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

Cypraea cinerea Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous! Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color soft bands with few dots. Cream/white color base, aperture and margins with black densely dots over the terminals. Dived at 5 m. under coral rubble. San Bernardo Isl. off Cartagena, Colombia 1990

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 Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 59,8 mm. Very beautiful. White, beige, brown, black color with attractive cords, lamellate wings and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and lip with brown  marks. Has few micro defects and chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Senegal 1990

Mimachlamys crassicostata (Sowerby 1842) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 74,8 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern and sculpture with lamellate ribs. Trawled at 10-15 m. Sea of Japan 1987

Xymene plebeius (F. W. Hutton 1873) Outstanding Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown bands and attractive granulose large cords. Body color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on mussels beds at low tide. Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand 1982

Latiaxis princeps (Melvill 1912) Gorgeous White! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive  almost perfect large shoulder spines and spiny body cords. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Bohol 2002

Murex Poropteron graagae (Coen 1947) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 15,9 mm. Very beautiful and uncommon. Beige color with attractive perfect curved spiny and granulose varices. Cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1970

Rhiostoma jalorense Sykes 1903 Outstanding! Gem W/O H 20 W 32,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish, beige, brown, blackish and white color. Cream, white aperture and thick lip. Taken under leaves in the tropical forest. Phang Nga-Krabi, Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand 1999

Murex Chicoreus territus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous Huge! F++/F+++ W/O 60,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, perfect white spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has few very small damage holes and chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Mackay, Qld. Australia 1980

Conus ericmonnieri (Petuch & R. F. Myers 2014) Gorgeous Unusual Superb! F+++/Gem 38,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/orange and white color with attractive brown, beige spiral lines and dots. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1999

Chondropometes magnum (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color with blackish dots and attractive fine nodulose ribs. Yellowish/cream color aperture and nodulose large lip. Has shipped protoconch. Taken on limestone Giant Caves. San Carlos Valle, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2010

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 Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded!F+++/Gem W/O 87,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen from Flores Isl. White, beige and brown color bands with attractive almost perfect black spines. White aperture and orange lip with teeth. Has few micro defects/ Taken on coral and rocky bottom at 1-3 m.. Waicucu Beach, near Labuanbajo, Flores Islands, Indonesia 2005

Conus episcopatus daMotta 1982 Outstanding Brown White! F+++ 72,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with attractive white pattern and dots. White aperture and lip with brown lines and fine teeth. Has slightly growth lines and micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Viriola corrugata (Hinds 1843) Outstanding Large! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and brown color with attractive granulose cords. Cream aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand at 3-5 feet. Mo'una Isl. Vava'u, Tonga 2000

Murex Hexaplex duplex (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++  W/O 68,4 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, cream and white color top with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and shoulder spines. White mature aperture and lip with beige marks and teeth. Has worm marks and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15 m. on rocks. Pointe Sarene, Senegal 1981

Murex Murexiella martini Shikama 1977 Gorgeous White Superb! Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive granulose cords, very long perfect spines and long curved siphon. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 1999

Conus thalassiarchus Sowerby I 1834 Outstanding Yellow/White! F+/F++ 83 mm. Extra large and very beautiful. Yellow and white color. Has slightly growth defects dose not detract from it's overall beauty, the tip is eroded and the lip is slightly filed. Palawan 2004