Latirus infundibulum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow and yellowish/beige color with attractive brown nodulose strong cords. Cream ribbed aperture and lip with brown dots and teeth. Taken among rubble at 3-10 m. Off Dania Beach, Florida 1970

Voluta Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve 1856) Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem 46,4 mm. Very beautiful exceptional color and patterns. Cream and beige color with attractive knobby shoulder, brown pattern and black marks. Cream, grayish, pale beige aperture and lip. Has nicks. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Praia das Neves, South Espirito Santo, Brazil 2024

Aequipecten opercularis (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 59 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of red, rose, purplish, cream, white color with attractive fine spiny body and nodulose ribs. Lower valve cream/white, tones of red and rose color. Has a small growth defect and a chip. Trawled. San Carlos, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain 1985

Ovula Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate 1971) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 29,8 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color. Cream/white thick margin and lip. Has few micro defects. Philippines 2008

Nodipecten arthriticus (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Large Dark Red! F+++/Gem 78,5 mm. Very beautiful heavy and colorful. Upper valve dark red color with black, brown, beige lines and white marks, attractive few orange knobs and fine lamellas. Lower valve orange/brick, brown and blackish color rays with white dots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 15-20 m. in sand between rocks. Bajo Cope, Ayangue, Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador 2017

Chondropometes magnum (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color with blackish dots and attractive fine nodulose ribs. Yellowish/cream color aperture and nodulose large lip. Has shipped protoconch. Taken on limestone Giant Caves. San Carlos Valle, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2010

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus Turner & Marrow 2001 Gorgeous!Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige and brown spiral marks, attractive sculpture with granulose ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. From tangle net at 140-240 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2002

Domiporta filaris (Linne 1771) Outstanding Brown Cords! Gem 19 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with brown, beige nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Taken on white sand in shallow water. Tiny Motu between Iti and Niu, Huahine Isl. French Polynesia 1976

Lissochlamys exotica (Holten 1802) Gorgeous Shiny! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, grayish and cream color with attractive tones of brown marks and dots. Dredged at 120-150 m. Off Casamance, South Senegal 1990

Mimachlamys asperulata (Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous Orange! Gem 34 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, white and cream color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled at 20 m. Off Kii Peninsula, Mie Pref. Japan 1980

Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow Baby! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled. Off Taiwan, south China Sea 1960

Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Orange Superb! F+++/Gem 40,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish/orange, beige and cream color with white umbo and attractive thin nodulose and large lamellata ribs. Taken by nets at 40 m. Kii Bay, Honshu, Japan 1980

Goniofusus brasiliensis (Grabau 1904) Gorgeous Rio Janeiro Form! F+++/Gem 91,5 mm. Very beautiful special Rio Janeiro State Form. White color with beige and brown marks, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and granulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Trawled at 70-80 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2021

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful introduced species in BoHai sea. Orange, yellowish, pinkish, blackish, brown, beige, white and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs. Trawled in sand ta 20 m. Off Dalian, BoHai Sea, China 2011

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Large Orange! F+++/Gem 59 mm. Very beautiful introduced species in BoHai sea. Light orange and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs. Trawled in sand ta 20 m. Off Dalian, BoHai Sea, China 2011

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++/Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful. Blue, black, brown, beige, white and cream color with attractive nodulose body and lamellate ribs. Taken in local scallop farm. Massachusetts 1990

Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 20 mm. Very beautiful rare color from unusual locality. Orange and cream color attractive pattern and sculpture with spiny ribs. Dredged at 80 m. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1980

Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati 2009 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 38 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Red, orange, blackish, cream and beige color attractive pattern, spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 15 m. under dead corals and rocks. Zamboanga, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 2000

Mitra acuminata Swainson 1824 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 22 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and pale orange color. White, cream aperture and thick lip. Has few micro defects and slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on reef in shallow water. Kundu Kundu Isl. Solomon Islands 1999

Mitra barbadensis striatula (Schroter 1804) Outstanding! Gem  28,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color with white marks and attractive fine brown cords. Grayish, beige, cream aperture and lip with teeth Dived at 20-30 feet on rocks crevices. Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera Isl. Bahamas 1997