Murex Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  62 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, tones of beige and brown color bands with attractive nodulose and knobby cords. Body color mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at 1-3 m. St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida 1993

Melongena melongena nana dwarf Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck 1986 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 30,8 mm. Very beautiful rare dwarf Aruba form. Multicolor bands and spiral lines with attractive soft spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color, pale blue aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in mangrove area at low tide. Mangle Halto, Aruba 2013

Agaronia testacea (Lamarck 1811) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++ 53,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish color with attractive tones blue and black pattern, gray, blackish, cream and yellow over the canal. Blue, white, blackish base, aperture and cream lip. Has three very small growth defects and slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Playa Cochorit, Sonora, West Mexico 2003

Murex Hexaplex rosarium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 85,7 mm. Very beautiful local form. Yellow and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, black, brown marked knobby and spiny varices. White, pink ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at shallow water. Off Takoradi-Sekodi, Ghana, West Africa 2023

Haliotis spadicea Donovan 1808 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 60,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and blackish color with white marks, rose top and attractive sculpture. Inside iridescent bluish and red color on the top. Taken on rocks at low tide. Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1998

Conus episcopatus daMotta 1982 Outstanding Brown White! F+++ 72,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with attractive white pattern and dots. White aperture and lip with brown lines and fine teeth. Has slightly growth lines and micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Cymatium pfeifferianum (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Rare Western Australian form!F+++/Gem 43,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, brown and beige color with attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The siphon has a growth scar. Trawled at 100 m. Off Derby, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Western Australia 1988

Conus clerii Reeve 1844 Outstanding Light! F+++ 42 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive tones of brown, beige and blue sparse pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with bluish, brown marks. Has few micro defects and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled 100-120 m. Off Macae, North Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2015

Mazatlania cosentini (R. A. Philippi 1836) Outstanding Superb! Gem 16,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with attractive knobby shoulder. Cream/white aperture and perfect lip. Dredged at 40 m. Off Devil's Isl. French Guyana 1968

Amalda australis (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 27,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, brown, gray. beige. cream, yellowish and white color body and bands. Bluish callus, brown, yellowish/beige, white/cream aperture and lip with small tooth. Trawled in shallow water. Summer Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand 1980

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Monoplex martinianus (A. d'Orbigny 1853) Gorgeous Rare Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 55,9 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, orange, beige, brown color with brown varices blotches, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Pale orange, white ribbed aperture with blackish lines and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Dived on coral reef at 22-35 m. Off Boynton Beach, Florida 1992

Bullia rhodostoma Reeve 1847 Outstanding! F++/F+++ W/O 32,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale beige and cream color. Cream, white aperture, canal and lip. Has slightly growth defects. Taken in surf area. Hougham's, Algoa Bay, Western Cape, South Africa 1995

Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret 1789) Outstanding Colorful! Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of violet, pale grayish and cream color bands. White margin, pale yellowish lip. lavender base and violet canal. Dived at 20 m. on red and pink coral. Malaga, Andalucia, Spain 1990

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Latiaxis mawae juvenile (Griffith & Pidgeon 1834) Outstanding! F+++ 23,6 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive curved spines and siphons. White mature aperture and lip.  Has micro defects. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2004

Murex Chicoreus clausii (Dunker 1879) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream, beige, white color with brown, blackish dots, marks, lines and top, attractive perfect spines, nodulose and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 2022

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973