Murex Pterynotus tripterus (Born 1778) Gorgeous Large Local Form! F+++/Gem W/O 48 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect lamellate wings. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with spiny teeth. Taken on coral reef at 1-2 m. Palikulo Bay, Espirito Santo Isl. Vanuatu 1995

Murex Siratus kugleri (Clench & Perez Farfante 1945) Gorgeous Deep Water Species! F+++/Gem W/O 47 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream/white color with pale beige spiral lines and attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few chips on the side of the canal Taken in trap set at 250 m. Off Sainte Anne, Guadeloupe, Antilles 2005

Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes 1832) Gorgeous Great Specimen! F+++/Gem 42,9 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of gray, blackish, bluish and cream color attractive sculpture with granulose cords and knobby shoulder. Gray, cream mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a growth defect over the siphon. Taken on rocks in very muddy sand at low tide. Keppel Bay, Qld. Australia 1973

Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive fine lamellate body large cords with nice sculpture. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at the base of coastal cliffs. Karamea Bluffs, South Isl. New Zealand 1978

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex Naquetia triqueter (Born 1778) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 54,1 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown marks, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect wings. White, bluish mature aperture with and yellowish lip with teeth. Has two drill marks. Taken on sand. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1982

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Haustellum tweedianum (McPherson 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 65,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare now. White, cream, beige color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, violet apex. White mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken in coral sand. Breaksea Spit, Qld. Australia 1999

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Murexsul mariae H. J. Finlay 1930 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem  24,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown and cream color spiral lines with attractive ribs and nodulose cords. White, bluish mature ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at low tide. Manukau Heads, West of Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Babelomurex basilium (Penna-Neme & Leme 1978) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 34,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive lamellate cords and almost perfect shoulder spines. White aperture and spiny lip. Trawled in dead shells bottom at 300-350 m. Off Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2005

Murex Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 88,6 mm. Very beautiful rare southern Brazil form. Cream/white and beige color bands with brown marks, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines and wings. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. The side of the canal and a lip spine are slightly chipped. Trawled at 200 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2006

Murex Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 37 mm. The correct ID is Chicomurex ritae Houart 2013 Very beautiful special color. Bright orange color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect spiny and lamellate varices. White, lilac mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2006

Murex Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded!F+++/Gem W/O 87,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen from Flores Isl. White, beige and brown color bands with attractive almost perfect black spines. White aperture and orange lip with teeth. Has few micro defects/ Taken on coral and rocky bottom at 1-3 m.. Waicucu Beach, near Labuanbajo, Flores Islands, Indonesia 2005

Murex Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842) Outstanding!F+++/Gem  15 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with lamellate cords and varices, Cream/white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken from underside of rocks at 5 m.  Cox Bay, Bermuda 1964

Bedeva paivae (Crosse 1864) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 16 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive knobby spires and fine cords. Yellow, cream/white ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on dead bivalves at extreme low tide. Taylors Beach, Hinchinbrook Shire, Qld. Australia 1989