Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base with unusual dorsum pattern expands to the base and in the aperture, margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Maurea selecta (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 40 W 49,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive beige and white nodulose cords Cream/white flat base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish iridescent corded aperture and lip.  Has chipped rough lip. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Off Whangarei, Taukikura, New Zealand 1976

Cypraea boivinii Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Ocellata spots! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with violet over line gray ocellata spots. White nodulose margins and base. Mactan Isl. Cebu 2008

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 vitellus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 36,6 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum beige and brown color soft bands with attractive bluish/white clear some relief spots. Callosus margins and base cream, white color with thin grayish lines and cream/white soft spots. Has two very small bites. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Sky/blue! F+++/Gem 25,6 mm. Very beautiful . Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches and dots. Cream, white margins and base with orange/brick marks and small orange spots. Has an irregularity. Found at 3 m. under dead coral. Okinawa, Japan 1980

Voluta Ternivoluta studeri (E. von Martens 1897) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 51,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with attractive yellowish/beige marks and axial lines, corded low body. White, beige aperture and lip. Trawled 50 fathoms. Moreton Bay, Qld. Australia 1980

Terebra areolata (Link 1807) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 120,2 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream, white color with attractive tones of brown and beige spiral marks. Cream, white, brown aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in shallow water on reef area. Tulear area, Madagascar 2000's

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

Flexopecten glaber (Linne 1758) Outstanding Lemon/yellow! F+++/Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful special color. Upper valve lemon/yellow color with nodulose body and large ribs. Lower valve dark yellow color. Inside yellow color. Dredged at 10-15 m. Kaloni Gulf, Lesvos Isl. Greece 1982

Voluta Cymbiola pulchra peristicta (McMichael 1963) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 56,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive soft orange marks, black densely spots and spiny shoulder. White, pale orange  aperture and lip with black marks. Trawled. Swain Reefs, Qld Australia 1973

Clanculus pharaonius (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 16 W 19,5 mm. Very beautiful. Deep red and  black, color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Rose base with black, white nodulose cords. Bluish/white, lilac color ribbed aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Taken under stones and dead corals at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Cypraea pantherina Solander 1786 Gorgeous Yellowish White! F+++/Gem 68 mm. Very beautiful unique pattern. Tones of yellowish and white color background with black, beige, brown densely spots and marks, blue flashing. White base and margins with soft beige, grayish spots. Has few slightly irregularities on the dorsum. Taken under dead corals. Port Sudan, Sudan, Red Sea 1970

Gafrarium pectinatum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Ornamented! Gem H 28 W 37,1 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown marks and black on the sides, attractive nodulose body ribs and knobby on the side. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Ha'Apai Islands, Tonga, Polynesia 1972

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard 1858) Gorgeous Violet Knobby! Gem 85,7 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of violet and cream/white color with purplish marks, attractive large densely knobs and slightly nodulose body. Lower valve white, purplish and lilac color. Trawled at 60-75 m. Off Iwate, North Hoshu, Japan 2013

Cypraea punctata Linne 1771 Outstanding Sparse Spots! Gem 10,3 mm. Very beautiful and unusual. Bluish/white color with sparse large brown spots. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Taken under dead coral at 1-2 m. in the reef. Rovondrau Bay, Viti Levu, Fiji 1970