Cypraea nucleus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Unusual Shape! Gem 23,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color background, attractive sculpture with yellowish/cream densely small nodules and cords, pale bluish/white mantle line. Yellowish/cream color margins and corded base. From my personal collection. Samar Isl. Philippines 1972

Cypraea errones (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Banded Blue! F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful special color looks like Cypraea errones azurea. Sky/blue and cream color bands with only beige dots. White margins and base. Has one micro defect. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Acanthocardia tuberculata Albinistic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 39 W 40 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale bluish color with attractive sculpture and knobby side ribs. Taken in sand at 4-5 m.. Aegina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2005

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Strange Species! F+++/Gem 27,1 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige, brown attractive pattern. White aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Hikkaduwa, North Galle, Sri Lanka 1984

Lavigeria nassa (Woodward 1859) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 17,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color to the lip with gray bands, attractive nodules ribs and cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with brown mark. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Ujiji Beach, Kigona, Lake Tanganika, Tanzania 2000

Chlamys farreri (Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Rare Color! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of deep orange and pink color with cream. beige, brown and white pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Rausu, Hokkaido Pref. Japan 2000's

Euthymella pyramidalis (A. Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch. Dredged on rubble and broken coral bottom at 100-120 m. Off Amami Isl. Southern Japan 1990

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with purplish, pale pink, brown, beige, lavender marks, attractive spiny ribs and sculpture. Trawled. Pattani, Thailand 1980's

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Littoraria undulata (J. E. Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++ 15 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black, brown pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has rough lip. Taken on rocks at shore line. Kaliyasem, Kalibukbuk-Lovina area, Bali, Indonesia 2012

Orthalicus capax Pilsbry 1930 Gorgeous Large Rare! F+++/Gem 39,5 mm. Very beautiful endemic from North East Brazil. Yellowish/cream color with attractive beige, brown, black pattern and fine ribs. Body color aperture and black lip. Taken on dry vegetation. Southern Aracati, Ceara, Brazil 2005

Murex Siratus beauii branchi (Clench 1953) Gorgeous Light Color! F+++/Gem W/O 61,8 mm. Very beautiful light color Florida form rare now. White color with pale yellow soft spiral lines, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has chipped one dorsum spine and chips on the side of the canal. Dredged in sand and rubble bottom at 100-120 m. Off Palm Spring, Florida 1970

Granata imbricata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 27,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown dots, attractive nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole. Taken under rocks at low tide. Long Reef, North West Australia 1943

Conus striatus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, brown, blue and white color attractive pattern and fine spiral lines. White aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Murex Bolinus brandaris longispinosus form (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 76,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with nodulose cords and attractive almost perfect very long spines on the body and the siphon. Amazing cream, white, pale orange, yellow mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has one chipped spine and nicks on the side of the canal. Hard to find like this. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece 1998

Chondrothyra cerina roseoapicata (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 28,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dark brown, beige color with fine cords and perfect orange, white apex. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken on limestone rocks among vegetation. Sierra Infierno, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2023

Ficus gracilis (Sowerby 1825) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 96,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, grayish, bluish and white color with attractive nodulose cords and sculpture. Beige, bluish/white slightly ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled. Keeling, North Taiwan 2013

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Giant Thick! Gem 31,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellow/orange color with attractive strong relief central band. Cream/white thick margin and yellowish/cream base. Taken on gorgonias at 1-2 m. Lower Burns Point, Eleuthera, Bahamas 2014

Conus magus sp. Linne 1758 Gorgeous Unusual! F++/F+++ 34 mm. Very beautiful. and exceptional White color with attractive black axial marks and dots, nodulose cords on low body. White aperture with black marks and lip with teeth. Has a slightly healed growth mark near the lip, a healed growth scar on the base and nicks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, Self collected under dead corals on sand at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999

Eburna glabrata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish color with orange, cream/white bands. Pale yellowish, pale bluish, white base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Taken in sand in shallow water. Paranaguana Peninsula, Venezuela 1990