Voluta Amoria dampieria C. S. Weaver 1960 Gorgeous! F+++ 29,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with attractive dark brown axial lines. Yellowish/beige, white aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth defect and few nicks. Taken on muddy sand at low tide. Weld Id. off Orslow, Western Australia 1991

Mirapecten rastellum albinistic (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++ 35,3 mm. The correct color is not too bluish. Very beautiful special color. White color with rose band over the umbo and brown marks on the side, attractive lamellate and spiny ribs. Has few worm marks. Cebu 2007

Cypraea pulchra Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 40,2 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of grayish/beige and cream color soft bands and black terminal marks. White and cream color margins and base with brown teeth. Taken under rubble at 2-3 m. Muscat, Oman 1990

Bassina disjecta (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Frilly! F++ H 42 W 57 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive frilly cream and pale pinkish lamellas. Some lamellas are chipped. Taken live on sand after storm. Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia 1980

Cinctura hunteria (Perry 1811) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, blue color with black spiral lines. Blue, white, brown color slightly ribbed aperture and yellowish lip with black marks. Has a drill mark and two healed slightly growth marks. Taken in sand and grass at low tide. Biscayne Key, Miami, Florida 1986

Cypraea decipiens E. A. Smith 1880 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 49 mm. Very beautiful. Black, tones of beige, brown, yellowish white, cream color attractive pattern and white pale beige mantle line. Black, brown color base and margins. Has micro defects. Dived at 25-30 m. on sponge. Kimberley Coast, North West Australia 1990

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark Large! F++/F+++ 47,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Grayish/brown color with pale grayish soft bands. Beige, white color callosus margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly growth lines, micro defects and small blotch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. Self collected under large stones at 4-5 m. Offshore Reef 2 miles off from Voula Bay, Saro...

Chlamys islandica (Muller 1776) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 85 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve purplish, blackish, tones of orange, pink, cream and white color with nodulose body and spiny ribs. Lower valve white color. Has eroded upper valve umbo, micro defects and few chips. Trawled at 19-22 fms. St. Pierre Bank, off Newfoundland, Canada 1991

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 44,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color bands with attractive clear white spots and bluish mantle line. Grayish/beige color base with orange/brown basal blotch and margin with white spots. Taken at 3-6 m. under rocks. Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 1993

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

Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, gray, cream and beige color with attractive knobby cords, cream/white base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color aperture and lip. Taken under rocks at low tide. Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1982

Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Chlamys tincta (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful rare nowadays. Tones of orange color, attractive sculpture with fine spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 10-15 m. under sponges. Buffels Bay, False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1994

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Double Pattern! F+++/Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with grayish marks and soft pale beige dots, then till labial margin typical brown, beige, cream, white pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with yellowish basal blotch and unusual strong white teeth. Has few small slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populatio...

Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Yellow Large! F+++/Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of yellow color with attractive almost perfect lamella ribs. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Harvey Bay, Qld. Australia 2000

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded Globose Large! F+++/Gem 40,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum dark and light bands with yellowish, brown, beige, gray and cream color pattern. Orange color margins and base with white teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Volachlamys singaporina (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale orange, brown, grayish and cream color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Dredged at 20 m. in sand. Great Sandy Straights, Frasor Isl. Qld. Australia 2003

Murex Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Light color Superb! F+++/Gem 83,1 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get rare from Brazil. White and cream color with beige, brown spiral lines, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect long spines. White aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged at 100-120 m. Off Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil 2000