Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip 1833) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige color with white spiral line, attractive knobby large and fine nodulose cords, white top. Bluish/white knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Punta Negra, Departamento de Lima, Peru 2009

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

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

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

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

Euthymella elegans (Hinds 1843) Gorgeous Superb Knobby! F+++/Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream/white color aperture and lip. Taken at 1-2 m. on coral rubble. Riroa, Tuamotu, French Polynesia 2003

Maxwellia santarosana (Dall 1905) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 36,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color body, attractive sculpture with brown, beige spiny varices and shoulder. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks among seaweed. Ensenada, near Tihuana, Baja California Norte, West Mexico 1970

Latiaxis japonicus long spiny form (Dunker 1882) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 24,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive lamellate cords and almost perfect long large spines. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2008

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

Cypraea gracilis notata Gill 1858 Gorgeous Blue! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful, rare from this area. Blue color background with beige, brown blotches and dots. Yellowish/cream and cream color base and margins with brown, black spots and blackish/brown terminals. Taken under coral at 1-3 m. East Plage des Sables Blancs, Tajdourah, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

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

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

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus Turner & Marrow 2001 Gorgeous!Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige and brown spiral marks, attractive sculpture with granulose ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. From tangle net at 140-240 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2002

Conus magus sp. Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual! F++/F+++ 34 mm. Very beautiful. and exceptional White color with attractive black axial marks and dots, nodulose cords on low body. White aperture with black marks and lip with teeth. Has a slightly healed growth mark near the lip, a healed growth scar on the base and nicks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, Self collected under dead corals on sand at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999