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

Voluta Amoria zebra golden form (Leach 1814) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color. White, cream aperture and lip. Taken on sand at low tide. Pidgeon Isl. Clairview, Qld Australia 1980

Cypraea errones (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Banded Blue! F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful special color looks like Cypraea errones azurea. Sky/blue and cream color bands with only beige dots. White margins and base. Has one micro defect. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

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

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Strange Species! F+++/Gem 27,1 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige, brown attractive pattern. White aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Hikkaduwa, North Galle, Sri Lanka 1984

Lavigeria nassa (Woodward 1859) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color to the lip with gray bands, attractive nodules ribs and cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with brown mark. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Ujiji Beach, Kigona, Lake Tanganika, Tanzania 2000

Chlamys farreri (Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Rare Color! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of deep orange and pink color with cream. beige, brown and white pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Rausu, Hokkaido Pref. Japan 2000's

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

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Littoraria undulata (J. E. Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++ 15 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black, brown pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has rough lip. Taken on rocks at shore line. Kaliyasem, Kalibukbuk-Lovina area, Bali, Indonesia 2012

Sistrum ricinus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 27 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive almost perfect blackish spiral spines. Amazing white knobby aperture with yellowish/orange marks and lip with fine teeth and long spines. Has attached few small vermetium and micro defects. Taken on rocks at 2-6 feet. Tongue Reef, Qld, Australia 1984

Orthalicus capax Pilsbry 1930 Gorgeous Large Rare! F+++/Gem 39,5 mm. Very beautiful endemic from North East Brazil. Yellowish/cream color with attractive beige, brown, black pattern and fine ribs. Body color aperture and black lip. Taken on dry vegetation. Southern Aracati, Ceara, Brazil 2005

Murex Siratus beauii branchi (Clench 1953) Gorgeous Light Color! F+++/Gem W/O 61,8 mm. Very beautiful light color Florida form rare now. White color with pale yellow soft spiral lines, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has chipped one dorsum spine and chips on the side of the canal. Dredged in sand and rubble bottom at 100-120 m. Off Palm Spring, Florida 1970

Granata imbricata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 27,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown dots, attractive nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole. Taken under rocks at low tide. Long Reef, North West Australia 1943

Conus striatus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, brown, blue and white color attractive pattern and fine spiral lines. White aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Murex Bolinus brandaris longispinosus form (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 76,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with nodulose cords and attractive almost perfect very long spines on the body and the siphon. Amazing cream, white, pale orange, yellow mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has one chipped spine and nicks on the side of the canal. Hard to find like this. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1998

Chondrothyra cerina roseoapicata (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 28,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown, beige color with fine cords and perfect orange, white apex. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken on limestone rocks among vegetation. Sierra Infierno, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2023

Murex Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  62 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, tones of beige and brown color bands with attractive nodulose and knobby cords. Body color mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at 1-3 m. St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida 1993

Melongena melongena nana dwarf Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck 1986 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 30,8 mm. Very beautiful rare dwarf Aruba form. Multicolor bands and spiral lines with attractive soft spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color, pale blue aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in mangrove area at low tide. Mangle Halto, Aruba 2013

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 85,7 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices. White, pink ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at shallow water. Off Takoradi-Sekodi, Ghana, West Africa 2023