Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Cream, pale beige color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea mappa viridis cf. (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, cream clear spots and mantle line. Margins and base dark cream color with beige, brown spots, beige basal blotch, cream/white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 32,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color on the sides and pale brown, beige soft pattern on the dorsum. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding Globulus Large! F+++ 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Callosus cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals marks. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1975

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea pyriformis smithi dwarf Sowerby 1881 Outstanding Rare Western Form! F+++/Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale bluish color background with brown, gray blotches, and beige dots. Cream/white margins and base with brown, beige spots and brown columellar teeth. From my personal collection. Intertidal under stones. West Australia 1974

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 33,6 mm. Very beautiful unusual pattern and violet lip. Dorsum cream color background with typical pyrum pattern only on the center of the dorsum the sides has only beige, brown soft marks. Orange, yellow/orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++ 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/brown color with pale grayish soft bands. Cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has micro defects. 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, Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1998

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Bluish Migrant! F+++/Gem 21,8 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Bluish color background with attractive black, beige and brown sparsely spots. White color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Dark Migrant! F+++/Gem 28,3 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Grayish color background with attractive black and brown densely spots. Callosus white color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Murex Chicoreus mergus (E. Vokes 1974) Gorgeous Large! F++ W/O 57,3 mm. Very beautiful rare in panama. Cream and white color with attractive brown, beige nodulose cords and marks, almost perfect brown spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has worm holes and a chipped spine on the central varices, a drill mark last whorl, two chips on the side of the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dredged at 80 feet. Bahia de Portobelo, Colon, East Panama 1987

Murex Siratus perelegans (Vokes 1965) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get now. White and cream color with attractive knobs, brown and beige cords, long almost perfect siphon. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The lower side of the canal is chipped. Taken by fish traps in 200-250 m. Off Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe 2009

Murex Hexaplex duplex hoplites (Fisher 1876) Gorgeous Orange! F+++ 50,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, pale pink, cream/white body and yellow color top with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and lamellas. White, pink mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has two small worm marks on the side over the siphon, few chipped lamellas and the side of the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 30 m. Rio de Oro Bay, West Sahara, Southern Morocco 2019