Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Outstanding Greenish Overglaze! F+++ 62 mm. Very nice. Greenish color overglaze with soft grayish pattern. Margins and base yellowish/green color with gray and brown spots. Has few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal ridge. Cebu 2000

Cypraea achatidea inopinata Schilder 1930 Gorgeous Huge Superb! Gem 44,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige blotches, marks and dots, pale yellow ring. Cream, white base and margins. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Conakri, Guinea, West Africa 2001

Cypraea zebra Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra Large Inflated! F+++ 86,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and chocolate color bands with cream, white and some ocellata spots, cream mantle line. Beige color base and margins with white and blackish with white over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and healed defects on the anterior extremities terminal ridges. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Marathon Key, Florida 1995

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis dwarf Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Gorgeous Special Cylindrical Form! Gem 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with exceptional black, gray densely large marks. Cream color base and margins with black dots. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead corals. Off Abrolhos National Park, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Exceptional Knobby! Gem 19,9 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. Bluish/white color, attractive sculpture with cream knobs and cords, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and corded base. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Khuria Muria Isl. South West Oman 1980

Cypraea scurra occidua dwarf C. P. Meyer & Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous Extended apex! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dark beige color background with attractive brown over line cream ocellata spots and mantle line. Cream/beige color base and margins with blackish spots and brown teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken under rocks at low tide in the reef. Nacala Bay, Mozambique, East Africa 2012

Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Cypraea pantherina funebralis Sulliotti 1924 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 74 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of dark yellowish color background with black densely spots and marks. White base and margins with orange, beige, black spots. Has few micro defects, Taken on shallow water. Massawa, Erithrea, Red Sea 1980

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous! Gem 24,2 mm.  Very beautiful. White and cream color with grayish, brown spots and marks. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large! F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and pale reddish color banded dorsum. Pale grayish, cream margins and base with lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities and two small defects on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 44,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color bands with attractive clear white spots and bluish mantle line. Grayish/beige color base with orange/brown basal blotch and margin with white spots. Taken at 3-6 m. under rocks. Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 1993

Cypraea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Gorgeous Dark Globose! F+++ 39,5 mm. Very beautiful unusual color and shape. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige, blue blotches, marks and dots, yellow ring. White base with pale blue marks and yellow margins. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. From my personal collection. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Malaga, Spain 1974

Cypraea friendii friendii (J. E. Gray 1831) Gorgeous Blue! F++ 76,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum blue and white color background with attractive black, brown, beige spots and marks. Black, brown color base and margins with orange/brick marks and black spots, white teeth and aperture. Has micro defects and nicks on the posterior extremities terminal ridge. Dived at 18 m. on sponge. Carnac Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1975

Cypraea francescoi Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dark brown color with attractive clear large cream/white spots. White, cream base and callosus margins. Taken in deep water. Tolagnaro (Ft.Dauphin), Anosy, South East Madagascar 2002

Cypraea interrupta Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive  brown, beige, black marks and dots. Callosus white color base with bluish blotches and margins. Taken under dead corals at low tide. Langkawi Archipelago, Malaysia 1980

Cypraea pellucens panamensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Slender Superb! Gem 34,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive dark brown blotches and tones of brown, beige marks and dots. Callosus cream, white base and margins with black and bluish spots. Taken under dead corals at 3-4 m. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1990

Cypraea petitiana Crosse 1872 Gorgeous Unusual Shape! Gem 28,5 mm. Very beautiful special globose columellar margin like Cypraea angelicae. Dorsum cream, beige and brown color attractive pattern. Pinkish/cream color callosus margins and base with strong cream/white teeth and orange canal. Trawled at 60 m. Off Conakri, Guinea 1991