Voluta Amoria zebra (Leach 1814) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 39,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of dark yellow and cream color with attractive black, brown axial lines, black shoulder marks and top. White, cream aperture and thick lip. Has little chipped canal terminal. Taken on sand at low tide. Seaforth Beach, Qld. Australia 1980

Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (Reeve 1843) Gorgeous Cream! F+++/Gem W/O 49,5 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and white color with attractive granulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip. The protoconch and the canal terminal are slightly chipped. Trawled. Honshu, Japan 1970

Cypraea nucleus madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Exceptional Knobby! Gem 19,9 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. Bluish/white color, attractive sculpture with cream knobs and cords, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and corded base. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Khuria Muria Isl. South West Oman 1980

Cypraea lurida dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Lilliput! F+++ 26,8 mm. Very beautiful little jewel. Beige color with cream bands. Cream color margins and base, orange canals and terminals with black blotches. Has slightly erosion on the base. Mediterranean populations are now protected. From my personal collection. From Greek trawler. Unknown locality 1973

Mitra barbadensis striatula (Schroter 1804) Outstanding! Gem  28,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color with white marks and attractive fine brown cords. Grayish, beige, cream aperture and lip with teeth Dived at 20-30 feet on rocks crevices. Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera Isl. Bahamas 1997

Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875) Gorgeous Dark Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and white color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Cayar, Senegal 1999

Cypraea cervinetta Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Southern Range Form! F+++ 65,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color background with soft grayish bands, attractive clear cream/white spots and mantle line. Margins and base beige, gray color with white spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and a small drill hole on the base. Taken under rocks at 2-5 m. Noboa View, Punta Blanca, Santa Elena, Ecuador 2000

Pseudosimnia carnea (Poiret 1789) Outstanding Colorful! Gem 18 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of violet, pale grayish and cream color bands. White margin, pale yellowish lip. lavender base and violet canal. Dived at 20 m. on red and pink coral. Malaga, Andalucia, Spain 1990

Drymaeus terreus aff. (Simone 2015) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, blue, brown and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture. Body color aperture and white lip. Has few nicks. Taken on limestone outcrop at 650-690 m. Pedra da Fartura, near Unai, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2020

Granulifusus consimilis Garrad 1966 Outstanding! F++ 26,4 mm. Very beautiful fragile Australian form. Cream and pale beige color with attractive granulose cords. White aperture and lip. Has thin immature chipped lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dredged at 200-300 m. Off Gladstone, Capricorn Channel, Qld. Australia 1985

Nodipecten arthriticus (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Large Dark Red! F+++/Gem 78,5 mm. Very beautiful heavy and colorful. Upper valve dark red color with black, brown, beige lines and white marks, attractive few orange knobs and fine lamellas. Lower valve orange/brick, brown and blackish color rays with white dots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 15-20 m. in sand between rocks. Bajo Cope, Ayangue, Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador 2017

Porphyrobaphe iostoma aff. (Sowerby 1824) Gorgeous! F+++ 61,5 mm. Very beautiful new subspecies or even a full new species from the highland of Salango isl. Cream, pale bluish and pale beige color, attractive sculpture with ribs. Amazing tick lavender lip, deep mauve, bluish/white, yellowish/cream aperture and base. Has few slightly growth marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on bushes at 80-100 m. High, on the plateau of Isla Salango side, Manabi, Ecuador 2015

Vasticardium angulatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 75,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with soft yellowish and few pink marks, attractive sculpture, knobby and spiny ribs. Taken on coral sand at low tide. Kamiyama Isl. Okinawa, Japan 1970's

Indothais sacellum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Huge Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 41,2 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, beige and yellow color with attractive spiral lamellate spines and cords. White mature ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the low dorsum. Taken in shallow water. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1981

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003