Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 41,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get in this condition. White, cream, brown, beige color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and granulose body cords. White aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Off Chennai (former Madras), Tamil Nadu, India 1980

Euchelus atratus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  W/O 16 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish and beige color with attractive blackish and cream nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Gas a chip. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Erakor Lagoon, Port Vila, Efate Isl. Vanuatu 1995

Thalotia conica (J. E. Gray 1826) Gorgeous! Gem 16,6 mm. Very beautiful. Black and cream color with attractive nodulose cords, white and rose top. Irisans blue ribbed aperture and lip with blackish marks. Has erosion on the top. Taken at low tide. Albany Harbour, South West Western Australia 1971

Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 39,6 W 42,7 mm. Very beautiful heavy. Cream, white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine spiny large cords. Has few chips. Dived at 25-35 m. in sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2022

Marinula filholi F. W. Hutton 1878 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color body and yellowish/cream top. Amazing bluish/white, pale yellow aperture with large teeth and lip. Has a chip. Taken at low tide. Takapuna Reef Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1981

Chama lazarus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Baby Orange! F+++/Gem 44 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color with dark purple marks and attractive almost perfect spines. Dived at 15-20 m. Racha Isl. Andaman Sea, Thailand 1977

Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams 1864) Gorgeous! F+++ 19,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Milky white color with attractive cords. Has a chip on the upper lip and few nicks. Bantayan Isl. North Cebu 2007

Meiocardia samarangiae F. R. Bernard, Cai & B. Morton 1993 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful and attractive shape. Milky/white body color and cream, pale yellowish on the side with attractive cords. Has three very small drill holes. Trawled at 100-190 m. East side of Yakushima Isl. Kagoshima, Japan 1990

Chione elevata (Say 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 30 W 35,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with nodulose ribs and few spiny cords. Taken on sand bar at low tide. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby 1833) Gorgeous Giant! F+++/Gem 126,9 mm. Very beautiful and colorful, hard to get his size nowadays. Tones of yellow, cream and white color with blue marks on the sides and orange over the lips. Has micro defects. Taken in sand in shallow water. San Carlos Bay, Guaymas, West Mexico 2016

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with purplish, pale pink, brown, beige, lavender marks, attractive spiny ribs and sculpture. Trawled. Pattani, Thailand 1980's

Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 62,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, brown, bluish, gray and beige color attractive pattern. White, bluish/white, blue base, aperture, lip with brown marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at shallow water. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Strombus pugilis dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 69,5 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/orange color body and cream, white corded early whorls with attractive very large perfect white shoulder spines. Amazing red, orange, white base, ribbed aperture and grayish/beige lip with blackish canal. Has little chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Biscayne Key, Miami, Florida 1978

Sconsia striata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Rare Superb Thick! F+++/Gem 44,9 mm. Accepted as S. grayi A. Adams, 1855  Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive beige, brown spiral marks and nodulose cords. Cream, white color base with beige marks, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has a small growth mark on the canal. Dredged at 100-120 m. Campeche Bay, Gulf of Mexico, East Mexico 1970

Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Canary Islands Form! F+++/Gem 58,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Cream, white color granulose base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has two very small drill hole and a small growth mark on the spires. Taken by nets. La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain 1971

Melapium lineatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige axial lines and brown spiral marks. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Dredged at 120 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1996

Oliva volvaroides Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful, unusual specimen from unusual area. Not sure about ID. Tones of orange and cream color background with few beige soft marks. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Korere Village, off Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1980