Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish brown color with clear white spots . Callosus white relief margins with blue flashing and base. Dived at 10 m. on cave. Rottnest Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1998

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 pellucens alisonae Burgess 1983 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 28 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown blotch, beige, grayish marks and dots. White base and callosus margins with black, gray spots. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Ewa Beach, North Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii 1990

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

Cypraea scurra occidua dwarf C. P. Meyer & Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous Extended apex! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dark beige color background with attractive brown over line cream ocellata spots and mantle line. Cream/beige color base and margins with blackish spots and brown teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken under rocks at low tide in the reef. Nacala Bay, Mozambique, East Africa 2012

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous! Gem 35 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige, brown marks and dots. Pinkish/cream base and margins with large black and soft gray spots. Taken at 2-3 m. Sharm-el-Sheik, Red Sea, Egypt 1971

Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Cypraea pantherina funebralis Sulliotti 1924 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 74 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of dark yellowish color background with black densely spots and marks. White base and margins with orange, beige, black spots. Has few micro defects, Taken on shallow water. Massawa, Erithrea, Red Sea 1980

Cypraea schilderorum Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Slender Thick! F+++/Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tines of beige and cream/white color banded dorsum with brown ring. Callosus beige, cream/white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Dived under rocks. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1970

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous! Gem 24,2 mm.  Very beautiful. White and cream color with grayish, brown spots and marks. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large! F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and pale reddish color banded dorsum. Pale grayish, cream margins and base with lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities and two small defects on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 44,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color bands with attractive clear white spots and bluish mantle line. Grayish/beige color base with orange/brown basal blotch and margin with white spots. Taken at 3-6 m. under rocks. Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 1993

Cypraea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Gorgeous Dark Globose! F+++ 39,5 mm. Very beautiful unusual color and shape. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige, blue blotches, marks and dots, yellow ring. White base with pale blue marks and yellow margins. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. From my personal collection. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Malaga, Spain 1974

Cypraea albuginosa Gray 1825 Gorgeous Light color Form! Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background, brown with cream ocellata densely spots. White base and margins with few soft beige spots. Taken under rocks at 2-5 m. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000