Cypraea pyriformis (Gray 1824) Outstanding! Gem 28,9 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color background with beige dots and brown, gray blotches on the columellar side and margin. Cream/white margins with brown spots and base with brown columellar teeth. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Cypraea lentiginosa (Gray 1825) Outstanding! F+++ 24,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive beige, brown marks. Cream color margins and base with beige, grayish spots. Has a scratch on the labial side doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. On rocks during low tide. Karwar, South West India 1975

Cypraea staphylaea dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Mauve! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. Mauve color with attractive densely cream/white nodules, orange terminals. Yellowish, cream color margins and base with pale yellowish/orange lines and teeth. From my personal collection. Philippines 2008

Cypraea lurida freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding Elongate! F++/F+++  45,3 mm. Very beautiful freak with short anterior labial terminal ridge. Pale beige color with cream soft bands. Cream,  white color margins and base, pale orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly irregularities and micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From Greek trawler. 1978 Unknown

Cypraea lynx Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual Color Superb! Gem 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream color background on the dorsum with large black and smaller tones of brown, beige densely marks and spots, cream color background on the sides with large black and densely small soft blue spots. Cream/white color base and margins with  relief black and bluish small soft spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Great Barrier Reef, Qld. Australia 1991

Cypraea punctata berinii Dautzenberg 1906 Gorgeous! Gem 11,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with dark brown clear spots. Cream/ white margins and base with black, brown spots. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin), South East Madagascar 1990's

Cypraea moneta dwarf hypercallosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with pale greenish band. Hyper callosus knobbed white, pale yellow color margins, base and teeth. Self collected under dead coral shallow water. Bodufinolhu Isl. Maldives 1993

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots, cream mantle line and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under dead corals. Cairns, Qld. Australia 1980

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dark honey color with dark brown blotch and white clear spots. Callosus yellowish/beige color margins and base with black marginal blotches and brown. beige spots and basal lines. Taken under stones and dead corals at shallow water. East Plage des Sables Blancs, Tajdourah, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Extended apex! F+++ 39 mm. Very beautiful  local form with extended apex Honey color with attractive beige with brown over line spots and dots. Beige base and margins with black spots and brown teeth. Has small slightly scratches. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Bajuni Islands, Somalia, East Africa 2009