Bulla occidentalis A. Adams 1850 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 31 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige, gray, blackish marks and spots, fine cords on lower body. Bluish, white aperture and lip. Has a slightly growth mark and nicks Taken on sand near small cave. San Pedro, Belize 1987

Oliva parkinsoni Prior 1975 Gorgeous Rare Solomon Islands form! Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful rare Solomon islands form!. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive orange pattern, cream shoulder with brown axial lines. White, cream, pale yellow base, aperture, lip and canal. Dived night at 90 feet in coral sand. Anuha Isl. Florida Group, Solomon Islands 1996

Phos blainvillei Deshayes 1832 Gorgeous Orange Aperture! F+++/Gem W/O 18,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and fine nodulose body cords. Orange ribbed aperture with brown marks and white lip with fine teeth. Dived at 10 m. on sand and rubble. Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 1979

Voluta Cymbiola moretonensis Bail & Limpus 1998 Gorgeous Spiny Superb! Gem 45,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and tones of orange color with blackish, brown, beige spots, attractive spiny shoulder with brown lines. Cream, white, pale yellowish/orange aperture and lip. Taken by nets at 100 m. Off Cape Moreton, Qld. Australia 1990

Cypraea moneta barthelemyi Bernardi 1861 Gorgeous Yellow Hypercallosa! Gem 27,9 mm. Very beautiful. Yellow color with greenish soft bands. Hyper callosus yellow color margins and base with white teeth. From my personal collection. Kurrimi, North Qld. Australia 1974

Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born 1778) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O H 15 W 16 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive gray pattern and black marks. Rose, yellowish base, aperture and grayish lip with fine teeth. Has a chip and a nick. Taken on rocks at low tide. Malololailai Isl. Fiji 1992

Canarium ochroglottis (Abbott 1960) Gorgeous Yellowish/orange! F+++/Gem 27 mm. Very beautiful glossy special color, hard to get from this area. Yellowish/orange color with attractive knobby shoulder, corded over the lip and low body. White and pale yellow ribbed aperture and thick lip with fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Somalia 2012

Maurea selecta (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 40 W 49,1 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with attractive beige and white nodulose cords Cream/white flat base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish iridescent corded aperture and lip.  Has chipped rough lip. Trawled at 20-30 fathoms. Off Whangarei, Taukikura, New Zealand 1976

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under rocks. Malolo Lailai Isl. Mamanuca Islands, Fiji 1991

Voluta Amoria damonii Gray 1864 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with tones of brown, yellowish/beige and gray attractive pattern, black shoulder marks and blue marks over the canal. Pale orange/beige, cream, white aperture and lip with brown dots. Has nicks. Taken on sand in shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2000

Argonauta argo Linne 1758 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 154,9 mm. Very beautiful. White body color, attractive sculpture with large cords and white, black, brown dorsal spines. Taken floating along the coast. Off Palawan Isl. Philippines 1980

Ficus ficus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 85,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish/beige and white color with attractive orange/brown marks and dots, fine nodulose sculpture and cords. Cream/white, yellowish/beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the lip side of low body, few micro defects, a chip on the the lip and on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Cape Moreton, Southern Qld. Australia 1990's

Laevichlamys superficialis (Forsskal 1775) Gorgeous Superb Dark! Gem 47 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, beige, reddish and tones of brown color attractive pattern with nodulose body and ribs with white lamellas. Dived under coral slabs. Dahab, North Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea 1980

Strombus decorus raybaudi Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Gorgeous Exceptional Zigzag Pattern! F+++ W/O 35,1 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with attractive brown and beige zigzag pattern. Bluish/white aperture and thin lip with brown marks. Has slightly rough lip and a chip on the canal. Collected from my daughter Vicky by snorkeling at 4-5 m. on sand. Angistri Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece August...

Cypraea tigris dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 57,3 mm. Very beautiful, special color and heavy. Cream/white colors background with attractive black, blue, orange densely spots and marks, yellow mantle line. Callosus white margins and base with bluish, gray, black spots and pale grayish basal blotch. Self collected among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Arena Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999