Limatula maoria Finlay 1927 Gorgeous Slender Species! F+++/Gem 24 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. White color with attractive fine sculpture. Taken under rocks at shallow water. Spirits Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1990

Bassina disjecta (Perry 1811) Gorgeous Frilly! F++ H 42 W 57 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color with attractive frilly cream and pale pinkish lamellas. Some lamellas are chipped. Taken live on sand after storm. Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia 1980

Bassina yatei (Gray 1835) Gorgeous Extra Large! F++ H 53 W 60,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and mauve color on the side, bluish umbo with attractive sharp cords. The cords are little chipped. Taken on sand at low tide. Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, North Isl. New Zealand 2010

Trajana perideris (Dall 1910) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 20,4 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and beige color with attractive knobby and fine nodulose cords. White, cream aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled. Guaymas, Sonora, West Mexico 1970

Euprotomus bulla (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb! Gem 71,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Yellowish/beige color with cream/white, grayish marks and dots, cream, white early whorls, attractive shoulder knobs and body sculpture. Bluish/white, reddish/orange base, aperture and tick lip Dived at 15-20 m. on sand. Masbate Isl. Visayan Sea, Philippines 2000

Rostellariella delicatula (G. Nevill 1881) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 81,5 mm. Very beautiful. Beige and cream color with cream/white bands. White base, mature aperture and thick spiny lip. Has few micro defects Trawled at 50 fathoms. Off Chennai (former Madras), State of Tamil Nadu, India 1980

Onustus indicus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous! F+++ H 40 W 78,4 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get from Australia. Dorsum white and yellowish/cream color with fine sculpture, has only few small attachment, Base white and cream color with fine cords. White, orange, yellow aperture and lip. Trawled. Keppel Bay, Qld. Australia 1990

Ranella olearium (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Thick Knobby! F+++ W/O 106,7 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white, beige, orange, grayish and yellowish color with attractive thick knobby and fine nodulose cords. White, pale yellowish aperture and lip with teeth. Has few worm drills on the spires, few micro defects and chipped apex. Trawled at 40-100 m. Ria de Vigo, Galicia, Spain 1969

Bankivia fasciata (Menke 1830) Gorgeous Colorful! F+++ 15,7 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Tones of pink color with attractive black bands and grayish marks. White and body color base, aperture and lip. Has chipped rough lip. Taken on sea grass at low tide. Eyre Peninsula, South Australia 1960

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Giant Reddish! F+++/Gem W/O 27,4 mm. Very beautiful special color. Tones of reddish and cream color pattern with attractive nodulose cords. Bluish, white iridescent aperture and lip. Has few micro defects and a nick. Taken on kelps at low tide. Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, North Isl. New Zealand 1977

Buccinulum vittatum motutaraense A. W. B. Powell 1929 Gorgeous Rare! F+++/Gem 23,2 mm. Very beautiful, rare deep water subspecies. White and cream color, attractive sculpture with fine nodulose cords and ribbed top. White and brown ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly growth line and slightly chipped protoconch. Dredged at 80-100 m. Off Otago Heads, New Zealand 1970

Cassis cornuta (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Cute Baby! F+++/Gem 82,8 mm. Very beautiful and glossy. Cream and white color with brown, beige, bluish pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder, soft body spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color base. Cream, white aperture and lip with brown marks and white teeth. Taken on sand among coral reef. Cebu Isl. Philippines 1980

Cassis fimbriata (Quoy & Gaimard 1833) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 74,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream and brown color with brown spiral lines, attractive nodulose sculpture with ribs, shoulder and body knobs. Cream, white, beige base, aperture and lip with beige, brown marks. Has few nicks on the canal. Dived night at 25 m. on sand. Middleton Beach, Albany, South West Western Australia 2002

Cassis tuberosa (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Triangular Shape! F+++/Gem W/O 122,5 mm. Cream and white color with beige soft pattern, attractive sculpture with knobby shoulder, body spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Amazing cream, black, brown, yellowish, beige base, aperture and thick lip with black marks, white teeth and black canal. Has a growth scar over the canal. Taken on mud flat at low tide. South Bimini, Bahamas 1968

Phalium bandatum (Perry 1811) Gorgeous! F+++ 84,3 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, hard to get from Australia. Cream/white color with pale yellowish soft marks and  attractive spiny shoulder. White, yellowish/beige base, aperture and lip with pale yellowish marks and sharp teeth. Has few healed slightly growth marks and a nick on the canal. Louisa Creek, Townsville, N.S.W. Australia 1966

Oliva caerulea ponderi Petuch & Sargent 1986 Gorgeous Torres Strait Form! F+++/Gem 54,7 mm. Very beautiful. White, cream color background with attractive black, bluish, gray beige pattern. Blue/mauve, cream, white base, aperture, canal and thick lip with black marks. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on sand at low tide. Horn Isl. Torres Straits, Qld. Australia 1940

Oliva dactyliola Duclos 1840 Gorgeous Large! Gem 35,7 mm. Very beautiful strange population from Lau group . Dark yellow color background with attractive gray and black pattern. White, pale bluish, cream aperture and lip with black marks. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. by snorkel. Lau Group, Fiji Islands 1982

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

Oliva miniacea (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Colorful Superb! Gem 61,2 mm. Very beautiful heavy specimen from Lau group. Cream/white color background with attractive black, gray, orange, blue, yellow pattern. Cream/white, bright orange base, aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand at 3-4 m. Lau Group, Fiji Islands 1980