Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby 1828) Gorgeous! Gem 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with white relief central band. Cream, pale yellowish margin and base. Dredged at 90-100 m. Off Arraial dos Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011

Conus planorbis freak Born 1778 Gorgeous Orange! F++ 61,3 mm. Very beautiful and unusual freak, from the middle of the dorsum till the lip has large white axial canals (undulations). Cream/white and orange color bands with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects and very small worm marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, small part of the upper dorsum is slightly eroded and the lip is slightly filed. Balabac  Isl. Palawan 2007

Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and bluish/white color background with attractive tones of brown, yellowish/beige pattern. White base, aperture, lip and canal. Taken on sand at low tide. Parachique, Departamento de Piura, Peru 1985

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

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980

Cominella virgata H. & A. Adams 1853 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 24,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive blackish pattern and spiral lines, black top. White, yellow and brown ribbed aperture and lip. Taken on rocky in a very muddy area at low tide. Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

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

Acanthocardia tuberculata Albinistic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 39 W 40 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale bluish color with attractive sculpture and knobby side ribs. Taken in sand at 4-5 m.. Aegina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2005

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

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

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

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

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

Bullia rhodostoma Reeve 1847 Outstanding! F++/F+++ W/O 32,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale beige and cream color. Cream, white aperture, canal and lip. Has slightly growth defects. Taken in surf area. Hougham's, Algoa Bay, Western Cape, South Africa 1995

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