Conus magus sp. Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 38,4 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern with corded spires and low body. White, pale blue aperture with blackish, brown marks, white lip with beige dots and fine teeth. Self  collected under dead corals on sand at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999

Aspella producta (Pease 1861) Outstanding!F+++ W/O 16,5 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color, attractive sculpture with granulose varices and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has damaged apex. Dived at 50 feet under dead corals. Alligator Rock, Waimea Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1984

Haploptychius fischeri (Morlet 1886) Gorgeous Fabulous Shape! F+++/Gem 12 mm. Very beautiful. Translucid cream color and attractive sculpture with fine ribs. White aperture and lip with tooth. Taken on leaf litter. Phnom Chhngauk, Kampot, Cambodia 2019

Conus ermineus Born 1778 Outstanding White/Yellow! F++/F+++ 57 mm. Very beautiful. White color with almost no patterns only pale yellow marks, tones of brown marks on the spires. White color aperture and lip. Has a chip on the upper lip and nicks dose not detract from it's overall beauty. Dredged. Amuay Bay, Venezuela 1990's

Amphidromus nicoi Thach 2017 Gorgeous Dextral Colorful! F+++/Gem 27,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow and tones mauve color attractive bands and blackish tip. Body color aperture and white lip. Taken on trees in Monsoon forests. Kon Tum, Central Vietnam, close to Laos and Cambodia border 2017

Conus tribblei Walls 1977 Gorgeous Half Granulose! F+++/Gem 62,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color with orange/beige, brown marks and dots, attractive granulose cords lower body. White aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and few nicks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2004

Nassarius globosus Quoy & Gaimard 1833 Gorgeous Thick! Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with tones of brown dorsal blotch, attractive sculpture with granulose cords and very tick full mature white base. White, brown ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dried animal inside. Self collected on sand at shallow water. Phi-Phi Isl. South of Phuket, Thailand December 1999

Harpa cabritii Fischer 1860 Gorgeous Superb Colorful! Gem 54,2 mm. I just followed the original labe but I assume it is Harpa harpa Linne 1758. Small but the most beautiful looks almost a new species! Blackish, blue, brown, beige, violet, cream, white color attractive pattern and spiny shoulder. Tones of orange, black, cream, gray ribs. Black and yellow base. Multicolor aperture and body color perfect lip. Taken in sand at shallow water. Maldives 1990

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

Ranella olearium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Thick Knobby! F+++ W/O 106,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white, beige, orange, grayish and yellowish color with attractive thick knobby and fine nodulose cords. White, pale yellowish aperture and lip with teeth. Has few worm drills on the spires, few micro defects and chipped apex. Trawled at 40-100 m. Ria de Vigo, Galicia, Spain 1969

Cymatium nicobaricum (Roding 1798) Gorgeous From Maldives! F+++/Gem W/O 57,8 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. White color with black, brown, beige marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. White, orange mature ribbed aperture and knobby lip The protoconch is chipped. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Olhuveli Isl. Maldives 1984

Murex Hexaplex duplex hoplites (Fisher 1876) Gorgeous Orange! F+++ 50,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, pale pink, cream/white body and yellow color top with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and lamellas. White, pink mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has two small worm marks on the side over the siphon, few chipped lamellas and the side of the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 30 m. Rio de Oro Bay, West Sahara, Southern Morocco 2019

Oliva bulbosa inflata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem  32,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive blue, blackish, gray marks. White, blue corded base, aperture and lip with blue, blackish, brown dots. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at low tide. Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa 1960

Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding Green! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tone of green color background with attractive black pattern. Bluish/white base, aperture and dark grayish lip. Taken night on sand at very low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1986

Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous From New Zealand! F+++/Gem 90,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare in new Zealand. White body color, attractive sculpture with large granulose cords and white, black, brown dorsal knobs. Taken washed on beach. Western Bay, Mayor Isl. Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 1950

Cominella virgata H. & A. Adams 1853 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 24,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive blackish pattern and spiral lines, black top. White, yellow and brown ribbed aperture and lip. Taken on rocky in a very muddy area at low tide. Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980