Oliva volvaroides Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Unusual! Gem 21,1 mm. Very beautiful, unusual specimen from unusual area. Not sure about ID. Tones of orange and cream color background with few beige soft marks. Cream, white aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Korere Village, off Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1980

Cymatium parthenopeum juvenile (von Salis 1793) Outstanding! F++ 79,3 mm. Very beautiful rare west Africa specimen. Pale yellowish, cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large and thin nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thin immature lip with beige marks. Has slightly chipped protoconch. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1975

Cypraea angelicae dwarf Clover 1974 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. White callosus margins and base with pale yellow columellar teeth. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Off Libreville, Gabon 1990

Cypraea childreni Gray 1825 Gorgeous Huge! F+++/Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with attractive sharp cords and mantle line. Yellowish, cream corded base and margins. Taken under dead corals at 2-3 m. Off Eastern Samar Is. Leyte, Philippines 1980

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

Cypraea fuscorubra Shaw 1909 Gorgeous Extra Large! Gem 37,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive beige marks. Callosus cream/white color margins and base. Dived at 20 m. under rocks. False Bay area, Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 60,3 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Yellowish/beige color with attractive black bands and sculpture with knobby shoulder. Yellowish ribbed aperture and lip with blackish marks and fine teeth. Taken on shallow water. Honiara, Solomon Islands 1980

Fusitriton oregonensis (Redfield 1846) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 108,5 mm. White color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and lip. Has shipped protoconch and few micro defects. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Graham Isl. British Columbia, Canada 1967

Cypraea bistrinotata Schilder & Schilder 1937 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 13,5 mm. Very beautiful strange smooth deep water form. Yellowish/cream color with beige blotches and brown, beige spots. Yellowish cream color margins and base without basal blotches. Trawled at 100-150 m. Off Senkaku Islands, SW Okinawa, Japan 1970

Voluta Amoria undulata (Lamarck 1804) Gorgeous Bicolor! F+++/Gem 86,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Tones of yellow, orange color body and cream/white to the lip with attractive brown, black pattern. Cream/white, pale orange aperture and lip with black marks. Has few growth lines and a chip on the canal terminal. Trawled. Port Welshpool, S. Victoria, N.S.W. Australia 1993

Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous Shallow Water Form! F+++/Gem W/O 82,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige and white color attractive pattern with blackish spiral lines and knobs. Bluish/white ribbed aperture and pale yellow lip with brown teeth. Has a small chip on the canal. Taken on rocks in shallow water. Mar Grande, Itaparica Isl. Bahia, Brazil 2022

Amalda dimidiata (G. B. Sowerby II 1859) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 27,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get this size nowadays. Tones of orange, cream and pale beige color. Orange, cream color aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks on low lip. Trawled in sand at 40-45 m. Off Cape of Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1997

Oliva australis Duclos 1835 Outstanding! Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with beige, brown spots, brown shoulder marks and over the canal. White aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Port Lincoln, South Australia 1984

Mirapecten rastellum albinistic (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++ 35,3 mm. The correct color is not too bluish. Very beautiful special color. White color with rose band over the umbo and brown marks on the side, attractive lamellate and spiny ribs. Has few worm marks. Cebu 2007

Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 123,4 mm. W/O Very beautiful and heavy. Cream and white color background with attractive brown, beige, orange, black, blue pattern and marks, small shoulder spines. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and lip with black marks  Has undulations normal for this species, little chipped canal terminal and nicks on the lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 15 fathoms. Off north Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 1970

Cypraea gaskoini Reeve 1846 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 20,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with attractive clear large cream/white and mantle line. White base and margins with brown spots. Dived at 20 m. under dead coral slab. Makua, Oahu, Hawaii 2015

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

Oliva sericea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 66,5 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream, white color background with amazing black, gray, blue pattern. Cream,, white yellowish base, aperture and thick lip. Has irregularities over the lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Goodenough Isl. (Nidula Isl.), Papua New Guinea,  late XIX Century