Voluta Alcithoe arabica swainsoni Marwick 1926 Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++/Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, yellowish and white color with attractive brown, blackish and beige pattern. Cream/white color aperture and yellowish thick lip. Has chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Codfish Isl. Stewart Isl. South Isl. New Zealand 1981

Euthymella elegans (Hinds 1843) Gorgeous Superb Knobby! F+++/Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream/white color aperture and lip. Taken at 1-2 m. on coral rubble. Riroa, Tuamotu, French Polynesia 2003

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard, 1858) Gorgeous Dark Knobby! F+++/Gem 83 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of purple, orange, black and cream/white color with attractive large densely knobs and slightly nodulose ribs. Lower valve cream, white, purple, orange and violet color. Trawled. Off Iwate, North Hoshu, Japan 2000

Calliostoma ornatum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 20 mm. Very beautiful, special cape St. Francis form. Yellowish/beige color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and  lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Cape St. Francis, Cape Province, South Africa 1977

Decatopecten radula juvenile (Linne 1758) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 27,1 Upper valve cream/white color with pale yellow umbo. Lower valve cream/white color with brick and white pattern, pale yellow umbo. Has a small chip on the ear of the upper valve. Philippines 2007

Strombus latus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 98,4 mm. Very beautiful glossy and heavy. Tones of brown color with attractive white pattern and sculpture with large spiral knobs. White, pale beige aperture and grayish thick lip. Has chipped apex and a chip on the canal. Taken by nets at 20-30 m. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana 2024

Ovula Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams 1854) Outstanding Rose!Gem 8,6 mm. Very pretty. Rose color with cream soft central band, fine cords. Pinkish/cream margin and lip with fine teeth and red terminals. Bohol 2006

Murex Siratus formosus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful looks between tenuivaricosus and springeri. White color with pale yellowish/beige soft marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, very long perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken by nets at 30-40 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1994

Conus dalli Stearns 1873 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color marks with blackish axial streaks, attractive beige bands, white with black and brown over line pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has a chip on the upper lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Las Perlas Archipelago, West Panama 1978

Calliostoma sp. Gorgeous! F+++ 16,4 mm. Very beautiful new species. Yellowish/beige color with orange marks, brown soft spiral lines and attractive subculture with white knobby shoulder and cream nodulose cords. Base yellowish color with brown spiral lines and cream/white nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent color ribbed aperture and lip. Has a growth mark on the base shoulder and chipped lip. Dived at 10-20 m. under dead coral on reef. Off Alcobaca, southern Bahia, Brazil 2022

Swiftopecten swiftii (Bernard 1858) Gorgeous Pinkish! Gem 96 mm. Very beautiful from unusual area. Upper valve tones of pinkish, purple and cream color with attractive knobs and nodulose ribs. Lower valve white, purplish and violet color with yellow umbo. Trawled at 3-500 m. Off Busan, China Sea, South Korea 1980

Cypraea nucleus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background, attractive sculpture with cream strong nodules, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream/white color margins and corded base. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998

Cochlorina lateralis (Menke 1828) Gorgeous! Gem H 21 W 26 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with beige, brown marks, attractive sculpture and black apex. White color aperture with blackish lines and lip. Taken on vegetation (bushes), Tropical Rain Forest. Maroba, Presidente Kennedy, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Pisania bernardoi P.M.S. Costa & R.S. Gomes 1998 Outstanding! Gem 14,9 mm. Very nice. Corded, brown color with white and cream marks, bluish/white aperture and lip with teeth. Dived at 20-25 feet in dead coral. The Roques Venezuela 2008

Vasticardium elongatum (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous Large Heavy! F+++/Gem 81,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with purplish, pale pink, brown, beige, lavender marks, attractive spiny ribs and sculpture. Trawled. Pattani, Thailand 1980's

Cypraea isabella controversa dwarf Gray 1824 Gorgeous Super Slender Lilliput! Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with black axial stripes and dots. Margins and base white, cream color with orange terminals and  orange/brown terminal marks. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

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

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus Turner & Marrow 2001 Gorgeous!Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige and brown spiral marks, attractive sculpture with granulose ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. From tangle net at 140-240 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2002