Cypraea zonaria gambiensis Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream, pale beige color base and margins with gray spots. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Casamance, Senegal 1980

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Greenish! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum greenish color with tones of brown, cream marks and dots, pale orange terminals. Cream, pale beige color margins and base with pale yellow teeth.  Palawan 2008

Distorsio smithi (Von Maltzan 1884) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 56 mm. Very beautiful from unusual locality. White, yellowish/beige and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, beige color base, aperture and lip with teeth. Has very small worm drills and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, West Africa 2025

Monoplex kiiensis (G. B. Sowerby III 1915) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 33 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale beige color with attractive knobby ri and nodulose cords. White color ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken by lobster traps at 40-60 m. Minabe, Wakayana Pref. Japan 2008

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

Gyrineum perca (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 55,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale yellow color with attractive knobby ribs and fine cords. perfect spiny and corded wings. White mature aperture and thick lip with teeth. Trawled on deep water. Off Tosa Bay, Japan 1983

Bedeva paivae (Crosse 1864) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 16 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive knobby spires and fine cords. Yellow, cream/white ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on dead bivalves at extreme low tide. Taylors Beach, Hinchinbrook Shire, Qld. Australia 1989

Oliva bulbiformis Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Multicolor!F+++/Gem 25,9 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Pale bluish, white base with orange marks, aperture and lip with brown dots. Has slightly chipped protoconch and a nick on the canal. Taken in sand in shallow water. Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 1972

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...

Fusitriton oregonensis (Redfield 1846) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 108,5 mm. White color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip. Has shipped protoconch and few micro defects. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Graham Isl. British Columbia, Canada 1967

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus! Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cypraea marginalis pseudocellata Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Globose! Gem 24,5 mm. Very beautiful curious bump globose specimen from unusual area. Pale bluish color background with attractive small cream/white and large brown spots, pale bluish soft mantle line. Cream/white color base and nodulose margins with beige, gray soft spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Aden area, Yemen 1987

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Bicolor! F+++/Gem W/O 46,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821). Very beautiful exceptional bicolor and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. From the aperture till the middle of the dorsum white color with yellowish/beige pattern and then till the lip white and pale grayish color without pattern. Bluish/white and pale orange aperture and lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling ...

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1836 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 11,6 mm. Very beautiful, from rare location, special local form. Yellowish color with brown, cream spots some are ocellata. Cream color base and margins with brown spots, granulose brown dots on the lip and white teeth. Dived at 25-30 m. under dead coral. Lau Lau Beach, Saipan Isl. North Marianas Islands 2006

Murex Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker 1897) Gorgeous Curious Small! Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged at 20 fathoms. Off Siesta Key, Sarasota, West Florida 1970

Murex Naquetia cumingii A. Adams 1853 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 45,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige, brown marks and dots, attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Dived at 35 m. on reef. Balut Isl. Philippines 2007