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

Cypraea irrorata Gray 1828 Gorgeous Blue Large! Gem 12,1 mm. Very beautiful. Pale blue with brown spots. White base and margins with black, brown. beige spots. Taken under dead corals at shallow water. Pueu, Tahiti, French Polynesia 2008

Melongena corona (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Colorful Spiny Shoulder! Gem 83,6 mm. Very beautiful. White, brown, beige, cream blackish color, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords, perfect spiny and lamellate shoulder and low body spines. White, pale bluish. brawn aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on soft muddy sand at extreme low tide. Marco Isl. Florida 1987

Cypraea pyrum dwarf (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Strong teeth Elongate! Gem 31 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional as rarely this species has so strong teeth. Cream, white, brown and beige color attractive pattern and spots. Orange color margins and base with violet lip among the strong white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Hastula cinerea (Born 1778) Outstanding Large! F+++/Gem 43,6 mm. Very beautiful, dark northern form. Beige and gray color with attractive cream ribbed shoulder. Beige, brown, cream aperture and lip, dry animal and maybe the operculum inside. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Alcobaca, Southern Bahia, Brazil 2001

Euthymella elegans (Hinds 1843) Gorgeous Superb Knobby! F+++/Gem 10 mm. Very beautiful. Beige, color and attractive sculpture with cream/white knobby shoulder and nodulose cords. Cream/white color aperture and lip. Taken at 1-2 m. on coral rubble. Riroa, Tuamotu, French Polynesia 2003

Voluta Amoria damonii Gray 1864 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream/white color with tones of brown, yellowish/beige and gray attractive pattern, black shoulder marks and blue marks over the canal. Pale orange/beige, cream, white aperture and lip with brown dots. Has nicks. Taken on sand in shallow water. Broome, North West Western Australia 2000

Voluta Amoria praetexta (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color with attractive cream/white pattern, blackish spiral and shoulder marks. White and orange/beige aperture and lip with brown dots. Has few nicks. Taken on sand at low tide. Theverard Isl. West Australia 1964

Laevichlamys squamosa (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Red/Orange! F+++ 47 mm. Large and very beautiful uncommon color. Red, orange, yellowish and mauve color with fine spines. Has a small defect and few nicks. Zamboanga 2008

Argopecten ventricosus (G. B. Sowerby II 1842) Gorgeous Extra large! F+++/Gem 50 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. White color with attractive black, beige, tones of brown marks, fine nodulose body and large ribs. Trawled by shrimp boats. Off Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador 1991

Murex Naquetia vokesae (Houart 1986) Gorgeous Exceptional Superb! Gem 52.5 mm. Very beautiful exceptional specimen! looks more a new species. Cream, white, beige and brown color, attractive sculpture with nodulose body and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. Dived at 15-20 m. on coral sand and rubble. Nacala area, North Mozambique 1988

Murex sp. Gorgeous Cute Baby! F+++/Gem 33,3 mm. Very beautiful. Can be Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker 1864). Cream/white color with attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect very long spines. Cream, white mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Indonesia 1999

Xenotrophon euschema (Iredale 1929) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 18,7 mm. Very beautiful and extremely rare. Cream and beige color with attractive perfect spiny cords and ribs. Cream ribbed mature aperture and lip. Has a chipped the side of the canal. Trawled at 160 m. Off Mooloolabah, Southern Qld. Australia 2017

Lissachatina fulica hamillei (Petit de la Saussaye 1859) Gorgeous! F+++ 87,5 mm. Very beautiful special African form. Multicolor with attractive pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped protoconch and thin rough lip. Taken under bushes. Mbiama area Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 2024

Murex Phyllonotus erythrostomus (Swainson 1831) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 95,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive short spines. Amazing rose and white color base, mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few micro defects, nicks on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled. Conception Bay, Baja California, West Mexico 1970