Cypraea childreni Gray 1825 Gorgeous Huge! F+++/Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with attractive sharp cords and mantle line. Yellowish, cream corded base and margins. Taken under dead corals at 2-3 m. Off Eastern Samar Is. Leyte, Philippines 1980

Cypraea fimbriata marmorata Schroter 1804 Outstanding Exceptional Form! Gem 12,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige, pale bluish pattern and brown terminals Cream, white base and margins with blackish dots. Taken under rocks near reef. Piti Bay, Guam 1970

Ancilla castanea (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Dark Brown! F+++/Gem 24,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown color with gray axial lines and cream/white top. White, cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the base. Taken in sand in shallow water. Mina Al Fahal, Muscat, Oman 1980

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 60,3 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Yellowish/beige color with attractive black bands and sculpture with knobby shoulder. Yellowish ribbed aperture and lip with blackish marks and fine teeth. Taken on shallow water. Honiara, Solomon Islands 1980

Fusitriton magellanicus murrayi (E. A. Smith 1891) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 94,6 mm. Very beautiful uncommon form. White color with attractive knobby cream and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and slightly shipped protoconch. Trawled at 50 fathoms. Off Capetown, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Shallow Water Form! F+++/Gem W/O 82,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige and white color attractive pattern with blackish spiral lines and knobs. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with brown teeth. Has a small chip on the canal. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Mar Grande, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2022

Oliva australis Duclos 1835 Outstanding! Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with beige, brown spots, brown shoulder marks and over the canal. White aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Port Lincoln, South Australia 1984

Mirapecten rastellum albinistic (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++ 35,3 mm. The correct color is not too bluish. Very beautiful special color. White color with rose band over the umbo and brown marks on the side, attractive lamellate and spiny ribs. Has few worm marks. Cebu 2007

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under rocks. Malolo Lailai Isl. Mamanuca Islands, Fiji 1991

Talochlamys zelandiae (Gray 1843) Gorgeous Superb Orange! F+++/Gem 36,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, reddish and cream color attractive sculpture with spiny ribs. Taken at shallow water. Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga, North Isl. New Zealand 1960

Voluta Amoria zebra (Leach 1814) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 39,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of dark yellow and cream color with attractive black, brown axial lines, black shoulder marks and top. White, cream aperture and thick lip. Has little chipped canal terminal. Taken on sand at low tide. Seaforth Beach, Qld. Australia 1980

Voluta Amoria zebra golden form (Leach 1814) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color. White, cream aperture and lip. Taken on sand at low tide. Pidgeon Isl. Clairview, Qld Australia 1980

Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (Reeve 1843) Gorgeous Cream! F+++/Gem W/O 49,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and white color with attractive granulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip. The protoconch and the canal terminal are slightly chipped. Trawled. Honshu, Japan 1970

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous! Gem 24,2 mm.  Very beautiful. White and cream color with grayish, brown spots and marks. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000

Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati 2009 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 38 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Red, orange, blackish, cream and beige color attractive pattern, spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 15 m. under dead corals and rocks. Zamboanga, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 2000

Chlamys tincta (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful rare nowadays. Tones of orange color, attractive sculpture with fine spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 10-15 m. under sponges. Buffels Bay, False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1994

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