Murex Chicoreus clausii (Dunker 1879) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream, beige, white color with brown, blackish dots, marks, lines and top, attractive perfect spines, nodulose and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 2022

Conus dalli Stearns 1873 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color marks with blackish axial streaks, attractive beige bands, white with black and brown over line pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has a chip on the upper lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Las Perlas Archipelago, West Panama 1978

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

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti 1996 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 21,9 mm. Very beautiful. Red, purplish and white colors pattern, attractive sculpture with spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Irisans bluish/white color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few nicks and chipped protoconch. Masbate Isl. Philippines 2008

Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859) Gorgeous! F+++ 87,5 mm. Very beautiful special African form. Multicolor with attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch and thin rough lip. Taken under bushes. Mbiama area Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous! Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base and margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard, 1858) Gorgeous Dark Knobby! F+++/Gem 83 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of purple, orange, black and cream/white color with attractive large densely knobs and slightly nodulose ribs. Lower valve cream, white, purple, orange and violet color. Trawled. Off Iwate, North Hoshu, Japan 2000

Voluta Alcithoe arabica swainsoni Marwick 1926 Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, yellowish and white color with attractive brown, blackish and beige pattern. Cream/white color aperture and yellowish thick lip. Has chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Codfish Isl. Stewart Isl. South Isl. New Zealand 1981

Distorsio decussata (Valenciennes 1832) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem W/O 63 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with pale yellowish band and attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellowish/beige, white base. aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. Has a growth line on the spires and slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged at 60-80 feet. Afuera Canal, Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2014

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973

Calliostoma roseolum Dall 1880 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 10,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige, white marks, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Body color aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken by lobster traps at 180 feet. Off Sarasota, Florida 2001

Calliostoma sp. Gorgeous! F+++ 16,4 mm. Very beautiful new species. Yellowish/beige color with orange marks, brown soft spiral lines and attractive subculture with white knobby shoulder and cream nodulose cords. Base yellowish color with brown spiral lines and cream/white nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color ribbed aperture and lip. Has a growth mark on the base shoulder and chipped lip. Dived at 10-20 m. under dead coral on reef. Off Alcobaca, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Decatopecten radula juvenile (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 27,1 Upper valve cream/white color with pale yellow umbo. Lower valve cream/white color with brick and white pattern, pale yellow umbo. Has a small chip on the ear of the upper valve. Philippines 2007

Pisania bernardoi P.M.S. Costa & R.S. Gomes 1998 Outstanding! Gem 14,9 mm. Very nice. Corded, brown color with white and cream marks, bluish/white aperture and lip with teeth. Dived at 20-25 feet in dead coral. The Roques Venezuela 2008

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Strombus latus arenensis Bernard 1982 Gorgeous Large! F++ 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale yellow, cream color with small spiral knobs. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and grayish lip. Has a healed drill mark on the base, micro defects, chipped apex, canal and upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Sistrum ricinus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 27 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive almost perfect blackish spiral spines. Amazing white knobby aperture with yellowish/orange marks and lip with fine teeth and long spines. Has attached few small vermetium and micro defects. Taken on rocks at 2-6 feet. Tongue Reef, Qld, Australia 1984