Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn 1817 Outstanding! Gem 19,6 mm. Very beautiful,. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white clear spots, grayish mantle line and black terminals marks. Callosus margins bluish/white color almost till the dorsum, White base and nodulose margins, orange terminals. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1974

Cypraea pallidula rhinoceros dwarf Souverbie 1865 Outstanding! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful rare from Qld. Cream color background with soft grayish, beige, bluish marks and dots. Cream/white color base and margins. Taken under rocks at low tide. Swain Reefs, Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea cylindrica lenella Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Bluish! Gem 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of bluish color background with beige marks and dots, black, brown terminal marks. White, pale blue color base and margins with brown mark and spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Seaforth, Mackay, West Australia 1972

Cypraea catholicorum dwarf Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange color with clear cream/white spots and mantle line. White base and margins with few small beige soft spots. Dived at 8-10 m. under coral slabs on top of hard reef. Off Suharato Village, Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1995

Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 123,4 mm. W/O Very beautiful and heavy. Cream and white color background with attractive brown, beige, orange, black, blue pattern and marks, small shoulder spines. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and lip with black marks  Has undulations normal for this species, little chipped canal terminal and nicks on the lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 15 fathoms. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 1970

Cypraea nigropunctata J. E. Gray 1828 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 29,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color pattern with gray soft blotches and blackish/gray terminal marks. Yellowish/cream base and margins with dense  black, gray spots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-15 m. under rocks. Bahia Isabel, Fernandina Isl. (Narborough Isl.), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 2002

Bassina yatei (Gray 1835) Gorgeous Extra Large! F++ H 53 W 60,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and mauve color on the side, bluish umbo with attractive sharp cords. The cords are little chipped. Taken on sand at low tide. Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 2010

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Xenopoma aguayoi (Torre & Bartsch 1941) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 14,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/beige color with attractive almost perfect spiral spines. Cream aperture and large lip. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on limestone rocky walls. Palmarito de Cauto, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 2023

Cypraea depressa dispersa Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown color background with white, cream clear spots and mantle line. Callosus pale bluish cream/white color base and margins with black marks and spots, brown teeth. Taken under coral slabs at low tide. Agatti Atoll, Laccadive Isl. India 1982

Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (Reeve 1843) Gorgeous Cream! F+++/Gem W/O 49,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and white color with attractive granulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip. The protoconch and the canal terminal are slightly chipped. Trawled. Honshu, Japan 1970

Onithochiton hirasei Pilsbry 1901 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 37 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale beige, gray and blackish color pattern with attractive sculpture. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Kii Peninsula, Honshu Isl. Japan 1980

Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White color with attractive black, beige, tones of brown marks, fine nodulose body and large ribs. Trawled by shrimp boats. Off Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador 1991

Euvola laurentii (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 51 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Upper cream/white color. Lower valve flat cream, beige, brown color attractive pattern. The ears and the lips has chips. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off South Cuba 1952

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

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++/Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful. Blue, black, brown, beige, white and cream color with attractive nodulose body and lamellate ribs. Taken in local scallop farm. Massachusetts 1990

Aequipecten glyptus (Verryll 1882) Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve white and cream color with attractive reddish/brown ribs and sculpture. Lower valve white and pale yellow color. Inside bluish/white color. Has nicks. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Dry Tortugas, Florida 1970

Cypraea cervinetta Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Southern Range Form! F+++ 65,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color background with soft grayish bands, attractive clear cream/white spots and mantle line. Margins and base beige, gray color with white spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and a small drill hole on the base. Taken under rocks at 2-5 m. Noboa View, Punta Blanca, Santa Elena, Ecuador 2000