Cypraea acicularis dwarf Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with cream, beige spots some are ocellata, cream soft mantle line. Hyper callosus white nodulose margins with brown, grayish spot and bases. Dived at 5-10 m. under rocks. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous From New Zealand! F+++/Gem 90,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare in new Zealand. White body color, attractive sculpture with large granulose cords and white, black, brown dorsal knobs. Taken washed on beach. Western Bay, Mayor Isl. Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 1950

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

Zeatrophon ambiguus (R. A. Philippi 1844) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive large knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Kaimaumau Beach, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Cypraea boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 29,3 mm.  Very beautiful. Bluish/white and sky/blue color with bluish spots and  grayish mantle line. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. From my personal collection. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 1976

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Bicolor! F+++/Gem W/O 46,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821). Very beautiful exceptional bicolor and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. From the aperture till the middle of the dorsum white color with yellowish/beige pattern and then till the lip white and pale grayish color without pattern. Bluish/white and pale orange aperture and lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling ...

Glycymeris glycymeris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 45 W 46,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine cords. Trawled at 20-30 m. Erquis Harbour, Bretagne, France 2002

Oliva rufula Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Rare Solomon Form! F+++ 29,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tons of brown, beige, orange, black, cream and bluish color attractive pattern. Yellowish/cream, white aperture and thick lip with black marks. Has irregularities over the lip. Dived night at 15 m. on black sand bottom. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 2008

Cypraea lynx dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Elongate Lilliput!Gem 23,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Yellowish, cream color background with brown, beige, blue and blackish spots. White color margins and base with blackish, brown and grayish spots, pale orange aperture with white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with very strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large Spines Superb! Gem 45,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color, attractive sculpture with knobby and. nodulose cords. White color callosus base, aperture and lip with large strong perfect spines and the canal. Trawled at 40-60 m. Off Sounion, south Athens, Aegean Sea, Greece 2000

Glycymeris nummaria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem H 33 W 37 mm. Very beautiful. Gray, cream, brown and beige color attractive pattern, fine cords and ribs. Taken in sand. Salamina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1999

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Globose Large! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with soft pale beige dots, then till labial margin typical brown, beige, cream, white pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with yellowish basal blotch and reddish lip among the white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Gree...

Cypraea lynx (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Heavy! Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color background with black large spots and blue, grayish small spots and marks. Callosus white color margins and base with black, gray and brown spots, red among white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Oliva parkinsoni Prior 1975 Gorgeous Rare Solomon Islands form! Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful rare Solomon islands form!. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive orange pattern, cream shoulder with brown axial lines. White, cream, pale yellow base, aperture, lip and canal. Dived night at 90 feet in coral sand. Anuha Isl. Florida Group, Solomon Islands 1996

Oliva leonardhilli Petuch & Sargent 1986 Gorgeous Elongated! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive beige, gray soft pattern. Cream/white base, aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand at extreme low tide. Pemba, North Mozambique 1990