Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Dark Brown! F+++/Gem 24,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown color with gray axial lines and cream/white top. White, cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the base. Taken in sand in shallow water. Mina Al Fahal, Muscat, Oman 1980

Oliva brettinghami Bridgman 1909 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17 mm. Very beautiful . Cream color background with attractive beige and brown zigzag pattern. White, pale bluish, blackish aperture, cream lip with beige dots. Taken in sand at shallow water. Broome, Kimberley Region, Western Australia 1980

Oliva tessellata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish color background with attractive tones of beige marks White, blue, blackish base aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand. Langford Reef, Qld. Australia 1986

Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 62,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, brown, bluish, gray and beige color attractive pattern. White, bluish/white, blue base, aperture, lip with brown marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at shallow water. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Oliva bulbosa fabagina Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 32,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black and cream color attractive pattern with soft pale blue, brown, beige marks. Blue, white base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Aden Gulf, Yemen. 1960

Agaronia travassosi Morretes 1938 Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++ 52,5 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish/white, cream base, aperture and brown lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch and slightly rough thin lip. Trawled at 60-70 m. Off Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2003

Melapium lineatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige axial lines and brown spiral marks. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Dredged at 120 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1996

Oliva volvaroides Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful, unusual specimen from unusual area. Not sure about ID. Tones of orange and cream color background with few beige soft marks. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Korere Village, off Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1980

Oliva leonardhilli Petuch & Sargent 1986 Gorgeous Elongated! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive beige, gray soft pattern. Cream/white base, aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand at extreme low tide. Pemba, North Mozambique 1990

Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding Huge Elongated Form! F+++ 50,2 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream/White color with pale blue soft marks, gray, brown, white over the canal. White, blue, cream, beige base, spires callus, aperture and lip. Has a growth line, few micro defects and few nicks. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2001

Oliva parkinsoni Prior 1975 Gorgeous Dark Superb! Gem 21,5 mm. Very beautiful dark special from!. Cream color background with attractive brown pattern, cream shoulder with brown axial lines. White, yellowish/cream base, aperture, lip and canal. Dived 20 m. in coarse coral sand. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1974

Oliva parkinsoni Prior 1975 Gorgeous Rare Solomon Islands form! Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful rare Solomon islands form!. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive orange pattern, cream shoulder with brown axial lines. White, cream, pale yellow base, aperture, lip and canal. Dived night at 90 feet in coral sand. Anuha Isl. Florida Group, Solomon Islands 1996

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996