Voluta Fulgoraria rupestris (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 110 mm. Very beautiful. Cream. beige color with attractive brown pattern, soft grayish spiral lines and nodulose cords. Pale grayish, pale orange, white, cream color aperture and lip with teeth. Has micro defects and few chips. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Kaohsiung, South China Sea, Taiwan 1950

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1836 Gorgeous Deep Water Form! Gem 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white and black ocellata spots. Cream color base and margins with brown spots, granulose brown dots on the lip and white teeth. Taken by nets in muddy sand bottom at 160 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol, Philippines 2003

Cypraea camelopardalis Perry 1811 Outstanding Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Light beige color with clear cream/white spots, some are relief over the terminal. White base and callosus margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, North Red Sea, Israel 1990

Buccinulum colensoi (Suter 1908) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 18,3 mm. Very beautiful. White and grayish color bands with attractive granulose cords. White, gray ribbed aperture and perfect lip with fine teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Mahia, East coast of North Isl. New Zealand 1960

Amalda australis (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 27,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, brown, gray. beige. cream, yellowish and white color body and bands. Bluish callus, brown, yellowish/beige, white/cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Trawled in shallow water. Summer Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand 1980

Flexopecten glaber (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Yellow! F+++ 66,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow and grayish color with nodulose body and large ribs. Inside yellow color. Has two worm holes on the lower valve. Dredged at 5-10 m. Kaloni Gulf,  Lesvos Isl. Greece 1982

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! Gem 26,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with orange, brown marks and pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Dived at 10-15 m. in coral rubble. Bohol, Philippines 1970

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++ 45,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional without typical teulerei pattern. Cream and pale bluish/gray color background with attractive beige, brown spots and marks all over the dorsum don't has the typical black relief dorsal blotches. Cream/white color base with beige, grayish basal blotch and margins with brown spots. Has irregularities and few slightly growth defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom ...

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 37,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with brown, beige spots. Has a small slightly growth defect on the posterior end of the dorsum. Taken on reef in very shallow water. Plate Siesta, Djibouti City, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Monoplex thersites (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ W/O 44,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, white, cream and yellowish color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, pale yellow mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects and the protoconch is chipped. Taken sand at low tide. Freemantle, Perth, Western Australia 1984

Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish color background with large beige band and beige dots. Cream, yellowish base and margins with brown spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in reef, at low tide. Kinka Beach, Qld. Australia 1984

Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding Huge Elongated Form! F+++ 50,2 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream/White color with pale blue soft marks, gray, brown, white over the canal. White, blue, cream, beige base, spires callus, aperture and lip. Has a growth line, few micro defects and few nicks. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2001

Coluzea eastwoodae (Kilburn 1971) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 57,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with attractive cords and almost perfect pale yellowish shoulder spines. White aperture and lip. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Durban Bluff, Natal, South Africa 1980

Coluzea eastwoodae (Kilburn 1971) Gorgeous Very Large! F+++ 65,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with attractive cords and almost perfect shoulder spines. White aperture and lip. The siphon has a growth mark and chips on the side. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Durban Bluff, Natal, South Africa 1980

Murex Pterynotus alatus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 58 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive nodulose cords and almost perfect wings. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Sakai, Minabe, Wakayana, Japan 1970