Glyphostoma neglecta aff. (Hinds 1843) Outstanding!Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful new species. Cream/white and beige color with attractive granulose cords. Amazing white, beige aperture and thick lip with teeth. Dredged at 60-80 m. Off Salango Isl. Manabi, Ecuador 2016

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

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 55,1 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and beige color with attractive almost perfect long black spiny shoulder, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, rose ribbed aperture with grayish bands and lip with black marks and teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and one spine. Trawled in shallow water. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2023

Angaria sphaerula (Kiener 1838) Gorgeous Rose Pink! F+++/Gem W/O H 39 W 65 mm. including spines. Very beautiful. Rose, pink and cream color with attractive spiny cords and almost perfect long spines. Bluish/white iridescent color aperture and pale pink lip with teeth. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2000

Murex Siratus perelegans (Vokes 1965) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get now. White and cream color with attractive knobs, brown and beige cords, long almost perfect siphon. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The lower side of the canal is chipped. Taken by fish traps in 200-250 m. Off Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe 2009

Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 41,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get in this condition. White, cream, brown, beige color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and granulose body cords. White aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Off Chennai (former Madras), Tamil Nadu, India 1980

Cypraea petitiana Crosse 1872 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 21 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. Cream, white color callosus margins and base with strong cream/white teeth. Trawled at 30 m. Off N'Deyane, Senegal 1990

Oliva amethystina nebulosa Dautzenberg 1927 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 37,4 mm. Very beautiful local form. Pale yellowish, cream color with two blackish spots over the lip. Cream/white, pale orange aperture and thick lip. Has nicks on the upper lip and the shoulder. Taken on sand in shallow water. Rabaul, Eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1970

Voluta Amoria grayi Ludbrook 1953 Outstanding! F+++ 83,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream and pale grayish color with orange shoulder and top. Cream/white, orange aperture and perfect lip. Has a very small drill hole and few micro defects. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Broome, Kimberley, West Australia 1980

Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener 1840) Gorgeous Cute Specimen! F++ 103 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, beige, yellowish color attractive cords and spiral knobs. Cream aperture and lip. Has a growth scar over the siphon, micro defects and a chip. Taken on shallow grass flat at low tide at night. Sarasota, Florida 1976

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

Strombus alatus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 81,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/beige body and cream, white color early whorls with beige soft marks and cords, cream over the lip, attractive perfect shoulder knobs. Amazing brown, orange, black, beige, cream base, aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Marco Is. Florida 1970

Placamen lamellatum (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem H 30,3 W 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color with attractive large lamellate cords. Has few chipped lamellas. Taken in sand in shallow water. Senkaku, Amami, South Japan 1980

Cypraea zonaria Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Sky-blue! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful and special. Sky-blue, cream color background with attractive brown, beige marks and spots. Cream and grayish base and callosus margins with gray, blue spots. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Joal, Senegal 1978