Murex Homalocantha melanamathos (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful. White body color and beige early whorls with attractive nodulose cords and perfect black spiny varices. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Off Point Pongara, Gabon 1980

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Elongate Black Blotch! Gem 66,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and sky/blue color background with black, brown densely spots, black blotch and yellow, orange mantle line. White base and margins with black and blue spots. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Conus vimineus Reeve 1849 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 34,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with pale beige soft marks and attractive fine nodulose cords. White, cream aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Negros Isl. Philippines 2008

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Multicolor! F+++ 33,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Bluish, white aperture and lip. Has damaged body inside the aperture doesn't detract detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Ha' Apai Islands, Tonga, Polynesia 1972

Harpa cabritii Fischer 1860 Gorgeous Superb Colorful! Gem 54,2 mm. I just followed the original labe but I assume it is Harpa harpa Linne 1758. Small but the most beautiful looks almost a new species! Blackish, blue, brown, beige, violet, cream, white color attractive pattern and spiny shoulder. Tones of orange, black, cream, gray ribs. Black and yellow base. Multicolor aperture and body color perfect lip. Taken in sand at shallow water. Maldives 1990

Cypraecassis testiculus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 60,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige, white and cream color attractive pattern and sculpture. Full mature yellowish/cream, white base, aperture and thick lip with black, beige marks and white teeth. Has little chipped canal terminals. Taken in sand between rocks. Port Louis, Martinique 1957

Cypraea ziczac (Linne 1758) Outstanding Superb! Gem 15,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with attractive beige and white typical ziczac pattern, brown spots over the terminals. Margins and base pale yellow, orange color with black and brown spots. Masbate Isl. Philippines 2007

Strombus decorus raybaudi albinistic Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++ W/O 51,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with pale beige and yellowish soft marks. White and pale orange aperture and thin lip with beige marks. Has nicks on the upper lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand. Kiriamadi beach, Lasithi, North East Crete, Greece 18 August 20...

Voluta Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, blackish and tones of yellowish/beige, blue pattern and spiral knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch.. Taken alive in sand beach after storm. Waihi Beach, North Isl. New Zealand 2013

Cypraea zebra Linne 1758 Gorgeous Extra Large Inflated! F+++ 86,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and chocolate color bands with cream, white and some ocellata spots, cream mantle line. Beige color base and margins with white and blackish with white over line ocellata spots, blackish and brown teeth. Has few micro defects and healed defects on the anterior extremities terminal ridges. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Marathon Key, Florida 1995

Stramonita canaliculata (Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 37 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of blue and white color with blackish, brown, gray marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the side. Taken on rocks at low tide. Port St. Joe Bay, Gulf County, N.W. Florida 1989

Conus petestimpsoni (Petuch & Berschauer 2016) Gorgeous Superb Orange Baby! F+++/Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful, looks almost a different species. Orange color with soft cream band and blackish dots, brown and white shoulder. Cream and pale orange aperture and lip. Taken by nets at 150-200 m. Off Farol de Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 19,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, brown, cream and yellowish color with white band attractive fine nodulose body cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps at 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1990

Conus tinianus Hwass 1792 Gorgeous! F++ 44,7 mm. Very beautiful with attractive shape. White and pale bluish color with attractive tones of brown and beige marks and dots, pinkish/cream top. Beige, cream aperture and lip. Has small slightly growth marks and micro defects, chipped rough lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dredged at 45 m. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 2010

Euplica testudinaria (Link 1807) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, from unusual locality. Black and white color attractive pattern and fine cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. Taken in shallow water. Gulf of Oman 1983

Murex Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg 1927) Gorgeous Superb Long Spines!F+++/Gem W/O 75 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellow color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords, perfect long spines. White mature ribbed aperture and cream lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the dorsum and nicks on the side of the canal. Taken by lobster nets at 30-40 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo State, Brazil 2023