Cypraea stolida crossei Marie 1869 Gorgeous Special Local Form! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful hard to get from this area. Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Marau Sound, Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1960

Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Sky/blue! F+++/Gem 25,6 mm. Very beautiful . Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches and dots. Cream, white margins and base with orange/brick marks and small orange spots. Has an irregularity. Found at 3 m. under dead coral. Okinawa, Japan 1980

Glycymeris longior (G. B. Sowerby I 1833) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem H 30 W 30 mm. Very beautiful. White, yellow, cream, brown and beige color rays. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2000

Oliva vidua albofasciata Dautzenberg 1927 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 55,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive black, gray, pale bluish pattern White, pale bluish, cream base, aperture and thick lip wit gray dots. The upper lip is chipped Taken in sand at low tide. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1964

Cypraea asellus (Linne 1758) Outstanding! Gem 14,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and back with orange over line color bands. Base and margins white color with bluish basal blotches. Taken in low tide under stone. New Guinea 1975

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Double Pattern! F+++/Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with grayish marks and soft pale beige dots, then till labial margin typical brown, beige, cream, white pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with yellowish basal blotch and unusual strong white teeth. Has few small slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populatio...

Cypraea lynx (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Heavy! Gem 38 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color background with black large spots and blue, grayish small spots and marks. Callosus white color margins and base with black, gray and brown spots, red among white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Glycymeris strigilata Sowerby 1833 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem H 15 W 15,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown pattern fine nodulose ribs. Dredged at 40 feet in sand bottom. Cebaco Isl. Montijo Bay, Veraguas, West Panama 1992

Ranularia oboesa (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem 45 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with brown, blackish, beige marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip. Taken by nets at 10-15 m. Off Chennai (Madras), India 1980

Murex Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson 1831) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 95,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive short spines. Amazing rose and white color base, mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects, nicks on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled. Conception Bay, Baja California, West Mexico 1970

Agaronia gibbosa (Born 1778) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 46,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Tones of blue, pale yellowish, grayish and cream color pattern with brown and blackish marked band on low body. Bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip. Has a chip on the upper lip. Trawled at 20-40 m. Kanyakumari, Southern India 2011

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Spiny! Gem W/O 80 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, bluish, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive perfect shoulder spines, fine cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, gray mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

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

Amphidromus anhdaoorum Thach 2017 Gorgeous Sinistral Unique! F+++ 33,8 mm. Very beautiful, rare recently named unique species. Yellow and tones of blue color attractive pattern with pale beige soft marks on the top. Black, white color aperture and black, deep lilac lip. Has a growth mark on the dorsum. Taken on trees in Monsoon forests. Krong Bong District,  Dak Lak, Central Vietnam 2018

Cypraea picta Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige mark and dots Cream base and margins with black spots and grayish basal blotches. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Boa Vista Isl. Cape Verde 1988

Cominella nassoides (Reeve 1846) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 34,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige, grayish and cream color, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. White, cream aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on muddy bottom at low tide. Vaila Voe, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Isl. South Isl. New Zealand 1996

Fusitriton magellanicus murrayi (E. A. Smith 1891) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 94,6 mm. Very beautiful uncommon form. White color with attractive knobby cream and nodulose cords. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and slightly shipped protoconch. Trawled at 50 fathoms. Off Capetown, Cape Province, South Africa 1980