Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded Unusual! Gem 32,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish and cream color background with brown and cream bands with white spots. Orange color margins and base with strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea testudinaria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Glossy! Gem 112 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive dark black, brown blotches, spots and white dots. Beige, grayish, brown color base and margins with black, brown spots and white dots. From my personal collection. Philippines 1974

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White Brown spots! Gem 70,4 mm. Very beautiful and unusual. White color background with tones of brown, few blackish spots and marks. White base and margins with black, brown, beige spots and blue flashing. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Cypraea depressa Gray 1824 Outstanding! F+++ 33,7 mm. Very beautiful. Chocolate/brown color with white, cream spots and mantle line. Hyper callosus blue, cream, white color margins and base with black, brown spots and brown teeth. Has few slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under coral slabs. Piti Reef, Guam, Micronesia 1970s

Cypraea arabica hypercallosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 47,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Bluish color background with dark brown pattern, blue mantle line. Hypercallosa cream margin with blackish and blue spots, cream/white and pale yellowish/beige base with orange/brown teeth. Has a very small scratch on the dorsum and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected under stone and dead coral shallow water. Coral beach, Mactan Isl. Cebu 1998

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 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