Cypraea artuffeli Outstanding Rare Form Banded! F+++/Gem 13,3 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish/cream and tones of brown color bands. White margins and base. Has a micro defect. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Shionomisaki, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan 2017

Eudolium pyriformis (G. B. Sowerby III 1914) Outstanding Rare Japanese Specimen! F+++/Gem 44,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive cords. White ribbed aperture and cream lip with large teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 150-300 m. Off Shiona, Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan 1980

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

Cypraea bistrinotata samarensis Lorenz 2014 Gorgeous Globose Superb!Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color background with attractive nodules over the dorsum, tones of brown blotches and soft dots. Yellowish, cream margins and base with brown basal blotches. Taken on urchin bed at low tide. Borongan, Samar, Philippines 1982

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

Voluta Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve 1856) Gorgeous Knobby! F+++/Gem 46,4 mm. Very beautiful exceptional color and patterns. Cream and beige color with attractive knobby shoulder, brown pattern and black marks. Cream, grayish, pale beige aperture and lip. Has nicks. Trawled at 40-50 m. Off Praia das Neves, South Espirito Santo, Brazil 2024

Cochlorina leporis (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Dark! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, black, brown color pattern and attractive sculpture. White lip and body color aperture. Taken on tropical rain forest. Nova Vicosa, Bahia, Brazil 2019

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

Murex Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Giant Inflated! F++ 142 mm. Very beautiful, unusual deep water form and extremely heavy. Cream/white color with beige, brown soft bands, attractive varices with rose spines on the base, large shoulder knobs and small body spiral knobs, spiny low body and siphon. Pink, rose, white mature aperture and lip with sharp teeth. Has very small worm drills, micro defects, one damaged small body knob and few little chipped knobs doesn't detract from i...

Voluta Odontocymbiola cleryana (Petit 1856) Gorgeous! F+++ 39,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive yellowish/beige pattern and strong knobby shoulder. Bluish, beige, cream aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled 50-70 m. Off Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2000

Conus janus Hwass 1792 Outstanding Black/White! F+++/Gem 52,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color attractive pattern with orange band and marks. White, pale blue aperture and lip with brown, blue, black marks. Has few nicks. Taken on coral sand at 1-2 m. Nacala Bay, Mozambique 1990

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Reddish! F+++/Gem 13,2 mm. Very beautiful special color. Reddish and cream color attractive pattern with nodulose cords. Bluish, white iridescent aperture and lip. Taken on kelps at low tide. Auckland, Northland, New Zealand 1970

Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 24,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color, attractive sculpture with knobby and nodulose shoulder and granulose body cords. Bluish/white aperture and lip with teeth. Take in sand at shallow water. Stoney Point, Pilot Bay, Mt. Manganui, North Isl. New Zealand 1979

Oliva circinata Marrat 1881 Gorgeous Unusual Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 49,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive brown, beige, grayish, bluish, black pattern and marks. White base, aperture and lip with brown marks. Trawled at 70-80 m. Off Prado, Bahia, Brazil 2023