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

Plicifusus scissuratus Dall 1918 Outstanding! F+++ W/O 47,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color with attractive fine nodulose cords and knobby ribs. White aperture and lip. Has few small drill marks and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 300-350 m. Off Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan 2020

Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Red/Orange! F+++ 47 mm. Large and very beautiful uncommon color. Red, orange, yellowish and mauve color with fine spines. Has a small defect and few nicks. Zamboanga 2008

Ovula ovum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Unusual! Gem 77,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white color with unusual yellowish mark on the columellar side. White relief margin and base, deep orange, gray and black aperture. Self collected on soft corals at 3-4 m. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Aequipecten flabellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Extra large Orange! Gem 45,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color with few white marks, attractive cream, white, gray, beige umbo, fine nodulose body and ribs. From Greek trawlers. Senegal, West Africa 1978

Olivancillaria teaguei Klappenbach 1964 Outstanding Rare! F+++/Gem 19,5 mm. Very beautiful. White body and cream color over the canal. Bluish/white base with callus, aperture, thin lip and cream canal. Has a nick. Taken on sand at low tide. La Coronilla, North La Paloma, Uruguay 1978

Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 123,4 mm. W/O Very beautiful and heavy. Cream and white color background with attractive brown, beige, orange, black, blue pattern and marks, small shoulder spines. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and lip with black marks  Has undulations normal for this species, little chipped canal terminal and nicks on the lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 15 fathoms. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 1970

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Bluish Callosus!Gem 34,8 mm. Very beautiful heavy and callosus. Pale bluish color background with attractive beige and brown spots. White color base and callosus margins with few soft beige spots. Taken on reef in very shallow water. East Plage des Sables Blancs, Tajdourah, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder 1938 Outstanding Large Bluish Superb!Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color background with tones of brown, beige large blotches, marks and dots. White margins and base. From my personal collection. Intertidal under slabs on reef. Port Hedland, Western Australia 1975

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Unusual! Gem 71,7 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum and columellar side sky/blue and white color background with attractive sparsely black spots and few orange marks marks, labial side sky/blue and white color background with large black marks and orange mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with black, beige spots and bluish basal blotch. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Voluta Enaeta cumingii (Broderip 1832) Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream aperture and thick lip with beige dots. Dredged at 50-60 m. Smith Isl. Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, West Mexico 1990

Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White color with attractive black, beige, tones of brown marks, fine nodulose body and large ribs. Trawled by shrimp boats. Off Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador 1991