Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum brown color with cream, beige spots and mantle line, blue terminals and canals. Black, tones of brown margins and base with white teeth. Taken on tide pool at night. Anakena Beach, Easter Isl. (Isla de Pascua), Chile 1970

Cypraea cinerea brasiliensis dwarf Lorenz & Hubert 1993 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,1 mm. Very beautiful special form from central Brazil. Cream and pale beige color bands with blackish, brown dots. Cream color base and margins with black densely dots. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead corals. Off Ponta do Corumabu, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Cypraea punctata berinii Dautzenberg 1906 Gorgeous! Gem 11,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with dark brown clear spots. Cream/ white margins and base with black, brown spots. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin), South East Madagascar 1990's

Cypraea moneta dwarf hypercallosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with pale greenish band. Hyper callosus knobbed white, pale yellow color margins, base and teeth. Self collected under dead coral shallow water. Bodufinolhu Isl. Maldives 1993

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots, cream mantle line and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under dead corals. Cairns, Qld. Australia 1980

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dark honey color with dark brown blotch and white clear spots. Callosus yellowish/beige color margins and base with black marginal blotches and brown. beige spots and basal lines. Taken under stones and dead corals at shallow water. East Plage des Sables Blancs, Tajdourah, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

Cypraea scurra indica Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Extended apex! F+++ 39 mm. Very beautiful  local form with extended apex Honey color with attractive beige with brown over line spots and dots. Beige base and margins with black spots and brown teeth. Has small slightly scratches. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Bajuni Islands, Somalia, East Africa 2009

Cypraea stercoraria (Linne 1758) Outstanding Cream! F++/F+++ 71,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive tones of brown, beige marks and spots. Beige, gray margins and base with brown, beige spots and marks. Has very small tinny spots and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Very reasonable quality for this species. From Greek trawlers taken from local people. Senegal, West Africa 1978

Cypraea mauritiana (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 80,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum black color background with multicolor spots and marks. Black margins and base with beige small basal blotch. Has a slightly irregularity on the dorsum and micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Vipingo North Cost, Kenya 1974

Cypraea staphylaea dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Mauve! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. Mauve color with attractive densely cream/white nodules, orange terminals. Yellowish, cream color margins and base with pale yellowish/orange lines and teeth. From my personal collection. Philippines 2008

Cypraea felina (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 19 mm. Very beautiful. Pale greenish and cream color background with dark gray, beige, brown marks and dots, black terminal marks. Cream/white base and margins with brown and black large spots, pale blue basal blotches. Intertidal under stones. Tryon Isl. Qld. Australia 1978

Cypraea lurida freak (Linne 1758) Outstanding Elongate! F++/F+++  45,3 mm. Very beautiful freak with short anterior labial terminal ridge. Pale beige color with cream soft bands. Cream,  white color margins and base, pale orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly irregularities and micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From Greek trawler. 1978 Unknown

Cypraea lynx Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual Color Superb! Gem 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream color background on the dorsum with large black and smaller tones of brown, beige densely marks and spots, cream color background on the sides with large black and densely small soft blue spots. Cream/white color base and margins with  relief black and bluish small soft spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Great Barrier Reef, Qld. Australia 1991

Cypraea turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous! Gem 28,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive yellowish/beige and brown spots. White color base and margins with beige spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Dibba, border Fujira (UAE) and Oman, Arabian Peninsula 2004