Murex Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 88,6 mm. Very beautiful rare southern Brazil form. Cream/white and beige color bands with brown marks, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines and wings. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. The side of the canal and a lip spine are slightly chipped. Trawled at 200 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2006

Murex Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded!F+++/Gem W/O 87,2 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen from Flores Isl. White, beige and brown color bands with attractive almost perfect black spines. White aperture and orange lip with teeth. Has few micro defects/ Taken on coral and rocky bottom at 1-3 m.. Waicucu Beach, near Labuanbajo, Flores Islands, Indonesia 2005

Oliva incrassata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Heavy Superb! Gem 60,4 mm. Very beautiful and very heavy. Blue and cream color background with blue, black, brown, gray marks and dots. Cream, white base, aperture and lip with blackish, brown marks. Taken in or on sand at extreme low tide. San Felipe, Baja California, West Mexico 2003

Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 43,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale orange and beige color with cream/white spires and over the canal. White, cream, pale yellowish base, aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Cypraea algoensis Gray 1825 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum peach/cream color background with beige marks and dots. Callosus white color base and margins with black/brown spots. Dived at 20-30 m. taken alive on reef. Hout Bay area, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Province, South Africa 1980

Oliva polpasta Duclos 1833 Outstanding Green! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tone of green color background with attractive black pattern. Bluish/white base, aperture and dark grayish lip. Taken night on sand at very low tide. Gobernadora Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 1986

Strombus decorus raybaudi albinistic Nicolay & Manoja 1983 Outstanding Uncommon! F+++ W/O 51,7 mm. Also offered as Conomurex persicus (Swainson 1821). Very beautiful and glossy, lessepsian migrant species from Red Sea. White color with pale beige and yellowish soft marks. White and pale orange aperture and thin lip with beige marks. Has nicks on the upper lip. Collected from my daughter Korina by snorkeling at 2-3 m. on sand. Kiriamadi beach, Lasithi, North East Crete, Greece 18 August 20...

Cypraea pellucens alisonae Burgess 1983 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 28 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown blotch, beige, grayish marks and dots. White base and callosus margins with black, gray spots. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Ewa Beach, North Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii 1990

Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke 1959) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 19,8 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, brown, cream and yellowish color with white band attractive fine nodulose body cords and knobby ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige dots and teeth. Taken by lobster traps at 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1990

Cypraea marginalis pseudocellata Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Globose! Gem 24,5 mm. Very beautiful curious bump globose specimen from unusual area. Pale bluish color background with attractive small cream/white and large brown spots, pale bluish soft mantle line. Cream/white color base and nodulose margins with beige, gray soft spots. Taken under rocks at low tide. Aden area, Yemen 1987

Cypraea pallidula rhinoceros dwarf Souverbie 1865 Outstanding! Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful rare from Qld. Cream color background with soft grayish, beige, bluish marks and dots. Cream/white color base and margins. Taken under rocks at low tide. Swain Reefs, Qld. Australia 1974

Euthymella pyramidalis (A. Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch. Dredged on rubble and broken coral bottom at 100-120 m. Off Amami Isl. Southern Japan 1990

Voluta Ericusa sericata Thornley 1951 Gorgeous Large! F+++ 97,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and beige color with attractive pattern and bands. White, cream yellowish aperture and thick lip. Has a growth mark on the side and few micro defects. Trawled at 180-300 m. Off Cape Moreton, Qld. Australia 1980

Xenophora conchyliophora (Born 1780) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O H 30 W 73 mm. including the attachment. Very beautiful hard to get from Florida. Dorsum white color with attractive sculpture, has mostly pieces of stones and two bivalve attachment. Yellowish, white color base with nodulose cords. Cream, white aperture and lip. Dredged. Off Key Largo, Florida 1980

Voluta Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem W/O 68,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color background with attractive orange pattern and marks. White aperture and orange lip. Has few healed slightly growth marks. Trawled on sand at 15-18 m. Off Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka 1980

Voluta Alcithoe arabica (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown, blackish and tones of yellowish/beige, blue pattern and spiral knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch.. Taken alive in sand beach after storm. Waihi Beach, North Isl. New Zealand 2013