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

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Elongate Black Blotch! Gem 66,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and sky/blue color background with black, brown densely spots, black blotch and yellow, orange mantle line. White base and margins with black and blue spots. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Murex Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842) Outstanding!F+++/Gem  15 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with gray marks, attractive sculpture with lamellate cords and varices, Cream/white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken from underside of rocks at 5 m.  Cox Bay, Bermuda 1964

Cymatium parthenopeum americanum var. (von Salis 1793) Gorgeous North Brazil Form! F+++/Gem W/O 71,4 mm. Small but very beautiful. Beige, tones of yellowish and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, cream, black, beige and brown varices. White ribbed aperture and beige, black, white lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch and a small drill mark. Taken in rock sides at extreme low tide. Tutoia, Maranhao, Brazil 2019

Cypraea interrupta Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive  brown, beige, black marks and dots. Callosus white color base with bluish blotches and margins. Taken under dead corals at low tide. Langkawi Archipelago, Malaysia 1980

Mimachlamys spinicostata Dijkstra & Beu 2018 Gorgeous Large Purple! F+++/Gem 94 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of pale purple and white color with attractive spiny ribs and nodulose body. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Carnarvon, North West Western Australia 1968

Limatula maoria Finlay 1927 Gorgeous Slender Species! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. White color with attractive fine sculpture. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Spirits Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1990

Voluta Lyria delessertiana (Petit 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 44,6 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream and white color with cream band, beige spiral lines and attractive ribs. White aperture and thick lip with beige dots. Has nick on the canal terminal. Taken in sand at low tide. Nosy Be Isl. Northwest Madagascar 1982

Buccinulum littorinoides (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 23 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, beige and pale grayish color with attractive brown bands. White and brown ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch and chipped upper lip. Taken on sand at low tide. Wellers Rock, Otago Harbor, South Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cypraea achatidea (Sowerby 1837) Gorgeous Dark Globose! F+++ 39,5 mm. Very beautiful unusual color and shape. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige, blue blotches, marks and dots, yellow ring. White base with pale blue marks and yellow margins. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. From my personal collection. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Malaga, Spain 1974

Buccinulum pallidum H. J. Finlay 1928 Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem 30,5 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow and cream color with attractive brown spiral lines and fine cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the side and a nick, Dredged at 40-50 m. Pakiri, Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns 1893 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with cream bands, attractive black densely axial stripes, deep orange terminals and black terminal marks. Margins and base light beige and white color. Dived at 10-12 m. under rocks. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cochlorina lateralis (Menke 1828) Gorgeous! Gem H 21 W 26 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with beige, brown marks, attractive sculpture and black apex. White color aperture with blackish lines and lip. Taken on vegetation (bushes), Tropical Rain Forest. Maroba, Presidente Kennedy, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Cypraea marginalis pseudocellata Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Globose! Gem 24,5 mm. Very beautiful curious bump globose specimen from unusual area. Pale bluish color background with attractive small cream/white and large brown spots, pale bluish soft mantle line. Cream/white color base and nodulose margins with beige, gray soft spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Aden area, Yemen 1987

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 cylindrica lenella Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Bluish! Gem 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of bluish color background with beige marks and dots, black, brown terminal marks. White, pale blue color base and margins with brown mark and spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Seaforth, Mackay, West Australia 1972