Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Limatula maoria Finlay 1927 Gorgeous Slender Species! F+++/Gem 21,4 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. White color with attractive fine sculpture. Dredged. Spirits Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

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

Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Thick Heavy! F+++ 77,9 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, grayish and beige color with brown spiral lines, attractive sculpture with shoulder and body knobs. Amazing cream, white, brown, yellow base with body color marks, aperture and thick lip with brown marks. Has micro defects. Trawled. Off Streaky Bay, South Australia 1990

Voluta Cymbiola moretonensis Bail & Limpus 1998 Gorgeous Large Spiny! F++ 61,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color and pale beige bands with blackish, brown, cream/white spots and marks, attractive spiny shoulder with brown lines. Cream,  pale yellowish/orange aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and chipped rough lip. Taken by nets at 180 m. Off Cape Moreton, Qld. Australia 1975

Haliotis australis Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous! F+++ 57,9 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream, beige, brown and pale orange color pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby ribs and fine cords. Inside iridescent bluish color with attractive sculpture. The margin has 14 mm. damage and two drill marks on the top. Taken under rock ledges at extreme low tide. Stewart Isl. New Zealand 1970

Voluta Cymbiola sophia (Gray 1846) Gorgeous Unique Color Spiny! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with blackish, brown, spots and marks, attractive perfect sharp spiny shoulder with brown lines. Cream,  pale yellowish aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Trawled in deep water. Off Palm Islands Group, Qld. Australia 1956

Cypraea catholicorum dwarf Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange color with clear cream/white spots and mantle line. White base and margins with few small beige soft spots. Dived at 8-10 m. under coral slabs on top of hard reef. Off Suharato Village, Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1995

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

Voluta Ericusa fulgetrum lunisligata Verco 1912 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 116,4 mm. Very beautiful hard to get. Cream color with attractive tones of brown, blackish and blue pattern. Tones of yellow, orange white base, aperture with blue marks and cream lip. Has nicks on the canal terminal. Dived at 12-15 m. in coarse sand. Off Port Lincoln, South Australia 2001

Cypraea poraria scarabeus Bory 1827 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 14,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color background with dense cream and brown ocellata spots. Callosus lavender nodulose margins and base, white teeth and aperture. From my personal collection. Qld. Australia 1974

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Greenish! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum greenish color with tones of brown, cream marks and dots, pale orange terminals. Cream, pale beige color margins and base with pale yellow teeth.  Palawan 2008

Carinodrillia braziliensis (E. A. Smith 1915) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and beige color, attractive sculpture with nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Cream/white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled  at 70-80 m. Off Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2000

Linatella caudata (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++ 47,9 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, brown. cream and white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown teeth. The protoconch and the canal are slightly chipped. Trawled at 30-40 m. Off Cuddalore, Southern Chennai (Madras), India 1983

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Double Pattern! F+++/Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with grayish marks and soft pale beige dots, then till labial margin typical brown, beige, cream, white pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with yellowish basal blotch and unusual strong white teeth. Has few small slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populatio...

Voluta Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color background with attractive orange pattern and marks. White aperture and orange lip. Has few healed slightly growth marks. Trawled on sand at 15-18 m. Off Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka 1980