Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859) Gorgeous! F+++ 87,5 mm. Very beautiful special African form. Multicolor with attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch and thin rough lip. Taken under bushes. Mbiama area Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous! Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base and margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Cypraea nucleus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Unusual Shape! Gem 23,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color background, attractive sculpture with yellowish/cream densely small nodules and cords, pale bluish/white mantle line. Yellowish/cream color margins and corded base. From my personal collection. Samar Isl. Philippines 1972

Voluta Alcithoe arabica swainsoni Marwick 1926 Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, yellowish and white color with attractive brown, blackish and beige pattern. Cream/white color aperture and yellowish thick lip. Has chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Codfish Isl. Stewart Isl. South Isl. New Zealand 1981

Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip 1833) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige color with white spiral line, attractive knobby large and fine nodulose cords, white top. Bluish/white knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Punta Negra, Departamento de Lima, Peru 2009

Calliostoma roseolum Dall 1880 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 10,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige, white marks, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Body color aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken by lobster traps at 180 feet. Off Sarasota, Florida 2001

Calliostoma sp. Gorgeous! F+++ 16,4 mm. Very beautiful new species. Yellowish/beige color with orange marks, brown soft spiral lines and attractive subculture with white knobby shoulder and cream nodulose cords. Base yellowish color with brown spiral lines and cream/white nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color ribbed aperture and lip. Has a growth mark on the base shoulder and chipped lip. Dived at 10-20 m. under dead coral on reef. Off Alcobaca, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard, 1858) Gorgeous Dark Knobby! F+++/Gem 83 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of purple, orange, black and cream/white color with attractive large densely knobs and slightly nodulose ribs. Lower valve cream, white, purple, orange and violet color. Trawled. Off Iwate, North Hoshu, Japan 2000

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Decatopecten radula juvenile (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 27,1 Upper valve cream/white color with pale yellow umbo. Lower valve cream/white color with brick and white pattern, pale yellow umbo. Has a small chip on the ear of the upper valve. Philippines 2007

Pisania bernardoi P.M.S. Costa & R.S. Gomes 1998 Outstanding! Gem 14,9 mm. Very nice. Corded, brown color with white and cream marks, bluish/white aperture and lip with teeth. Dived at 20-25 feet in dead coral. The Roques Venezuela 2008

Strombus latus arenensis Bernard 1982 Gorgeous Large! F++ 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale yellow, cream color with small spiral knobs. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and grayish lip. Has a healed drill mark on the base, micro defects, chipped apex, canal and upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus Turner & Marrow 2001 Gorgeous!Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige and brown spiral marks, attractive sculpture with granulose ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. From tangle net at 140-240 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2002

Glossaulax didyma (Roding 1798) Outstanding! F+++/Gem  W/O W 30,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from Australia. Pale bluish, grayish, cream and white color. White, brown base callus, aperture and lip. Taken in trails at low tide at night. Langford Isl. Qld. Australia 1978

Conus magus sp. Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual! F++/F+++ 34 mm. Very beautiful. and exceptional White color with attractive black axial marks and dots, nodulose cords on low body. White aperture with black marks and lip with teeth. Has a slightly healed growth mark near the lip, a healed growth scar on the base and nicks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, Self collected under dead corals on sand at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999

Murex Siratus formosus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful looks between tenuivaricosus and springeri. White color with pale yellowish/beige soft marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, very long perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken by nets at 30-40 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1994

Murex Chicoreus clausii (Dunker 1879) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream, beige, white color with brown, blackish dots, marks, lines and top, attractive perfect spines, nodulose and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 2022

Distorsio decussata (Valenciennes 1832) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem W/O 63 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with pale yellowish band and attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellowish/beige, white base. aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. Has a growth line on the spires and slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged at 60-80 feet. Afuera Canal, Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2014

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard 1858) Gorgeous Pinkish! Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful from unusual area. Upper valve tones of pinkish, purple and cream color with attractive knobs and nodulose ribs. Lower valve white, purplish and violet color with yellow umbo. Trawled at 3-500 m. Off Busan, China Sea, South Korea 1980