Cypraea stolida (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Sky/blue! F+++/Gem 25,6 mm. Very beautiful . Sky/blue color with attractive large brown blotches and dots. Cream, white margins and base with orange/brick marks and small orange spots. Has an irregularity. Found at 3 m. under dead coral. Okinawa, Japan 1980

Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn 1862 Gorgeous Superb Light color! Gem 66,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pale blue and white color with attractive fine nodulose cords, spiral knobs and perfect spines. White mature aperture with brown marks and lip with strong teeth and a longer tooth. Trawled at shallow water. Keppel Sands, Qld. Australia 1970

Dicathais orbita (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Banded! F+++ W/O  65,8 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with bluish/gray bands and attractive nodulose body and large cords. White, bluish, beige, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the dorsum. Taken on rocks east low tide. McLeod Bay, Whangarei, North Isl. New Zealand 1960

Murex Vokesimurex donmoorei (Bullis 1964) Gorgeous Spiny Superb! Gem 48,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown spiral lines, attractive knobby cords and perfect long spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken by nets on sponge beds at 50-60 m. Off Goajira Peninsula, Colombia 1988

Haploptychius fischeri (Morlet 1886) Gorgeous Fabulous Shape! F+++/Gem 12 mm. Very beautiful. Translucid cream color and attractive sculpture with fine ribs. White aperture and lip with tooth. Taken on leaf litter. Phnom Chhngauk, Kampot, Cambodia 2019

Amalda mucronata (G. B. Sowerby I 1830) Gorgeous Large Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 42,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige and grayish color body with white, bands and axial lines, orange spires and beige, cream low body bands. White, beige, cream base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Has few micro defects. Dredged in deep water. Off Pakiri at Mission Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1996

Cymatium ranzani (Bianconi 1851) Gorgeous Extra Large! F+++ W/O 200 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of beige, yellowish, brown, cream and white color bands wit attractive knobby and nodulose cords, white and black marked varices. Amazing black, cream, white, bluish, orange base, mature ribbed aperture and large knobby lip with periostracum. Has a damaged knob on the spires and a chip on the canal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 15-20 m. Masirah Isl. Oman 2025

Distorsio smithi (Von Maltzan 1884) Gorgeous Large! F+++ 56 mm. Very beautiful from unusual locality. White, yellowish/beige and cream color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White, beige color base, aperture and lip with teeth. Has very small worm drills and slightly chipped protoconch. Trawled at 20-40 m. Off Kwa Ibo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, West Africa 2025

Murex Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem W/O 88,6 mm. Very beautiful rare southern Brazil form. Cream/white and beige color bands with brown marks, attractive knobby, nodulose cords and almost perfect spines and wings. White mature aperture and lip with brown marks and teeth. The side of the canal and a lip spine are slightly chipped. Trawled at 200 m. Off Cabo de Santa Marta, Santa Catarina, Brazil 2006

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

Murex Siratus formosus (Sowerby 1841) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem W/O 64,5 mm. Very beautiful looks between tenuivaricosus and springeri. White color with pale yellowish/beige soft marks, attractive knobby and nodulose cords, very long perfect spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. The side of the canal is chipped. Taken by nets at 30-40 m. Off Conceicao da Barra, Espirito Santo, Brazil 1994

Inermicosta inermicosta (E. H. Vokes 1964) Gorgeous Knobby! Gem W/O 21,7 mm. Formerly Ocenebra inermicosta Very beautiful. Bluish, gray, beige cream, white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose body cords and varices. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in sandy mud bottom at 30-40 m. Off Bonny, Rivers State, Nigeria, West Africa 1980

Inermicosta inermicosta (E. H. Vokes 1964) Gorgeous! Gem W/O 22,7 mm. Formerly Ocenebra inermicosta Very beautiful. Grayish, cream, white color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose body cords and varices. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled in sandy mud bottom at 30-40 m. Off Bonny, Rivers State, Nigeria 1980

Oliva incrassata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Heavy Superb! Gem 60,4 mm. Very beautiful and very heavy. Blue and cream color background with blue, black, brown, gray marks and dots. Cream, white base, aperture and lip with blackish, brown marks. Taken in or on sand at extreme low tide. San Felipe, Baja California, West Mexico 2003

Melongena melongena nana dwarf Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck 1986 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 30,8 mm. Very beautiful rare dwarf Aruba form. Multicolor bands and spiral lines with attractive soft spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color, pale blue aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in mangrove area at low tide. Mangle Halto, Aruba 2013

Plaxiphora obtecta P. P. Carpenter 1893 Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++/Gem 37,7 mm. Very beautiful. Black, gray and beige color attractive pattern and sculpture with granulose, fine nodulose cords and spiny margin. Inside blue color with black marks. Taken on rocks at low tide. Motutara, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1972

Oliva bulbosa inflata Lamarck 1811 Gorgeous!F+++/Gem  32,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive blue, blackish, gray marks. White, blue corded base, aperture and lip with blue, blackish, brown dots. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand at low tide. Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa 1960

Rhinoclavis aspera dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 30 mm. Very beautiful special dwarf population. White color with beige spiral lines, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cord, knobby shoulder and ribs. White base, aperture and lip with beige lines and fine teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on coral rubble and sand bottom at 3 m. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1979