Oliva bulbosa Roding 1798 Gorgeous Yellow Blue Spots!F+++/Gem 41 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Pale yellow color background with attractive  blue spots. White, pale bluish base, aperture and thick lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Mafia Isl. Southern Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa 2002

Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis 1793) Gorgeous Unusual Shape Large! F+++/Gem 108.7 mm. Very beautiful rare west Africa specimen. Tones of beige, pale yellowish, cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords. White, black, beige and brown varices. White ribbed aperture and beige, black, white lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch and a slightly growth mark on the side. Trawled 40-60 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, West Africa 2023

Oliva amethystina nebulosa Dautzenberg 1927 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 37,4 mm. Very beautiful local form. Pale yellowish, cream color with two blackish spots over the lip. Cream/white, pale orange aperture and thick lip. Has nicks on the upper lip and the shoulder. Taken on sand in shallow water. Rabaul, Eastern New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1970

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 ...

Ischnochiton elongatus (Blainville 1825) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 24,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, gray color with attractive pattern and sculpture. Taken on rocks. Marino Rock, South Adelaide, South Australia 1933

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Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

Xenophora senegalensis Fischer 1873 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O W 32,8 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color body with attractive nodulose sculpture, bivalves, piece of shells and stones attachments. Grayish/cream base with granulose cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip Trawled at 20-30 m. Yene, Senegal 2001

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 bregeriana Crosse 1868 Gorgeous Large! Gem 22,9 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from this area now. Cream color background with tones of brown, beige band, marks and dots. Pale yellowish, cream, orange base and margins. Taken in shallow water. Ngo Bay near Noumea, New Caledonia 1980

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Multicolor! F+++ 33,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish, white aperture and lip. Has damaged body inside the aperture doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Ha' Apai Islands, Tonga, Polynesia 1972

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

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Bluish Migrant! F+++/Gem 21,8 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Bluish color background with attractive black, beige and brown sparsely spots. White color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Shallow Water Form! F+++/Gem W/O 82,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige and white color attractive pattern with blackish spiral lines and knobs. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with brown teeth. Has a small chip on the canal. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Mar Grande, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2022

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 13,5 mm. Very beautiful strange smooth deep water form. Yellowish/cream color with beige blotches and brown, beige spots. Yellowish cream color margins and base without basal blotches. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Senkaku Islands, SW Okinawa, Japan 1970

Monoplex kiiensis (G. B. Sowerby III 1915) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 33 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale beige color with attractive knobby ri and nodulose cords. White color ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken by lobster traps at 40-60 m. Minabe, Wakayana Pref. Japan 2008