Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Murex Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 88,6 mm. Very beautiful rare southern Brazil form. Cream/white and beige color bands with brown marks, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines and wings. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. The side of the canal and a lip spine are slightly chipped. Trawled at 200 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2006

Murex Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 37 mm. The correct ID is Chicomurex ritae Houart 2013 Very beautiful special color. Bright orange color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect spiny and lamellate varices. White, lilac mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2006

Conus nobilis victor Broderip 1842 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,1 mm. Small but very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive brown marked bands, white pattern and lilac tip. Bluish/white aperture and beige lip Has a micro defect on the top and a nick on the upper lip. Taken at 100 feet. Indonesia 2010

Capulus otohimeae (Habe 1946) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 11,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with yellowish marks and attractive sculpture. White aperture and pale yellowish lip. Taken attached on dead trawled shells at 100 m. Iriomote Isl. Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan 1980

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

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

Murex Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ 33 mm. Very beautiful. White color with spiny cords and almost perfect wings. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a drill hole on the spires. Sogod, North Cebu 2006

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

Pugilina morio (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 104,6 mm. Very beautiful. Black and tones of brown color with attractive yellow, cream, beige, brick, white bands, bluish thin spiral lines, few shoulder knobs and nodulose cords. Black, brown, blue, beige, cream/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in muddy sand on estuary. Kwa Ibo, Cross River State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Rhinoclavis gemmatum (Hinds 1844) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful and uncommon. Cream and white color with brown, beige marks and dots, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is lightly chipped. Dredged in sand and rubble at 30-50 feet. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1992

Haliotis varia Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 54 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige and white color with black spiral lines attractive strong knobby and fine nodulose cords. Inside iridescent bluish color. Taken under rocks and stones at low tide. Forrester Reef, Qld. Australia 1989

Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in't Veld & De Turck 1998) Gorgeous Rare White Large! F+++ 50,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pure white color with few cords on low body. White base with callus, aperture and lip. Has micro defects, little chipped protoconch and canal, scratch on upper lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Efate, Vanuatu 2001

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Cypraea gracilis notata Gill 1858 Gorgeous Uncommon Form! Gem 14,6 mm. Very beautiful,. Bluish color background with beige, brown, gray blotches, marks and dots. Pale yellow and cream color base and margins with brown, black spots and blackish/brown terminals. Taken under coral at 1-3 m. Dhadnah, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates 2004

Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Huge Superb! Gem 38,4 mm. Very beautiful unusual specimen. Yellowish/cream color with beige and brown spiral lines, attractive sculpture with slightly knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled. Outer Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1955