Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Extra Large! Gem 37,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige marks. Callosus cream/white color margins and base. Dived at 20 m. under rocks. False Bay area, Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Maurea selecta (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 40 W 49,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive beige and white nodulose cords Cream/white flat base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish iridescent corded aperture and lip.  Has chipped rough lip. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Off Whangarei, Taukikura, New Zealand 1976

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 29,3 mm.  Very beautiful. Bluish/white and sky/blue color with bluish spots and  grayish mantle line. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. From my personal collection. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 1976

Cypraea ziczac (Linne 1758) Outstanding Superb! Gem 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive beige and white typical ziczac pattern, brown spots over the terminals. Margins and base pale yellow, orange color with black and brown spots. Masbate Isl. Philippines 2007

Mactra maculata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 44 W 54,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White, cream color with attractive yellowish/beige and brown pattern. Taken in sand flats at low tide. Waicucu Beach, Labuan Bajo, Flores Isl. Indonesia 2009

Sconsia striata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Rare Superb Thick! F+++/Gem 44,9 mm. Accepted as S. grayi A. Adams, 1855  Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive beige, brown spiral marks and nodulose cords. Cream, white color base with beige marks, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has a small growth mark on the canal. Dredged at 100-120 m. Campeche Bay, Gulf of Mexico, East Mexico 1970

Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter 1893 Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 37,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, gray and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture with granulose, fine nodulose cords and spiny margin. Inside blue color with black marks. Taken on rocks at low tide. Motutara, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Voluta Alcithoe fusus haurakiensis (Dell 1956) Outstanding Rare Subspecies! F++ 57,8 mm. Very nice. Cream and white color with attractive soft beige pattern. Cream, white color aperture and thick lip. Has chipped apex and micro defects, not glossy. Dead taken washed at the beach. Exhibition Beaches, Rarawa, North Isl. New Zealand 1997

Tonna tesselata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 53 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish and white color with attractive tones of beige marked large cords. Beige slightly corded aperture and white thick lip with teeth. Trawled. Bali, Indonesia 1990

Cominella glandiformis (Reeve 1847) Outstanding! F++ 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish, bluish and cream color with knobby shoulder. White, brown aperture and thin lip. Has a growth mark on the dorsum, slightly chipped protoconch and chipped rough lip. Taken on exposed sand and mud flats at low tide. KawaKawa Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 63,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream, white, beige and pale orange color with large cords. White, yellowish aperture and thick lip with large teeth. Has a chip on the canal. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Lakeba Isl. Lao Group, Fiji 1981

Phalium areola (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 57,2 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, rare in Australia. Bluish, white color with attractive tones of dark brown and beige pattern. Beige, white base with brown marks, aperture, thick lip with soft pale yellowish marks and sharp teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Taken in sand bar at night, low tide. Don River, Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1987

Euchelus atratus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  W/O 16 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish and beige color with attractive blackish and cream nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Gas a chip. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Erakor Lagoon, Port Vila, Efate Isl. Vanuatu 1995

Chlamys islandica (Muller 1776) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 85 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve purplish, blackish, tones of orange, pink, cream and white color with nodulose body and spiny ribs. Lower valve white color. Has eroded upper valve umbo, micro defects and few chips. Trawled at 19-22 fms. St. Pierre Bank, off Newfoundland, Canada 1991

Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams 1864) Gorgeous! F+++ 19,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Milky white color with attractive cords. Has a chip on the upper lip and few nicks. Bantayan Isl. North Cebu 2007

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Bluish Callosus!Gem 34,8 mm. Very beautiful heavy and callosus. Pale bluish color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with few soft beige spots. Taken on reef in very shallow water. East Plage des Sables Blancs, Tajdourah, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Drymaeus terreus aff. (Simone 2015) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, blue, brown and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture. Body color aperture and white lip. Has few nicks. Taken on limestone outcrop at 650-690 m. Pedra da Fartura, near Unai, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2020