Conus tinianus Hwass 1792 Gorgeous Orange! F+++ 37,1 mm. Very beautiful superb ornamented specimen. Orange, white, brown and pale blue color attractive pattern. Pinkish, white aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a small growth defect on the upper body and few micro defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Dived at 20 m. Port Alfred, East Cape Province, South Africa 1990's

Epitonium lamellosum (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 27,6 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Canary islands. Cream color with beige marks and attractive white ribs. White aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Tenerife Isl. Canary Islands 1990

Ministrombus minimus (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Extra large! Gem 35,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from this area. Yellowish/beige and cream color with white, brown soft pattern and attractive knobby shoulder. White and cream callosus base. White aperture and thick lip. Taken in coral sand at shallow water. Baie de Tortue, New Caledonia 1972

Semicassis undulatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 75 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, white color with beige, brown spiral marks and lines, large cords, nodulose shoulder and spires. Body color, white knobby base, aperture and lip with strong teeth. Has a very small drill hole on the spires and chipped canal terminal. Taken dead on the beach after storm but looks like live taken. Salamina Isl. Saronicos Gulf, Greece 2000

Argopecten gibbus (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Orange Special! F+++/Gem H 33,7 mm. Very beautiful. Upper valve tones of orange and white color with brown spots and nodulose ribs. Lower valve white and pale orange color. Trawled at 25-30 m. Port Canaveral, Florida 1980

Cypraea teulerei (Cazenavette 1846) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++ 45,8 mm. Very beautiful and exceptional without typical teulerei pattern. Cream and pale bluish/gray color background with attractive beige, brown spots and marks all over the dorsum don't has the typical black relief dorsal blotches. Cream/white color base with beige, grayish basal blotch and margins with brown spots. Has irregularities and few slightly growth defects doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken muddy bottom ...

Otostomus vittatus (Spix 1827) Gorgeous Superb! Gem 40 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with tones of brown, beige marks ad dots, black tip, amazing knobby and granulose sculptures. White, grayish color aperture and mature large lip. Taken on leaves on large trees. Pimenteiras, North East Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil 1991

Laevistrombus guidoi (Man in't Veld & De Turck 1998) Gorgeous Rare White Large! F+++ 50,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Pure white color with few cords on low body. White base with callus, aperture and lip. Has micro defects, little chipped protoconch and canal, scratch on upper lip. Taken in coral sand at low tide. Efate, Vanuatu 2001

Spondylus reesianus G. B. Sowerby III 1903 Gorgeous Superb Orange! F+++/Gem 97 mm. Including the spines. Very beautiful. Orange color attractive both valve with almost perfect long spines and spiny ribs. Few spines are little chipped Trawled at 40-50 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1980

Cypraea tigris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Melanistic! F++/F+++ 66 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum melanistic and the sides cream, yellow color background with black spots. White margins and base with brown, bluish, black spots. Has sand grains on the dorsum. Found among corals and under dead corals at shallow water. Panglao Isl. Bohol 2008

Babylonia valentiana Swainson 1822 Gorgeous Giant Heavy! F++/F+++ 68,1 mm. Very beautiful and heavy. Cream/white color with attractive bluish, mauve, beige, gray, brick and brown pattern. Body color and white base, aperture and lip. Has two growth marks, few micro defects and a chip doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Hafun, Somalia 1990