Voluta Amoria damonii Gray 1864 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with tones of brown, yellowish/beige and gray attractive pattern, black shoulder marks and blue marks over the canal. Pale orange/beige, cream, white aperture and lip with brown dots. Has nicks. Taken on sand in shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2000

Voluta Amoria praetexta (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color with attractive cream/white pattern, blackish spiral and shoulder marks. White and orange/beige aperture and lip with brown dots. Has few nicks. Taken on sand at low tide. Theverard Isl. West Australia 1964

Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Red/Orange! F+++ 47 mm. Large and very beautiful uncommon color. Red, orange, yellowish and mauve color with fine spines. Has a small defect and few nicks. Zamboanga 2008

Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White color with attractive black, beige, tones of brown marks, fine nodulose body and large ribs. Trawled by shrimp boats. Off Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador 1991

Xenotrophon euschema (Iredale 1929) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful and extremely rare. Cream and beige color with attractive perfect spiny cords and ribs. Cream ribbed mature aperture and lip. Has a chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 160 m. Off Mooloolabah, Southern Qld. Australia 2017

Murex Muricanthus nigritus (R. A. Philippi 1845) Gorgeous Heavy Large Superb! F+++/Gem 108 mm. Very beautiful. White and black color with brown lines and marks, attractive almost perfect spines and apex. White, pale blue base, mature aperture and black, white spiny lip. Has few little chipped spines and canal. Trawled at 20-40 m. Conception Bay, Baja California Sur, West Mexico 1970

Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859) Gorgeous! F+++ 87,5 mm. Very beautiful special African form. Multicolor with attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch and thin rough lip. Taken under bushes. Mbiama area Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Murex Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson 1831) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 95,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive short spines. Amazing rose and white color base, mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects, nicks on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled. Conception Bay, Baja California, West Mexico 1970

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot 1853) Gorgeous Colorful Large! F+++/Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, cream and yellow color bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine lamellate cords. White base, aperture and lip with black marks and fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks on reef at low tide. Kings Head Beach, Caloundra, Qld. Australia 1988

Architectonica nobilis Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 21 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale grayish, beige and pale yellowish color with tones of brown narks and dots, nodulose cords. Cream, white color aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

Mancinella alouina (Roding 1798) Outstanding Large! F++ 53 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with beige, brawn, gray marks, attractive fine nodulose cords and spiral spines. Cream, white, yellow, base. aperture with beige ribs and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has three hole on the dorsum, wormed top and micro defects. Taken under slabs at low tide. Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1960

Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti 1996 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 21,9 mm. Very beautiful. Red, purplish and white colors pattern, attractive sculpture with spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Irisans bluish/white color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few nicks and chipped protoconch. Masbate Isl. Philippines 2008

Murex Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Giant Inflated! F++ 142 mm. Very beautiful, unusual deep water form and extremely heavy. Cream/white color with beige, brown soft bands, attractive varices with rose spines on the base, large shoulder knobs and small body spiral knobs, spiny low body and siphon. Pink, rose, white mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Has very small worm drills, micro defects, one damaged small body knob and few little chipped knobs doesn't detract from i...

Harpa cabritii Fischer 1860 Gorgeous Cute Baby! Gem 53,4 mm. Very beautiful . Brown, beige, cream and white color attractive body pattern. Brown, beige, cream orange ribs. Black and cream base. White aperture with soft bluish marks and lip with brown marks. Taken on sand bar at low tide. Zanzibar, Unguja Isl. Tanzania 1970

Murex Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Superb Yellow/Brown! Gem W/O 75,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with brown, beige spiral lines and marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, brown perfect frilly spines and pink tip. Pale yellowish, white mature ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps on the top of reef at 50-60 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2010

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

Cymatium parthenopeum juvenile (von Salis 1793) Outstanding! F++ 79,3 mm. Very beautiful rare west Africa specimen. Pale yellowish, cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large and thin nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thin immature lip with beige marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1975