Aspella producta (Pease 1861) Outstanding!F+++ W/O 16,5 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color, attractive sculpture with granulose varices and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has damaged apex. Dived at 50 feet under dead corals. Alligator Rock, Waimea Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1984

Murex Siratus formosus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful looks between tenuivaricosus and springeri. White color with pale yellowish/beige soft marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, very long perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken by nets at 30-40 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1994

Inermicosta inermicosta (E. H. Vokes 1964) Gorgeous Knobby! Gem W/O 21,7 mm. Formerly Ocenebra inermicosta Very beautiful. Bluish, gray, beige cream, white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose body cords and varices. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in sandy mud bottom at 30-40 m. Off Bonny, Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 1980

Inermicosta inermicosta (E. H. Vokes 1964) Gorgeous! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Formerly Ocenebra inermicosta Very beautiful. Grayish, cream, white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose body cords and varices. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in sandy mud bottom at 30-40 m. Off Bonny, Rivers State, Nigeria 1980

Murex Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker 1897) Gorgeous Curious Small! Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged at 20 fathoms. Off Siesta Key, Sarasota, West Florida 1970

Murex Naquetia cumingii A. Adams 1853 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 45,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige, brown marks and dots, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Dived at 35 m. on reef. Balut Isl. Philippines 2007

Murex Hexaplex saharicus (Locard 1897) Gorgeous Orange! F++ 51 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color with attractive nodulose cords and spines. White, cream, yellow aperture and lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the spires and few chipped spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1975

Latiaxis gemmatus (Shikama 1966) Gorgeous White! Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. White color with pale beige marks attractive perfect large shoulder spines and spiny body cords. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Cebu 1999

Latiaxis japonicus long spiny form (Dunker 1882) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 24,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive lamellate cords and almost perfect long large spines. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2008

Latiaxis spinosus (Hirase 1908) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive perfect long spines and curved siphon. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Cebu 1999

Latiaxis yumimarumai Kosuge 1985 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive spiny cords and longer shoulder spines. White mature ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Cebu 1998

Harpa cabritii Fischer 1860 Gorgeous Cute Baby! Gem 53,4 mm. Very beautiful . Brown, beige, cream and white color attractive body pattern. Brown, beige, cream orange ribs. Black and cream base. White aperture with soft bluish marks and lip with brown marks. Taken on sand bar at low tide. Zanzibar, Unguja Isl. Tanzania 1970

Murex Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ 33 mm. Very beautiful. White color with spiny cords and almost perfect wings. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a drill hole on the spires. Sogod, North Cebu 2006

Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip 1833) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige color with white spiral line, attractive knobby large and fine nodulose cords, white top. Bluish/white knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Punta Negra, Departamento de Lima, Peru 2009

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 85,7 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices. White, pink ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at shallow water. Off Takoradi-Sekodi, Ghana, West Africa 2023

Murex Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Superb Yellow/Brown! Gem W/O 75,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with brown, beige spiral lines and marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, brown perfect frilly spines and pink tip. Pale yellowish, white mature ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps on the top of reef at 50-60 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2010

Murex Hexaplex duplex (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++  W/O 68,4 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, cream and white color top with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and shoulder spines. White mature aperture and lip with beige marks and teeth. Has worm marks and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15 m. on rocks. Pointe Sarene, Senegal 1981

Murex Chicoreus gloriosus (Shikama 1977) Gorgeous Banded White/Orange! Gem 45,1 mm. Previously known as venustulus which occurs in the Marquesas, see Houart, Moe & Chen, 2015 the Nautilus 131 Very beautiful special color. White color with orange bands, attractive knobby, nodulose and lamellate cords, perfect spines and rose top. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Murex Murexiella martini Shikama 1977 Gorgeous White Superb! Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive granulose cords, very long perfect spines and long curved siphon. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 1999

Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Strange Shape! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, strange shape! looks so different that deserves a subspecies. Cream/white color with soft pale yellow marks and large cords. White, yellow base, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has few micro defect. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Olhuveli Isl. Maldives 1984