Cypraea pulchra Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 40,2 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of grayish/beige and cream color soft bands and black terminal marks. White and cream color margins and base with brown teeth. Taken under rubble at 2-3 m. Muscat, Oman 1990

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under rocks. Malolo Lailai Isl. Mamanuca Islands, Fiji 1991

Cypraea zonaria Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Sky-blue! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful and special. Sky-blue, cream color background with attractive brown, beige marks and spots. Cream and grayish base and callosus margins with gray, blue spots. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Joal, Senegal 1978

Cypraea artuffeli Outstanding Rare Form Banded! F+++/Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/cream and tones of brown color bands. White margins and base. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Shionomisaki, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan 2017

Cypraea diluculum virginalis Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 22,2 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown pattern. Exceptional pure white color margins and base with bluish soft pattern. Taken on coral reef at 1-3 m. Pemba (ex-Porto Amelia), North Mozambique 1990

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Cypraea stolida crossei Marie 1869 Gorgeous Special Local Form! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful hard to get from this area. Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Marau Sound, Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1960

Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale 1935 Outstanding Dwarf! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream and  dark beige color bands with brown, grayish, beige marks and dots. Cream/white base and margins with brown, beige spots. Taken under rocks and dead corals on reef at low tide. Langford Reef, near Proserpine, Qld. Australia 1977

Cypraea zonaria gambiensis Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream, pale beige color base and margins with gray spots. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Casamance, Senegal 1980

Cypraea depressa dispersa Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown color background with white, cream clear spots and mantle line. Callosus pale bluish cream/white color base and margins with black marks and spots, brown teeth. Taken under coral slabs at low tide. Agatti Atoll, Laccadive Isl. India 1982

Cypraea turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Extra Large Callosus! F+++/Gem 45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color background with attractive brown spots. Callosus white color base and margins with gray spots. Has two micro defects. Taken under stones at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Cypraea venusta sorrentensis F. A. Schilder 1963 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 59 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum black, yellowish, cream, and orange color attractive pattern. Margins and base brown, beige, cream, white, blue color with beige, brown marks and spots. Has few micro defect. Dived at 12-15 m. on sponge. Sorrento Reef, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia 1990

Cypraea decipiens E. A. Smith 1880 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 49 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white pale beige mantle line. Black, brown color base and margins. Has micro defects. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponge. Kimberley Coast, North West Australia 1990

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional Pattern! F+++ 51,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional pattern. Cream color background with attractive beige, brown, blue, gray, black pattern and marks all over the dorsum. Cream, white color base with bluish basal blotch and margins with brown, beige spots. Has irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Outstanding Greenish Overglaze! F+++ 62 mm. Very nice. Greenish color overglaze with soft grayish pattern. Margins and base yellowish/green color with gray and brown spots. Has few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal ridge. Cebu 2000

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark Large! F++/F+++ 47,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Grayish/brown color with pale grayish soft bands. Beige, white color callosus margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly growth lines, micro defects and small blotch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. Self collected under large stones at 4-5 m. Offshore Reef 2 miles off from Voula Bay, Saro...

Cypraea saulae siasiensis Cate 1960 Gorgeous! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown blotch. Cream/white margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots, pale yellowish teeth. From my personal collection. Sulu Sea, Philippines 1978

Cypraea zebra Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra Large Inflated! F+++ 86,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and chocolate color bands with cream, white and some ocellata spots, cream mantle line. Beige color base and margins with white and blackish with white over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and healed defects on the anterior extremities terminal ridges. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Marathon Key, Florida 1995

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis dwarf Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Gorgeous Special Cylindrical Form! Gem 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with exceptional black, gray densely large marks. Cream color base and margins with black dots. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead corals. Off Abrolhos National Park, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Exceptional Knobby! Gem 19,9 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. Bluish/white color, attractive sculpture with cream knobs and cords, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and corded base. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Khuria Muria Isl. South West Oman 1980