Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Strange Shape! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, strange shape! looks so different that deserves a subspecies. Cream/white color with soft pale yellow marks and large cords. White, yellow base, aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has few micro defect. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Olhuveli Isl. Maldives 1984

Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder 1938 Outstanding Large Bluish Superb!Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color background with tones of brown, beige large blotches, marks and dots. White margins and base. From my personal collection. Intertidal under slabs on reef. Port Hedland, Western Australia 1975

Calliostoma adspersum (Philippi 1851) Gorgeous! F+++ 20,2 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Colombia. Pale yellow and cream color with brown marks, attractive sculpture with  relief shoulder and nodulose cords. Bluish iridescent color ribbed aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Caribbean Sea 1996

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 57,3 mm. Very beautiful, special color and heavy. Cream/white colors background with attractive black, blue, orange densely spots and marks, yellow mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with bluish, gray, black spots and pale grayish basal blotch. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Achatina achatina (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F++ 124 mm. Very beautiful special Ghana form. Tones of brown, black, beige, yellowish and white color attractive pattern and pale pink top. Tones of blue, white, brown color aperture, reddish/rose columella and lip. Has slightly growth marks, small defects and thin rough lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty.  Taken in bush area. Near Adum Banso, Mpohor District, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2023

Murex Siratus coltrorum E. Vokes 1990 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 31,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color with brown bands and marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1997

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

Tivela planulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem H 30 W 36 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, rare in Mexico. Yellow, beige and cream color attractive pattern. Taken on sand in very low tide. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, West Mexico 1980

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

Conus tinianus Hwass 1792 Gorgeous Orange! F+++ 37,1 mm. Very beautiful superb ornamented specimen. Orange, white, brown and pale blue color attractive pattern. Pinkish, white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a small growth defect on the upper body and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 20 m. Port Alfred, East Cape Province, South Africa 1990's

Codakia orbicularis (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem H 53,6 W 61,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white body and pink color on the top sides, attractive sculpture with nodulose ribs. Taken at 3-5 m. in sand between rocks. Cancun, Yucatan, Mexico 1995

Tellina cumingii Hanley 1844 Gorgeous! Gem H 19 W 40 mm. Very beautiful, rare from this area. Cream color with attractive tones of gray marks, fine nodulose cords and lamellate side. Dredged at 80-100 feet on mud. Gobernadora Isl. Bahia de Chiriqui, West Panama 1995

Natica tigrina (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 26 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown, gray, bluish and black spots. White base, spotted aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Pelangi Resort Beach, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia 2003

Murex Chicoreus gloriosus (Shikama 1977) Gorgeous Banded White/Orange! Gem 45,1 mm. Previously known as venustulus which occurs in the Marquesas, see Houart, Moe & Chen, 2015 the Nautilus 131 Very beautiful special color. White color with orange bands, attractive knobby, nodulose and lamellate cords, perfect spines and rose top. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Falsepleuroxia overlanderensis Solem 1997 Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 11 W 18 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and grayish color top with soft pale beige band and attractive sculpture with strong ribs. White aperture and lip. Taken on limestone area at 88 m. high. 18 km. South of Overlander Roadhouse, Shark Bay area, Western Australia 2019

Murex Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg 1927) Gorgeous Superb Long Spines!F+++/Gem W/O 75 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellow color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect long spines. White mature ribbed aperture and cream lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the dorsum and nicks on the side of the canal. Taken by lobster nets at 30-40 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo State, Brazil 2023

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 55,1 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and beige color with attractive almost perfect long black spiny shoulder, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, rose ribbed aperture with grayish bands and lip with black marks and teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and one spine. Trawled in shallow water. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2023