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

Capulus otohimeae (Habe 1946) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 11,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with yellowish marks and attractive sculpture. White aperture and pale yellowish lip. Taken attached on dead trawled shells at 100 m. Iriomote Isl. Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan 1980

Littoraria undulata (J. E. Gray 1839) Gorgeous! F+++ 15 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive black, brown pattern. Body color aperture and lip. Has rough lip. Taken on rocks at shore line. Kaliyasem, Kalibukbuk-Lovina area, Bali, Indonesia 2012

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

Dianthiphos bernardoi (Costa & R. S. Gomes 1998) Gorgeous Huge! Gem 16,9 mm. Very beautiful quite uncommon nowadays. Brown color with cream/white marks attractive nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and lip with brown dots and teeth. Taken in coral pieces brought by lobster traps from 60-70 m. Off Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil 2018

Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Formerly Cymatium tranquebaricum. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive blackish, beige, brown, bluish knobby and nodulose cords. Body color ribbed aperture and thin lip. The protoconch is chipped. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1975

Tellina cumingii Hanley 1844 Gorgeous! Gem H 19 W 40 mm. Very beautiful, rare from this area. Cream color with attractive tones of gray marks, fine nodulose cords and lamellate side. Dredged at 80-100 feet on mud. Gobernadora Isl. Bahia de Chiriqui, West Panama 1995

Aplustrum amplustre (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 15,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale pinkish color with attractive black, brown bands. Body color aperture and lip. Taken in sand in shallow water. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 1990

Granata imbricata (Lamarck 1816) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W 27,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with brown dots, attractive nodulose cords. Bluish/white iridescent corded aperture and lip with teeth. Has a very small drill hole. Taken under rocks at low tide. Long Reef, North West Australia 1943

Septaria porcellana (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++ W/O H 8 W 20,7 mm. Very beautiful and colorful. Black color with attractive dark yellowish pattern. Inside blue and white color. Has few erosions defects and few nicks. Taken on rocks and walls in small river near dam. West Okinawa, Japan 2006

Cantharus mirabelmaxcencei Cossignani 2017 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 38,6 mm. Accepted from WoRMS as Pollia mirabelmaxcencei T. Cossignani, 2017 Very beautiful. Yellow and cream color with attractive dark brown and black cords, slightly knobby body. White ribbed mature aperture and yellow thick lip with teeth. Has a slightly growth mark on the spires. Self collected on rocks at shallow water. Bunaken Isl. Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 1998

Siphonalia spadicea (Reeve 1847) Outstanding Superb! Gem W/O 45,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive brown spiral lines and marks, nodulose cords. Pale yellowish, cream ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off Keelung, North Taiwan 2012

Mitrella blanda (Sowerby 1844) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 14 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive brown, black pattern. Cream color aperture and thick lip. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks at low tide. Cliften Beach, Karachi, Pakistan 1999

Gyrineum perca (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Superb! Gem W/O 55,2 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale yellow color with attractive knobby ribs and fine cords. perfect spiny and corded wings. White mature aperture and thick lip with teeth. Trawled on deep water. Off Tosa Bay, Japan 1983

Columbella rustica fustigata Kiener 1841 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 17,4 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, special east Mediterranean form. Multicolor attractive pattern and fine cords. White aperture and beige thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under rocks in shallow water. Haifa, Israel 1987

Tivela tripla (Linne 1771) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem H 27 W 31,5  mm. Very beautiful and glossy from rare locality. Yellowish color with grayish, pink, orange bands and marks, fine cords. Taken in sand in splash zone. Sanyang Fishing Village, The Gambia, West Africa 2023

Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguiere 1789) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 57,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive tones of beige, gray, brick and orange pattern. Body color and white base, aperture and lip. Trawled at 40-60 m. off shore. Cuddalore, Southern Chennai (Madras), India 1990