Mimachlamys asperulata (Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous Orange! Gem 34 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, white and cream color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled at 20 m. Off Kii Peninsula, Mie Pref. Japan 1980

Scaeochlamys squamata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Orange Superb! F+++/Gem 40,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish/orange, beige and cream color with white umbo and attractive thin nodulose and large lamellata ribs. Taken by nets at 40 m. Kii Bay, Honshu, Japan 1980

Latiaxis ricinuloides (Schepman 1911) Gorgeous White! F++ 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color attractive sculpture with perfect long shoulder spines and spiny cords. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Has a drill hole. Balut Isl. Mindanao 1999

Cypraea vitellus polynesiae Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous Banded Large! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. Tones of beige and yellowish/cream color soft bands with white densely clear spots some are slightly relief. Cream base and margin with soft cream spots. Has few micro defects. Taken under dead corals at low tide. Molololailai, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji 1970

Murex Chicoreus territus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous Huge! F++/F+++ W/O 60,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect white spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few very small damage holes and chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Mackay, Qld. Australia 1980

Haustrum lacunosum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive fine lamellate body large cords with nice sculpture. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at the base of coastal cliffs. Karamea Bluffs, South Isl. New Zealand 1978

Cypraea helvola hawaiiensis dwarf Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Lilliput! Gem 13,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with large beige and small white spots, bluish mantle line. Cream and pale yellowish color margins and base with white terminals. Dived at 15-18 m. under dead corals. Christmas Reef, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1983

Cypraea cylindrica lenella dwarf Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Sky/blue! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of sky/blue color banded background with beige marks and dots, blackish terminal marks. White, sky/blue color base and margins with two brown spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Shoal Point, Mackay, West Australia 1974

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful and heavy, from rare locality. Blackish, brown, gray color spiral lines with yellowish/cream marks and attractive spiral knobs and fine nodulose cords. Amazing white, pale yellow, pale blue base, aperture and ribbed lip with black marks and cream teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Durban Harbor, Natal, South Africa 1980

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

Agaronia gibbosa (Born 1778) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 46,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Tones of blue, pale yellowish, grayish and cream color pattern with brown and blackish marked band on low body. Bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip. Has a chip on the upper lip. Trawled at 20-40 m. Kanyakumari, Southern India 2011

Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 98 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve rose, pale pinkish and white color with fine nodulose body and large ribs. Lower valve purple, pale pinkish, beige, brown, black, cream, white color attractive pattern. Has little chipped lip and ears. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Port Lincoln, South Australia 1990

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Spiny! Gem W/O 80 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, bluish, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive perfect shoulder spines, fine cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, gray mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

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