Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with purplish, pale pink, brown, beige, lavender marks, attractive spiny ribs and sculpture. Trawled. Pattani, Thailand 1980's

Architectonica nobilis Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 21 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale grayish, beige and pale yellowish color with tones of brown narks and dots, nodulose cords. Cream, white color aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

Bullia rhodostoma Reeve 1847 Outstanding! F++/F+++ W/O 32,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale beige and cream color. Cream, white aperture, canal and lip. Has slightly growth defects. Taken in surf area. Hougham's, Algoa Bay, Western Cape, South Africa 1995

Murex Naquetia vokesae (Houart 1986) Gorgeous Exceptional Superb! Gem 52.5 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen! looks more a new species. Cream, white, beige and brown color, attractive sculpture with nodulose body and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Dived at 15-20 m. on coral sand and rubble. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1988

Murex sp. Gorgeous Cute Baby! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Can be Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker 1864). Cream/white color with attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect very long spines. Cream, white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Indonesia 1999

Rhiostoma jalorense Sykes 1903 Outstanding! Gem W/O H 20 W 32,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish, beige, brown, blackish and white color. Cream, white aperture and thick lip. Taken under leaves in the tropical forest. Phang Nga-Krabi, Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand 1999

Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859) Gorgeous! F+++ 87,5 mm. Very beautiful special African form. Multicolor with attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch and thin rough lip. Taken under bushes. Mbiama area Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Latiaxis mawae juvenile (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding! F+++ 23,6 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive curved spines and siphons. White mature aperture and lip.  Has micro defects. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2004

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 Gorgeous White Yellow! F+++ 38,1 mm. The correct ID is Conus floridanus Gabb 1869 Very beautiful. White color with yellow marks. White aperture and lip. Has two healed slightly growth marks, chipped upper slightly rough lip. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Pompano Flat, Goodland, Marco Isl. Florida 1997

Ficus gracilis (Sowerby 1825) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 96,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, grayish, bluish and white color with attractive nodulose cords and sculpture. Beige, bluish/white slightly ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled. Keeling, North Taiwan 2013

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Giant Thick! Gem 31,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellow/orange color with attractive strong relief central band. Cream/white thick margin and yellowish/cream base. Taken on gorgonias at 1-2 m. Lower Burns Point, Eleuthera, Bahamas 2014

Eburna glabrata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish color with orange, cream/white bands. Pale yellowish, pale bluish, white base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Taken in sand in shallow water. Paranaguana Peninsula, Venezuela 1990

Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby 1828) Gorgeous! Gem 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with white relief central band. Cream, pale yellowish margin and base. Dredged at 90-100 m. Off Arraial dos Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011

Conus episcopatus daMotta 1982 Outstanding Brown White! F+++ 72,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with attractive white pattern and dots. White aperture and lip with brown lines and fine teeth. Has slightly growth lines and micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

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

Conus planorbis freak Born 1778 Gorgeous Orange! F++ 61,3 mm. Very beautiful and unusual freak, from the middle of the dorsum till the lip has large white axial canals (undulations). Cream/white and orange color bands with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects and very small worm marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, small part of the upper dorsum is slightly eroded and the lip is slightly filed. Balabac  Isl. Palawan 2007

Pleurodonte tridentina (Ferussac In Pfeiffer 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 13 W 25 mm. Very beautiful and very rare. Yellowish/beige colors with light brown spiral lines and cream soft side band. Amazing cream, beige aperture and bluish lip with strong teeth. Taken on leaf liter. St. Mary Parish, Jamaica 2013

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

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