Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born 1778) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O H 15 W 16 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive gray pattern and black marks. Rose, yellowish base, aperture and grayish lip with fine teeth. Has a chip and a nick. Taken on rocks at low tide. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1992

Clanculus floridus (R. A. Philippi 1850) Gorgeous Special NSW Form! Gem H 8 W 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and white top. White base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide . Narrabeen, NSW, Australia 1986

Diloma bicanaliculatum (Dunker 1845) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O H 10,5 W 13 mm. Very beautiful and hard to get. Black color with cream dots, attractive knobby cords and nodulose body. Bluish/white iridescent color aperture and black spiny lip. Has a chip on the shoulder. Taken under rocks at low tide. West coast of Auckland, Northland, New Zealand 2003

Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot 1848) Gorgeous Colorful Flat! F+++ H 11 W 16,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color with attractive brown, beige pattern. Cream and white color base with attractive brown, blackish pattern. Bodycolor aperture and lip. Has slightly chipped rough lip. Taken in sand bars at low tide. Rarawa Beach, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 2003

Astralium rotularia (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Frilly Large! F+++/Gem W/O H 31 W 40,9 mm. including lamellas Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive almost perfect large shoulder lamellas. Cream /white base with lamellate cords. Iridescent white base, aperture and lip, black operculum. Taken on rocks at low tide. Broome, North West Western Australia 1988

Cochlespira pulchella fossata Powell 1969 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 28,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale beige and cream color with attractive fine nodulose cords and double row shoulder perfect spines. Cream, beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a drill holes on the spires. From deep water by tangle net. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2007

Glyphostoma otohimeae Kosuge 1981 Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 28,5 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown and beige marks, attractive knobby ribs. Amazing white and grayish knobby aperture and lip with fine teeth. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2008

Glyphostoma rostrata A. Sysoev & Ph. Bouchet 2001 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale yellowish color with white, brown bands, beige marks, attractive fine nodulose cords and spiral knobs. Amazing white knobby aperture, brown and white lip with fine teeth. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2005

Amalda albocallosa (Lischke 1868) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 63,7 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Tones of orange, cream, white and beige color. White, pale beige color callus, aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Trawled. Mikawa, Aichi, Japan 1970

Amalda dimidiata (G. B. Sowerby II 1859) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 27,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get this size nowadays. Tones of orange, cream and pale beige color. Orange, cream color aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks on low lip. Trawled in sand at 40-45 m. Off Cape of Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1997

Ancillista velesiana Iredale 1936 Outstanding! Large! F+++/Gem 83 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, brown and beige color. Pale yellowish/cream aperture and thin lip. Trawled. Off Tin Can Bay, South Qld. Australia 1980

Oliva australis Duclos 1835 Outstanding! Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with beige, brown spots, brown shoulder marks and over the canal. White aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Port Lincoln, South Australia 1984

Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 39 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige and greenish color background with attractive gray, black pattern and spots. Bluish/white base, aperture and lip with black marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1970

Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding Green! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tone of green color background with attractive black pattern. Bluish/white base, aperture and dark grayish lip. Taken night on sand at very low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1986

Strombus alatus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 81,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/beige body and cream, white color early whorls with beige soft marks and cords, cream over the lip, attractive perfect shoulder knobs. Amazing brown, orange, black, beige, cream base, aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Marco Is. Florida 1970

Megapitaria maculata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 46 W 56,7 mm. Very beautiful, glossy and heavy. Yellowish color with attractive multicolor pattern and fine cords. Taken on sand at 3-6 m. Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017

Argonauta hians Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 60 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords and black dorsal knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Trawled. Off South West Taiwan 1970

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with tones of brown dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, brown ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick Blotchless! Gem W/O 12,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color without dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, pale yellow ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal and the operculum inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Nassarius pullus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Humped! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful humped. Blue body and tones of brown color whorls with pale yellowish soft band, attractive sculpture with cream ribs and nodulose cords on low body. Very tick full mature yellowish/cream base with dark gray basal blotch. Cream, pale yellow, blackish ribbed aperture and thick lip. Self collected on sea grass at shallow water. On the front of Diving Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998