Cypraea caurica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Callosus Superb! Gem 42 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and tones of brown color bands with beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus white relief margins and base with black spots and grayish marks, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea vitellus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 36,6 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum beige and brown color soft bands with attractive bluish/white clear some relief spots. Callosus margins and base cream, white color with thin grayish lines and cream/white soft spots. Has two very small bites. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea lurida pulchroides Alvarado & Alvarez 1964 Outstanding Elongate! F+/F++ 33,3 mm. Very beautiful with extended apex. Dark beige color with soft grayish bands. Cream, beige, pale blue, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has healed slightly growth marks and lines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Cape Verde Islands 1993

Cypraea teres alveolus Tapparone 1882 Outstanding!Gem 26,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive pale brown, beige soft blotches and dots. Callosus cream/white base and margins with beige soft spots. Taken under stone and dead coral at 1-3 m. Fungu Yasin reef, Dar El Salaam 1973

Murex Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream and white color with brown, beige spiral lines and marks, attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect black and brown spines, pink  top. Bluish/white mature aperture and pale yellowish lip with teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken in coral reef at shallow water. Chocas Beach, Conducia Bay, Mozambique 1990s

Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa! Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea obvelata Lamarck 1811 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color compressed dorsum with bright orange intense ring. Hyper callosus cream/white color margins and base. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at 1 m. Downtown Huahine, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 2015

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++ 45,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional without typical teulerei pattern. Cream and pale bluish/gray color background with attractive beige, brown spots and marks all over the dorsum don't has the typical black relief dorsal blotches. Cream/white color base with beige, grayish basal blotch and margins with brown spots. Has irregularities and few slightly growth defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom ...

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus! Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea arabica Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Blue margins! Gem 59,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown pattern, white and beige blue mantle line and extended tip. Amazing blue, cream margin and base with large slightly relief black, blue large spots and brown teeth. Taken on reef at shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2016

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 37,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with brown, beige spots. Has a small slightly growth defect on the posterior end of the dorsum. Taken on reef in very shallow water. Plate Siesta, Djibouti City, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Cypraea carneola dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Ring! F+++/Gem 27,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange/beige and cream color banded dorsum with blue ring and grayish sides with cream dots. Cream margins and base with  lavender lop with cream teeth. Has a micro defect. Self collected under dead coral at shallow water. Malonao Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Cypraea marginalis pseudocellata Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Globose! Gem 24,5 mm. Very beautiful curious bump globose specimen from unusual area. Pale bluish color background with attractive small cream/white and large brown spots, pale bluish soft mantle line. Cream/white color base and nodulose margins with beige, gray soft spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Aden area, Yemen 1987

Cypraea semiplota Mighels 1845 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful great specimen, now days it is one of the rarest cypraea from Hawaii. Dark honey color with cream/white clear spots and soft mantle line. White, light blue color nodulose margins and base with pale yellow teeth, pale yellow/orange canals and terminals. Dived at 40 feet in black sponges (natural habitat). Ewa Beach, Pearl Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii 1979

Cypraea mappa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Cross Mantle Line! F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and unusual cross on the mantle line. Cream color base and margins with brown, beige soft spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has few micro defects. Dived at 16 m. on reef. Cuyo Isl. North East of Palawan Isl. Philippines 1990

Cypraea stercoraria cameroonica dwarf Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous! F+++ 35,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige spots and marks. Dark beige, cream margins and base with brown, beige spots and cream/white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under rocks and rocky in shallow water. Bight of Biafra, Douala, Cameroon 2010