Cypraea eglantina (Duclos 1833) Outstanding Greenish Overglaze! F+++ 62 mm. Very nice. Greenish color overglaze with soft grayish pattern. Margins and base yellowish/green color with gray and brown spots. Has few micro defects and few nicks on the anterior terminal ridge. Cebu 2000

Cypraea pellucens alisonae Burgess 1983 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 28 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown blotch, beige, grayish marks and dots. White base and callosus margins with black, gray spots. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Ewa Beach, North Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii 1990

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 boivinii cuatoni Kosuge 1983 Outstanding Gorgeous! Gem 24,2 mm.  Very beautiful. White and cream color with grayish, brown spots and marks. Callosus white nodulose margins and base. Bantayan Isl. Cebu 2000

Cypraea cervinetta dwarf Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 44,4 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color bands with attractive clear white spots and bluish mantle line. Grayish/beige color base with orange/brown basal blotch and margin with white spots. Taken at 3-6 m. under rocks. Playa Ocotal, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 1993

Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Dark Migrant! F+++/Gem 28,3 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Grayish color background with attractive black and brown densely spots. Callosus white color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Columbarium spinicinctum caragarang Garrard 1966 Gorgeous Special Form Rare! F++ 53 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellowish/cream color with beige dots, attractive sculpture with almost perfect shoulder spines and knobby low body cord, long spiny siphon. White aperture and lip. Has a damage hole near the aperture and chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 70 fathoms. Off North Light, southern Qld. Australia 1980

Tonna perdix (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ 102,7 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown, beige marked attractive large cords. White, pale grayish ribbed aperture and brown, beige lip. Has a growth mark on the base and few micro defects. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Viti-Levu, Fiji 1990

Cominella maculosa (Martyn 1784) Outstanding Large! F+++ W/O 43 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color with black, brown and blue marks. Yellow aperture with black marks and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Mt. Maunganui, North Isl. New Zealand 1994

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 49,2 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream color background with gray, beige soft marks and attractive large black and cream/white dorsal blotches with blue over line. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with beige, brown, grayish, bluish spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

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

Voluta Amoria damonii Gray 1864 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with tones of brown, yellowish/beige and gray attractive pattern, black shoulder marks and blue marks over the canal. Pale orange/beige, cream, white aperture and lip with brown dots. Has nicks. Taken on sand in shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2000

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Gray Sides Violet Lip Exceptional! F+++/Gem 32,4 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Cream, white, brown, gray and beige color attractive pattern and unusual gray sides. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Has few micro defects. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Monoplex intermedius (Pease 1869) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 42,6 mm. Very beautiful, rare in Hawaii. White and tones of yellowish/orange color with brown varices blotches, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Pale orange, white ribbed aperture with blackish lines and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Dived at 50 feet. Kahe Point, Oahu, Hawaii 1989

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

Chione elevata (Say 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 30 W 35,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with nodulose ribs and few spiny cords. Taken on sand bar at low tide. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Mitra acuminata Swainson 1824 Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellow and cream color. White, yellow color aperture and thick lip. Taken on reef flat. Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1990

Pholas dactylus Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 64 mm. Very beautiful. White color, attractive sculpture with spiny cords and perfect spiny lips. Has few micro defects. Taken alive in mud bottom. Eretria, South Evoicos Gulf, Greece 2010