Coralliophila amirantium Smith 1884 Outstanding Pink! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Pale pink color with attractive ribs and cords. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2005

Harpa harpa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Dark! F++ 62,5 mm. Very beautiful special color. Orange, pink, mauve and white color with gray, beige and tones of brown pattern, deep reddish/brick and a black over the lip marks. Ribs with orange, pink, yellowish/beige marks and blackish lines. Blue, cream and beige aperture, mature white lip with brown marks. Has few slightly growth defects, few sand grains on the base, chipped lower lip and canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango...

Typhis colemani (Ponder 1972) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++/Gem 11,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive perfect wings and small tube. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under large flat rock at low tide. Broome, North West Western Australia 1998

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

Nucella ostrina Gould 1852 Outstanding Dark! F++/F+++ 31 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of brown and orange/beige color with attractive lamellate and knobby cords. Beige, cream mature aperture and black, brown knobby thick lip. Has few micro defects and chipped apex doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty.  Taken on rocks at low tide. Poulsbo, Liberty Bay, Kitsap County, Washington 1982

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

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