Coluzea mariae A. W. B. Powell 1952 Gorgeous Rare Large! F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful rare! deep water shell, no more around. White color with attractive nodulose cords and perfect spiral spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and a chips on the side of the canal. Trawled at 400-500 m. Off West Chatham Rise, South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Ischnochiton contractus (Reeve 1847) Gorgeous Rare 7 Plates Form! F+++/Gem 31,3 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with grayish/grown marks, attractive granulose sculpture. Inside white color. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, gray color with attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken on rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous From New Zealand! F+++/Gem 90,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare in new Zealand. White body color, attractive sculpture with large granulose cords and white, black, brown dorsal knobs. Taken washed on beach. Western Bay, Mayor Isl. Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 1950

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick Blotchless! Gem W/O 12,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color without dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, pale yellow ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal and the operculum inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Nassarius pullus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Humped! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful humped. Blue body and tones of brown color whorls with pale yellowish soft band, attractive sculpture with cream ribs and nodulose cords on low body. Very tick full mature yellowish/cream base with dark gray basal blotch. Cream, pale yellow, blackish ribbed aperture and thick lip. Self collected on sea grass at shallow water. On the front of Diving Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998

Marinula filholi F. W. Hutton 1878 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color body and yellowish/cream top. Amazing bluish/white, pale yellow aperture with large teeth and lip. Has a chip. Taken at low tide. Takapuna Reef Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1981

Argonauta hians Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 60 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords and black dorsal knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Trawled. Off South West Taiwan 1970

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with tones of brown dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, brown ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Columbarium spinicinctum caragarang Garrard 1966 Gorgeous Special Form Rare! F++ 53 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellowish/cream color with beige dots, attractive sculpture with almost perfect shoulder spines and knobby low body cord, long spiny siphon. White aperture and lip. Has a damage hole near the aperture and chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 70 fathoms. Off North Light, southern Qld. Australia 1980

Tonna perdix (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 102,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, beige marked attractive large cords. White, pale grayish ribbed aperture and brown, beige lip. Has a growth mark on the base and few micro defects. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Viti-Levu, Fiji 1990

Tonna tesselata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 53 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish and white color with attractive tones of beige marked large cords. Beige slightly corded aperture and white thick lip with teeth. Trawled. Bali, Indonesia 1990

Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter 1893 Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 37,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, gray and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture with granulose, fine nodulose cords and spiny margin. Inside blue color with black marks. Taken on rocks at low tide. Motutara, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 63,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream, white, beige and pale orange color with large cords. White, yellowish aperture and thick lip with large teeth. Has a chip on the canal. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Lakeba Isl. Lao Group, Fiji 1981

Babylonia japonica (Reeve 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of beige and gray pattern. Body color and white callosus base, aperture and lip. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 1970