Nodolatirus nodatus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++ 86,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and yellowish/beige color with attractive spiral knobs and cords. Lilac, white aperture and lip with teeth. Has a healed slightly growth marks. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Cebu Isl. Philippines 1970

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Superb Inflated! Gem 49,3 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream/white dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with black, beige, brown large relief spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Conus pulcher Lightfoot 1786 Outstanding! F++ 69,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive beige, brown spiral marks and dots. Cream/white aperture and lip. Has a growth line (undulation), a slightly growth mark, rough lip and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 123,4 mm. W/O Very beautiful and heavy. Cream and white color background with attractive brown, beige, orange, black, blue pattern and marks, small shoulder spines. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and lip with black marks  Has undulations normal for this species, little chipped canal terminal and nicks on the lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 15 fathoms. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 1970

Otostomus vittatus (Spix 1827) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with tones of brown, beige marks ad dots, black tip, amazing knobby and granulose sculptures. White, grayish color aperture and mature large lip. Taken on leaves on large trees. Pimenteiras, North East Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil 1991

Peristernia forskalii leucothea Melvill 1891 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive knobby ribs and nodulose cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken under stones at low tide. Clansthal, Ezemben, Transkei, South Africa 1973

Ancillista muscae (Pilsbry 1926) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 31,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with fine corded sculpture and yellow top. White aperture and thin lip. Taken exposed on sand bar at extreme low tide. One Arm Point, Western Australia 1980

Pustulatirus biocellatus Lyons & Snyder 2013 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 14,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, beige and cream color with attractive knobs and fine nodulose cords. Cream/white ribbed aperture and pale yellowish lip with fine teeth. Dived 10-15 m. on sand bottom under rocks. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 2007

Cypraea ocellata dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous Exceptional Size! Gem 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color background with pale bluish mantle line, attractive black ocellata and cream/white clear spots. White, cream color margins and base with beige. Taken at 4 m. Dwarka Area, Gujarate, India 1997

Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Unusual Shape! F+++/Gem 46,5 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream/white color with yellowish fragile periostracum. Inside white color. Trawled. Gunnamatta Beach, Victoria, N. S. W. Australia 1980

Murex Chicoreus virgineus (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 70,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream and white color with soft beige marks, attractive knobs and nodulose cords, perfect white spiny varices. White, rose mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Taken by dive. Off Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India 1970

Cypraea ziczac (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Double Pattern! Gem 14,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. Pale yellow color background with attractive white, beige typical ziczac pattern on the columellar side and unusual pattern on the labial side, brown spots over the terminals. Margins and base orange color with black and brown spots. Masbate Isl. Philippines 2007

Cymatium vestitum (Hinds 1844) Gorgeous With Periostracum!F+++/Gem 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish color periostracum with multicolor bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. White, black, brown, beige knobby aperture and lip with teeth. The apex  is chipped. Dredged at 20-25 m. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1996

Pinna muricata Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++ 164 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Tones of gray and cream color with attractive sculpture. Taken in sand. Kurrimine Beach, Central Qld. Australia 1990

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Zigzag Pattern! F+++ W/O 35,1 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with attractive brown and beige zigzag pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thin lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip and a chip on the canal. Collected from my daughter Vicky by snorkeling at 4-5 m. on sand. Angistri Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece August...

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Reddish! F+++/Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful special color. Reddish and cream color attractive pattern with nodulose cords. Bluish, white iridescent aperture and lip. Taken on kelps at low tide. Auckland, Northland, New Zealand 1970

Pterygia crenulata (Gmelin 1791) Outstanding! Gem 22 mm. Very beautiful delicate form from unusual place. White color with attractive yellowish, beige soft marks and nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on coral sand at 2-3 m. Beautemps-Beaupre, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 1992

Voluta Alcithoe arabica depressa (Suter 1908) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 74,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, black and tones of yellowish/beige pattern and knobby shoulder. Pale bluish, beige, cream color aperture and lip with black marks. Has chipped protoconch. Taken in shallow water. Manukau Harbor, North Isl. New Zealand 1932