Cypraea helvola hawaiiensis dwarf Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Lilliput! Gem 13,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with large beige and small white spots, bluish mantle line. Cream and pale yellowish color margins and base with white terminals. Dived at 15-18 m. under dead corals. Christmas Reef, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1983

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Harpa doris Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, beige pattern and reddish/orange large marks, spiny shoulder. Ribs with cream, beige, black, brown marks and lines. Cream, pale orange aperture with gray, black marks and lip with teeth, blackish and brown base blotches. From Greek trawlers. Senegal, West Africa 1978

Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 Gorgeous Superb Light color! Gem 66,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale blue and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords, spiral knobs and perfect spines. White mature aperture with brown marks and lip with strong teeth and a longer tooth. Trawled at shallow water. Keppel Sands, Qld. Australia 1970

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Spiny! Gem W/O 80 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, bluish, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive perfect shoulder spines, fine cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, gray mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

Volachlamys singaporina (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale orange, brown, grayish and cream color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Dredged at 20 m. in sand. Great Sandy Straights, Frasor Isl. Qld. Australia 2003

Muricopsis josei Vokes 1994 Gorgeous Large Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 22 mm. Very beautiful. Dark orange and beige color with attractive almost perfect spines and fine nodulose body cords. White mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on briozoaria bottom by lobster nets at 45-60 m, Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2021

Latirus infundibulum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,8 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow and yellowish/beige color with attractive brown nodulose strong cords. Cream ribbed aperture and lip with brown dots and teeth. Taken among rubble at 3-10 m. Off Dania Beach, Florida 1970

Conus mercator Linne 1758 Gorgeous Classic Pattern! F+++ 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive tones of brown classic pattern. White aperture and lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. N'Gor , Dakar, Senegal 1978

Murex Siratus coltrorum E. Vokes 1990 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 31,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color with brown bands and marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1997

Septaria porcellana (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O H 8 W 20,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Black color with attractive dark yellowish pattern. Inside blue and white color. Has few erosions defects and few nicks. Taken on rocks and walls in small river near dam. West Okinawa, Japan 2006

Harpa harpa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Light color! F++ 59 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray, beige and tones of brown pattern and deep red marks. Unusual thin ribs pale orange, pink, cream color with black lines. Bluish, cream, white and beige aperture and lip with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects, nicks and chipped canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango Isl. Cebu 2004

Conus dictator (Melvill 1898) Gorgeous! F+++ 38.6 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive tones of orange attractive pattern and corded low body. White, lilac aperture and lip. Has slightly filed lip. Taken by nets. Off Rameshwaram, India 1986

Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve 1847) Outstanding Superb! Gem W/O 45,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown spiral lines and marks, nodulose cords. Pale yellowish, cream ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Keelung, North Taiwan 2012

Conus capitaneus Linne 1758 Outstanding Yellowish! F+++/Gem 54,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish and beige color with white band and attractive black marks, black and white flat spires. Bluish/white aperture and beige lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects. Self collected at 2-3 m. under dead coral. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Mitrella blanda (Sowerby 1844) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 14 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive brown, black pattern. Cream color aperture and thick lip. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks at low tide. Cliften Beach, Karachi, Pakistan 1999

Columbella rustica fustigata Kiener 1841 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 17,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, special east Mediterranean form. Multicolor attractive pattern and fine cords. White aperture and beige thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Haifa, Israel 1987

Conus canonicus Hwass 1792 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 39,4 mm. Very beautiful unusual Solomon form. White color with tones of brown, orange and black attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with brown dots and fine teeth. Taken on coral sand at shallow water. Kundu-Kundu Isl. in front of Munda Airport, Solomon Islands 1997

Murex Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++ 45 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, almost perfect spines and pale pink top. White, pale lilac color mature ribbed aperture, lip with teeth and lilac canal. Has slightly chipped protoconch and few small spines on the spires. Philippines 2002

Conus textile Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 84,5 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with black axial streaks marks, attractive white with black and brown over line pattern. White aperture and lip with black lines and teeth. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005