Cypraea pantherina albonitens Melvill 1888 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with brown, beige sparse spots and marks. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects.  Taken under dead corals at 5 m. Aden Gulf, Djibouti 1990

Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow Baby! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of yellow color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled. Off Taiwan, south China Sea 1960

Aequipecten glyptus (Verryll 1882) Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 49,5 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve white and cream color with attractive reddish/brown ribs and sculpture. Lower valve white and pale yellow color. Inside bluish/white color. Has nicks. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Dry Tortugas, Florida 1970

Cypraea pantherina Solander 1786 Gorgeous Yellowish White! F+++/Gem 68 mm. Very beautiful unique pattern. Tones of yellowish and white color background with black, beige, brown densely spots and marks, blue flashing. White base and margins with soft beige, grayish spots. Has few slightly irregularities on the dorsum. Taken under dead corals. Port Sudan, Sudan, Red Sea 1970

Scaeochlamys livida (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Yellow Large! F+++/Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of yellow color with attractive almost perfect lamella ribs. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Harvey Bay, Qld. Australia 2000

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Globose Large! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional.  From columellar margin till the the dorsum cream, white color with 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 reddish lip among the white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Gree...

Volachlamys singaporina (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 47,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale orange, brown, grayish and cream color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Dredged at 20 m. in sand. Great Sandy Straights, Frasor Isl. Qld. Australia 2003

Monoplex durbanensis (E. A. Smith 1899) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ 21,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and grayish color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords with brown lines. White, grayish mature knobby aperture and lip with teeth. The protoconch is chipped. Taken in low tide pools. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1970

Dolomena pulchella (Reeve 1851) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder corded on the lip side and ribbed spires. Cream/white, beige base, mature ribbed aperture and thick lip. Dredged on rubble at 20 m. Marau Sound, east Guadalcanal, Solomon Isl. 1970

Cypraea subviridis dorsalis Schilder & Schilder 1938 Outstanding Large Bluish Superb!Gem 36,3 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish color background with tones of brown, beige large blotches, marks and dots. White margins and base. From my personal collection. Intertidal under slabs on reef. Port Hedland, Western Australia 1975

Pleuroploca trapezium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Knobby! F++/F+++ W/O 142 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white and tone of yellowish/beige color with brown spiral lines and attractive large spiral knobs. Cream, white aperture with brown ribs and lip with beige marks and teeth, beige canal. Has slightly growth marks, small drill marks mostly on the top, micro defects and a nick on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Self collected on stones among sand at shallow water. Ao Na...

Murex Hexaplex trunculus (Linne 1758) Outstanding Extra large Spiny! Gem W/O 80 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream, white, bluish, grayish, beige, and brown color bands with attractive perfect shoulder spines, fine cords and spiral knobs. White, beige, gray mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth, brown, beige marks. Hard to find in so good quality and clean. Self collected on sand and rocks at 4-6 m. Voula Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

Limicolaria aurora suffusa (Reeve 1848) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 51,9 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive beige, brown marks and white shoulder fine nodulose line. White aperture and brown lip. Has a chip hole near the top, few micro defects and thin chipped lip. Taken in low bushes in mud flats. Umuagwa community, North Port Harcourd, Rivers State, Nigeria 2021

Gloripallium pallium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Purple!F+++/Gem 51,7 mm. Very beautiful. Purple, cream, black and white colors attractive pattern and almost perfect lamellate ribs. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Mirapecten rastellum (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Cream/Rose!F+++ 36,5 mm. Very beautiful special color. Upper valve cream color with attractive rose marks and lamellate side ribs, yellowish over the lip. Lower valve white color with soft rose marks and spiny ribs. Has few very small drill holes and micro defects. Cebu 2006