Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Unusual! Gem 71,7 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum and columellar side sky/blue and white color background with attractive sparsely black spots and few orange marks marks, labial side sky/blue and white color background with large black marks and orange mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with black, beige spots and bluish basal blotch. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

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

Cypraea cinerea Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous! Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color soft bands with few dots. Cream/white color base, aperture and margins with black densely dots over the terminals. Dived at 5 m. under coral rubble. San Bernardo Isl. off Cartagena, Colombia 1990

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 57,3 mm. Very beautiful, special color and heavy. Cream/white colors background with attractive black, blue, orange densely spots and marks, yellow mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with bluish, gray, black spots and pale grayish basal blotch. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Cypraea pellucens panamensis Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 32,1 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get now as the entire population disappeared due the climate change. Cream color background with attractive brown blotch and tones of brown, beige marks and dots. Callosus cream/white base with pale grayish soft marks and margins with black and brown spots. Dived under dead corals. Afuera Canal, Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2020

Agaronia travassosi Morretes 1938 Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++ 52,5 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish/white, cream base, aperture and brown lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch and slightly rough thin lip. Trawled at 60-70 m. Off Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2003

Astralium pileolum (Reeve 1842) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O H 24,5 W 39 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive sculpture and frilly shoulder. Cream base with lamellate cords. Bluish/white iridescent base, aperture and lip, fabulous dark operculum. Has few micro defects. Found on  reef at low tide under rocks. Dixon Isl. Dampier, North West Australia 2018

Chama lazarus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Baby Orange! F+++/Gem 44 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color with dark purple marks and attractive almost perfect spines. Dived at 15-20 m. Racha Isl. Andaman Sea, Thailand 1977

Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow Baby! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled. Off Taiwan, south China Sea 1960

Goniofusus brasiliensis (Grabau 1904) Gorgeous Rio Janeiro Form! F+++/Gem 91,5 mm. Very beautiful special Rio Janeiro State Form. White color with beige and brown marks, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and granulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Trawled at 70-80 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2021