Oliva rufula Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Rare Solomon Form! F+++ 29,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tons of brown, beige, orange, black, cream and bluish color attractive pattern. Yellowish/cream, white aperture and thick lip with black marks. Has irregularities over the lip. Dived night at 15 m. on black sand bottom. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 2008

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Clanculus pharaonius (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 16 W 19,5 mm. Very beautiful. Deep red and  black, color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Rose base with black, white nodulose cords. Bluish/white, lilac color ribbed aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Taken under stones and dead corals at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Double Pattern! F+++/Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with grayish marks and soft pale beige dots, then till labial margin typical brown, beige, cream, white pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with yellowish basal blotch and unusual strong white teeth. Has few small slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populatio...

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Gray Sides Violet Lip Exceptional! F+++/Gem 32,4 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream, white, brown, gray and beige color attractive pattern and unusual gray sides. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn 1817) Outstanding Dark color! F+++/Gem W/O 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white and black color with attractive fine nodulose cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and yellow lip with teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Kaliyasem, Kalibukbuk-Lovina area, Bali, Indonesia 2003

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

Laevichlamys cookei (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern with spiny ribs. Dived at 10-15 m. under coral slabs. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1985

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot 1853) Gorgeous Colorful Large! F+++/Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, cream and yellow color bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine lamellate cords. White base, aperture and lip with black marks and fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks on reef at low tide. Kings Head Beach, Caloundra, Qld. Australia 1988

Fasciolaria tulipa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Rare color! F+++/Gem W/O 81,2 mm. Very beautiful. Plain deep orange/beige color with attractive brown spiral dots, fine nodulose cords and white shoulder with brown marks. Body color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken on sand and grass at 6-10 feet. Ramrod Key, Florida Keys, Florida 1980

Latiaxis diadema (Adams 1854) Gorgeous White! Gem 24,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive perfect large shoulder spines, nodulose and lamellate body cords. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2006

Tellina cumingii Hanley 1844 Gorgeous! Gem H 19 W 40 mm. Very beautiful, rare from this area. Cream color with attractive tones of gray marks, fine nodulose cords and lamellate side. Dredged at 80-100 feet on mud. Gobernadora Isl. Bahia de Chiriqui, West Panama 1995

Laevichlamys lemniscata (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Colorful!Gem 28 mm. Small but very beautiful. Upper valve mauve and cream/white color with brown, blackish pattern, attractive perfect lamellate ribs. Lower valve white and lavender color with blackish pattern, attractive nodulose and perfect lamellate ribs. Cebu 2007

Murex Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842) Outstanding!F+++/Gem  15 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with lamellate cords and varices, Cream/white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken from underside of rocks at 5 m.  Cox Bay, Bermuda 1964

Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 28,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and bluish/white color with few pale beige soft marks. Brown, black white base, aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth mark and few nicks. Taken in trails in white sand at low tide. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Vanuatu 1993

Conus textile Gorgeous Corded! F+++/Gem 60,2 mm. Very beautiful unusual corded species. Yellowish/orange color with black axial streaks marks, attractive white with black, brown over line pattern and fine cords. White aperture and lip with black lines and fine teeth. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Aplus assimilis (Reeve 1846) Outstanding Dark! F+++/Gem 14 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish, cream and dark brown color with attractive nodulose cords. Brown, cream ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand and small rocks at 1-3 ft. Baie de Goree, Senegal 2006

Conus magus sp. Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 38,4 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern with corded spires and low body. White, pale blue aperture with blackish, brown marks, white lip with beige dots and fine teeth. Self  collected under dead corals on sand at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999