Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! Gem 26,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive large brown blotches, brown, beige marks and dots. White base and margins with orange, brown marks and pale beige soft small spots. Taken under coral slabs in shallow water. Dived at 10-15 m. in coral rubble. Bohol, Philippines 1970

Bulla vernicosa Gould 1859 Outstanding Strange Species! F+++/Gem 27,1 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with beige, brown attractive pattern. White aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Hikkaduwa, North Galle, Sri Lanka 1984

Cypraea turdus Lamarck 1810 Gorgeous Bluish Migrant! F+++/Gem 21,8 mm. Very beautiful migrant introduced in the Caribbean. Bluish color background with attractive black, beige and brown sparsely spots. White color base and margins with black, brown, beige spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Boca Catalina, Aruba 2025

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Heavy Callosus! Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Beige color background with grayish, beige, bluish soft marks and spots, attractive black and cream dorsal blotches. Cream, white and pale yellowish color base and callosus margins with gray, beige, brown spots. Taken muddy bottom at shallow water. Masirah Isl. Oman 2024

Voluta Amoria dampieria C. S. Weaver 1960 Gorgeous! F+++ 29,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with attractive dark brown axial lines. Yellowish/beige, white aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth defect and few nicks. Taken on muddy sand at low tide. Weld Id. off Orslow, Western Australia 1991

Monoplex kiiensis (G. B. Sowerby III 1915) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 33 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale beige color with attractive knobby ri and nodulose cords. White color ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken by lobster traps at 40-60 m. Minabe, Wakayana Pref. Japan 2008

Cominella maculosa (Martyn 1784) Outstanding Large! F+++ W/O 43 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream and white color with black, brown and blue marks. Yellow aperture with black marks and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Mt. Maunganui, North Isl. New Zealand 1994

Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby 1832 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 22,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale grayish color background with large beige band and beige dots. Cream, yellowish base and margins with brown spots. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks in reef, at low tide. Kinka Beach, Qld. Australia 1984

Cypraea cervus (Linne 1771) Gorgeous! F+++ 94,6 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Chocolate/brown color background with amazing cream, bluish/white clear spots and grayish mantle line. Margins and base tones of dark beige and blue/black color with bluish/white, cream spots, blue aperture and brown teeth. Has a healed slightly growth marks on the labial side and small nicks on the anterior terminal ridges doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From my personal collection. Florida 1974

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

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

Cypraea cinerea Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous! Gem 27,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale beige color soft bands with few dots. Cream/white color base, aperture and margins with black densely dots over the terminals. Dived at 5 m. under coral rubble. San Bernardo Isl. off Cartagena, Colombia 1990

Latiaxis armatus long spiny form (Sowerby 1912) Gorgeous White! Gem 21 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive granulose cords and long perfect spines. White ribbed aperture and spiny lip. Aliguay Isl. Mindanao 1999

Murex Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve 1845) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O 59,8 mm. Very beautiful. White, beige, brown, black color with attractive cords, lamellate wings and almost perfect long spines. White mature aperture and lip with brown  marks. Has few micro defects and chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Senegal 1990

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

Xymene plebeius (F. W. Hutton 1873) Outstanding Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown bands and attractive granulose large cords. Body color ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken on mussels beds at low tide. Whitianga, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand 1982