Natica tigrina (Roding 1798) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 26 mm. Very beautiful. White color with attractive brown, gray, bluish and black spots. White base, spotted aperture and lip. Has few micro defects. Taken in sand at low tide. Pelangi Resort Beach, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia 2003

Aplus assimilis (Reeve 1846) Outstanding Dark! F+++/Gem 14 mm. Very beautiful. Blackish, cream and dark brown color with attractive nodulose cords. Brown, cream ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Has slightly chipped protoconch. Taken in sand and small rocks at 1-3 ft. Baie de Goree, Senegal 2006

Caducifer atlanticus Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso 1970 Outstanding Rare! F+++ 12,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, dark brown color with beige dots and attractive cords. White, gray aperture and lip with fine teeth. The apex looks like chipped but has protoconch. Dived at 20-25 m. under rocks. Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 2007

Chauvetia tenuisculpta (Dautzenberg 1891) Outstanding! Gem 11,6 mm. Very nice. White color with attractive nodulose cords. White aperture and lip with teeth. Taken on rocks at low tide. Almadies, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa 2006

Agaronia griseoalba Von Martens 1897 Gorgeous! Gem 34,3 mm. Very beautiful. Pale bluish/gray and cream/white color with white over the canal and cream top. Blue, white, brown, blackish, gray base, aperture and lip. Taken in pink sand at very low tide. Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste, West Costa Rica 2008

Agaronia griseoalba Von Martens 1897 Gorgeous Blue! Gem 26,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with blue axial marks and dots, gray and cream over the canal. Blue, white, brown, yellowish base, aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Las Lajas, Chiriqui, West Panama 1990

Eburna glabrata (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Yellowish! F+++/Gem 48,6 mm. Very beautiful. Pale yellowish color with orange, cream/white bands. Pale yellowish, pale bluish, white base, aperture and lip with small tooth. Taken in sand in shallow water. Paranaguana Peninsula, Venezuela 1990

Oliva incrassata (Lightfoot 1786) Gorgeous Heavy Superb! Gem 60,4 mm. Very beautiful and very heavy. Blue and cream color background with blue, black, brown, gray marks and dots. Cream, white base, aperture and lip with blackish, brown marks. Taken in or on sand at extreme low tide. San Felipe, Baja California, West Mexico 2003

Chione cancellata (Linne 1767) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 22 W 24 mm. Very beautiful. White and pale grayish color with attractive body sculpture and almost perfect granulose cords. Taken in sand at 1-2 m. Indian River, West Antigua 1981

Melongena melongena nana dwarf Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck 1986 Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 30,8 mm. Very beautiful rare dwarf Aruba form. Multicolor bands and spiral lines with attractive soft spiral knobs and nodulose cords. Body color, pale blue aperture and lip with teeth. Taken in mangrove area at low tide. Mangle Halto, Aruba 2013

Strombus campbelli Griffith & Pidgeon 1834 Outstanding! F+++/Gem W/O 42,1 mm. Very beautiful and glossy, western Australia form. White color with attractive beige pattern. White ribbed aperture and thick lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Roebuck Bay, Broome, Western Australia 1998

Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck 1822) Gorgeous!F+++/Gem 43,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale orange and beige color with cream/white spires and over the canal. White, cream, pale yellowish base, aperture and lip. Has slightly rough lip. From Greek trawlers. Senegal 1976

Viriola corrugata (Hinds 1843) Outstanding Large! Gem 17,2 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white and brown color with attractive granulose cords. Cream aperture and lip. Taken in coral sand at 3-5 feet. Mo'una Isl. Vava'u, Tonga 2000

Oliva undatella Lamarck 1810 Outstanding Greenish! F+++/Gem 12,6 mm. Very beautiful rare Mexican specimen. Greenish color with attractive gray, cream pattern, yellowish/cream with brown lines bands on shoulder and low body, blackish over the canal. Blackish, brown, beige, cream aperture and lip. Taken in sand at low tide. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, West Mexico 1970

Agaronia testacea (Lamarck 1811) Gorgeous Ornamented! F+++ 53,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and pale yellowish color with attractive tones blue and black pattern, gray, blackish, cream and yellow over the canal. Blue, white, blackish base, aperture and cream lip. Has three very small growth defects and slightly chipped protoconch. Taken on sand at low tide. Playa Cochorit, Sonora, West Mexico 2003

Cymatium caudatum (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 67,6 mm. Very beautiful rare deep water Japanese specimen. Pale yellow and white color with attractive knobby and nodulose cords. White ribbed aperture and thick lip with teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Trawled at 200-300 m. Tosa Bay, Shikoku, Japan 1970

Gyrineum natator (Roding 1798) Gorgeous Large Dark!Gem 38,3 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of brown, beige, cream and white color bands with attractive brown, blackish spiral knobs and fine cords. White, brown ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under rocks at low tide. Pat Wadi, Mumbai, India 1982

Oliva circinata Marrat 1881 Gorgeous Unusual Deep Water Form! F+++/Gem 49,3 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color background with attractive brown, beige, grayish, bluish, black pattern and marks. White base, aperture and lip with brown marks. Trawled at 70-80 m. Off Prado, Bahia, Brazil 2023

Strombus latus Gmelin 1791 Gorgeous Dark Superb! F+++/Gem 98,4 mm. Very beautiful glossy and heavy. Tones of brown color with attractive white pattern and sculpture with large spiral knobs. White, pale beige aperture and grayish thick lip. Has chipped apex and a chip on the canal. Taken by nets at 20-30 m. Sekondi-Tarakodi, Western Region, Ghana 2024

Lischkeia alwinae (Lischke 1871) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 40,5 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color, attractive sculpture with nodulose cords, spiral spines and small knobby shoulder. Bluish/white iridescent aperture and lip. Has a healed slightly growth mark. Trawled at 30-50 fathoms. Off Mikawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan 1998