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

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

Voluta Amoria zebra (Leach 1814) Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 39,7 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of dark yellow and cream color with attractive black, brown axial lines, black shoulder marks and top. White, cream aperture and thick lip. Has little chipped canal terminal. Taken on sand at low tide. Seaforth Beach, Qld. Australia 1980

Cypraea nebrites (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Small form!F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Beige and brown color background with cream/white clear spots and mantle line. Callosus cream color margins and base with black marginal blotches, brown, black, beige spots and basal lines. Found under dead corals at shallow water. Somalia 2010

Cypraea ovum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Greenish! Gem 26,8 mm. Very beautiful special color. Dorsum greenish color with tones of brown, cream marks and dots, pale orange terminals. Cream, pale beige color margins and base with pale yellow teeth.  Palawan 2008

Pleurodonte lucerna (Muller 1774) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 19,3 W 37 mm. Very beautiful unusual form. Caramel and pale grayish color with caramel band, white base and attractive sculpture. Amazing white, pale beige pale yellow aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under dead leaves on dense forest. Lance Bay, Hanover Parish, Jamaica 2011

Murex homalocantha scorpio (Linne 1758) Gorgeous White Black! F+++/Gem W/O 49,9 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black perfect spines. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Palawan 2008

Architectonica nobilis Roding 1798 Gorgeous Superb! Gem H 21 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale grayish, beige and pale yellowish color with tones of brown narks and dots, nodulose cords. Cream, white color aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 60-80 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2023

Conus vexillum Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 76,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, brown, yellow, black and white color with white band and attractive pattern. Bluish/white aperture and pale beige lip Has few micro defects. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005

Oliva caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent 1986 Gorgeous Torres Strait Form! F+++/Gem 54,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream color background with attractive black, bluish, gray beige pattern. Blue/mauve, cream, white base, aperture, canal and thick lip with black marks. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on sand at low tide. Horn Isl. Torres Straits, Qld. Australia 1940

Cypraea caurica (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Callosus Superb! Gem 42 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and tones of brown color bands with beige, brown marks and dots. Callosus white relief margins and base with black spots and grayish marks, pale peach aperture with cream/white teeth. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Talochlamys zelandiae (Gray 1843) Gorgeous Superb Orange! F+++/Gem 36,5 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange, reddish and cream color attractive sculpture with spiny ribs. Taken at shallow water. Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga, North Isl. New Zealand 1960

Cypraea diluculum Reeve 1845 Gorgeous! Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish and dark brown color with attractive white and brown pattern. White color base and margins with black, brown spots. Taken in shallow water on reef. Zanzibar, Tanzania 2002

Voluta Cymbiola sophia (Gray 1846) Gorgeous Spiny! F+++ 56,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color and pale beige marks, attractive perfect sharp spiny shoulder. Cream,  pale orange/beige aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks. Taken in sand bar at low tide. Torres St. Qld. Australia 1970

Cypraea acicularis dwarf Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 18,2 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with cream, beige spots some are ocellata, cream soft mantle line. Hyper callosus white nodulose margins with brown, grayish spot and bases. Dived at 5-10 m. under rocks. Palm Beach, Florida 1970

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus Turner & Marrow 2001 Gorgeous!Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. White color with beige and brown spiral marks, attractive sculpture with granulose ribs. White ribbed aperture and lip with beige marks and fine teeth. From tangle net at 140-240 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol 2002

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linne 1758) Outstanding Giant Thick! Gem 31,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale yellow/orange color with attractive strong relief central band. Cream/white thick margin and yellowish/cream base. Taken on gorgonias at 1-2 m. Lower Burns Point, Eleuthera, Bahamas 2014

Conus textile Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 84,5 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with black axial streaks marks, attractive white with black and brown over line pattern. White aperture and lip with black lines and teeth. Self collected in sand under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Alona Kew, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2005