Murex Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ 33 mm. Very beautiful. White color with spiny cords and almost perfect wings. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a drill hole on the spires. Sogod, North Cebu 2006

Conus delessertii Recluz 1843 Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 45 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and pale yellowish color bands with attractive beige, brown pattern and corded low body. Cream/white aperture and lip with beige dots. Has chipped upper lip. Trawled at 80-100 feet. Off Cape Canaveral, East Florida 1970

Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, brown, beige and blue color attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand flats at very low tide.Dingo Beach, North Qld. Australia 1980

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

Cypraea caurica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Callosus Superb! Gem 42 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and tones of brown color bands with beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus white relief margins and base with black spots and grayish marks, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Voluta Cymbiola sophia (Gray 1846) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++ 56,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color and pale beige marks, attractive perfect sharp spiny shoulder. Cream,  pale orange/beige aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks. Taken in sand bar at low tide. Torres St. Qld. Australia 1970

Cypraea hungerfordi Sowerby 1888 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 35,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive  brown, beige, gray. black marks, spots and dots. bluish/white ring. Callosus pale orange, cream, white color base and slightly nodulose margins. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Taizhou, East China Sea, China 2010

Laevichlamys lemniscata juvenile (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow/Blackish! F+++/Gem 17,8 mm. Very beautiful rare color. Yellow and blackish color with attractive mauve/brown and white pattern, almost perfect lamellas and fine spines. Cebu 2008

Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

Voluta Ericusa papillosa kenyoniana (Brasier 1898) Gorgeous Ribbed Form! F+++/Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful and heavy rare now. White and cream color with attractive beige, brown pattern and fine ribs. Pale yellowish/orange, cream base, aperture and white lip. Has few micro defects. Dived at 15-20 m. in sand and rubble. Off Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia 1970

Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Yellowish/orange! F+++/Gem 33,2 mm. Very beautiful. Rare yellowish/orange color with fine spines. Zamboanga 2002

Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskal 1775) Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 47 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, beige, reddish and tones of brown color attractive pattern with nodulose body and ribs with white lamellas. Dived under coral slabs. Dahab, North Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea 1980

Architectonica nobilis Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 21 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale grayish, beige and pale yellowish color with tones of brown narks and dots, nodulose cords. Cream, white color aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

Murex Naquetia vokesae (Houart 1986) Gorgeous Exceptional Superb! Gem 52.5 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen! looks more a new species. Cream, white, beige and brown color, attractive sculpture with nodulose body and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Dived at 15-20 m. on coral sand and rubble. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1988

Conus ogum (Petuch & R. F. Myers 2014) Gorgeous Extra Large! Gem 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange, cream and white color attractive pattern with granulose cords. Pale orange, cream/white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken in coral sand at extreme low tide. Berlink Beach, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2022

Ovula Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams 1854) Outstanding Rose!Gem 8,6 mm. Very pretty. Rose color with cream soft central band, fine cords. Pinkish/cream margin and lip with fine teeth and red terminals. Bohol 2006

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

Conus pertusus amabilis Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 37,8 mm. Very beautiful. Deep red, orange color with white  marks, attractive granulose cords and yellow top. White and rose aperture and lip with teeth. Dived at 5-10 m. on sandy rubble. Labuan Bajo, Sumbawa Isl. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 2024

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 Gorgeous White Yellow! F+++ 38,1 mm. The correct ID is Conus floridanus Gabb 1869 Very beautiful. White color with yellow marks. White aperture and lip. Has two healed slightly growth marks, chipped upper slightly rough lip. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Pompano Flat, Goodland, Marco Isl. Florida 1997