Murex Chicoreus territus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous Huge! F++/F+++ W/O 60,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect white spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few very small damage holes and chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Mackay, Qld. Australia 1980

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot 1853) Gorgeous Colorful Large! F+++/Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, cream and yellow color bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine lamellate cords. White base, aperture and lip with black marks and fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks on reef at low tide. Kings Head Beach, Caloundra, Qld. Australia 1988

Dicathais orbita (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded! F+++ W/O  65,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with bluish/gray bands and attractive nodulose body and large cords. White, bluish, beige, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Taken on rocks east low tide. McLeod Bay, Whangarei, North Isl. New Zealand 1960

Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive fine lamellate body large cords with nice sculpture. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at the base of coastal cliffs. Karamea Bluffs, South Isl. New Zealand 1978

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex Naquetia triqueter (Born 1778) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 54,1 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect wings. White, bluish mature aperture with and yellowish lip with teeth. Has two drill marks. Taken on sand. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1982

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Haustellum tweedianum (McPherson 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 65,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare now. White, cream, beige color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, violet apex. White mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken in coral sand. Breaksea Spit, Qld. Australia 1999

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful and heavy, from rare locality. Blackish, brown, gray color spiral lines with yellowish/cream marks and attractive spiral knobs and fine nodulose cords. Amazing white, pale yellow, pale blue base, aperture and ribbed lip with black marks and cream teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Durban Harbor, Natal, South Africa 1980

Purpura persica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 59,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Brown color with black, white, cream spiral lines and dots, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords. Amazing black, brown, orange, blue, white base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the base. Taken on exposed rock at low tide. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1970

Maxwellia santarosana (Dall 1905) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 36,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color body, attractive sculpture with brown, beige spiny varices and shoulder. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks among seaweed. Ensenada, near Tihuana, Baja California Norte, West Mexico 1970

Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Super Spiny! Gem 49,1 mm. Very beautiful hard to get now. White color with attractive cords and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Zeatrophon ambiguus (R. A. Philippi 1844) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive large knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Kaimaumau Beach, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Rapana bezoar (Linne 1767) Gorgeous Frilly! F+++/Gem 51,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale beige and cream color with attractive almost perfect frilly lamellas and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 50-60 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1970

Nucella lapillus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Thick! F+++/Gem 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive nodulose cords. White, pale yellowish base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Up Mary's Harbour, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1952

Murex Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Farfante 1945) Gorgeous Large Rare Superb! Gem 58,8 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, gray, white and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, yellowish apex. White, beige, bluish mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in deep water. Off Belize, Central America 1988

Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975