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

Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes 1832) Gorgeous Great Specimen! F+++/Gem 42,9 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of gray, blackish, bluish and cream color attractive sculpture with granulose cords and knobby shoulder. Gray, cream mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a growth defect over the siphon. Taken on rocks in very muddy sand at low tide. Keppel Bay, Qld. Australia 1973

Murex Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 34,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive black perfect spiny varices and lamellate cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken intertidally. Dampier Salt, North Western Australia 1960

Conus testudinarius Hwass 1792 Gorgeous! F++ 62,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. White color with attractive brown, beige pattern. White, bluish, grown aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and chipped rough upper side of the lip. Dived at 15-20 in sand between rocks. Off Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Conus ogum (Petuch & R. F. Myers 2014) Gorgeous Large Orange Knobby! Gem 20 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream and white color attractive pattern with extremely knobby cords. Orange, cream aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in coral sand at extreme low tide . Berlink Beach, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2022

Anachis varia (Sowerby 1832) Gorgeous Colorful!F+++/Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, yellowish, grayish, cream, white and beige color with attractive ribs and nodulose cords. Body color ribbed aperture and pale beige lip. Taken under rocks at low tide. Venado Beach, West Panama 1980

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

Argopecten gibbus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White Black Special! F+++/Gem H 35 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve white color with attractive black pattern and large ribs. Lower valve white color with cream/beige soft band. Trawled at 25-30 m. Port Canaveral, Florida 1980

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus! Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 74,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and brown color with brown spiral lines, attractive nodulose sculpture with ribs, shoulder and body knobs. Cream, white, beige base, aperture and lip with beige, brown marks. Has few nicks on the canal. Dived night at 25 m. on sand. Middleton Beach, Albany, South West Western Australia 2002

Voluta Alcithoe arabica depressa (Suter 1908) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 74,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, black and tones of yellowish/beige pattern and knobby shoulder. Pale bluish, beige, cream color aperture and lip with black marks. Has chipped protoconch. Taken in shallow water. Manukau Harbor, North Isl. New Zealand 1932

Cypraea coronata debruini Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 30,5 mm. Very beautiful special Atlantic form. Dorsum cream/white color background with attractive yellowish//beige blotches and marks. Cream, white color base and granulose margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Dived at 40 m. on soft coral on reef. Hout Bay (Atlantic), Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Voluta Enaeta cumingii (Broderip 1832) Gorgeous Colorful! Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern. Cream aperture and thick lip with beige dots. Dredged at 50-60 m. Smith Isl. Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, West Mexico 1990

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

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Outstanding Large! F+++ 55,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish and pale reddish color banded dorsum. Pale grayish, cream margins and base with lavender aperture. Has slightly irregularities and two small defects on the labial margin doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Surigao Isl. Mindanao 2008

Cypraea arabica immanis Schilder & Schilder 1939 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,3 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish, cream color background with attractive extended tip, dark brown pattern and gray marks. Callosus beige, cream color margins with blackish, brown, gray, beige spots. Base grayish and prune color with blackish spots, brown teeth. Has few micro defects. From my personal collection. Vipingo North Cost, Kenya 1976