Conus clerii Reeve 1844 Outstanding Light! F+++ 42 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive tones of brown, beige and blue sparse pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with bluish, brown marks. Has few micro defects and slightly chipped protoconch doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled 100-120 m. Off Macae, North Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2015

Buccinulum vittatum (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Double Banded Form! Gem 15,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive black and brown bands and lines. White and brown ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Taken under small rocks at low tide. Martins Bay, Auckland, North Isl. New Zealand 1970

Mazatlania cosentini (R. A. Philippi 1836) Outstanding Superb! Gem 16,2 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white color with attractive knobby shoulder. Cream/white aperture and perfect lip. Dredged at 40 m. Off Devil's Isl. French Guyana 1968

Conus dalli Stearns 1873 Gorgeous Dark! F+++/Gem 51,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color marks with blackish axial streaks, attractive beige bands, white with black and brown over line pattern. Bluish/white aperture and lip with brown marks and fine teeth. Has a chip on the upper lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Las Perlas Archipelago, West Panama 1978

Cypraea labrolineata dwarf (Gaskoin 1849) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 12,5 mm. Very beautiful with extended apex. Grayish/beige color background with clear cream/white spots, blue large mantle line and brown terminal marks. White, pale blue base and margins with brown spots. Self collected under stone and dead coral at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi May 1998

Cypraea boivinii Kiener 1843 Gorgeous Ocellata spots! Gem 23 mm. Very beautiful. Pinkish/cream color with violet over line gray ocellata spots. White nodulose margins and base. Mactan Isl. Cebu 2008

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

Flexopecten glaber (Linne 1758) Outstanding Lemon/yellow! F+++/Gem 51 mm. Very beautiful special color. Upper valve lemon/yellow color with nodulose body and large ribs. Lower valve dark yellow color. Inside yellow color. Dredged at 10-15 m. Kaloni Gulf, Lesvos Isl. Greece 1982

Cypraea nucleus dwarf (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 17,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish color background, attractive sculpture with cream strong nodules, pale bluish mantle line. Callosus cream/white color margins and corded base. Self collected under stone and dead coral in shallow water. Siladen Isl. Manado North Sulawesi 1998

Gafrarium pectinatum (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Ornamented! Gem H 28 W 37,1 mm. Very beautiful. White color with brown marks and black on the sides, attractive nodulose body ribs and knobby on the side. Taken in coral sand in shallow water. Ha'Apai Islands, Tonga, Polynesia 1972

Oliva parkinsoni Prior 1975 Gorgeous Dark Superb! Gem 21,5 mm. Very beautiful dark special from!. Cream color background with attractive brown pattern, cream shoulder with brown axial lines. White, yellowish/cream base, aperture, lip and canal. Dived 20 m. in coarse coral sand. Honiara, Guadalcanal Isl. Solomon Islands 1974

Cochlorina lateralis (Menke 1828) Gorgeous! Gem H 21 W 26 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with beige, brown marks, attractive sculpture and black apex. White color aperture with blackish lines and lip. Taken on vegetation (bushes), Tropical Rain Forest. Maroba, Presidente Kennedy, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Conus petestimpsoni (Petuch & Berschauer 2016) Gorgeous Superb Orange Baby! F+++/Gem 24,6 mm. Very beautiful, looks almost a different species. Orange color with soft cream band and blackish dots, brown and white shoulder. Cream and pale orange aperture and lip. Taken by nets at 150-200 m. Off Farol de Sao Tome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2025

Strombus latus arenensis Bernard 1982 Gorgeous Large! F++ 101,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale yellow, cream color with small spiral knobs. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and grayish lip. Has a healed drill mark on the base, micro defects, chipped apex, canal and upper lip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Ovula Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams 1854) Outstanding Rose!Gem 8,6 mm. Very pretty. Rose color with cream soft central band, fine cords. Pinkish/cream margin and lip with fine teeth and red terminals. Bohol 2006

Conus imperialis Linne 1758 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 71,2 mm. Very beautiful. White and blackish, brown, greenish color bands with brown, beige, green, white, black marks, spiral lines and dots attractive pattern and knobby shoulder. White, pale blue aperture with black canal and perfect lip with black marks, dots and fine teeth. Self collected under dead corals at shallow water. Alona Beach, Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Conus janus Hwass 1792 Outstanding Black/White! F+++/Gem 52,8 mm. Very beautiful. Black and white color attractive pattern with orange band and marks. White, pale blue aperture and lip with brown, blue, black marks. Has few nicks. Taken on coral sand at 1-2 m. Nacala Bay, Mozambique 1990

Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip 1833) Outstanding!F+++/Gem 25 mm. Very beautiful. Brown, beige color with white spiral line, attractive knobby large and fine nodulose cords, white top. Bluish/white knobby aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Punta Negra, Departamento de Lima, Peru 2009

Umbonium elegans (Kiener 1838) Gorgeous Red Band! F+++ 11 W 17 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream, yellowish, black color attractive pattern and red bands. Base body pattern and gray, cream color. Body color aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Off Keelung, China Sea, Taiwan 2011