Agaronia griseoalba Von Martens 1897 Gorgeous Blue! Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with blue axial marks and dots, gray and cream over the canal. Blue, white, brown, yellowish base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Las Lajas, Chiriqui, West Panama 1990

Eburna glabrata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish color with orange, cream/white bands. Pale yellowish, pale bluish, white base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Taken in sand in shallow water. Paranaguana Peninsula, Venezuela 1990

Oliva incrassata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Heavy Superb! Gem 60,4 mm. Very beautiful and very heavy. Blue and cream color background with blue, black, brown, gray marks and dots. Cream, white base, aperture and lip with blackish, brown marks. Taken in or on sand at extreme low tide. San Felipe, Baja California, West Mexico 2003

Chione cancellata (Linne 1767) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 22 W 24 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive body sculpture and almost perfect granulose cords. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Indian River, West Antigua 1981

Melongena melongena nana dwarf Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck 1986 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 30,8 mm. Very beautiful rare dwarf Aruba form. Multicolor bands and spiral lines with attractive soft spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color, pale blue aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in mangrove area at low tide. Mangle Halto, Aruba 2013

Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon 1834 Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 42,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, western Australia form. White color with attractive beige pattern. White ribbed aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Roebuck Bay, Broome, Western Australia 1998

Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 43,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale orange and beige color with cream/white spires and over the canal. White, cream, pale yellowish base, aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Viriola corrugata (Hinds 1843) Outstanding Large! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and brown color with attractive granulose cords. Cream aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand at 3-5 feet. Mo'una Isl. Vava'u, Tonga 2000

Cymatium caudatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 67,6 mm. Very beautiful rare deep water Japanese specimen. Pale yellow and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Trawled at 200-300 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1970

Gyrineum natator (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Large Dark!Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige, cream and white color bands with attractive brown, blackish spiral knobs and fine cords. White, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Pat Wadi, Mumbai, India 1982

Cancellaria obesa Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous Superb!Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Yellowish/orange, beige, cream color with attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with fine teeth. Dredged at 80-100 feet on mud. Gobernadora Isl. Bahia de Chiriqui, West Panama 1995

Pholas dactylus Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 64 mm. Very beautiful. White color, attractive sculpture with spiny cords and perfect spiny lips. Has few micro defects. Taken alive in mud bottom. Eretria, South Evoicos Gulf, Greece 2010

Pugilina morio (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 104,6 mm. Very beautiful. Black and tones of brown color with attractive yellow, cream, beige, brick, white bands, bluish thin spiral lines, few shoulder knobs and nodulose cords. Black, brown, blue, beige, cream/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in muddy sand on estuary. Kwa Ibo, Cross River State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Haliotis spadicea Donovan 1808 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 60,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and blackish color with white marks, rose top and attractive sculpture. Inside iridescent bluish and red color on the top. Taken on rocks at low tide. Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1998

Phos blainvillei Deshayes 1832 Gorgeous Orange Aperture! F+++/Gem W/O 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and fine nodulose body cords. Orange ribbed aperture with brown marks and white lip with fine teeth. Dived at 10 m. on sand and rubble. Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 1979

Oliva circinata Marrat 1881 Gorgeous Unusual Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 49,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive brown, beige, grayish, bluish, black pattern and marks. White base, aperture and lip with brown marks. Trawled at 70-80 m. Off Prado, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Strombus latus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 98,4 mm. Very beautiful glossy and heavy. Tones of brown color with attractive white pattern and sculpture with large spiral knobs. White, pale beige aperture and grayish thick lip. Has chipped apex and a chip on the canal. Taken by nets at 20-30 m. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana 2024

Lischkeia alwinae (Lischke 1871) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 40,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords, spiral spines and small knobby shoulder. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth mark. Trawled at 30-50 fathoms. Off Mikawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 1998

Capulus otohimeae (Habe 1946) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 11,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with yellowish marks and attractive sculpture. White aperture and pale yellowish lip. Taken attached on dead trawled shells at 100 m. Iriomote Isl. Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan 1980

Littoraria undulata (J. E. Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++ 15 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black, brown pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has rough lip. Taken on rocks at shore line. Kaliyasem, Kalibukbuk-Lovina area, Bali, Indonesia 2012