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

Afer cumingii (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Large! F+++  83 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get nowadays. Cream/white and yellowish beige color with attractive nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with strong teeth. Has three slightly growth marks on the spires and a very small drill. Trawled at 60 fathoms. Off South West Taiwan 1980

Penion cuvierianus (A. W. B. Powell 1927) Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem W/O 125,2 mm. Very beautiful north Isl. form. White, cream and yellowish/beige color with brown marks. attractive spiral knobs and nodulose cords. White base, ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has few micro defects. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Little Barrier Isl. North Isl. New Zealand 1980

Megapitaria maculata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 46 W 56,7 mm. Very beautiful, glossy and heavy. Yellowish color with attractive multicolor pattern and fine cords. Taken on sand at 3-6 m. Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2017

Argonauta hians Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 60 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords and black dorsal knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Trawled. Off South West Taiwan 1970

Cymatium nicobaricum (Roding 1798) Gorgeous From Solomon Isl.!Gem 51,7 mm. Very beautiful from rare locality. White color with black, brown, beige, gray marks, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose cords. White, orange mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth . Taken under rocks in shallow water. Langa Langa Lagoon, Malaita Isl. Solomon Islands 1987

Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn 1817) Gorgeous Large! F+++ H 39,6 W 42,7 mm. Very beautiful heavy. Cream, white color with attractive tones of brown, beige pattern and fine spiny large cords. Has few chips. Dived at 25-35 m. in sand. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2022

Marinula filholi F. W. Hutton 1878 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color body and yellowish/cream top. Amazing bluish/white, pale yellow aperture with large teeth and lip. Has a chip. Taken at low tide. Takapuna Reef Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1981

Distorsio decussata (Valenciennes 1832) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem W/O 63 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with pale yellowish band and attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Yellowish/beige, white base. aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. Has a growth line on the spires and slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged at 60-80 feet. Afuera Canal, Chiriqui Bay, West Panama 2014

Cymatium gutturnium (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb!F+++/Gem 90,9 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with brown, beige axial lines and yellowish marks, attractive sculpture with spiny, large sculptured cords and granulose cords. Amazing reddish/orange, yellowish, white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch and  the outer lip are little chipped. Dived at 12-15 m. under coral slabs Negros Isl. Philippines 2008

Meiocardia cumingi (A. Adams 1864) Gorgeous! F+++ 19,5 mm. Small but very beautiful. Milky white color with attractive cords. Has a chip on the upper lip and few nicks. Bantayan Isl. North Cebu 2007

Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 Gorgeous Superb Long spines! F+++ 120 mm. Including the spines. Body size 75 mm. Very beautiful. Upper and lower valve white color with pale orange umbo, attractive almost perfect very long spines and rays of small sharp body spines in upper and lower valve. Has small worm drills on lower valve and chipped some small body spines doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Dived at 10-20 m. Palm Beach, Florida 1974

Gibberulus albus (Morch 1850) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem, W/O 55,9 mm. Very beautiful. White, yellowish, beige color soft pattern. White, pinkish aperture and lip. Taken in sand at 12 feet. Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat, north Red Sea, Israel 1970

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea boivinii Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Ocellata spots! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with violet over line gray ocellata spots. White nodulose margins and base. Mactan Isl. Cebu 2008

Cypraea lurida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Dark Large! F++/F+++ 47,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Grayish/brown color with pale grayish soft bands. Beige, white color callosus margins and base, orange canals and black terminals blotches. Has slightly growth lines, micro defects and small blotch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. Self collected under large stones at 4-5 m. Offshore Reef 2 miles off from Voula Bay, Saro...