Clanculus floridus (R. A. Philippi 1850) Gorgeous Special NSW Form! Gem H 8 W 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and white top. White base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide . Narrabeen, NSW, Australia 1986

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

Amalda dimidiata (G. B. Sowerby II 1859) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 27,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get this size nowadays. Tones of orange, cream and pale beige color. Orange, cream color aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks on low lip. Trawled in sand at 40-45 m. Off Cape of Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1997

Cypraea cicercula dwarf Linne 1758 Outstanding Lilliput! Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful very hard to get from this area. Yellowish/cream color with attractive nodules and mantle line, pale orange terminals. Cream margin and base with pale yellowish teeth lines. Dived at coral reef. Ishigaki Isl. Southern Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 1990

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 acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus Dark! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Dark orange/beige color background with cream densely ocellata and beige spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 120 km. South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati 2009 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 38 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Red, orange, blackish, cream and beige color attractive pattern, spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 15 m. under dead corals and rocks. Zamboanga, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 2000

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century

Cypraea lynx dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Elongate Lilliput!Gem 23,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Yellowish, cream color background with brown, beige, blue and blackish spots. White color margins and base with blackish, brown and grayish spots, pale orange aperture with white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

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

Pleuroploca trapezium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Knobby! F++/F+++ W/O 142 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white and tone of yellowish/beige color with brown spiral lines and attractive large spiral knobs. Cream, white aperture with brown ribs and lip with beige marks and teeth, beige canal. Has slightly growth marks, small drill marks mostly on the top, micro defects and a nick on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected on stones among sand at shallow water. Ao Na...

Murex sp. Gorgeous Cute Baby! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Can be Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker 1864). Cream/white color with attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect very long spines. Cream, white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Indonesia 1999

Cochlorina leporis (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Dark! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, black, brown color pattern and attractive sculpture. White lip and body color aperture. Taken on tropical rain forest. Nova Vicosa, Bahia, Brazil 2019

Porphyrobaphe iostoma aff. (Sowerby 1824) Gorgeous! F+++ 61,5 mm. Very beautiful new subspecies or even a full new species from the highland of Salango isl. Cream, pale bluish and pale beige color, attractive sculpture with ribs. Amazing tick lavender lip, deep mauve, bluish/white, yellowish/cream aperture and base. Has few slightly growth marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on bushes at 80-100 m. High, on the plateau of Isla Salango side, Manabi, Ecuador 2015

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990