Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 75 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Body color, white knobby base, aperture and lip with strong teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the spires and chipped canal terminal. Taken dead on the beach after storm but looks like live taken. Salamina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2000

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with clear large cream/white spots. Callosus bluish/white margins and base. From my personal collection. Philippines 1974

Distorsio decussata (Valenciennes 1832) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem W/O 63 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with pale yellowish band and attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellowish/beige, white base. aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. Has a growth line on the spires and slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged at 60-80 feet. Afuera Canal, Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2014

Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder 1964 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale grayish color bands with beige marks. Cream, white base and margins with black spots. Taken in tangle net at 120 m. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 2008

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 22,6 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base with unusual dorsum pattern expands to the base and in the aperture, margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Ranularia oboesa (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem 45 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with brown, blackish, beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip. Taken by nets at 10-15 m. Off Chennai (Madras), India 1980

Buccinulum linea (Martyn 1784) Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 33,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive black, beige and brown bands. White ribbed aperture and lip with black marks. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at low tide. Takapuna Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1983

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

Oliva brettinghami Bridgman 1909 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17 mm. Very beautiful . Cream color background with attractive beige and brown zigzag pattern. White, pale bluish, blackish aperture, cream lip with beige dots. Taken in sand at shallow water. Broome, Kimberley Region, Western Australia 1980

Conus marinae Petuch & Myers 2014 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 16,5 mm. Very beautiful. This Conus lives in a very restricted area on the Itaparica Isl. and it is not found any place else. Blue color with attractive brown marks, white spiral dots and fine cords. Brown, cream aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few nicks. Taken in sand between sea grass in very low tide. Porto de Itaparica, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2012