Cypraea acicularis marcuscoltroi dwarf (Petuch 2015) Gorgeous Callosus! Gem 15,7 mm. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color background with densely beige spots. White base and callosus margins with brown spots. Dived at 30-35 m. under dead corrals. Off Alcobaca, Bahia, Brazil 2020

Clanculus floridus (R. A. Philippi 1850) Gorgeous Special NSW Form! Gem H 8 W 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with brown marks, attractive nodulose cords and white top. White base with fine nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide . Narrabeen, NSW, Australia 1986

Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Huge Superb! Gem 38,4 mm. Very beautiful unusual specimen. Yellowish/cream color with beige and brown spiral lines, attractive sculpture with slightly knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip. Trawled. Outer Hauraki Gulf, North Isl. New Zealand 1955

Laevichlamys lemniscata juvenile (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Yellow/Blackish! F+++/Gem 17,8 mm. Very beautiful rare color. Yellow and blackish color with attractive mauve/brown and white pattern, almost perfect lamellas and fine spines. Cebu 2008

Cypraea edentula sanfrancisca Chiapponi 1999 Gorgeous Spherical! Gem 21,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with pale beige soft marks. White spherical base and callosus margins with blackish/brown, beige spots. Dived at 45 m. on reef. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 2004

Cypraea nivosa Broderip 1837 Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 45,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange/beige color with clear white spots and cream mantle line. White base and margins. Taken by dive. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1990

Bassina disjecta (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Frilly! F++ H 42 W 57 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive frilly cream and pale pinkish lamellas. Some lamellas are chipped. Taken live on sand after storm. Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia 1980

Chlamys islandica (Muller 1776) Gorgeous Large! F++/F+++ 85 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve purplish, blackish, tones of orange, pink, cream and white color with nodulose body and spiny ribs. Lower valve white color. Has eroded upper valve umbo, micro defects and few chips. Trawled at 19-22 fms. St. Pierre Bank, off Newfoundland, Canada 1991

Euvola laurentii (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 51 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Upper cream/white color. Lower valve flat cream, beige, brown color attractive pattern. The ears and the lips has chips. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off South Cuba 1952

Mimachlamys asperulata (Adams & Reeve 1850) Gorgeous Orange! Gem 34 mm. Not sure about ID. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, white and cream color with attractive spiny ribs and fine nodulose body. Trawled at 20 m. Off Kii Peninsula, Mie Pref. Japan 1980

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Large Orange! F+++/Gem 59 mm. Very beautiful introduced species in BoHai sea. Light orange and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs. Trawled in sand ta 20 m. Off Dalian, BoHai Sea, China 2011

Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819) Gorgeous Multicolor! F+++/Gem 48 mm. Very beautiful. Blue, black, brown, beige, white and cream color with attractive nodulose body and lamellate ribs. Taken in local scallop farm. Massachusetts 1990

Oliva pindarina Duclos 1840 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 31,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive blackish, bluish and gray pattern. Bluish/white, cream aperture and lip with blackish, gray marks. Taken in sand at low tide. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1980

Cypraea nucleus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Unusual Shape! Gem 23,6 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color background, attractive sculpture with yellowish/cream densely small nodules and cords, pale bluish/white mantle line. Yellowish/cream color margins and corded base. From my personal collection. Samar Isl. Philippines 1972

Aequipecten commutatus (Monterosato 1875) Gorgeous Dark Large! F+++/Gem 29,2 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown and white color with attractive fine nodulose body and fine lamellate ribs. Trawled at 20-30 m. Off Cayar, Senegal 1999

Cypraea bistrinotata jandeprezi Poppe & Martin 1997 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 14,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with beige marks and brown spots. Cream margins and base with orange/beige basal blotches. Has a nick on the anterior columellar extremities terminal ridge. Taken under rocks at low tide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 1998

Chlamys tincta (Reeve 1853) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful rare nowadays. Tones of orange color, attractive sculpture with fine spiny and lamellate ribs. Dived at 10-15 m. under sponges. Buffels Bay, False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 1994