Cypraea pyrum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Dark Unusual! F+++/Gem 40,1 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum  brown, beige, cream unusual dark pyrum pattern. Orange color margins and base with pale violet lip among the white teeth. Has a healed slightly growth mark on the labial margin almost invisible and few very small sand grains doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Mediterranean populations are now protected this is from old collection. From Greek trawlers. Unknown locality 1978

Cypraea achatidea inopinata Schilder 1930 Gorgeous Huge Superb! Gem 44,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive tones of brown, beige blotches, marks and dots, pale yellow ring. Cream, white base and margins. Trawled at 50-60 m. Off Conakri, Guinea, West Africa 2001

Cypraea angelicae dwarf Clover 1974 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 19,3 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum white, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. White callosus margins and base with pale yellow columellar teeth. Trawled at 30 fathoms. Off Libreville, Gabon 1990

Cypraea beckii Gaskoin 1836 Gorgeous Deep Water Form! Gem 11,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white and black ocellata spots. Cream color base and margins with brown spots, granulose brown dots on the lip and white teeth. Taken by nets in muddy sand bottom at 160 m. Balicasag Isl. Bohol, Philippines 2003

Cypraea camelopardalis Perry 1811 Outstanding Gorgeous! F+++/Gem  45,2 mm. Very beautiful. Light beige color with clear cream/white spots, some are relief over the terminal. White base and callosus margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Taken under rocks at 1-2 m. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, North Red Sea, Israel 1990

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous! Gem 34,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige, brown marks and dots. White, cream base and margins with large black and soft blue spots. Taken under rocks at 2-3 m. Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, north Red Sea, Israel 1980

Cypraea caurica quinquefasciata Roding 1798 Gorgeous Large Elongated Superb! Gem 45 mm. Very beautiful special local form. Cream, pale bluish color background with beige, brown marks and dots. Cream base with gray dots and amazing callosus and granulose margins with large black relief spots. Taken under rocks in reef at 1-2 m. Moucha Isl. Iles de Pres, Djibouti, East Africa 2011

Cypraea childreni Gray 1825 Gorgeous Huge! F+++/Gem 25,4 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish color with attractive sharp cords and mantle line. Yellowish, cream corded base and margins. Taken under dead corals at 2-3 m. Off Eastern Samar Is. Leyte, Philippines 1980

Cypraea fimbriata marmorata Schroter 1804 Outstanding Exceptional Form! Gem 12,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with attractive brown, beige, pale bluish pattern and brown terminals Cream, white base and margins with blackish dots. Taken under rocks near reef. Piti Bay, Guam 1970

Cypraea goodalli (J. E. Gray 1832) Gorgeous Large Superb! Gem 11 mm. Very beautiful. White color background with orange/beige, brown marks. White color margins and base. Taken under rocks at low tide. Mahini Isl. Tuamotu, French Polynesia 1995

Cypraea gracilis notata Gill 1858 Gorgeous Uncommon Form! Gem 14,6 mm. Very beautiful,. Bluish color background with beige, brown, gray blotches, marks and dots. Pale yellow and cream color base and margins with brown, black spots and blackish/brown terminals. Taken under coral at 1-3 m. Dhadnah, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates 2004

Cypraea hesitata (Iredale 1916) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 87,3 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and pale beige color background with beige, brown marks and spots. White base and margins with brown, beige spots. Has few slightly irregularities and micro defects. Trawled in deep water. Off Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1980

Cypraea isabellamexicana Stearns 1893 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Beige color with cream bands, attractive black densely axial stripes, deep orange terminals and black terminal marks. Margins and base light beige and white color. Dived at 10-12 m. under rocks. Cebaco Isl. Veraguas, West Panama 2000

Cypraea lamarckii redimita phuketensis (Melvill 1888) Gorgeous Hyper Callosus Superb! Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful flat and inflated exceptional specimen. Yellowish color with cream/white spots, white ring and pale black lines on the terminal. Hyper callosus white, yellow margins and base with yellowish/orange, black, brown, beige marks and spots. Dived at 10-15 m. between mud and sea anemones. Off South East coast of Phuket Isl. Thailand 2000

Cypraea petitiana Crosse 1872 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 21 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream, beige and light brown color attractive pattern. Cream, white color callosus margins and base with strong cream/white teeth. Trawled at 30 m. Off N'Deyane, Senegal 1990

Cypraea rabaulensis Schilder 1964 Outstanding! F+++/Gem 23,3 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale grayish color bands with beige marks. Cream, white base and margins with black spots. Taken in tangle net at 120 m. Olango Isl. Cebu, Philippines 2008

Cypraea stercoraria cameroonica dwarf Lorenz 2017 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 37 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Bluish and cream color background with attractive brown, black, beige spots and marks. Cream, beige base and margins with brown, black, grayish spots and cream/white teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken under rocks and rocky in shallow water. Bight of Biafra, Douala, Cameroon 2010

Murex Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem 72 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish, cream and white color with brown, beige spiral lines and marks, attractive nodulose and knobby cords, almost perfect black and brown spines, pink  top. Bluish/white mature aperture and pale yellowish lip with teeth. Has few micro defects. Taken in coral reef at shallow water. Chocas Beach, Conducia Bay, Mozambique 1990s