Strombus pugilis dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 69,5 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/orange color body and cream, white corded early whorls with attractive very large perfect white shoulder spines. Amazing red, orange, white base, ribbed aperture and grayish/beige lip with blackish canal. Has little chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Biscayne Key, Miami, Florida 1978

Argonauta hians Lightfoot 1786 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 60 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color, attractive sculpture with large cords and black dorsal knobs. Body color aperture and lip. Trawled. Off South West Taiwan 1970

Murex Chicoreus sp. Gorgeous Yellow! F+++/Gem 45,7 Very beautiful and special probably a new species related with Chicoreus tenuivaricosus and Chicoreus springeri. Yellow and white color with orange spiral marks, attractive knobby cords and spines. Bluish/white mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has few little chipped spines and canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 100-120 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2014

Placamen berrii (W. Wood 1828) Gorgeous! F+++ H 32,7 W 32,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of blue, cream and white color with attractive strong cords. Taken in sand. Shark Bay area, North Western Australia 1975

Trophon orbignyi Carcelles 1946 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 27,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with attractive perfect spiny large cream/white wings. Cream/white aperture and lip. Has a chip on the lip and the siphon Trawled at 180-220 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2004

Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns 1893 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with cream bands, attractive black densely axial stripes, deep orange terminals and black terminal marks. Margins and base light beige and white color. Dived at 10-12 m. under rocks. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cymatium parthenopeum echo Kuroda & Habe 1961 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful Japanese subspecies. Yellowish, cream beige color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white apex. Pale yellowish, white ribbed aperture and lip with black marks and white teeth. Has slightly chipped canal. Trawled at 5-10 fms. Minabe, Wakayana, Hinshu, Japan 1980

Cypraea mappa dwarf Linne 1758 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 58,6 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive brown pattern and clear cream mantle line and spots. Cream/white color base and margins with brown, beige spots and cream, pale yellowish teeth. Has a nick on the anterior columellar terminal ridge. Taken under coral slabs. Palawan Isl. Philippines 2000

Oliva tessellata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish color background with attractive tones of beige marks White, blue, blackish base aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand. Langford Reef, Qld. Australia 1986

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea carneola dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Blue Ring! F+++/Gem 27,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange/beige and cream color banded dorsum with blue ring and grayish sides with cream dots. Cream margins and base with  lavender lop with cream teeth. Has a micro defect. Self collected under dead coral at shallow water. Malonao Isl. Barangay, Palawan April 1999

Vexillum (Costellaria) balteolatum (Reeve 1844) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 51,5 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with black, brown, pale orange, cream bands and spiral lines, attractive knobby, nodulose ribs and cords. Bluish, white, pale yellowish ribbed aperture and thick lip with black marks. Has two small slightly growth marks on the spires. Taken on sand at 5 m. Teluk Saleh, Sumbawa Isl. Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia 2025

Voluta Amoria maculata (Swainson 1822) Gorgeous Pale form! F+++/Gem 52 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with pale grayish soft marks. White aperture and lip. Has few nicks on lower lip and canal. Found at 3 m. on sand. Undine Reef, Qld. Australia 2018

Cypraea chinensis (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Double Pattern Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional. From columellar margin almost till the the dorsum cream/white color with blue spots, then till labial margin yellowish/beige with large cream/white clear spots and cream mantle line. Callosus cream margins and base with lavender spots and orange lip with cream teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

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

Cypraea catholicorum dwarf Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange color with clear cream/white spots and mantle line. White base and margins with few small beige soft spots. Dived at 8-10 m. under coral slabs on top of hard reef. Off Suharato Village, Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1995

Voluta ebraea Linne 1758 Gorgeous Colorful Spiny! F+++ 118,7 mm. W/O Very beautiful and heavy. Cream and white color background with attractive spiny shoulder, brown, beige, orange, black, blue pattern and marks. Yellowish, cream, white base, aperture and lip with black marks  Has undulations normal for this species, little chipped canal terminal and upper lip, 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 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