Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 39 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige and greenish color background with attractive gray, black pattern and spots. Bluish/white base, aperture and lip with black marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1970

Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding Green! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tone of green color background with attractive black pattern. Bluish/white base, aperture and dark grayish lip. Taken night on sand at very low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1986

Strombus alatus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 81,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/beige body and cream, white color early whorls with beige soft marks and cords, cream over the lip, attractive perfect shoulder knobs. Amazing brown, orange, black, beige, cream base, aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Marco Is. Florida 1970

Bathybembix argenteonitens (Lischke 1872) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 56 mm. Very beautiful. Iridescent bluish, white and cream color attractive sculpture with spiral knobs, nodulose spiral lines and nodulose shoulder cord. Iridescent bluish, cream aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and few micro defects. Trawled at deep water. Off Cape Makura, Kagoshima, Japan 1990

Strombus decorus raybaudi albinistic Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++ W/O 51,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with pale beige and yellowish soft marks. White and pale orange aperture and thin lip with beige marks. Has nicks on the upper lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand. Kiriamadi beach, Lasithi, North East Crete, Greece 18 August 20...

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Bicolor! F+++/Gem W/O 46,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821). Very beautiful exceptional bicolor and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. From the aperture till the middle of the dorsum white color with yellowish/beige pattern and then till the lip white and pale grayish color without pattern. Bluish/white and pale orange aperture and lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling ...

Coluzea mariae A. W. B. Powell 1952 Gorgeous Rare Large! F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful rare! deep water shell, no more around. White color with attractive nodulose cords and perfect spiral spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and a chips on the side of the canal. Trawled at 400-500 m. Off West Chatham Rise, South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, gray color with attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken on rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Gibberulus gibbosus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, black, yellowish spiral marks, slightly corded spires and low body. White, black, brown base, ribbed aperture and lip. Taken exposed on sand flat at 2-3 feet. Agana Bay, Guam 1976

Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in't Veld & De Turck 1998) Gorgeous Rare White Large! F+++ 50,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pure white color with few cords on low body. White base with callus, aperture and lip. Has micro defects, little chipped protoconch and canal, scratch on upper lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Efate, Vanuatu 2001

Pusula pediculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 11,2 mm. Very beautiful. Gray, beige color with black blotches, attractive cream nodulose cords and knobby mantle line. Beige, brown margin and base with cream cords and white teeth. Taken under coral slabs at 1-2 m. Arashi Beach, Aruba 2025

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous From New Zealand! F+++/Gem 90,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare in new Zealand. White body color, attractive sculpture with large granulose cords and white, black, brown dorsal knobs. Taken washed on beach. Western Bay, Mayor Isl. Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 1950

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

Meiocardia hawaiana Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 16,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White body and orange color on the side with attractive cords. Dived at 10 m. on sand. Minabe, Wakayama, Japan 1996

Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 23 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, beige and pale grayish color with attractive brown bands. White and brown ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch and chipped upper lip. Taken on sand at low tide. Wellers Rock, Otago Harbor, South Isl. New Zealand 1996

Limatula maoria Finlay 1927 Gorgeous Slender Species! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. White color with attractive fine sculpture. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Spirits Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1990

Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855 Outstanding Light Color Form! F+++/Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellowish color soft pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and  brown apex. White aperture and thin lip. Has a chip. Dredged at 10-15 fathoms. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Pinna muricata Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++ 164 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Tones of gray and cream color with attractive sculpture. Taken in sand. Kurrimine Beach, Central Qld. Australia 1990