Mactra maculata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 44 W 54,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White, cream color with attractive yellowish/beige and brown pattern. Taken in sand flats at low tide. Waicucu Beach, Labuan Bajo, Flores Isl. Indonesia 2009

Acteon tornatilis (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F++ 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. hard to get from Wales. Tones of beige and pale brown color with attractive white bands and fine nodulose cords. White aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Trawled. Rhossili Bay, Gower, Wales, UK 1973

Euthymella elegans (Hinds 1843) Gorgeous Superb Knobby! F+++/Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream/white color aperture and lip. Taken at 1-2 m. on coral rubble. Riroa, Tuamotu, French Polynesia 2003

Euthymella pyramidalis (A. Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch. Dredged on rubble and broken coral bottom at 100-120 m. Off Amami Isl. Southern Japan 1990

Dianthiphos bernardoi (Costa & R. S. Gomes 1998) Gorgeous Large! Gem 15,8 mm. Very beautiful quite uncommon nowadays. Brown color with cream/white marks attractive nodulose cords and ribs. White ribbed aperture with brown marks and lip with fine teeth. Taken in coral pieces brought by lobster traps from 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2019

Agaronia travassosi Morretes 1938 Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++ 52,5 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish/white, cream base, aperture and brown lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch and slightly rough thin lip. Trawled at 60-70 m. Off Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2003

Sconsia striata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Rare Superb Thick! F+++/Gem 44,9 mm. Accepted as S. grayi A. Adams, 1855  Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive beige, brown spiral marks and nodulose cords. Cream, white color base with beige marks, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has a small growth mark on the canal. Dredged at 100-120 m. Campeche Bay, Gulf of Mexico, East Mexico 1970

Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Canary Islands Form! F+++/Gem 58,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Cream, white color granulose base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has two very small drill hole and a small growth mark on the spires. Taken by nets. La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain 1971

Melapium lineatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige axial lines and brown spiral marks. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Dredged at 120 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1996

Oliva volvaroides Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful, unusual specimen from unusual area. Not sure about ID. Tones of orange and cream color background with few beige soft marks. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Korere Village, off Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1980

Strombus gracilior G. B. Sowerby I 1825 Gorgeous Yellow! F+++ 77,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale yellow color with white bands, attractive white knobby spires shoulder. Orange base, white aperture, thick orange lip and bluish/gray canal. Has few micro defects, few nicks and a small chip on the canal. Taken in sand flats at low tide. La Paz Bay, Baja Sur, West Mexico 1956

Tegula rugosa (A. Adams 1853) Gorgeous Large! F+++ W/O 32 mm. Very beautiful. yellowish, cream, white and blackish color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. cream, beige base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and yellowish lip. Has healed slightly growth marks and a chip. Taken on upper inter tidal rocks. San Felipe, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

Turbo cidaris Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Superb Ornamented! Gem W/O H 35 W 41,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown and blackish color with white, cream, gray pattern. Irisans bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip, amazing nodulose white operculum. Dived at 10-15 m. under rocks. Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), East Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter 1893 Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 37,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, gray and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture with granulose, fine nodulose cords and spiny margin. Inside blue color with black marks. Taken on rocks at low tide. Motutara, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Tonna perdix (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 102,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, beige marked attractive large cords. White, pale grayish ribbed aperture and brown, beige lip. Has a growth mark on the base and few micro defects. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Viti-Levu, Fiji 1990

Tonna tesselata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 53 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish and white color with attractive tones of beige marked large cords. Beige slightly corded aperture and white thick lip with teeth. Trawled. Bali, Indonesia 1990

Cominella glandiformis (Reeve 1847) Outstanding! F++ 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish, bluish and cream color with knobby shoulder. White, brown aperture and thin lip. Has a growth mark on the dorsum, slightly chipped protoconch and chipped rough lip. Taken on exposed sand and mud flats at low tide. KawaKawa Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Cominella maculosa (Martyn 1784) Outstanding Large! F+++ W/O 43 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color with black, brown and blue marks. Yellow aperture with black marks and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Mt. Maunganui, North Isl. New Zealand 1994

Astralium pileolum (Reeve 1842) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O H 24,5 W 39 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive sculpture and frilly shoulder. Cream base with lamellate cords. Bluish/white iridescent base, aperture and lip, fabulous dark operculum. Has few micro defects. Found on  reef at low tide under rocks. Dixon Isl. Dampier, North West Australia 2018

Monoplex intermedius (Pease 1869) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 42,6 mm. Very beautiful, rare in Hawaii. White and tones of yellowish/orange color with brown varices blotches, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Pale orange, white ribbed aperture with blackish lines and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Dived at 50 feet. Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii 1989