Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 55,5 mm. Very beautiful from type locality. White body and beige color top with attractive knobby cords and sculpture. Yellowish base, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 100-120 m. Roatan North East Honduras 1995

Planaxis planicostatus Sowerby 1825 Outstanding! Large! F+++/Gem 23,4 mm. Very beautiful. Black body and brown color top with attractive slightly nodulose cords. Bluish/white, cream ribbed aperture and brown, black lip. Taken under rocks at low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1992

Strombus terebellatus Sowerby 1842 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 34,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color background with attractive brown, beige, grayish, blackish marks, spots and dots. White, pale yellow aperture with brown lines and lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on grass and sand. Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1980's

Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding! F+++ 39 mm. Very beautiful glossy, local form. Yellowish, cream, white and pale grayish color with attractive small spiral knobs, brown, beige marks. Yellowish/beige, white aperture and knobby, spiny lip. Has a growth mark on the side, slightly chipped protoconch and chipped one canal terminal. Taken in shallow water. Toliara area, Madagascar 2016

Cancellaria tessellata Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. White, beige, brown, cream and bluish/gray color with attractive granulose cords. White, bluish/gray, cream, base, ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on sand at extreme low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1995

Gyrineum bituberculare fuscocostata (Dunker 1862) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with beige marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect knobby varices. White mature ribbed aperture, canal and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Cuddalore, State of Tamil Nadu, India 1980's

Terebra dislocata (Say 1822) Gorgeous Unusual Dark! F+++ 32,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige color attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder, ribs and cords. Beige aperture, lip and canal. Has rough lip and chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in sand flats at low tide. Longboat Inlet, Sarasota, Florida 1990's

Natica canrena (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, cream and white color with attractive blackish, brown, gray pattern and blue top. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and rough lip doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on sand at low tide on sand banks. Alcobaca, southern Bahia, Brazil 2021

Natica  canrena verae Rehder 1947 Gorgeous Rare form! F+++/Gem W/O 18,4 mm. Very beautiful, looks like other species. Cream color with beige, brown small soft marks attractive ribbed shoulder. White base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand bar. Green Turtle Cay, Abaco Cays, Bahamas 1990

Distorsio reticularis (Linne 1758) Outstanding Beige! F+++/Gem 61,6 mm. Very beautiful, deep water Australian form. Pale beige color attractive sculpture with knobby and fine nodulose cords. Cream, beige, white base, aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 200-240 m. Off Swain Reef, Qld Australia 1974

Bulla ampulla Linne 1758 Outstanding! F+++ 31,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Multicolor attractive pattern. Body color aperture and. Has a slightly growth mark, few micro defects and few nicks doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected among sea weeds at shallow water. Maribago, Mactan Isl. Cebu 1999

Distorsio reticularis (Linne 1758) Outstanding Cream/Yellow! F+++/Gem 56 mm. Very beautiful, deep water Australian form. Cream/white body and yellow color early whorls, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine nodulose cords. Cream, beige, white base, aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 200-240 m. Off Swain Reef, Qld Australia 1974

Distorsio reticularis cf. (Linne 1758) Outstanding With periostracum! F+++/Gem 52,8 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Australia. Yellowish/beige color periostracum and white body color, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine nodulose cords. White base, aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on muddy sand at night at low tide. Cairns, Qld Australia 1990's

Tivela mactroides (Born 1778) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 32,6 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale bluish, brown, beige, grayish color bands and rays, soft cords. Taken on sand at low tide. La Restinga, Isla Margarita, Venezuela 1998

Fulvia tenuicostata (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 46,4 W 47,8 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale yellowish color with pale beige umbo and attractive fine nodulose ribs. Has a drill mark on the top. Dived at 4-8 m. in sand and silt with sea grass. Largo Bay, South Australia 1995

Colubraria muricata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 86,6 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. White color with yellow, beige, brown, blackish bands and marks, attractive large nodulose cords. Cream base, mature ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks. Has very small worm drills and an attachment on the base and over the aperture, chipped upper lip and protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Calituban Isl. Bohol 2008

Cardium Corculum laevigatum Bartsch 1947 Gorgeous Large Yellow/White! F+++/Gem 47,8 mm. Very beautiful. Up side pale yellow and white color with attractive nodulose cords. Down side pale yellow and cream color with soft grayish dots, soft nodulose cords, nodulose margins and curved keel. Cebu 2008

Acila divaricata archibenthalis Okutani 1964 Gorgeous! Gem H 11 W 13,8 mm. Very beautiful. Light yellowish/beige color with black, brown marks and attractive sculpture with fine nodulose diagonal ribs. Trawled at 250-260 m. Off Wen Zhou, East China Sea, China 2010