Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded Globose Large! F+++/Gem 40,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum dark and light bands with yellowish, brown, beige, gray and cream color pattern. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

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

Ovula Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma & Cate 1971) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 29,8 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color. Cream/white thick margin and lip. Has few micro defects. Philippines 2008

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

Glossaulax didyma (Roding 1798) Outstanding! F+++/Gem  W/O W 30,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from Australia. Pale bluish, grayish, cream and white color. White, brown base callus, aperture and lip. Taken in trails at low tide at night. Langford Isl. Qld. Australia 1978

Murex Siratus formosus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful looks between tenuivaricosus and springeri. White color with pale yellowish/beige soft marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, very long perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken by nets at 30-40 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1994

Ovula ovum (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 77,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white color . White relief margin and base, orange, gray and black aperture. Self collected on soft corals at 3-4 m. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Buccinulum linea (Martyn 1784) Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 33,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive black, beige and brown bands. White ribbed aperture and lip with black marks. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at low tide. Takapuna Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1983

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful and impressive. White, cream and grayish body color and brown top with attractive lamellate and knobby sculpture. Amazing brown, cream. white base, mature ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide (natural habitat). Matheson Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1982

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard 1858) Gorgeous Pinkish! Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful from unusual area. Upper valve tones of pinkish, purple and cream color with attractive knobs and nodulose ribs. Lower valve white, purplish and violet color with yellow umbo. Trawled at 3-500 m. Off Busan, China Sea, South Korea 1980

Liguus virgineus (Linne 1767) Outstanding Giant Colorful! F++ 52 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Multicolor attractive bands. Cream/white, blue, reddish aperture and lip. Has growth defects and chipped rough lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Haiti 1998

Cochlorina lateralis (Menke 1828) Gorgeous! Gem H 21 W 26 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with beige, brown marks, attractive sculpture and black apex. White color aperture with blackish lines and lip. Taken on vegetation (bushes), Tropical Rain Forest. Maroba, Presidente Kennedy, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Boreotrophon pacificus Dall 1902 Outstanding! F++ W/O 17,7 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive fine nodulose ribs. White aperture and lip. Trawled at 200-300 m. Off Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 2013

Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875) Gorgeous Dark Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and white color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Cayar, Senegal 1999

Cypraea isabella controversa dwarf Gray 1824 Gorgeous Super Slender Lilliput! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with black axial stripes and dots. Margins and base white, cream color with orange terminals and  orange/brown terminal marks. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Cuspidaria nobilis consimilis Habe 1861 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem H 23,3 W 43,7 mm. Very beautiful rare Tosa bay form. White and cream color with attractive large cords. Trawled at 150-200 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 2007