Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Super Spiny! Gem 49,1 mm. Very beautiful hard to get now. White color with attractive cords and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 Gorgeous Superb Light color! Gem 66,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale blue and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords, spiral knobs and perfect spines. White mature aperture with brown marks and lip with strong teeth and a longer tooth. Trawled at shallow water. Keppel Sands, Qld. Australia 1970

Murex Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 59,8 mm. Very beautiful. White, beige, brown, black color with attractive cords, lamellate wings and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and lip with brown  marks. Has few micro defects and chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Senegal 1990

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Spiny! Gem W/O 80 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, bluish, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive perfect shoulder spines, fine cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, gray mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 72 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive shoulder knobs, fine nodulose cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, brown mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos...

Murex Naquetia vokesae (Houart 1986) Gorgeous Exceptional Superb! Gem 52.5 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen! looks more a new species. Cream, white, beige and brown color, attractive sculpture with nodulose body and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Dived at 15-20 m. on coral sand and rubble. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1988

Muricopsis josei Vokes 1994 Gorgeous Large Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 22 mm. Very beautiful. Dark orange and beige color with attractive almost perfect spines and fine nodulose body cords. White mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on briozoaria bottom by lobster nets at 45-60 m, Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2021

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 Poropteron graagae (Coen 1947) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 15,9 mm. Very beautiful and uncommon. Beige color with attractive perfect curved spiny and granulose varices. Cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1970

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

Trophon pelseneeri E. A. Smith 1915 Gorgeous Superb White/Brown! Gem 24,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown bands, attractive nodulose low body and perfect wings. White mature ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful and heavy, from rare locality. Blackish, brown, gray color spiral lines with yellowish/cream marks and attractive spiral knobs and fine nodulose cords. Amazing white, pale yellow, pale blue base, aperture and ribbed lip with black marks and cream teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Durban Harbor, Natal, South Africa 1980

Purpura persica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 59,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Brown color with black, white, cream spiral lines and dots, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords. Amazing black, brown, orange, blue, white base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the base. Taken on exposed rock at low tide. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1970

Murex Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Light color Superb! F+++/Gem 83,1 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get rare from Brazil. White and cream color with beige, brown spiral lines, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect long spines. White aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged at 100-120 m. Off Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 2000