Conidae N-R

Conus nobilis victor Broderip 1842 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,1 mm. Small but very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive brown marked bands, white pattern and lilac tip. Bluish/white aperture and beige lip Has a micro defect on the top and a nick on the upper lip. Taken at 100 feet. Indonesia 2010

Conus planorbis freak Born 1778 Gorgeous Orange! F++ 61,3 mm. Very beautiful and unusual freak, from the middle of the dorsum till the lip has large white axial canals (undulations). Cream/white and orange color bands with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects and very small worm marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, small part of the upper dorsum is slightly eroded and the lip is slightly filed. Balabac  Isl. Palawan 2007

Conus purpurascens Sowerby 1833 Gorgeous Sky/blue! F+++/Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful specimen from Galapagos. Sky/blue color with attractive beige, brown, white marks and spiral dots, nodulose cords on low body and the spires. White, bluish, mauve aperture and lip with beige dots and fine teeth. Has few micro defects. Dived at 12-14 m. in sand. Bahia Isabel, Fernandina Isl. (Narborough Isl.), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 1998