Linatella caudata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++ 47,9 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, brown. cream and white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown teeth. The protoconch and the canal are slightly chipped. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Cuddalore, Southern Chennai (Madras), India 1983

Cypraea schilderorum Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Slender Thick! F+++/Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tines of beige and cream/white color banded dorsum with brown ring. Callosus beige, cream/white margins and base. Has few micro defects. Dived under rocks. Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1970

Maoricardium setosum (Redfield 1846) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem H 51 W 55,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, pale yellowish and tones of pale beige color with attractive spiny ribs. Taken on sand at low tide. Townsville, Qld. Australia 1980

Ancilla lienardi (Bernardi 1821) Gorgeous Orange Superb! Gem 29,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bright orange body, yellowish/orange color banded spires and over the canal , white low body groove. White base, callus, aperture and lip with tooth.  Trawled at 25-40 m. Off Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 2025

Olivancillaria auricularia (Lamarck 1810) Outstanding! F++ 40 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish. white and cream color and pale beige, white over the canal. White, bluish, brown base with callus, aperture and pale beige lip. Has slightly irregularities, micro defects and few nicks. Taken in sand at 1 m. Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1977

Mitra acuminata Swainson 1824 Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellow and cream color. White, yellow color aperture and thick lip. Taken on reef flat. Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1990

Stramonita canaliculata (Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 37 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of blue and white color with blackish, brown, gray marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. Taken on rocks at low tide. Port St. Joe Bay, Gulf County, N.W. Florida 1989

Ovula Prosimnia piriei Petuch 1973 Outstanding Lavender!Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale lavender color with attractive sculpture. Lilac, cream aperture, nodulose margin and tail canals. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Murex Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful. White body color and beige early whorls with attractive nodulose cords and perfect black spiny varices. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Off Point Pongara, Gabon 1980

Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby 1828) Gorgeous! Gem 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with white relief central band. Cream, pale yellowish margin and base. Dredged at 90-100 m. Off Arraial dos Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011

Conus petestimpsoni (Petuch & Berschauer 2016) Gorgeous Superb Orange Baby! F+++/Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful, looks almost a different species. Orange color with soft cream band and blackish dots, brown and white shoulder. Cream and pale orange aperture and lip. Taken by nets at 150-200 m. Off Farol de Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Voluta Odontocymbiola cleryana (Petit 1856) Gorgeous! F+++ 39,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive yellowish/beige pattern and strong knobby shoulder. Bluish, beige, cream aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled 50-70 m. Off Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2000

Pisania auritula (Link 1807) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, bluish, beige and brown color pattern and attractive subculture with knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Amphidromus nicoi Thach 2017 Gorgeous Dextral Colorful! F+++/Gem 27,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow and tones mauve color attractive bands and blackish tip. Body color aperture and white lip. Taken on trees in Monsoon forests. Kon Tum, Central Vietnam, close to Laos and Cambodia border 2017

Conus canonicus Hwass 1792 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 39,4 mm. Very beautiful unusual Solomon form. White color with tones of brown, orange and black attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with brown dots and fine teeth. Taken on coral sand at shallow water. Kundu-Kundu Isl. in front of Munda Airport, Solomon Islands 1997

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 19,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, brown, cream and yellowish color with white band attractive fine nodulose body cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps at 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1990