Tivela planulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem H 30 W 36 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, rare in Mexico. Yellow, beige and cream color attractive pattern. Taken on sand in very low tide. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, West Mexico 1980

Buccinum undatum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ W/O 89,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream, white and pale beige color with attractive nodulose cords and sculpture. White base, aperture and ribbed lip. Has a slightly growth mark on the spires and few micro defect. Trawled. Off Oostend, Western Flanders, Belgium 1966

Pusio elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding Large With Periostracum! F+++/Gem W/O 49,8 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish, gray color full periostracum with knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged. Bahia de Chiriqui, Veraguas, West Panama 1985

Phalium flammiferum (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 67,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive orange/beige axial pattern, corded low body and nodulose cords early whorls. White, pale yellowish/beige aperture and lip with pale yellowish/orange marks and strong teeth. Has few micro defects. Trawled at 40 fathoms. Off Keelung, Taiwan, China Sea 1969

Amalda similis (Sowerby 1859) Outstanding Deep Water Dark! F+++ W/O 53,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, gray and pale beige color axial lines with white, beige, brown bands and spires mark. Pale pinkish, beige, white base, aperture and  lip. Has few micro defects and rough lip. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Quissico (Zavala), Southern Mozambique 1990

Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Dark Brown! F+++/Gem 24,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown color with gray axial lines and cream/white top. White, cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the base. Taken in sand in shallow water. Mina Al Fahal, Muscat, Oman 1980

Oliva brettinghami Bridgman 1909 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17 mm. Very beautiful . Cream color background with attractive beige and brown zigzag pattern. White, pale bluish, blackish aperture, cream lip with beige dots. Taken in sand at shallow water. Broome, Kimberley Region, Western Australia 1980

Oliva tessellata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish color background with attractive tones of beige marks White, blue, blackish base aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand. Langford Reef, Qld. Australia 1986

Chama lazarus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Baby Orange! F+++/Gem 44 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color with dark purple marks and attractive almost perfect spines. Dived at 15-20 m. Racha Isl. Andaman Sea, Thailand 1977

Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams 1864) Gorgeous! F+++ 19,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Milky white color with attractive cords. Has a chip on the upper lip and few nicks. Bantayan Isl. North Cebu 2007

Chione elevata (Say 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 30 W 35,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with nodulose ribs and few spiny cords. Taken on sand bar at low tide. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby 1833) Gorgeous Giant! F+++/Gem 126,9 mm. Very beautiful and colorful, hard to get his size nowadays. Tones of yellow, cream and white color with blue marks on the sides and orange over the lips. Has micro defects. Taken in sand in shallow water. San Carlos Bay, Guaymas, West Mexico 2016

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with purplish, pale pink, brown, beige, lavender marks, attractive spiny ribs and sculpture. Trawled. Pattani, Thailand 1980's

Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 62,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, brown, bluish, gray and beige color attractive pattern. White, bluish/white, blue base, aperture, lip with brown marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at shallow water. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Nassarius pullus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Humped! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful humped. Blue body and tones of brown color whorls with pale yellowish soft band, attractive sculpture with cream ribs and nodulose cords on low body. Very tick full mature yellowish/cream base with dark gray basal blotch. Cream, pale yellow, blackish ribbed aperture and thick lip. Self collected on sea grass at shallow water. On the front of Diving Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998

Semicassis microstoma (Von Martens 1903) Gorgeous! F+++ 66 mm. Very beautiful special light specimen. Cream and white color with soft pale yellowish/beige spiral marks and attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and strong teeth. Has a slightly growth mark and damaged canal terminal. Trawled at 150-160 m. Off Mogadishu, Somalia 2005

Semicassis labiata (G. Perry 1811) Gorgeous Large! F+++ W/O 59,8 mm. Very beautiful, no more like that. Grayish, beige, brown and cream color attractive pattern. Cream, white, beige base, aperture and thick lip with beige, brown marks and teeth. Has healed slightly growth marks. Trawled at 50-80 m. Jervis Bay, NSW. Australia 1980

Oliva bulbosa fabagina Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 32,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black and cream color attractive pattern with soft pale blue, brown, beige marks. Blue, white base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Aden Gulf, Yemen. 1960

Callista impar (Lamarck 1818) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 45 W 53,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive tones of blue, gray pattern and cords. Taken in sand. Shark Bay area, North Western Australia 1980