Busycon carica (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Slender Form! F+++ 95 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern with almost perfect shoulder spines and nodulose cords on low body. Orange, cream, brown, grayish ribbed aperture, lip and canal. Has a small growth mark on the side. Taken on sand after storm. Jacksonville, Florida 1970

Laevichlamys lemniscata juvenile (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow/Blackish! F+++/Gem 17,8 mm. Very beautiful rare color. Yellow and blackish color with attractive mauve/brown and white pattern, almost perfect lamellas and fine spines. Cebu 2008

Melapium lineatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige axial lines and brown spiral marks. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Dredged at 120 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1996

Cypraea staphylaea consorbina (Garrett 1879) Gorgeous Sky/blue! Gem 19,6 mm. Very beautiful. Sky/blue color with attractive strong nodules and mantle line, orange terminals. Yellowish, white, cream margins and base with pale orange teeth. From my personal collection. Qld. Australia 1974

Tegula rugosa (A. Adams 1853) Gorgeous Large! F+++ W/O 32 mm. Very beautiful. yellowish, cream, white and blackish color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. cream, beige base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and yellowish lip. Has healed slightly growth marks and a chip. Taken on upper inter tidal rocks. San Felipe, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

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 nucleus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background, attractive sculpture with cream strong nodules, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream/white color margins and corded base. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998

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 Lilliput Violet Lip Superb! Gem 27,5 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 39,6 W 42,7 mm. Very beautiful heavy. Cream, white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine spiny large cords. Has few chips. Dived at 25-35 m. in sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2022

Chlamys farreri (Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Rare Color! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of deep orange and pink color with cream. beige, brown and white pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Rausu, Hokkaido Pref. Japan 2000's