Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa! Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea obvelata Lamarck 1811 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color compressed dorsum with bright orange intense ring. Hyper callosus cream/white color margins and base. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at 1 m. Downtown Huahine, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 2015

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++ 45,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional without typical teulerei pattern. Cream and pale bluish/gray color background with attractive beige, brown spots and marks all over the dorsum don't has the typical black relief dorsal blotches. Cream/white color base with beige, grayish basal blotch and margins with brown spots. Has irregularities and few slightly growth defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom ...

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus! Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 37,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with brown, beige spots. Has a small slightly growth defect on the posterior end of the dorsum. Taken on reef in very shallow water. Plate Siesta, Djibouti City, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Cypraea carneola dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Ring! F+++/Gem 27,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange/beige and cream color banded dorsum with blue ring and grayish sides with cream dots. Cream margins and base with  lavender lop with cream teeth. Has a micro defect. Self collected under dead coral at shallow water. Malonao Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Cypraea propinqua Garret 1879 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with dark lavender lips. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Has few micro defects. Namoui Reefs, Makapu Point, Niue Isl. South Polynesia 2010

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973

Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Cream, pale beige color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea mappa viridis cf. (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, cream clear spots and mantle line. Margins and base dark cream color with beige, brown spots, beige basal blotch, cream/white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 32,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color on the sides and pale brown, beige soft pattern on the dorsum. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding Globulus Large! F+++ 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Callosus cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals marks. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1975

Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Cypraea pantherina funebralis Sulliotti 1924 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 74 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of dark yellowish color background with black densely spots and marks. White base and margins with orange, beige, black spots. Has few micro defects, Taken on shallow water. Massawa, Erithrea, Red Sea 1980

Cypraea schilderorum Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Slender Thick! F+++/Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tines of beige and cream/white color banded dorsum with brown ring. Callosus beige, cream/white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Dived under rocks. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1970

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023