Coluzea mariae A. W. B. Powell 1952 Gorgeous Rare Large! F+++ 72,2 mm. Very beautiful rare! deep water shell, no more around. White color with attractive nodulose cords and perfect spiral spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and a chips on the side of the canal. Trawled at 400-500 m. Off West Chatham Rise, South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Cominella quoyana A. Adams, 1855 Outstanding Light Color Form! F+++/Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellowish color soft pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and  brown apex. White aperture and thin lip. Has a chip. Dredged at 10-15 fathoms. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Glycymeris glycymeris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 45 W 46,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine cords. Trawled at 20-30 m. Erquis Harbour, Bretagne, France 2002

Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 19,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, brown, cream and yellowish color with white band attractive fine nodulose body cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps at 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1990

Murexsul mariae H. J. Finlay 1930 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem  24,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown and cream color spiral lines with attractive ribs and nodulose cords. White, bluish mature ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on rocks at low tide. Manukau Heads, West of Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Voluta Provocator mirabilis (H. J. Finlay 1926) Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 107,9 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color. Cream, pale yellowish/orange color aperture and thick lip with white over line. Has micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and few nicks on the canal. Trawled at 500 m. East of Auckland's Islands, South East of South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 13,5 mm. Very beautiful strange smooth deep water form. Yellowish/cream color with beige blotches and brown, beige spots. Yellowish cream color margins and base without basal blotches. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Senkaku Islands, SW Okinawa, Japan 1970

Acteon tornatilis (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F++ 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. hard to get from Wales. Tones of beige and pale brown color with attractive white bands and fine nodulose cords. White aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Trawled. Rhossili Bay, Gower, Wales, UK 1973

Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Canary Islands Form! F+++/Gem 58,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Cream, white color granulose base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has two very small drill hole and a small growth mark on the spires. Taken by nets. La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain 1971

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Sky/blue! F+++/Gem 25,6 mm. Very beautiful . Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches and dots. Cream, white margins and base with orange/brick marks and small orange spots. Has an irregularity. Found at 3 m. under dead coral. Okinawa, Japan 1980

Turbo cidaris Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Superb Ornamented! Gem W/O H 35 W 41,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown and blackish color with white, cream, gray pattern. Irisans bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip, amazing nodulose white operculum. Dived at 10-15 m. under rocks. Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), East Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Xenophora conchyliophora (Born 1780) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O H 30 W 73 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful hard to get from Florida. Dorsum white color with attractive sculpture, has mostly pieces of stones and two bivalve attachment. Yellowish, white color base with nodulose cords. Cream, white aperture and lip. Dredged. Off Key Largo, Florida 1980

Voluta Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color background with attractive orange pattern and marks. White aperture and orange lip. Has few healed slightly growth marks. Trawled on sand at 15-18 m. Off Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka 1980

Cypraea lynx (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Heavy! Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color background with black large spots and blue, grayish small spots and marks. Callosus white color margins and base with black, gray and brown spots, red among white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Lunella torquata whitleyi (Iredale 1949) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O H 32 W 43,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream color with blackish, brown bands, amazing sculptures with frilly ribs, knobby shoulder with canal. White aperture and knobby lip. Has a chip. Taken on reef at low tide. Margaret River, Western Australia 1966