Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Ovula ovum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Unusual! Gem 77,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white color with unusual yellowish mark on the columellar side. White relief margin and base, deep orange, gray and black aperture. Self collected on soft corals at 3-4 m. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Mitra ustulata Reeve 1844 Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 60,3 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown, beige pattern and pale beige spiral lines, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords and spiny shoulder. Yellowish/cream aperture and thick lip with teeth. Has few micro defects and slightly chipped protoconch. Self collected in sand among corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999

Cypraea vitellus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 36,6 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum beige and brown color soft bands with attractive bluish/white clear some relief spots. Callosus margins and base cream, white color with thin grayish lines and cream/white soft spots. Has two very small bites. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

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

Nodipecten arthriticus (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Cute Colorful Knobby! F+++ 45 mm. Small but very beautiful extremely knobby. Multicolor attractive pattern with large knobs. Has irregular lips. Dived at 15-20 m. in sand between rocks. Bajo Cope, Ayangue, Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador 2015

Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder 1924 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++ 77,5 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get like this. Dark brown and blackish color band with white, cream clear spots and grayish mantle line. Dark beige color base with grayish marks and margins with cream spots, black and brown teeth. Has slightly irregularities and micro defects. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2023

Cochlorina leporis (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Dark! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, black, brown color pattern and attractive sculpture. White lip and body color aperture. Taken on tropical rain forest. Nova Vicosa, Bahia, Brazil 2019

Conus encaustus Kiener 1845 Gorgeous Exceptional Rare! F+++/Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare. Grayish and white color bands and dots and attractive knobby shoulder with black marks. White, brown, beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. The upper lip is little chipped. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Nuku Hiva Isl. Marquesas Islands 1950

Conus textile Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 84,5 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with black axial streaks marks, attractive white with black and brown over line pattern. White aperture and lip with black lines and teeth. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

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

Babelomurex basilium (Penna-Neme & Leme 1978) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 34,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive lamellate cords and almost perfect shoulder spines. White aperture and spiny lip. Trawled in dead shells bottom at 300-350 m. Off Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2005

Dianthiphos bernardoi (Costa & R. S. Gomes 1998) Gorgeous Huge! Gem 16,9 mm. Very beautiful quite uncommon nowadays. Brown color with cream/white marks attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown dots and teeth. Taken in coral pieces brought by lobster traps from 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Tivela tripla (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem H 27 W 31,5  mm. Very beautiful and glossy from rare locality. Yellowish color with grayish, pink, orange bands and marks, fine cords. Taken in sand in splash zone. Sanyang Fishing Village, The Gambia, West Africa 2023

Oliva bulbiformis Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Multicolor!F+++/Gem 25,9 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Pale bluish, white base with orange marks, aperture and lip with brown dots. Has slightly chipped protoconch and a nick on the canal. Taken in sand in shallow water. Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 1972