Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Melanistic! F++/F+++ 66 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum melanistic and the sides cream, yellow color background with black spots. White margins and base with brown, bluish, black spots. Has sand grains on the dorsum. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Babylonia valentiana Swainson 1822 Gorgeous Giant Heavy! F++/F+++ 68,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with attractive bluish, mauve, beige, gray, brick and brown pattern. Body color and white base, aperture and lip. Has two growth marks, few micro defects and a chip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Hafun, Somalia 1990

Strombus latus arenensis Bernard 1982 Gorgeous Large! F++ 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale yellow, cream color with small spiral knobs. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and grayish lip. Has a healed drill mark on the base, micro defects, chipped apex, canal and upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Natica tigrina (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 26 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown, gray, bluish and black spots. White base, spotted aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Pelangi Resort Beach, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia 2003

Semicassis labiata (G. Perry 1811) Gorgeous Large! F+++ W/O 59,8 mm. Very beautiful, no more like that. Grayish, beige, brown and cream color attractive pattern. Cream, white, beige base, aperture and thick lip with beige, brown marks and teeth. Has healed slightly growth marks. Trawled at 50-80 m. Jervis Bay, NSW. Australia 1980

Voluta Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color background with attractive orange pattern and marks. White aperture and orange lip. Has few healed slightly growth marks. Trawled on sand at 15-18 m. Off Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka 1980

Pelicaria vermis flemingi (Neefs 1970) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of pale yellowish/beige, cream and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords. Amazing cream, white mature base, aperture and thick lip. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged for beach renourishment. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 2004

Aliger gallus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 110,4 mm. From finger to canal. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with white, cream, brown and beige marks, attractive shoulder knobs and nodulose cords. Pale orange, yellowish cream, white base, aperture and lip. Has a small drill hole on spires, few nicks on the finger and the canal. Dived at 20-30 m. in coral sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2025

Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot 1786) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 51,1 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of yellowish, white and cream color with attractive  knobby brown bands, beige spiral lines and fine nodulose cords. White knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at shallow water (natural habitat). Muizenberg, South Africa 1966

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Gerontic Unusual! Gem 71,7 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum and columellar side sky/blue and white color background with attractive sparsely black spots and few orange marks marks, labial side sky/blue and white color background with large black marks and orange mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with black, beige spots and bluish basal blotch. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008