Xenotrophon euschema (Iredale 1929) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful and extremely rare. Cream and beige color with attractive perfect spiny cords and ribs. Cream ribbed mature aperture and lip. Has a chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 160 m. Off Mooloolabah, Southern Qld. Australia 2017

Murex Poropteron graagae (Coen 1947) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 15,9 mm. Very beautiful and uncommon. Beige color with attractive perfect curved spiny and granulose varices. Cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1970

Murex Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful. White body color and beige early whorls with attractive nodulose cords and perfect black spiny varices. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Off Point Pongara, Gabon 1980

Rapana venosa (Valenciennes 1846) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive brown, beige, gray, bluish marks, small shoulder knobs and cords. Orange aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Has slightly chipped canal Trawled. Vladivostok, Siberia, Bering Sea, Russia 1980

Trophon pelseneeri E. A. Smith 1915 Gorgeous Superb White/Brown! Gem 24,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown bands, attractive nodulose low body and perfect wings. White mature ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Murex Muricanthus nigritus (R. A. Philippi 1845) Gorgeous Heavy Large Superb! F+++/Gem 108 mm. Very beautiful. White and black color with brown lines and marks, attractive almost perfect spines and apex. White, pale blue base, mature aperture and black, white spiny lip. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Trawled at 20-40 m. Conception Bay, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Murex Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Farfante 1945) Gorgeous Large Rare Superb! Gem 58,8 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, gray, white and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, yellowish apex. White, beige, bluish mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in deep water. Off Belize, Central America 1988

Nucella lapillus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Thick! F+++/Gem 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive nodulose cords. White, pale yellowish base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Up Mary's Harbour, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1952

Latiaxis ricinuloides (Schepman 1911) Gorgeous White! F++ 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color attractive sculpture with perfect long shoulder spines and spiny cords. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Has a drill hole. Balut Isl. Mindanao 1999

Murex Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson 1831) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 95,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive short spines. Amazing rose and white color base, mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects, nicks on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled. Conception Bay, Baja California, West Mexico 1970

Murex Chicoreus territus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous Huge! F++/F+++ W/O 60,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect white spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few very small damage holes and chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Mackay, Qld. Australia 1980

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot 1853) Gorgeous Colorful Large! F+++/Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, cream and yellow color bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine lamellate cords. White base, aperture and lip with black marks and fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks on reef at low tide. Kings Head Beach, Caloundra, Qld. Australia 1988

Harpa harpa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Light color! F++ 59 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray, beige and tones of brown pattern and deep red marks. Unusual thin ribs pale orange, pink, cream color with black lines. Bluish, cream, white and beige aperture and lip with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects, nicks and chipped canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango Isl. Cebu 2004

Ergalatax martensi (Schepman 1892) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem 23,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive fine nodulose body cords and large black knobs. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Moucha Isl. Iles de Pres, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

Murex Chicoreus pseudosuperbus albinistic (Houart, Moe & C. Chen 2017) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 52,6 mm. Very beautiful. White color with orange/cream soft bands, attractive spiral knobs, nodulose and fine lamellate cords, perfect spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Cebu 1998

Murex homalocantha scorpio (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White Black! F+++/Gem W/O 49,9 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black perfect spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Palawan 2008

Murex Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch 1960) Gorgeous! Gem W/O 34,7 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white and pale beige color with attractive perfect curved spines in 4 varices. Pale orange and white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Zamboanga 2008

Latiaxis mawae juvenile (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding! F+++ 23,6 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive curved spines and siphons. White mature aperture and lip.  Has micro defects. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2004

Dicathais orbita (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded! F+++ W/O  65,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with bluish/gray bands and attractive nodulose body and large cords. White, bluish, beige, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Taken on rocks east low tide. McLeod Bay, Whangarei, North Isl. New Zealand 1960