder. Gray, cream mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a growth defect over the siphon. Taken on rocks in very muddy sand at low tide. Keppel Bay, Qld. Australia 1973

Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive fine lamellate body large cords with nice sculpture. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at the base of coastal cliffs. Karamea Bluffs, South Isl. New Zealand 1978

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex Naquetia triqueter (Born 1778) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 54,1 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect wings. White, bluish mature aperture with and yellowish lip with teeth. Has two drill marks. Taken on sand. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1982

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Haustellum tweedianum (McPherson 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 65,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare now. White, cream, beige color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, violet apex. White mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken in coral sand. Breaksea Spit, Qld. Australia 1999

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Xymene plebeius (F. W. Hutton 1873) Outstanding Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown bands and attractive granulose large cords. Body color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on mussels beds at low tide. Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand 1982

Murex sp. Gorgeous Cute Baby! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Can be Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker 1864). Cream/white color with attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect very long spines. Cream, white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Indonesia 1999

Murex Siratus beauii branchi (Clench 1953) Gorgeous Light Color! F+++/Gem W/O 61,8 mm. Very beautiful light color Florida form rare now. White color with pale yellow soft spiral lines, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has chipped one dorsum spine and chips on the side of the canal. Dredged in sand and rubble bottom at 100-120 m. Off Palm Spring, Florida 1970

Murex Siratus coltrorum E. Vokes 1990 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 31,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color with brown bands and marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1997

Murex Hexaplex princeps (Broderip 1833) Gorgeous! F+++ 68 mm. Very beautiful. White color with black, brown, beige bands, marks and spiral lines, attractive large spines. White ribbed aperture and black lip with teeth. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Jaco Beach, Puntarenas, West Costa Rica 1980

Xenotrophon euschema (Iredale 1929) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful and extremely rare. Cream and beige color with attractive perfect spiny cords and ribs. Cream ribbed mature aperture and lip. Has a chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 160 m. Off Mooloolabah, Southern Qld. Australia 2017

Murex Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful. White body color and beige early whorls with attractive nodulose cords and perfect black spiny varices. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Off Point Pongara, Gabon 1980

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes 1846) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive brown, beige, gray, bluish marks, small shoulder knobs and cords. Orange aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Has slightly chipped canal Trawled. Vladivostok, Siberia, Bering Sea, Russia 1980

Murex Muricanthus nigritus (R. A. Philippi 1845) Gorgeous Heavy Large Superb! F+++/Gem 108 mm. Very beautiful. White and black color with brown lines and marks, attractive almost perfect spines and apex. White, pale blue base, mature aperture and black, white spiny lip. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Trawled at 20-40 m. Conception Bay, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975