Cypraea lamarckii redimita phuketensis (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful flat and inflated exceptional specimen. Yellowish color with cream/white spots, white ring and pale black lines on the terminal. Hyper callosus white, yellow margins and base with yellowish/orange, black, brown, beige marks and spots. Dived at 10-15 m. between mud and sea anemones. Off South East coast of Phuket Isl. Thailand 2000

Cymatium parthenopeum echo Kuroda & Habe 1961 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful Japanese subspecies. Yellowish, cream beige color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white apex. Pale yellowish, white ribbed aperture and lip with black marks and white teeth. Has slightly chipped canal. Trawled at 5-10 fms. Minabe, Wakayana, Hinshu, Japan 1980

Seashells composition from auction August 2026

Voluta Saotomea delicata (Fulton 1940) Gorgeous Deep Water Species! Gem 32 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive ribs. White aperture and perfect lip. Trawled at 300 m. Off Mie Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan 1990

Cymatium nicobaricum (Roding 1798) Gorgeous From Maldives! F+++/Gem W/O 57,8 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. White color with black, brown, beige marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. White, orange mature ribbed aperture and knobby lip The protoconch is chipped. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Olhuveli Isl. Maldives 1984

Cypraea labrolineata dwarf (Gaskoin 1849) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 12,5 mm. Very beautiful with extended apex. Grayish/beige color background with clear cream/white spots, blue large mantle line and brown terminal marks. White, pale blue base and margins with brown spots. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Voluta Amoria undulata (Lamarck 1804) Gorgeous Bicolor! F+++/Gem 86,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Tones of yellow, orange color body and cream/white to the lip with attractive brown, black pattern. Cream/white, pale orange aperture and lip with black marks. Has few growth lines and a chip on the canal terminal. Trawled. Port Welshpool, S. Victoria, N.S.W. Australia 1993

Glyphostoma rostrata A. Sysoev & Ph. Bouchet 2001 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale yellowish color with white, brown bands, beige marks, attractive fine nodulose cords and spiral knobs. Amazing white knobby aperture, brown and white lip with fine teeth. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2005

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

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Pollia undosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 32,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, pale yellow and black color attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and yellow lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Rainmaker Hotel, Pago-Pago, Tutuila Isl. American Samoa 1986

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

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Bluish! F+++/Gem 45,5 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve bluish, brown, beige, cream and white color attractive pattern with nodulose body and ribs. Lower valve white, gray and yellowish/cream color. Taken on sand at extreme low tide. Cape Cod area, Massachusetts 1981

Chlamys farreri (K. H. Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Large Colorful! F+++/Gem 65,3 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, orange, pink, cream and white color pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nishinoshima Isl. Oki Isl. group, Shimane pref. Japan 1996