Cypraea helvola hawaiiensis dwarf Melvill 1888 Gorgeous Lilliput! Gem 13,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background with large beige and small white spots, bluish mantle line. Cream and pale yellowish color margins and base with white terminals. Dived at 15-18 m. under dead corals. Christmas Reef, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1983

Murex Haustellum tweedianum (McPherson 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 65,2 mm. Very beautiful and rare now. White, cream, beige color with brown marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, violet apex. White mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken in coral sand. Breaksea Spit, Qld. Australia 1999

Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 62,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, brown, bluish, gray and beige color attractive pattern. White, bluish/white, blue base, aperture, lip with brown marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at shallow water. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Paratrophon patens (Hombron & Jacquinot 1854) Outstanding Extremely Rare! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white body and grayish/brown color top with attractive sculpture and large granulose cords. Brown, beige, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Ringaringa Beach, Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1996

Chlamys farreri nipponensis Kuroda 1932 Gorgeous Large Dark! F+++/Gem 69 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, black, beige, cream and white color pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate ribs and fine nodulose body. Taken at 3-6 m. Posjet Bay, Vladivostok area, Siberia, Russia 1990

Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 60 mm. Very beautiful and heavy, from rare locality. Blackish, brown, gray color spiral lines with yellowish/cream marks and attractive spiral knobs and fine nodulose cords. Amazing white, pale yellow, pale blue base, aperture and ribbed lip with black marks and cream teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Durban Harbor, Natal, South Africa 1980

Purpura persica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 59,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Brown color with black, white, cream spiral lines and dots, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords. Amazing black, brown, orange, blue, white base, ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the base. Taken on exposed rock at low tide. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1970

Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Super Spiny! Gem 49,1 mm. Very beautiful hard to get now. White color with attractive cords and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and spiny lip. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Harpa doris Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, beige pattern and reddish/orange large marks, spiny shoulder. Ribs with cream, beige, black, brown marks and lines. Cream, pale orange aperture with gray, black marks and lip with teeth, blackish and brown base blotches. From Greek trawlers. Senegal, West Africa 1978

Pecten fumatus Reeve 1852 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 98 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve rose, pale pinkish and white color with fine nodulose body and large ribs. Lower valve purple, pale pinkish, beige, brown, black, cream, white color attractive pattern. Has little chipped lip and ears. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Port Lincoln, South Australia 1990

Anadara antiquata (Linne 1758) Outstanding Heavy! F+++/Gem H 46 W 62 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with orange marks on the sides and attractive nodulose ribs. Taken in sand with grass at low tide. Suva, Viti-Levu, Fiji 1960

Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Yellow Large! F+++/Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of yellow color with attractive almost perfect lamella ribs. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Harvey Bay, Qld. Australia 2000

Muricopsis josei Vokes 1994 Gorgeous Large Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 22 mm. Very beautiful. Dark orange and beige color with attractive almost perfect spines and fine nodulose body cords. White mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on briozoaria bottom by lobster nets at 45-60 m, Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2021

Conus ericmonnieri (Petuch & R. F. Myers 2014) Gorgeous Unusual Superb! F+++/Gem 38,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/orange and white color with attractive brown, beige spiral lines and dots. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1999

Conus mauricioi Coltro 2004 Gorgeous Orange Large! F+++ 22,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with attractive white, pale brown band, shoulder and spires. Pale orange aperture and lip. Has two healed growth defects on the side, Dived at 20-30 m. in coral sand. Off North Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 1997

Dianthiphos bernardoi (Costa & R. S. Gomes 1998) Gorgeous Huge! Gem 16,9 mm. Very beautiful quite uncommon nowadays. Brown color with cream/white marks attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown dots and teeth. Taken in coral pieces brought by lobster traps from 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Conus mercator Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual Large Pattern! F+++ 22,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive tones of brown large pattern. White aperture and lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip. Taken in sand at 1-5 m. N' Dejane, 60 km. South Dakar, Senegal 1988

Murex Siratus coltrorum E. Vokes 1990 Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 31,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color with brown bands and marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1997

Aplustrum amplustre (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 15,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale pinkish color with attractive black, brown bands. Body color aperture and lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 1990