Conus princeps lineolatus Valenciennes 1832 Outstanding! F++ 32,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish and cream color with brown axial lines and knobby shoulder. White, orange aperture and yellowish lip lip. Has three drill holes and few micro defects. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1970

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

Epitonium lamellosum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 27,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Canary islands. Cream color with beige marks and attractive white ribs. White aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Tenerife Isl. Canary Islands 1990

Murex Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Cute Yellow/Orange! Gem W/O 53,2 mm. Small but very beautiful. Pale yellow, white color with pale orange soft spiral lines and marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, orange perfect frilly spines and pink tip. Pale yellowish, white mature ribbed aperture and yellow lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on the top of reef at 50-60 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2010

Tomigerus corrugatus Ihering 1905 Gorgeous Rare Banded! Gem H 10 W 11,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, beige and brown color attractive bands. Amazing white aperture and lip with pale beige, cream teeth. Taken on leaf litter in bushes area. Between Jericoacoara and Camocim, Ceara, Brazil 2016

Ministrombus minimus (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 35,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from this area. Yellowish/beige and cream color with white, brown soft pattern and attractive knobby shoulder. White and cream callosus base. White aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Baie de Tortue, New Caledonia 1972

Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 75 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Body color, white knobby base, aperture and lip with strong teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the spires and chipped canal terminal. Taken dead on the beach after storm but looks like live taken. Salamina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2000

Gyrineum gyrinum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large!F+++/Gem 37,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black, brown, pale yellow and bluish/white color bands with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture, canal and lip with teeth. Has slightly shipped protoconch. Olango Isl. Cebu 2008

Cypraea zebra Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra Large Inflated! F+++ 86,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and chocolate color bands with cream, white and some ocellata spots, cream mantle line. Beige color base and margins with white and blackish with white over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and healed defects on the anterior extremities terminal ridges. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Marathon Key, Florida 1995

Cypraea decipiens (E. A. Smith 1880) Gorgeous Dark Bargain! F+++/Gem 51,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white beige mantle line. Black color base and margins. Has a micro defect. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponges, Broome, North West Western Australia 1974

Cypraea friendii friendii (J. E. Gray 1831) Gorgeous Blue! F++ 76,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum blue and white color background with attractive black, brown, beige spots and marks. Black, brown color base and margins with orange/brick marks and black spots, white teeth and aperture. Has micro defects and nicks on the posterior extremities terminal ridge. Dived at 18 m. on sponge. Carnac Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1975

Cypraea propinqua Garret 1879 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with dark lavender lips. Taken on coral reef at low tide. Has few micro defects. Namoui Reefs, Makapu Point, Niue Isl. South Polynesia 2010

Cymatium gutturnium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb!F+++/Gem 90,9 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown, beige axial lines and yellowish marks, attractive sculpture with spiny, large sculptured cords and granulose cords. Amazing reddish/orange, yellowish, white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch and  the outer lip are little chipped. Dived at 12-15 m. under coral slabs Negros Isl. Philippines 2008