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

Cypraea boivinii Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Ocellata spots! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with violet over line gray ocellata spots. White nodulose margins and base. Mactan Isl. Cebu 2008

Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 10,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, orange, black, brown and white color with attractive granulose ribs. Body color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dredged at 20-30 m. Ouvea Isl. East New Caledonia 2002

Mitra ustulata Reeve 1844 Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 60,3 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown, beige pattern and pale beige spiral lines, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords and spiny shoulder. Yellowish/cream aperture and thick lip with teeth. Has few micro defects and slightly chipped protoconch. Self collected in sand among corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay Palawan April 1999

Oliva volvaroides Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful, unusual specimen from unusual area. Not sure about ID. Tones of orange and cream color background with few beige soft marks. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Korere Village, off Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1980