Voluta Ternivoluta studeri (E. von Martens 1897) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 51,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with attractive yellowish/beige marks and axial lines, corded low body. White, beige aperture and lip. Trawled 50 fathoms. Moreton Bay, Qld. Australia 1980

Haliotis asinina Linne 1758 Outstanding Giant Green! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of green, beige, brown and grayish color attractive pattern. Inside iridescent bluish color. Has a chip. Self collected at 2-3 m. under dead coral. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Carinodrillia braziliensis (E. A. Smith 1915) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and beige color, attractive sculpture with nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled  at 70-80 m. Off Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous With Mantle line Elongate! F+++/Gem 35,2 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Yellowish, cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and cream, white mantle line that rarely appear in this species. Orange, yellowish color margins and base with cream basal blotch and white teeth. Has a small scratch like spot. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality, 1978

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with very strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Melanistic! F++/F+++ 66 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum melanistic and the sides cream, yellow color background with black spots. White margins and base with brown, bluish, black spots. Has sand grains on the dorsum. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

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

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Conus daucus Hwass 1792 Outstanding Yellowish/orange! F++/F+++ 38,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/orange! and lilac color over the canal with soft cream band. Cream/white, pale yellowish aperture and lip. Has few small slightly growth defects, few nicks on the lip and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 20-25 m. in coral sand. Samana Peninsula, North Dominican Republic 1990΄s

Mazatlania cosentini (R. A. Philippi 1836) Outstanding Superb! Gem 16,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with attractive knobby shoulder. Cream/white aperture and perfect lip. Dredged at 40 m. Off Devil's Isl. French Guyana 1968

Ficus ficus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 85,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish/beige and white color with attractive orange/brown marks and dots, fine nodulose sculpture and cords. Cream/white, yellowish/beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the lip side of low body, few micro defects, a chip on the the lip and on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Cape Moreton, Southern Qld. Australia 1990's

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Greenish! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum greenish color with tones of brown, cream marks and dots, pale orange terminals. Cream, pale beige color margins and base with pale yellow teeth.  Palawan 2008

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...

Lindapecten muscosus (Wood 1828) Gorgeous Light color! F+++/Gem 41,9 mm. Very beautiful hard to get from Mexico. Pale beige, cream and pale yellowish color with attractive fine nodulose body and spiny ribs. Trawled at 15 fms. North Cape Francisco, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 1975