Chlamys farreri (Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Rare Color! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of deep orange and pink color with cream. beige, brown and white pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Rausu, Hokkaido Pref. Japan 2000's

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

Conus delessertii Recluz 1843 Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 45 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and pale yellowish color bands with attractive beige, brown pattern and corded low body. Cream/white aperture and lip with beige dots. Has chipped upper lip. Trawled at 80-100 feet. Off Cape Canaveral, East Florida 1970

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

Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and bluish/white color background with attractive tones of brown, yellowish/beige pattern. White base, aperture, lip and canal. Taken on sand at low tide. Parachique, Departamento de Piura, Peru 1985

Xenophora pallidula (Reeve 1842) Gorgeous! F+++ H 68 W 105 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful. White color with attractive sculpture, many interesting shells, coral and vermetium attachment. White fine nodulose corded base, aperture and lip. Missing only few attachments and the lip has a chip. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 1978

Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby 1828) Gorgeous! Gem 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with white relief central band. Cream, pale yellowish margin and base. Dredged at 90-100 m. Off Arraial dos Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011

Dolomena labiosa (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous Superb!  F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful local form. Cream, white, beige and yellowish color with attractive spiny shoulder and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and thick lip. Has a small growth defect on the base. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1980

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

Conus imperialis Linne 1758 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 71,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and blackish, brown, greenish color bands with brown, beige, green, white, black marks, spiral lines and dots attractive pattern and knobby shoulder. White, pale blue aperture with black canal and perfect lip with black marks, dots and fine teeth. Self collected under dead corals at shallow water. Alona Beach, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

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

Conus planorbis freak Born 1778 Gorgeous Orange! F++ 61,3 mm. Very beautiful and unusual freak, from the middle of the dorsum till the lip has large white axial canals (undulations). Cream/white and orange color bands with brown marks. Has few small slightly growth defects and very small worm marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty, small part of the upper dorsum is slightly eroded and the lip is slightly filed. Balabac  Isl. Palawan 2007

Cypraea punctata iredalei Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Melanesian Form! Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful hard to get. White color with black, dark brown large spots. White base and margins with black spots. Taken under dead coral in shallow water. Ouie Bay, New Caledonia 1992

Terebra dimidiata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 119,7 mm. Very beautiful, unusual Tulear shallow water form. Tones of orange color with attractive white pattern and large shoulder. White, orange, cream aperture, lip and canal. Has a small growth scars on the early whorls, rough lip, chipped canal and protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall  beauty. Taken in sand in shallow water. Tulear area, Madagascar 2000's

Conus striatus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 101,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, brown, blue and white color attractive pattern and fine spiral lines. White aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 Gorgeous White Yellow! F+++ 38,1 mm. The correct ID is Conus floridanus Gabb 1869 Very beautiful. White color with yellow marks. White aperture and lip. Has two healed slightly growth marks, chipped upper slightly rough lip. Taken in sand at extreme low tide. Pompano Flat, Goodland, Marco Isl. Florida 1997

Latiaxis japonicus long spiny form (Dunker 1882) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 24,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive lamellate cords and almost perfect long large spines. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2008

Laevistrombus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1834) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, brown, beige and blue color attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand flats at very low tide.Dingo Beach, North Qld. Australia 1980

Voluta Alcithoe arabica swainsoni Marwick 1926 Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, yellowish and white color with attractive brown, blackish and beige pattern. Cream/white color aperture and yellowish thick lip. Has chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Codfish Isl. Stewart Isl. South Isl. New Zealand 1981