Mimachlamys gloriosa (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++/Gem 20 mm. Very beautiful rare color from unusual locality. Orange and cream color attractive pattern and sculpture with spiny ribs. Dredged at 80 m. Madang, North coast Papua New Guinea 1980

Mitra barbadensis striatula (Schroter 1804) Outstanding! Gem  28,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brown and beige color with white marks and attractive fine brown cords. Grayish, beige, cream aperture and lip with teeth Dived at 20-30 feet on rocks crevices. Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera Isl. Bahamas 1997

Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Dark!Gem 16,7 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population from offshore reef. Orange/brown color background with densely cream and beige ocellata spots. White base and callosus nodulose margins with black spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. 30 km South East off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Cypraea ocellata Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large! Gem 26,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange color background with pale bluish mantle line, attractive black ocellata and cream/white clear spots. White, beige/cream color margins and base with blackish, beige and pale grayish spots. Taken under slabs at low tide. Negombo Reef, West coast Sri Lanka 1980

Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 62,9 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, brown, bluish, gray and beige color attractive pattern. White, bluish/white, blue base, aperture, lip with brown marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at shallow water. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Cypraea cylindrica lenella dwarf Iredale 1939 Gorgeous Sky/blue! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of sky/blue color banded background with beige marks and dots, blackish terminal marks. White, sky/blue color base and margins with two brown spots. From my personal collection. Rocky reef under stone at low tide. Shoal Point, Mackay, West Australia 1974

Chlamys farreri (K. H. Jones & Preston 1904) Gorgeous Large Colorful! F+++/Gem 65,3 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, orange, pink, cream and white color pattern, attractive sculpture with large lamellate and fine nodulose ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Nishinoshima Isl. Oki Isl. group, Shimane pref. Japan 1996

Cypraea zebra dissimilis Schilder 1924 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++ 77,5 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get like this. Dark brown and blackish color band with white, cream clear spots and grayish mantle line. Dark beige color base with grayish marks and margins with cream spots, black and brown teeth. Has slightly irregularities and micro defects. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2023

Cypraea carneola (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb!Gem 33 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color banded dorsum with bluish/white soft ring. Cream margins and base with dark lavender aperture. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Pisania auritula (Link 1807) Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 28 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white, bluish, beige and brown color pattern and attractive subculture with knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Lindapecten muscosus (Wood 1828) Gorgeous Light color! F+++/Gem 41,9 mm. Very beautiful hard to get from Mexico. Pale beige, cream and pale yellowish color with attractive fine nodulose body and spiny ribs. Trawled at 15 fms. North Cape Francisco, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 1975

Mimachlamys crassicostata (Sowerby 1842) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++/Gem 74,8 mm. Very beautiful. Multicolor attractive pattern and sculpture with lamellate ribs. Trawled at 10-15 m. Sea of Japan 1987

Agaronia gibbosa (Born 1778) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 46,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Tones of blue, pale yellowish, grayish and cream color pattern with brown and blackish marked band on low body. Bluish, white base, aperture and brown lip. Has a chip on the upper lip. Trawled at 20-40 m. Kanyakumari, Southern India 2011

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Yellowish!Gem 34,4 mm. Very beautiful local form. Pale yellowish and cream/white color background with attractive beige and brown densely spots. White color base and margins with few soft beige spots. Taken on reef in very shallow water. Plate Siesta, Djibouti City, Djibouti, East Africa 2010

Nodipecten subnodosus (Sowerby 1835) Gorgeous Orange Superb! F+++/Gem 118 mm. Very beautiful uncommon color. Tones of dark orange color. attractive sculpture with  knobs over umbo, nodulose and lamellate body and large ribs. Has few chips. Trawled. Baja California, West Mexico 1990

Harpa doris Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 54,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, beige pattern and reddish/orange large marks, spiny shoulder. Ribs with cream, beige, black, brown marks and lines. Cream, pale orange aperture with gray, black marks and lip with teeth, blackish and brown base blotches. From Greek trawlers. Senegal, West Africa 1978

Semipallium flavicans (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! Gem 43,3 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black, brown and beige marks and pattern, nodulose body and ribs. Taken under dead corals in shallow water. Tawi-Tawi Isl. SW Mindanao, Philippines 2015