Trophon orbignyi Carcelles 1946 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 27,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with attractive perfect spiny large cream/white wings. Cream/white aperture and lip. Has a chip on the lip and the siphon Trawled at 180-220 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2004

Cypraea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Gorgeous Dark Globose! F+++ 39,5 mm. Very beautiful unusual color and shape. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige, blue blotches, marks and dots, yellow ring. White base with pale blue marks and yellow margins. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. From my personal collection. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Malaga, Spain 1974

Cypraea albuginosa Gray 1825 Gorgeous Light color Form! Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background, brown with cream ocellata densely spots. White base and margins with few soft beige spots. Taken under rocks at 2-5 m. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cypraea decipiens (E. A. Smith 1880) Gorgeous Dark Bargain! F+++/Gem 51,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white beige mantle line. Black color base and margins. Has a micro defect. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponges, Broome, North West Western Australia 1974

Cypraea friendii friendii (J. E. Gray 1831) Gorgeous Blue! F++ 76,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum blue and white color background with attractive black, brown, beige spots and marks. Black, brown color base and margins with orange/brick marks and black spots, white teeth and aperture. Has micro defects and nicks on the posterior extremities terminal ridge. Dived at 18 m. on sponge. Carnac Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1975

Cypraea propinqua Garret 1879 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with dark lavender lips. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Has few micro defects. Namoui Reefs, Makapu Point, Niue Isl. South Polynesia 2010

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973

Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Cream, pale beige color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea mappa viridis cf. (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, cream clear spots and mantle line. Margins and base dark cream color with beige, brown spots, beige basal blotch, cream/white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 32,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color on the sides and pale brown, beige soft pattern on the dorsum. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding Globulus Large! F+++ 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Callosus cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals marks. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1975

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea pyriformis smithi dwarf Sowerby 1881 Outstanding Rare Western Form! F+++/Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale bluish color background with brown, gray blotches, and beige dots. Cream/white margins and base with brown, beige spots and brown columellar teeth. From my personal collection. Intertidal under stones. West Australia 1974