Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex Naquetia triqueter (Born 1778) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 54,1 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect wings. White, bluish mature aperture with and yellowish lip with teeth. Has two drill marks. Taken on sand. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1982

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Haustellum tweedianum (McPherson 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 65,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare now. White, cream, beige color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, violet apex. White mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken in coral sand. Breaksea Spit, Qld. Australia 1999

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Murex Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 88,6 mm. Very beautiful rare southern Brazil form. Cream/white and beige color bands with brown marks, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines and wings. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. The side of the canal and a lip spine are slightly chipped. Trawled at 200 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2006

Murex Bolinus brandaris longispinosus form (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 76,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with nodulose cords and attractive almost perfect very long spines on the body and the siphon. Amazing cream, white, pale orange, yellow mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has one chipped spine and nicks on the side of the canal. Hard to find like this. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1998

Murex Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 37 mm. The correct ID is Chicomurex ritae Houart 2013 Very beautiful special color. Bright orange color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect spiny and lamellate varices. White, lilac mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2006

Murex Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded!F+++/Gem W/O 87,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen from Flores Isl. White, beige and brown color bands with attractive almost perfect black spines. White aperture and orange lip with teeth. Has few micro defects/ Taken on coral and rocky bottom at 1-3 m.. Waicucu Beach, near Labuanbajo, Flores Islands, Indonesia 2005

Murex Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842) Outstanding!F+++/Gem  15 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with lamellate cords and varices, Cream/white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken from underside of rocks at 5 m.  Cox Bay, Bermuda 1964

Xenotrophon euschema (Iredale 1929) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful and extremely rare. Cream and beige color with attractive perfect spiny cords and ribs. Cream ribbed mature aperture and lip. Has a chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 160 m. Off Mooloolabah, Southern Qld. Australia 2017

Murex Poropteron graagae (Coen 1947) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 15,9 mm. Very beautiful and uncommon. Beige color with attractive perfect curved spiny and granulose varices. Cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1970

Murex Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful. White body color and beige early whorls with attractive nodulose cords and perfect black spiny varices. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Off Point Pongara, Gabon 1980

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes 1846) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive brown, beige, gray, bluish marks, small shoulder knobs and cords. Orange aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Has slightly chipped canal Trawled. Vladivostok, Siberia, Bering Sea, Russia 1980

Trophon pelseneeri E. A. Smith 1915 Gorgeous Superb White/Brown! Gem 24,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown bands, attractive nodulose low body and perfect wings. White mature ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Murex Muricanthus nigritus (R. A. Philippi 1845) Gorgeous Heavy Large Superb! F+++/Gem 108 mm. Very beautiful. White and black color with brown lines and marks, attractive almost perfect spines and apex. White, pale blue base, mature aperture and black, white spiny lip. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Trawled at 20-40 m. Conception Bay, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975