Orania pacifica (Nakayama 1988) Gorgeous! Gem 16,1 mm. Very beautiful, really special for a Muricidae lover. Pale yellow, white body and brown color over the canal with attractive fine lamellate and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off southern Maputo, Mozambique 2014

Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton 1882) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white body and grayish, beige color to the top with fine gray spiral lines, attractive sculpture and cords. Brown, beige white mature knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on mussel beds at low tide. Maunganui Bluff, Dargaville, North Isl. New Zealand 1997

Murex Bolinus brandaris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 78,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with few brown small marks, nodulose cords and attractive perfect knobby and long spines. Amazing cream, yellow, orange full mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has chipped the side of canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

Harpa kajiyamai Habe 1970 Gorgeous Baby! F+++/Gem 31,3 mm. Very beautiful rare Japanese baby specimen. Cream color with attractive soft beige pattern. Ribs with cream, beige, brown color marks. Body color aperture and lip. Taken by lobster nets at 50-80 m. Off Minabe, Wakayama, Japan 2009

Murex Bolinus brandaris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Strong Varices! F+++ W/O 75,1 mm. Very beautiful unusual bi form. Cream, pale yellowish and white color with few brown small marks, nodulose cords, attractive strong varices on the last three whorls, almost perfect knobby and long spines. Amazing cream, yellow, orange full mature ribbed aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has some chipped spines and few chips on the side of the canal. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay,  Saron...

Murex Favartia salmonea (Melvill & Standen 1899) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 15,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale yellowish and pale beige color with attractive sculpture. Pale yellowish mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Intertidal under rocks. Port Hedland, North West Australia 2010

Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck 1822) Outstanding Exceptional! Gem W/O 15,5 mm. Very beautiful, special Atlantic form. Yellowish/beige color with attractive nodulose body and ribs cords. White mature ribbed aperture and yellow lip with fine teeth. Taken on octopus trap at 50-60 m. Off Lagos, Algarves, Portugal 2019

Trophon muricatus (Montagu 1803) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful, exceptional Atlantic ocean form. Beige and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs cords. Beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled on mud & rubble bottom at 60-80 m. Off Lagos, Algarve, Portugal 2011

Murex Chicoreus strigatus (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous Strange! F+++/Gem 45,8 mm. Very beautiful rare strange Qld. specimen. Yellowish/beige, brown and black color bands and spiral lines, with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, almost perfect short frilly spines. White, pale blue mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch and a chip on the canal. Taken under dead coral.  Keppel Bay, Qld. Australia 2013

Murex Chicoreus axicornis form kawamurai Shikama 1964 Gorgeous Large Yellowish/beige! F++ W/O 52,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish/beige color with attractive curved long spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has one broken spine on early whorl, few worm marks, few little chipped small spines on the top and few nicks the side of the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Davao 2000

Maculotriton serrialis (Deshayes 1832) Outstanding! F+++ 10.8 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellow color with brown, black spiral marks, attractive fine nodulose cords and ribs. White aperture and lip with brown dots and fine teeth. The apex is chipped. Taken under rocks and coral at shallow water. Hopei Isl.  Munda, Solomon Islands 1995

Acanthina brevidentata (Wood 1828) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 24,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black color with attractive white spiral knobs and cream tip, Pale blue, white ribbed aperture, black lip with fine teeth and perfect beige tooth. Taken on intertidal rocks. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1995

Pascula muricata (Reeve 1846) Outstanding! F++/F+++ 15,2 mm. Very beautiful, unusual local form. Cream/white color with attractive spiral knobs and fine nodules. Pale yellow, white mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark and two drill marks on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Micronesia 1974

Murex murexiella balteata (Beck in Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous White! F+++/Gem 20,1 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive perfect blackish and brown spines and long curved siphon. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Cebu 2007