Gloripallium pallium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Purple!F+++/Gem 51,7 mm. Very beautiful. Purple, cream, black and white colors attractive pattern and almost perfect lamellate ribs. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

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

Chondrothyra tosta (Torre & Bartsch 1938) Gorgeous Rare! F+++ W/O 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellow color with brown, black shoulder bands and over the lip, attractive fine nodulose cords. Body color aperture and cream/white nodulose large lip. Has shipped protoconch. Taken on limestone walls . Sitio del Infierno, Vinales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba 2023

Cochlorina leporis (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Dark! Gem 29,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white, black, brown color pattern and attractive sculpture. White lip and body color aperture. Taken on tropical rain forest. Nova Vicosa, Bahia, Brazil 2019

Porphyrobaphe iostoma aff. (Sowerby 1824) Gorgeous! F+++ 61,5 mm. Very beautiful new subspecies or even a full new species from the highland of Salango isl. Cream, pale bluish and pale beige color, attractive sculpture with ribs. Amazing tick lavender lip, deep mauve, bluish/white, yellowish/cream aperture and base. Has few slightly growth marks doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken on bushes at 80-100 m. High, on the plateau of Isla Salango side, Manabi, Ecuador 2015

Murex Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill 1950) Gorgeous Orange! F+++/Gem 39,8 mm. Very beautiful. Orange, cream color with few beige marks, attractive knobby cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a small drill hole on the spires. Taken by lobster traps on sand coral and briozoaria bottom at 40-45 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2003

Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 136 mm. Very beautiful. White body and pale yellowish, beige color siphon with attractive brown spiral lines, nodulose cords and perfect very long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled. Minabe, Wakayana Pref., Japan 1990

Murex Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker 1897) Gorgeous Curious Small! Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with attractive knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Dredged at 20 fathoms. Off Siesta Key, Sarasota, West Florida 1970

Buccinulum linea (Martyn 1784) Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem W/O 33,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with attractive black, beige and brown bands. White ribbed aperture and lip with black marks. Has few micro defects. Taken on rocks at low tide. Takapuna Beach, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1983

Tutufa oyamai (Habe 1973) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 69,4 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Australia. Cream, beige and white color, attractive sculpture with spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Amazing white ribbed aperture and knobby lip. Has a chip on outer lip. Trawled. Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1973

Euchelus atratus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  W/O 16 mm. Very beautiful. Grayish and beige color with attractive blackish and cream nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with black dots and fine teeth. Gas a chip. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Erakor Lagoon, Port Vila, Efate Isl. Vanuatu 1995

Cypraea mappa viridis cf. (Kenyon 1902) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color background with attractive dark brown pattern, cream clear spots and mantle line. Margins and base dark cream color with beige, brown spots, beige basal blotch, cream/white teeth. Has few slightly irregularities. Nucnucan Isl. North Bohol 2008

Chama lazarus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Baby Orange! F+++/Gem 44 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange and cream color with dark purple marks and attractive almost perfect spines. Dived at 15-20 m. Racha Isl. Andaman Sea, Thailand 1977

Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Unusual Pattern! Gem 33,6 mm. Very beautiful unusual pattern and violet lip. Dorsum cream color background with typical pyrum pattern only on the center of the dorsum the sides has only beige, brown soft marks. Orange, yellow/orange color margins and base with violet lip among the white teeth. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Voluta Provocator mirabilis (H. J. Finlay 1926) Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 107,9 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish color. Cream, pale yellowish/orange color aperture and thick lip with white over line. Has micro defects, slightly chipped protoconch and few nicks on the canal. Trawled at 500 m. East of Auckland's Islands, South East of South Isl. New Zealand 1994

Amalda dimidiata (G. B. Sowerby II 1859) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 27,3 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get this size nowadays. Tones of orange, cream and pale beige color. Orange, cream color aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and nicks on low lip. Trawled in sand at 40-45 m. Off Cape of Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1997

Cypraea diluculum virginalis Schilder & Schilder 1938 Gorgeous Exceptional! Gem 22,2 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown pattern. Exceptional pure white color margins and base with bluish soft pattern. Taken on coral reef at 1-3 m. Pemba (ex-Porto Amelia), North Mozambique 1990

Vasticardium vertebratum (Jonas 1844) Gorgeous Colorful Extra Large! F+++/Gem 63,9 mm. Very beautiful. Rose. cream and white color with soft grayish marks, attractive granulose and lamellate ribs. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Rowes Bay, Townsville, North Qld. Australia 1980