Tomigerus corrugatus cf. Ihering 1905 Gorgeous!Gem H 10 W 11 mm. Very beautiful isolated population, new species related with corrugatus & pilsbryi. Blackish, beige, brown, cream and white color bands and and spiral lines, attractive fine sculpture. Amazing cream/white aperture with teeth and lip. Taken buried near roots of bushes or under rocks. Chaval, Ceara, Brazil 2021

Murex Hexaplex duplex (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++  W/O 68,4 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, cream and white color top with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and shoulder spines. White mature aperture and lip with beige marks and teeth. Has worm marks and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15 m. on rocks. Pointe Sarene, Senegal 1981

Epitonium rupicola (Kurtz 1860) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 13 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with black, brown bands on last whorl and attractive ribs. White, brown aperture and thick lip. Taken fresh dead at drift line. Fort Macon, North Carolina 2024

Laevicardium attenuatum (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb!F+++/Gem 57,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Orange, reddish, bluish, pale beige, grayish cream and white color attractive pattern. Taken on coral sand in shallow water. Trincomalee area, Sri Lanka 1985

Cypraea turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Extra Large Callosus! F+++/Gem 45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color background with attractive brown spots. Callosus white color base and margins with gray spots. Has two micro defects. Taken under stones at low tide. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Oliva bulbosa inflata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem  32,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive blue, blackish, gray marks. White, blue corded base, aperture and lip with blue, blackish, brown dots. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at low tide. Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa 1960

Cypraea saulae siasiensis Cate 1960 Gorgeous! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown blotch. Cream/white margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots, pale yellowish teeth. From my personal collection. Sulu Sea, Philippines 1978

Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973

Thalotia conica (J. E. Gray 1826) Gorgeous! Gem 16,6 mm. Very beautiful. Black and cream color with attractive nodulose cords, white and rose top. Irisans blue ribbed aperture and lip with blackish marks. Has erosion on the top. Taken at low tide. Albany Harbour, South West Western Australia 1971

Malea pomum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 63,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream, white, beige and pale orange color with large cords. White, yellowish aperture and thick lip with large teeth. Has a chip on the canal. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Lakeba Isl. Lao Group, Fiji 1981

Macridiscus donacinus (Megerle von Muhlfeld 1811) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 20,2 W 27 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White, cream, brown, grayish, beige color attractive pattern. Trawled in shallow water. Dapeng Bay, Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 1952

Cypraea arabica Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Blue margins! Gem 59,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown pattern, white and beige blue mantle line and extended tip. Amazing blue, cream margin and base with large slightly relief black, blue large spots and brown teeth. Taken on reef at shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2016

Cypraea walkeri continens Iredale 1935 Outstanding Dwarf! F+++/Gem 20,8 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream and  dark beige color bands with brown, grayish, beige marks and dots. Cream/white base and margins with brown, beige spots. Taken under rocks and dead corals on reef at low tide. Langford Reef, near Proserpine, Qld. Australia 1977

Cypraea pallidula rhinoceros dwarf Souverbie 1865 Outstanding! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful rare from Qld. Cream color background with soft grayish, beige, bluish marks and dots. Cream/white color base and margins. Taken under rocks at low tide. Swain Reefs, Qld. Australia 1974

Zeatrophon ambiguus (R. A. Philippi 1844) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem W/O 31,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive large knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on rocks at low tide. Kaimaumau Beach, The Far North, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998