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

Murex Pteropurpura plorator (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 54,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and cream/white color with attractive perfect wings. White mature aperture and lip. Taken by nets at 50 fathoms. Off Kii Peninsula, Mie Pref. Japan 1960

Murex Coronium elegans Simone 1996 Gorgeous Special Form! F+++/Gem 45,2 mm. Small but very beautiful, impossible to get nowadays. Cream color with attractive strong body sculpture, shoulder lamellas and white perfect apex. White aperture and lip. Trawled 150-180 m. Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1994

Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Large! F+++ W/O 49,8 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown nodulose cords and perfect spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with spiny teeth. Has a drill hole on the apex and chips on the side of the canal. Dredged at 45-50 m. Off Pakiri, Mission Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cypraea vitellus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Large!Gem 54,7 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Dorsum beige and cream color with attractive bluish/white clear slightly relief spots. Margins and base grayish/cream color with thin grayish lines and cream/white soft spots. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Murex Homalocantha pele (Pilsbry 1921) Gorgeous Flat Spines Large! F+++/Gem W/O 47,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with amazing perfect large flat frilly lip spines. White callosus base, mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. Dived at 6-10 m. on rock reef. Ewa Beach, West Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1975

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot 1853) Gorgeous Colorful Large! F+++/Gem 31,5 mm. Very beautiful. White, black, cream and yellow color bands, attractive sculpture with knobby and fine lamellate cords. White base, aperture and lip with black marks and fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks on reef at low tide. Kings Head Beach, Caloundra, Qld. Australia 1988

Neothais marginatra (Blainville 1832) Outstanding Uncommon! F+++/Gem 20,2 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color bands with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. Bluish, beige aperture and white knobby lip with back marks. Taken under rocks at low tide. Rocky Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 1975

Murex Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve 1846) Gorgeous Superb Yellow!F+++/Gem W/O 67,8 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and cream color with attractive nodulose and knobby cords, tones of orange perfect frilly spines and rose top. White mature aperture and pale yellow lip with teeth. Has a chip on the side of the canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Taken by lobster traps on the top of reef at 50-60 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2010

Aspella producta (Pease 1861) Outstanding!F+++ W/O 16,5 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color, attractive sculpture with granulose varices and knobby cords. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has damaged apex. Dived at 50 feet under dead corals. Alligator Rock, Waimea Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 1984

Cymatium caudatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 67,6 mm. Very beautiful rare deep water Japanese specimen. Pale yellow and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Trawled at 200-300 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1970