Euplica testudinaria (Link 1807) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, from unusual locality. Black and white color attractive pattern and fine cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. Taken in shallow water. Gulf of Oman 1983

Cypraea exmouthensis rottnestensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 30,3 mm. Very beautiful. Reddish brown color with clear white spots . Callosus white relief margins with blue flashing and base. Dived at 10 m. on cave. Rottnest Isl. Fremantle, Western Australia 1998

Umbonium elegans (Kiener 1838) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++ 11 W 16,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellow, black, cream color attractive pattern and red bands. Base body pattern and gray, cream color. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide.  Off Keelung, China Sea, Taiwan 2011

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...

Cypraea lynx williamsi Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Rare Red Sea Specimen! F+++ 38,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color background with large black and small tones of blue, beige densely marks and spots, yellowish mantle line. Cream/white color base and margins with grayish, brown, black spots, deep red aperture with white teeth. Has a healed chip on the anterior columellar terminal. Taken under coral. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Dark Migrant! F+++/Gem 28,3 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Grayish color background with attractive black and brown densely spots. Callosus white color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Cominella eburnea (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 29,6 mm. Very beautiful. Blue, yellow and white color bands with attractive knobby shoulder. White, cream, brown, blue, black color base, ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark and line, slightly chipped protoconch. Taken among sea grass at low tide. Pt. Welshpool, Victoria, Australia 1980

Calliostoma viscardii Quinn 1992 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem  13,8 mm. Very beautiful deep water species, hard to get. Cream color with attractive brown, beige, white pattern, fine knobby shoulder and fine nodulose cords. Yellowish/beige base with brown dots and fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color corded aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Trawled at 140-150 m. Off Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2023

Cypraecassis testiculus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 60,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige, white and cream color attractive pattern and sculpture. Full mature yellowish/cream, white base, aperture and thick lip with black, beige marks and white teeth. Has little chipped canal terminals. Taken in sand between rocks. Port Louis, Martinique 1957

Phalium areola (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 57,2 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, rare in Australia. Bluish, white color with attractive tones of dark brown and beige pattern. Beige, white base with brown marks, aperture, thick lip with soft pale yellowish marks and sharp teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Taken in sand bar at night, low tide. Don River, Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1987

Semicassis microstoma (Von Martens 1903) Gorgeous! F+++ 66 mm. Very beautiful special light specimen. Cream and white color with soft pale yellowish/beige spiral marks and attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and strong teeth. Has a slightly growth mark and damaged canal terminal. Trawled at 150-160 m. Off Mogadishu, Somalia 2005

Bankivia fasciata (Menke 1830) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 15,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Tones of pink color with attractive black bands and grayish marks. White and body color base, aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Taken on sea grass at low tide. Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 1960

Cypraea humphreyii Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb Large! Gem 17,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color bands with brown densely spots. Orange color base and margins with black, brown spots and cream teeth. Taken undersides of rocks in sand at low tide. Dingo Beach, North Qld. Australia 1988

Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale 1935 Outstanding Dwarf! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream and  dark beige color bands with brown, grayish, beige marks and dots. Cream/white base and margins with brown, beige spots. Taken under rocks and dead corals on reef at low tide. Langford Reef, near Proserpine, Qld. Australia 1977

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Patternless Elongate! F+++/Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful exceptional and unique. Cream/white color without pyrum pattern only few beige soft marks and dots. Margin and base orange and yellow/orange color with white strong teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Nucella lapillus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Thick! F+++/Gem 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive nodulose cords. White, pale yellowish base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Up Mary's Harbour, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1952

Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Globose! F++/F+++ W/O 58,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with pale orange, beige soft marks and knobby shoulder. White aperture and lip with brown, black marks. Has few slightly small growth marks and lines, chipped upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken wash up alive after cyclone. Te Arai Point, North Isl. New Zealand 2014