Murex Chicoreus virgineus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 70,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobs and nodulose cords, perfect white spiny varices. White, rose mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken by dive. Off Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India 1970

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Drupa clathrata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and beige color with blackish marks, attractive sculpture with nodulose and knobby cords. Amazing blue, white, cream knobby and ribbed aperture and beige lip with teeth. Taken on coral at shallow water. Rat Tail Reef, Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji 1980

Pustulatirus biocellatus Lyons & Snyder 2013 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 14,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, beige and cream color with attractive knobs and fine nodulose cords. Cream/white ribbed aperture and pale yellowish lip with fine teeth. Dived 10-15 m. on sand bottom under rocks. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 2007

Peristernia forskalii leucothea Melvill 1891 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive knobby ribs and nodulose cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken under stones at low tide. Clansthal, Ezemben, Transkei, South Africa 1973

Nodolatirus nodatus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++ 86,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and yellowish/beige color with attractive spiral knobs and cords. Lilac, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has a healed slightly growth marks. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Cebu Isl. Philippines 1970

Cypraea leviathan Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Heavy! F++/F+++ 57,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange and grayish/cream color banded dorsum with cream/white axial lines. Callosus, pale grayish, cream base,  margins and dark lavender teeth. Has slightly irregularities, a healed small bite and few micro defects. Dived at 5-10 m. under rocks. Pearl Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii 1980

Conus atlanticus Clench 1942 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 58,2 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Cream/white color with attractive brown, beige spiral narks. White color aperture and lip. Has one micro defect, slightly chipped upper lip and canal. Trawled. Blind Pass, Sanibel Isl. Florida 1965

Onustus caribaeus (Petit de la Saussaye 1857) Gorgeous Rare! F++ H 34 W 67,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white and pale gray color top with nodulose sculpture, has only few small bivalve attachment, Base white and cream color with nodulose cords. The lip is damaged. Dredged. Off Cape San Blas, Gulf County, Florida 1971

Lunella undulata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O H 34 W 39,6 mm. Very beautiful. White and blackish color attractive pattern and sculpture. Iridescent white, bluish base aperture and grayish lip. Taken under stones at 2-4 m. Southport, Tasmania 1980

Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++ W/O 137 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white, beige and tones of yellow color with brown marks on early whorls, attractive large spiral knobs and sculpture. White, pale grayish glossy base, aperture and thick lip. Has chipped protoconch and few micro defects. Taken on sand with grass at 5-15 feet. Man-o-War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas 1980

Doxander vittatus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Tones of beige color with attractive white pattern, corded low body and spires. Bluish/white base, ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled at 30-40 m. Bohol, Philippines 1980

Dolomena pulchella (Reeve 1851) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder corded on the lip side and ribbed spires. Cream/white, beige base, mature ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dredged on rubble at 20 m. Marau Sound, east Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1970

Monoplex thersites (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ W/O 44,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, white, cream and yellowish color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, pale yellow mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects and the protoconch is chipped. Taken sand at low tide. Freemantle, Perth, Western Australia 1984

Monoplex durbanensis (E. A. Smith 1899) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and grayish color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords with brown lines. White, grayish mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Taken in low tide pools. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1970

Lotoria grandimaculata (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Slender Form Yellow! F+++/Gem W/O 83,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, black, beige, brown and white varices. White, black, blue and pale yellow base, ribbed aperture and knobby lip. Taken in coral rubble at shallow water. Kilakarai, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India 1973

Cymatiella sexcostata (Tate 1888) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful, uncommon species, hard to get, especially in this quality. Tones of orange and cream color, attractive sculpture  with granulose cords, white top. White, cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken among rubble on the edge of sand bar. Wattle Point, South Australia 1980

Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck 1822) Outstanding Tick Dark! F+++/Gem 41,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Grayish, tones of brown and black color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellow, cream ribbed aperture and lip. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on tide pools. Port Welshpool, Victoria, Australia 1996

Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot 1786) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 51,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellowish, white and cream color with attractive  knobby brown bands, beige spiral lines and fine nodulose cords. White knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at shallow water (natural habitat). Muizenberg, South Africa 1966

Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat 1868) Outstanding! F+++ 23 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of light blue and white body color and pale beige, white over the canal .White, dark beige aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on sand at low tide. La Coronilla, North La Paloma, Uruguay 1969