Glyphostoma rostrata A. Sysoev & Ph. Bouchet 2001 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 26,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale yellowish color with white, brown bands, beige marks, attractive fine nodulose cords and spiral knobs. Amazing white knobby aperture, brown and white lip with fine teeth. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 2005

Oliva tigrina Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Yellow Blue Spots!F+++/Gem 41 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Pale yellow color background with attractive tones of  blue spots. White, pale bluish base, aperture and thick lip with black spots. Has slightly chipped protoconch and two irregularities. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Diego Suarez Isl. Madagascar 2016

Cypraea stolida crossei Marie 1869 Gorgeous Special Local Form! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful hard to get from this area. Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Marau Sound, Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1960

Cypraea saulae siasiensis Cate 1960 Gorgeous! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown blotch. Cream/white margins and base with beige, blackish and brown spots, pale yellowish teeth. From my personal collection. Sulu Sea, Philippines 1978

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

Semicassis pyrum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Globose! F++/F+++ W/O 58,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with pale orange, beige soft marks and knobby shoulder. White aperture and lip with brown, black marks. Has few slightly small growth marks and lines, chipped upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken wash up alive after cyclone. Te Arai Point, North Isl. New Zealand 2014

Cellana ornata (Dillwyn 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem H 8,2 W 25 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum yellowish, bluish, cream and black color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose ribs. Amazing dorsum color nodulose inside and perfect lip. Taken on rocks at low tide. Tindals Bay, Whanga Paraoa, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

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

Cypraea globulus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellow/orange! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow/orange color with pale mauve soft spots. Yellow/orange margins and base with mauve spots. From my personal collection. Erakor Isl. Port Vila, Efate Vanuatu 1974

Acanthocardia tuberculata Albinistic (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Uncommon! Gem H 39 W 40 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale bluish color with attractive sculpture and knobby side ribs. Taken in sand at 4-5 m.. Aegina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2005

Cypraea histrio (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Humped! Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color background with attractive brown over lined pale bluish, cream and white large spots, pale bluish mantle line and humped dorsum. Cream/white, blue color base and callosus margins with large black spots and brown teeth. From my personal collection. Taken under coral in shallow water. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1973

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Cypraea coxeni Cox 1873 Gorgeous Superb Large! Gem 25,5 mm. Very beautiful Munda Isl. form. Cream/white color background with attractive blackish and brown marks. Callosus cream/white margin and base with strong teeth. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Kokenggolo, Munda Isl. Solomon's Islands 1940

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener 1840) Gorgeous Cute Specimen! F++ 103 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, beige, yellowish color attractive cords and spiral knobs. Cream aperture and lip. Has a growth scar over the siphon, micro defects and a chip. Taken on shallow grass flat at low tide at night. Sarasota, Florida 1976