Volutidae

Voluta musica guinaica Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous! F+++ 70,4 mm. Smooth specimen! identified as guinaica, but I assume it is just a smooth form. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Yellowish/cream mature lip with black marks, pale yellowish/orange, cream, bluish base and aperture. Has few micro defects and few nicks. Taken in turtle grass/sand in shallow water. Amuay Bay, Peninsula Paraguana, Venezuela 1997

Voluta Cymbium pachyus (Pallary 1930) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 88,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige body color and brown base. Pale yellowish, blue, brown cream aperture and lip. Has few micro defects a chips on the canal terminal and few nicks. Trawled at 20-50 m. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1975

Voluta Harpulina lapponica loroisi (Valenciennes 1863) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 93,5 mm. Very beautiful, Nicobar form. Yellowish/cream, white color with attractive brown, black pattern and soft pale orange, beige marks. Pale pinkish, pale grayish, white aperture and yellow lip. Has few nicks. Taken by nets at 100-120 m. Off North East Nicobar Islands, India 2000's