Voluta Livonia roadnightae (F. McCoy 1881) Gorgeous Large Heavy! Gem 178,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish, orange, cream, white and beige color with attractive brown pattern, soft knobby shoulder, corded upper and low body, thin ribs, yellow tip. Cream, white base, aperture and thick lip. Taken by nets at 160 m. Off Ceduna, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 1980

Voluta Lyria delessertiana (Petit 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 44,6 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream and white color with cream band, beige spiral lines and attractive ribs. White aperture and thick lip with beige dots. Has nick on the canal terminal. Taken in sand at low tide. Nosy Be Isl. Northwest Madagascar 1982

Voluta Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Tick! F+++ 71,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream nd white color with attractive gray, brown, beige and blue pattern. Cream/white, pale bluish and pale orange/beige aperture and thick lip. Has few slightly irregularities over the lip. Taken in muddy sand flats. Broome, Kimberley Region, Western Australia 1960

Voluta Amoria hunteri (Iredale 1931) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 117,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish/beige color with attractive brown, black, beige pattern and shoulder spines. Cream, yellowish, tones of orange, beige aperture and lip Trawled at 80-100 fathoms. North of Capricor Channel, Swain Reef, Qld Australia 1989

Tomigerus clausus Spix 1827 Gorgeous Probably A New Species! Gem 11,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with attractive beige, brown, black bands. Amazing white aperture with cream teeth and cream thick lip. Taken on walls after rain. Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil 2011

Voluta Odontocymbiola simulatrix Leal & Bouchet 1989 Gorgeous Superb Slender! F+++ 87 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive brown pattern and fine nodulose cords. White, yellowish/cream base with beige dots, aperture with gray marks and thin lip. Has a micro defect and slightly rough lip. Trawled at 300-400 m. Off Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2001

Voluta Amoria maculata (Swainson 1822) Gorgeous Slender! F+++/Gem 67,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and white color with blue, black, brown and beige marks. White, yellowish/cream aperture with grayish marks and lip. Has a small defect and a chips on the canal. Trawled. Qld, Australia 1970

Voluta demarcoi Olsson 1965 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 79,6 Very beautiful and heavy, hard to get. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige, black pattern and spots, amazing sculpture. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and thick lip with black marks. Has few slightly growth lines. Trawled . Off Roatan Isl. Honduras 1995

Voluta Lyria cloveriana Weaver 1963 Gorgeous Unusual Inflated! F+++ 89,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with deep red blotch and spiral lines, nodulose corded over the canal. White color base aperture and lip with blackish marks. Has few growth marks on the spires and a chip on the canal. Dived at 10-12 m. on coral sand. Sri Lanka 1990

Voluta Callipara africana (Reeve 1856) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F++/F+++ 71,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige, brown soft marks and  blackish marls over the lip, attractive knobby shoulder. Orange/beige, white base, aperture, and tick lip with blackish marks and basal blotch Has a healed slightly growth defects. Found washed up during stormy weather. Off Transkei Coast, South Africa 1980

Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Orange White! F+++ 46,3 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve orange color with cream/white dots and large ribs. Lower valve white color with pinkish umbo and fine nodulose cords. Trawled at 100 m. Off Forties Platform, North Sea, Scotland 1980

Propefusus australis (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem W/O 99,6 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow, tones of beige and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and teeth, cream, beige and blackish perfect siphon. Has eroded protoconch. Taken alive in sand among grass in shallow water. Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia 1980

Peristernia columbarium (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Special Spinosa Form! F+++ 23,5 mm. Very beautiful, form spinosa Deshayes. White and pale grayish color with attractive spiral spines and nodulose cords. Pale pink, beige ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a growth line on the base. Taken on coral reef in shallow water. Mosquito Isl. Lami, Suva Harbor, Viti Levu, Fiji 1986

Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder 1924 Gorgeous Giant! F++ 103 mm. Very beautiful, almost no more large shells like that around. Tones of dark brown color with white, cream clear spots and grayish mantle line. Dark beige, blue color aperture, base, and margins with cream spots, black and brown teeth. Has few slightly growth lines, few micro defects and chipped labial anterior extremities terminal ridge. Taken under large rocks at 5-10 m. by dive. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 200...

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Slim Black White Blotch! Gem 52 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with gray, beige, blue soft marks and attractive unusual slim black and white dorsal blotch. Cream, white color base and callosus margins with beige, brown large spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea schilderorum Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Thick Superb! Gem 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tines of beige and cream/white color banded dorsum with brown ring. Callosus beige, white margins and base. Dived under rocks. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1970

Cypraea propinqua dwarf Garret 1879 Gorgeous Rare Hawaiian Specimen! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with blue aperture. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-12 m. in rubble. Ewa Beach, W. Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1977