Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 57,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with brown, beige marks, attractive spiral spines and fine nodulose cords. White and yellow nodulose and ribbed base, aperture and knobby, ribbed lip. Trawled. Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, India 1983

Haliotis diversicolor squamata Reeve 1846 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and cream color pattern with attractive lamellate cords. Inside corded iridescent bluish color and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Cleaverville Beach, Karratha, Western Australia 1991

Oliva hirasei Kira 1959 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 43,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with amazing blackish, gray, blue pattern. White, pale blue aperture and lip with black marks. Taken on sand bottom by dive. Siasi, Sulu, Southern Philippines 1990

Oliva pindarina Duclos 1840 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 31,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive blackish, bluish and gray pattern. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip with blackish, gray marks. Taken in sand at low tide. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1980

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century

Aliger gallus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 110,4 mm. From finger to canal. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with white, cream, brown and beige marks, attractive shoulder knobs and nodulose cords. Pale orange, yellowish cream, white base, aperture and lip. Has a small drill hole on spires, few nicks on the finger and the canal. Dived at 20-30 m. in coral sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2025

Euprotomus chrysostomus (Kuroda 1942) Gorgeous Superb Strange Form! F+++/Gem 76 mm. Very beautiful. White color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. Amazing Yellowish, reddish/orange, pale grayish and cream base, aperture, lip, canal and finger. Taken on coral sand at 2-3 m. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1980

Niveria capsula Fehse 2022 Gorgeous Pink! Gem 5,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pink color with attractive cords. Cream, pink base and margin. Dived at 8-10 feet under rocks. Western Sambo Reef, Key West, Florida Keys, Florida 1995

Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, gray, cream and beige color with attractive knobby cords, cream/white base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color aperture and lip. Taken under rocks at low tide. Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1982

Maurea punctulata (Martyn 1784) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 27 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Tones of brown color with attractive cream, beige granulose and nodulose cords. Irisans bluish/white ribbed aperture and beige lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Leigh, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Zigzag Pattern! F+++ W/O 35,1 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with attractive brown and beige zigzag pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thin lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip and a chip on the canal. Collected from my daughter Vicky by snorkeling at 4-5 m. on sand. Angistri Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece August...

Glycymeris glycymeris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 45 W 46,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine cords. Trawled at 20-30 m. Erquis Harbour, Bretagne, France 2002

Glycymeris longior (G. B. Sowerby I 1833) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem H 30 W 30 mm. Very beautiful. White, yellow, cream, brown and beige color rays. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2000

Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

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

Gibberulus gibbosus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, black, yellowish spiral marks, slightly corded spires and low body. White, black, brown base, ribbed aperture and lip. Taken exposed on sand flat at 2-3 feet. Agana Bay, Guam 1976

Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in't Veld & De Turck 1998) Gorgeous Rare White Large! F+++ 50,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pure white color with few cords on low body. White base with callus, aperture and lip. Has micro defects, little chipped protoconch and canal, scratch on upper lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Efate, Vanuatu 2001

Pusula pediculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 11,2 mm. Very beautiful. Gray, beige color with black blotches, attractive cream nodulose cords and knobby mantle line. Beige, brown margin and base with cream cords and white teeth. Taken under coral slabs at 1-2 m. Arashi Beach, Aruba 2025