Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Chlamys tincta (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful rare nowadays. Tones of orange color, attractive sculpture with fine spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 10-15 m. under sponges. Buffels Bay, False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1994

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...

Talochlamys gemmulata (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 28 mm. Very beautiful special color rare now. Upper valve rose, purplish, pale orange, cream and white color with attractive spiny ribs. Lower valve pale orange, cream and white color spiny ribs. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Little Barrier Isl. North Isl. New Zealand 1986

Volachlamys singaporina (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale orange, brown, grayish and cream color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Dredged at 20 m. in sand. Great Sandy Straights, Frasor Isl. Qld. Australia 2003

Murex Coronium elegans Simone 1996 Gorgeous Special Form! F+++/Gem 45,2 mm. Small but very beautiful, impossible to get nowadays. Cream color with attractive strong body sculpture, shoulder lamellas and white perfect apex. White aperture and lip. Trawled 150-180 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1994

Murex Hexaplex princeps (Broderip 1833) Gorgeous! F+++ 68 mm. Very beautiful. White color with black, brown, beige bands, marks and spiral lines, attractive large spines. White ribbed aperture and black lip with teeth. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Jaco Beach, Puntarenas, West Costa Rica 1980

Chondrothyra tosta (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ W/O 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with brown, black shoulder bands and over the lip, attractive fine nodulose cords. Body color aperture and cream/white nodulose large lip. Has shipped protoconch. Taken on limestone walls . Sitio del Infierno, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2023

Voluta musica guinaica Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous! F+++ 70,4 mm. Smooth specimen! identified as guinaica, but I assume it is just a smooth form. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Yellowish/cream mature lip with black marks, pale yellowish/orange, cream, bluish base and aperture. Has few micro defects and few nicks. Taken in turtle grass/sand in shallow water. Amuay Bay, Peninsula Paraguana, Venezuela 1997

Murex Homalocantha zamboi (Burch & Burch 1960) Gorgeous! Gem W/O 34,7 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white and pale beige color with attractive perfect curved spines in 4 varices. Pale orange and white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Zamboanga 2008

Cypraea isabella controversa dwarf Gray 1824 Gorgeous Super Slender Lilliput! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with black axial stripes and dots. Margins and base white, cream color with orange terminals and  orange/brown terminal marks. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Strange Shape! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, strange shape! looks so different that deserves a subspecies. Cream/white color with soft pale yellow marks and large cords. White, yellow base, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has few micro defect. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Olhuveli Isl. Maldives 1984

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

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