Fusitriton laudandus H. J. Finlay 1926 Gorgeous Uncommon Deep Water Sp! F+++ 105,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive large knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth mark, slightly shipped protoconch and a micro hole. Dredged at deep water. Off Otago, New Zealand 1970

Spondylus reesianus G. B. Sowerby III 1903 Gorgeous Superb Orange! F+++/Gem 97 mm. Including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange color attractive both valve with almost perfect long spines and spiny ribs. Few spines are little chipped Trawled at 40-50 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1980

Amalda australis (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 27,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, brown, gray. beige. cream, yellowish and white color body and bands. Bluish callus, brown, yellowish/beige, white/cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Trawled in shallow water. Summer Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand 1980

Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neefs 1970) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale yellowish/beige, cream and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords. Amazing cream, white mature base, aperture and thick lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged for beach renourishment. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 2004

Pollia undosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 32,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, pale yellow and black color attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and yellow lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Rainmaker Hotel, Pago-Pago, Tutuila Isl. American Samoa 1986

Bufonaria crumena (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 57,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with brown, beige marks, attractive spiral spines and fine nodulose cords. White and yellow nodulose and ribbed base, aperture and knobby, ribbed lip. Trawled. Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, India 1983

Vasticardium vertebratum (Jonas 1844) Gorgeous Colorful Extra Large! F+++/Gem 63,9 mm. Very beautiful. Rose. cream and white color with soft grayish marks, attractive granulose and lamellate ribs. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Rowes Bay, Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1980

Haliotis diversicolor squamata Reeve 1846 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and cream color pattern with attractive lamellate cords. Inside corded iridescent bluish color and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Cleaverville Beach, Karratha, Western Australia 1991

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

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

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

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

Aliger gallus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 110,4 mm. From finger to canal. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with white, cream, brown and beige marks, attractive shoulder knobs and nodulose cords. Pale orange, yellowish cream, white base, aperture and lip. Has a small drill hole on spires, few nicks on the finger and the canal. Dived at 20-30 m. in coral sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2025

Euprotomus chrysostomus (Kuroda 1942) Gorgeous Superb Strange Form! F+++/Gem 76 mm. Very beautiful. White color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. Amazing Yellowish, reddish/orange, pale grayish and cream base, aperture, lip, canal and finger. Taken on coral sand at 2-3 m. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1980

Ellatrivia merces maoriensis (Mestayer 1927) Gorgeous Rare! Gem 12,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige blotches, attractive nodulose cords and mantle line. White margin and corded base. Taken on sand after storm. Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Niveria capsula Fehse 2022 Gorgeous Pink! Gem 5,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pink color with attractive cords. Cream, pink base and margin. Dived at 8-10 feet under rocks. Western Sambo Reef, Key West, Florida Keys, Florida 1995

Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, gray, cream and beige color with attractive knobby cords, cream/white base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color aperture and lip. Taken under rocks at low tide. Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1982

Maurea punctulata (Martyn 1784) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 27 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Tones of brown color with attractive cream, beige granulose and nodulose cords. Irisans bluish/white ribbed aperture and beige lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Leigh, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980

Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933