Astralium rotularia (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Frilly Large! F+++/Gem W/O H 31 W 40,9 mm. including lamellas Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive almost perfect large shoulder lamellas. Cream /white base with lamellate cords. Iridescent white base, aperture and lip, black operculum. Taken on rocks at low tide. Broome, North West Western Australia 1988

Cymatium testudinarium (A. Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow, orange and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords White, brown, cream ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The apex is chipped. Taken by tangle nets at 70-80 m. Panglao Isl. Bohol 1987

Cypraea humphreyii Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb Large! Gem 17,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color bands with brown densely spots. Orange color base and margins with black, brown spots and cream teeth. Taken undersides of rocks in sand at low tide. Dingo Beach, North Qld. Australia 1988

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large! F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and pale reddish color banded dorsum. Pale grayish, cream margins and base with lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities and two small defects on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

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

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

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Outstanding Globulus Large! F+++ 46,6 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with soft cream bands. Callosus cream, white color margins and base, orange canals and black terminals marks. Has slightly irregularities and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1975

Carinodrillia braziliensis (E. A. Smith 1915) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and beige color, attractive sculpture with nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled  at 70-80 m. Off Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000

Cypraea robertsi (Hidalgo 1906) Outstanding! Gem 23,4 mm. Very beautiful rare west Mexico form. Cream color background with brown blotch, beige marks and dots. Callosus cream/white color margins with blackish, brown spots and base. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1988

Semicassis granulata peristephes (Pilsbry & McGinty 1939) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 43,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of grayish, bluish, yellowish, beige and cream color with brown, blackish marks, attractive knobby shoulder, nodulose spires cords and large body cords. Beige, cream, white nodulose base with light brown marks, aperture and lip with strong teeth. Has a chip on the canal terminal. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

Glycymeris reevei (Mayer 1868) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem H 33,5 W 36,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, tones of yellow, brown and beige color attractive pattern. Taken on sand bottom at 20-30 m. Seragaki, Okinawa, Japan 2000

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

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