Melapium lineatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige axial lines and brown spiral marks. White, pale beige base, aperture and lip. Dredged at 120 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1996

Phos blainvillei Deshayes 1832 Gorgeous Orange Aperture! F+++/Gem W/O 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and fine nodulose body cords. Orange ribbed aperture with brown marks and white lip with fine teeth. Dived at 10 m. on sand and rubble. Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 1979

Turbo cidaris Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Superb Ornamented! Gem W/O H 35 W 41,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown and blackish color with white, cream, gray pattern. Irisans bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip, amazing nodulose white operculum. Dived at 10-15 m. under rocks. Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), East Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Murex Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Cute Yellow/Orange! Gem W/O 53,2 mm. Small but very beautiful. Pale yellow, white color with pale orange soft spiral lines and marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, orange perfect frilly spines and pink tip. Pale yellowish, white mature ribbed aperture and yellow lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on the top of reef at 50-60 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2010

Murex Chicoreus sp. Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 45,7 Very beautiful and special probably a new species related with Chicoreus tenuivaricosus and Chicoreus springeri. Yellow and white color with orange spiral marks, attractive knobby cords and spines. Bluish/white mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few little chipped spines and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2014

Pusio elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding Large With Periostracum! F+++/Gem W/O 49,8 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish, gray color full periostracum with knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged. Bahia de Chiriqui, Veraguas, West Panama 1985

Argopecten gibbus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White Black Special! F+++/Gem H 35 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve white color with attractive black pattern and large ribs. Lower valve white color with cream/beige soft band. Trawled at 25-30 m. Port Canaveral, Florida 1980

Nassarius pullus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Humped! Gem 20,5 mm. Very beautiful humped. Blue body and tones of brown color whorls with pale yellowish soft band, attractive sculpture with cream ribs and nodulose cords on low body. Very tick full mature yellowish/cream base with dark gray basal blotch. Cream, pale yellow, blackish ribbed aperture and thick lip. Self collected on sea grass at shallow water. On the front of Diving Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998

Voluta Amoria grayi Ludbrook 1953 Outstanding! F+++ 83,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream and pale grayish color with orange shoulder and top. Cream/white, orange aperture and perfect lip. Has a very small drill hole and few micro defects. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Broome, Kimberley, West Australia 1980

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

Pustulatirus biocellatus Lyons & Snyder 2013 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 14,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, beige and cream color with attractive knobs and fine nodulose cords. Cream/white ribbed aperture and pale yellowish lip with fine teeth. Dived 10-15 m. on sand bottom under rocks. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 2007

Oliva caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent 1986 Gorgeous Torres Strait Form! F+++/Gem 54,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream color background with attractive black, bluish, gray beige pattern. Blue/mauve, cream, white base, aperture, canal and thick lip with black marks. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on sand at low tide. Horn Isl. Torres Straits, Qld. Australia 1940

Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot 1848) Gorgeous Colorful Flat! F+++ H 11 W 16,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color with attractive brown, beige pattern. Cream and white color base with attractive brown, blackish pattern. Bodycolor aperture and lip. Has slightly chipped rough lip. Taken in sand bars at low tide. Rarawa Beach, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 2003

Cypraea coronata debruini Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 30,5 mm. Very beautiful special Atlantic form. Dorsum cream/white color background with attractive yellowish//beige blotches and marks. Cream, white color base and granulose margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Dived at 40 m. on soft coral on reef. Hout Bay (Atlantic), Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Cypraea gaskoini Reeve 1846 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 20,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with attractive clear large cream/white and mantle line. White base and margins with brown spots. Dived at 20 m. under dead coral slab. Makua, Oahu, Hawaii 2015

Ischnochiton lineolatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown lines attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken under rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933