Murex Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg 1927) Gorgeous Superb Long Spines!F+++/Gem W/O 75 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellow color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect long spines. White mature ribbed aperture and cream lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the dorsum and nicks on the side of the canal. Taken by lobster nets at 30-40 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo State, Brazil 2023

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 55,1 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and beige color with attractive almost perfect long black spiny shoulder, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, rose ribbed aperture with grayish bands and lip with black marks and teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and one spine. Trawled in shallow water. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2023

Oliva bulbosa fabagina Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 32,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black and cream color attractive pattern with soft pale blue, brown, beige marks. Blue, white base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Aden Gulf, Yemen. 1960

Vittina waigiensis (Lesson 1831) Gorgeous Red/Black!F+++ 17,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Red, lilac and black color bands with attractive white pattern and cream apex, Cream, white base, aperture and lip. Has a thin rough lip. Taken in fresh water river near the sea. Camiguin Isl. Mindanao 2008

Oliva dactyliola Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Large! Gem 35,7 mm. Very beautiful strange population from Lau group . Dark yellow color background with attractive gray and black pattern. White, pale bluish, cream aperture and lip with black marks. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. by snorkel. Lau Group, Fiji Islands 1982

Cypraea hungerfordi coucomi Schilder 1965 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 34,7 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Cream color background with attractive  beige marks and dots, black spots on the sides. White. yellowish/cream color base and margins. Has few micro defects. By local people. Qld. Australia 1980

Cymatium parthenopeum echo Kuroda & Habe 1961 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful Japanese subspecies. Yellowish, cream beige color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white apex. Pale yellowish, white ribbed aperture and lip with black marks and white teeth. Has slightly chipped canal. Trawled at 5-10 fms. Minabe, Wakayana, Hinshu, Japan 1980

Cypraea zonaria gambiensis Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream, pale beige color base and margins with gray spots. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Casamance, Senegal 1980

Cypraea venusta sorrentensis F. A. Schilder 1963 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 59 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum black, yellowish, cream, and orange color attractive pattern. Margins and base brown, beige, cream, white, blue color with beige, brown marks and spots. Has few micro defect. Dived at 12-15 m. on sponge. Sorrento Reef, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia 1990

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century

Cypraea irrorata Gray 1828 Gorgeous Blue Large! Gem 12,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale blue with brown spots. White base and margins with black, brown. beige spots. Taken under dead corals at shallow water. Pueu, Tahiti, French Polynesia 2008

Olivancillaria vesica (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding Huge Elongated Form! F+++ 50,2 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream/White color with pale blue soft marks, gray, brown, white over the canal. White, blue, cream, beige base, spires callus, aperture and lip. Has a growth line, few micro defects and few nicks. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2001

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Elongate! Gem 31 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Hastula cinerea (Born 1778) Outstanding Large! F+++/Gem 43,6 mm. Very beautiful, dark northern form. Beige and gray color with attractive cream ribbed shoulder. Beige, brown, cream aperture and lip, dry animal and maybe the operculum inside. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Alcobaca, Southern Bahia, Brazil 2001

Euthymella pyramidalis (A. Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch. Dredged on rubble and broken coral bottom at 100-120 m. Off Amami Isl. Southern Japan 1990

Voluta Amoria damonii Gray 1864 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with tones of brown, yellowish/beige and gray attractive pattern, black shoulder marks and blue marks over the canal. Pale orange/beige, cream, white aperture and lip with brown dots. Has nicks. Taken on sand in shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2000