Canarium ochroglottis (Abbott 1960) Gorgeous Yellowish/orange! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful glossy special color, hard to get from this area. Yellowish/orange color with attractive knobby shoulder, corded over the lip and low body. White and pale yellow ribbed aperture and thick lip with fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Somalia 2012

Ministrombus minimus (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 35,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from this area. Yellowish/beige and cream color with white, brown soft pattern and attractive knobby shoulder. White and cream callosus base. White aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Baie de Tortue, New Caledonia 1972

Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon 1834 Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 42,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, western Australia form. White color with attractive beige pattern. White ribbed aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Roebuck Bay, Broome, Western Australia 1998

Strombus latus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 98,4 mm. Very beautiful glossy and heavy. Tones of brown color with attractive white pattern and sculpture with large spiral knobs. White, pale beige aperture and grayish thick lip. Has chipped apex and a chip on the canal. Taken by nets at 20-30 m. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana 2024

Strombus latus arenensis Bernard 1982 Gorgeous Large! F++ 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale yellow, cream color with small spiral knobs. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and grayish lip. Has a healed drill mark on the base, micro defects, chipped apex, canal and upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Euprotomus bulla (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 57,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white, grayish marks and dots, attractive large spiral knobs and smaller white shoulder knobs and body sculpture. White, reddish, cream base, aperture and lip. Has nicks on the finger and protoconch  Taken on coral sand with grass at 2-3 m. Nha Trang, Vietnam 2002

Strombus decorus raybaudi albinistic Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++ W/O 51,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with pale beige and yellowish soft marks. White and pale orange aperture and thin lip with beige marks. Has nicks on the upper lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand. Kiriamadi beach, Lasithi, North East Crete, Greece 18 August 20...

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Bicolor! F+++/Gem W/O 46,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821). Very beautiful exceptional bicolor and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. From the aperture till the middle of the dorsum white color with yellowish/beige pattern and then till the lip white and pale grayish color without pattern. Bluish/white and pale orange aperture and lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling ...

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Zigzag Pattern! F+++ W/O 35,1 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with attractive brown and beige zigzag pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thin lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip and a chip on the canal. Collected from my daughter Vicky by snorkeling at 4-5 m. on sand. Angistri Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece August...

Gibberulus gibbosus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, black, yellowish spiral marks, slightly corded spires and low body. White, black, brown base, ribbed aperture and lip. Taken exposed on sand flat at 2-3 feet. Agana Bay, Guam 1976

Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in't Veld & De Turck 1998) Gorgeous Rare White Large! F+++ 50,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pure white color with few cords on low body. White base with callus, aperture and lip. Has micro defects, little chipped protoconch and canal, scratch on upper lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Efate, Vanuatu 2001

Strombus alatus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 81,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/beige body and cream, white color early whorls with beige soft marks and cords, cream over the lip, attractive perfect shoulder knobs. Amazing brown, orange, black, beige, cream base, aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Marco Is. Florida 1970

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980

Strombus pugilis dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 69,5 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/orange color body and cream, white corded early whorls with attractive very large perfect white shoulder spines. Amazing red, orange, white base, ribbed aperture and grayish/beige lip with blackish canal. Has little chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Biscayne Key, Miami, Florida 1978

Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, brown, beige and blue color attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand flats at very low tide.Dingo Beach, North Qld. Australia 1980