Austrocochlea brevis K. E. Parsons & Ward 1994 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,5 mm. Black, beige and yellowish color pattern with attractive nodulose cords and sculpture. Iridescent bluish, white ribbed aperture and black thin lip. Has a slightly growth mark. Taken under rocks at low tide. Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia 1950

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Cypraea stercoraria cameroonica dwarf Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous! F+++ 35,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige spots and marks. Dark beige, cream margins and base with brown, beige spots and cream/white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the dorsum doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken under rocks and rocky in shallow water. Bight of Biafra, Douala, Cameroon 2010

Cypraea zonaria gambiensis Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream, pale beige color base and margins with gray spots. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Casamance, Senegal 1980

Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful and impressive. White, cream and grayish body color and brown top with attractive lamellate and knobby sculpture. Amazing brown, cream. white base, mature ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide (natural habitat). Matheson Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1982

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard 1858) Gorgeous Pinkish! Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful from unusual area. Upper valve tones of pinkish, purple and cream color with attractive knobs and nodulose ribs. Lower valve white, purplish and violet color with yellow umbo. Trawled at 3-500 m. Off Busan, China Sea, South Korea 1980

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Small form!F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Beige and brown color background with cream/white clear spots and mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and base with black marginal blotches, brown, black, beige spots and basal lines. Found under dead corals at shallow water. Somalia 2010

Voluta Ericusa sericata Thornley 1951 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 97,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and beige color with attractive pattern and bands. White, cream yellowish aperture and thick lip. Has a growth mark on the side and few micro defects. Trawled at 180-300 m. Off Cape Moreton, Qld. Australia 1980

Liguus virgineus (Linne 1767) Outstanding Giant Colorful! F++ 52 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Multicolor attractive bands. Cream/white, blue, reddish aperture and lip. Has growth defects and chipped rough lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Haiti 1998

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

Boreotrophon pacificus Dall 1902 Outstanding! F++ W/O 17,7 mm. Small but very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive fine nodulose ribs. White aperture and lip. Trawled at 200-300 m. Off Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 2013

Scaeochlamys squamea Dijkstra & Maestrati 2009 Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 38 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Red, orange, blackish, cream and beige color attractive pattern, spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 15 m. under dead corals and rocks. Zamboanga, Mindanao Isl. Philippines 2000

Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875) Gorgeous Dark Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and white color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Cayar, Senegal 1999

Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875) Gorgeous Orange Large! F+++/Gem 28,3 mm. Very beautiful special Mediterranean specimen. Tones of orange, purplish and white color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Trawled at 25 m. in muddy sand bottom. Off Malaga, Spain 1980

Laevicardium elatum (Sowerby 1833) Gorgeous Giant! F+++/Gem 126,9 mm. Very beautiful and colorful, hard to get his size nowadays. Tones of yellow, cream and white color with blue marks on the sides and orange over the lips. Has micro defects. Taken in sand in shallow water. San Carlos Bay, Guaymas, West Mexico 2016

Cypraea isabella controversa dwarf Gray 1824 Gorgeous Super Slender Lilliput! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with black axial stripes and dots. Margins and base white, cream color with orange terminals and  orange/brown terminal marks. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Murex Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded!F+++/Gem W/O 87,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen from Flores Isl. White, beige and brown color bands with attractive almost perfect black spines. White aperture and orange lip with teeth. Has few micro defects/ Taken on coral and rocky bottom at 1-3 m.. Waicucu Beach, near Labuanbajo, Flores Islands, Indonesia 2005