Oliva vidua albofasciata Dautzenberg 1927 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 55,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive black, gray, pale bluish pattern White, pale bluish, cream base, aperture and thick lip wit gray dots. The upper lip is chipped Taken in sand at low tide. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1964

Ancillista muscae (Pilsbry 1926) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 31,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with fine corded sculpture and yellow top. White aperture and thin lip. Taken exposed on sand bar at extreme low tide. One Arm Point, Western Australia 1980

Calliostoma monile (Reeve 1863) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 23 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with attractive deep violet, white shoulder and fine cords. Bluish iridescent color corded aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and a drill mark on the spires. Taken at shallow water (natural habitat). Broome, North West Western Australia 1977

Oliva hirasei Kira 1959 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 43,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with amazing blackish, gray, blue pattern. White, pale blue aperture and lip with black marks. Taken on sand bottom by dive. Siasi, Sulu, Southern Philippines 1990

Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

Oliva pindarina Duclos 1840 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 31,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive blackish, bluish and gray pattern. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip with blackish, gray marks. Taken in sand at low tide. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1980

Xenophora senegalensis Fischer 1873 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O W 32,8 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color body with attractive nodulose sculpture, bivalves, piece of shells and stones attachments. Grayish/cream base with granulose cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip Trawled at 20-30 m. Yene, Senegal 2001

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Oliva truncata Marrat 1867 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 32,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream beige color background with amazing tones of brown pattern. White aperture and thick lip. Trawled at 40-80 m. Off Manta, Manabi, Ecuador 2001

Polinices flemingianus (Recluz 1844) Outstanding Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful. White color. White base callus, aperture and lip. Self collected in sand at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Olivancillaria auricularia (Lamarck 1810) Outstanding! F++ 40 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish. white and cream color and pale beige, white over the canal. White, bluish, brown base with callus, aperture and pale beige lip. Has slightly irregularities, micro defects and few nicks. Taken in sand at 1 m. Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1977

Acanthocardia tuberculata Albinistic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 39 W 40 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale bluish color with attractive sculpture and knobby side ribs. Taken in sand at 4-5 m.. Aegina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2005

Olivancillaria orbignyi (Marrat 1868) Outstanding! F+++ 23 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of light blue and white body color and pale beige, white over the canal .White, dark beige aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on sand at low tide. La Coronilla, North La Paloma, Uruguay 1969

Casmaria erinaceus vibex (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++ 48,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white, cream and pale beige color. White, beige aperture and lip with black, beige marks and spiny teeth on the lower lip. Has growth lines and few micro defects. Taken on coral sand at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot 1786) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 51,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellowish, white and cream color with attractive  knobby brown bands, beige spiral lines and fine nodulose cords. White knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at shallow water (natural habitat). Muizenberg, South Africa 1966

Haliotis asinina Linne 1758 Outstanding Giant Green! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of green, beige, brown and grayish color attractive pattern. Inside iridescent bluish color. Has a chip. Self collected at 2-3 m. under dead coral. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Austrotriton subdistortus (Lamarck 1822) Outstanding Tick Dark! F+++/Gem 41,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Grayish, tones of brown and black color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellow, cream ribbed aperture and lip. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on tide pools. Port Welshpool, Victoria, Australia 1996

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cymatiella sexcostata (Tate 1888) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful, uncommon species, hard to get, especially in this quality. Tones of orange and cream color, attractive sculpture  with granulose cords, white top. White, cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken among rubble on the edge of sand bar. Wattle Point, South Australia 1980