Calliostoma monile (Reeve 1863) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 23 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with attractive deep violet, white shoulder and fine cords. Bluish iridescent color corded aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and a drill mark on the spires. Taken at shallow water (natural habitat). Broome, North West Western Australia 1977

Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

Xenophora senegalensis Fischer 1873 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O W 32,8 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color body with attractive nodulose sculpture, bivalves, piece of shells and stones attachments. Grayish/cream base with granulose cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip Trawled at 20-30 m. Yene, Senegal 2001

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Polinices flemingianus (Recluz 1844) Outstanding Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful. White color. White base callus, aperture and lip. Self collected in sand at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Acanthocardia tuberculata Albinistic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 39 W 40 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale bluish color with attractive sculpture and knobby side ribs. Taken in sand at 4-5 m.. Aegina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2005

Casmaria erinaceus vibex (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++ 48,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white, cream and pale beige color. White, beige aperture and lip with black, beige marks and spiny teeth on the lower lip. Has growth lines and few micro defects. Taken on coral sand at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Haliotis asinina Linne 1758 Outstanding Giant Green! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of green, beige, brown and grayish color attractive pattern. Inside iridescent bluish color. Has a chip. Self collected at 2-3 m. under dead coral. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Clanculus pharaonius (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 16 W 19,5 mm. Very beautiful. Deep red and  black, color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Rose base with black, white nodulose cords. Bluish/white, lilac color ribbed aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Taken under stones and dead corals at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Reddish! F+++/Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful special color. Reddish and cream color attractive pattern with nodulose cords. Bluish, white iridescent aperture and lip. Taken on kelps at low tide. Auckland, Northland, New Zealand 1970

Carinodrillia braziliensis (E. A. Smith 1915) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and beige color, attractive sculpture with nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled  at 70-80 m. Off Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000

Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 24,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip with teeth. Take in sand at shallow water. Stoney Point, Pilot Bay, Mt. Manganui, North Isl. New Zealand 1979

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large Spines Superb! Gem 45,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color, attractive sculpture with knobby and. nodulose cords. White color callosus base, aperture and lip with large strong perfect spines and the canal. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Sounion, south Athens, Aegean Sea, Greece 2000

Glycymeris nummaria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem H 33 W 37 mm. Very beautiful. Gray, cream, brown and beige color attractive pattern, fine cords and ribs. Taken in sand. Salamina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1999

Bathybembix argenteonitens (Lischke 1872) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 56 mm. Very beautiful. Iridescent bluish, white and cream color attractive sculpture with spiral knobs, nodulose spiral lines and nodulose shoulder cord. Iridescent bluish, cream aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and few micro defects. Trawled at deep water. Off Cape Makura, Kagoshima, Japan 1990

Strombus decorus raybaudi albinistic Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++ W/O 51,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with pale beige and yellowish soft marks. White and pale orange aperture and thin lip with beige marks. Has nicks on the upper lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand. Kiriamadi beach, Lasithi, North East Crete, Greece 18 August 20...

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Bicolor! F+++/Gem W/O 46,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821). Very beautiful exceptional bicolor and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. From the aperture till the middle of the dorsum white color with yellowish/beige pattern and then till the lip white and pale grayish color without pattern. Bluish/white and pale orange aperture and lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling ...

Coluzea mariae A. W. B. Powell 1952 Gorgeous Rare Large! F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful rare! deep water shell, no more around. White color with attractive nodulose cords and perfect spiral spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and a chips on the side of the canal. Trawled at 400-500 m. Off West Chatham Rise, South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, gray color with attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken on rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933