Cypraea petitiana Crosse 1872 Gorgeous Unusual Shape! Gem 28,5 mm. Very beautiful special globose columellar margin like Cypraea angelicae. Dorsum cream, beige and brown color attractive pattern. Pinkish/cream color callosus margins and base with strong cream/white teeth and orange canal. Trawled at 60 m. Off Conakri, Guinea 1991

Cypraea argus contracasta Lorenz 2012 Gorgeous Superb Pattern! Gem 70 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum cream color with soft grayish bands and attractive clear large brown with cream ocellata spots. Margins and base cream color with brown ocellata spots, black, brown, beige basal blotches and cream, beige teeth. Taken under dead corals. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1900

Cypraea irrorata Gray 1828 Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem 12 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/cream color with brown spots and mark. White base and margins with brown spots. Taken under dead corals at shallow water. Liku Beach, Niue Isl. South Pacific 2012

Cypraea pellucens alisonae Burgess 1983 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 34,8 mm. Very beautiful. Cream/white color background with attractive brown blotch and tones of brown, beige marks and dots. Callosus cream/white base and margins with black and bluish spots. Taken under dead corals at 1-2 m. Pearl Harbor Channel, Oahu, Hawaii 1993

Cypraea pulchella pericalles Melvill & Standen 1904 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 34,2 mm. Very beautiful special pattern. Dorsum cream/white color background with amazing tones of brown and blackish very large blotches, beige, brown spots and dots. White margins with black, beige, brown spots and base with brown teeth and basal cords. Trawled. Koh Lanta, Krabi, Thailand 1990

Cypraea coronata debruini Lorenz 2002 Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 30,5 mm. Very beautiful special Atlantic form. Dorsum cream/white color background with attractive yellowish//beige blotches and marks. Cream, white color base and granulose margins. Has few slightly irregularities. Dived at 40 m. on soft coral on reef. Hout Bay (Atlantic), Cape Province, South Africa 1990

Cypraea edentula sanfrancisca Chiapponi 1999 Gorgeous Spherical! Gem 21,6 mm. Very beautiful. Yellowish/cream color with pale beige soft marks. White spherical base and callosus margins with blackish/brown, beige spots. Dived at 45 m. on reef. Jeffreys Bay, Cape Province, South Africa 2004

Cypraea gaskoini Reeve 1846 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 20,3 mm. Very beautiful. Orange color with attractive clear large cream/white and mantle line. White base and margins with brown spots. Dived at 20 m. under dead coral slab. Makua, Oahu, Hawaii 2015

Cypraea nivosa Broderip 1837 Gorgeous Heavy! Gem 45,7 mm. Very beautiful. Pale orange/beige color with clear white spots and cream mantle line. White base and margins. Taken by dive. Phuket Isl. Thailand 1990

Cypraea pulchra Gray 1824 Gorgeous Superb! Gem 40,2 mm. Very beautiful. Dorsum tones of grayish/beige and cream color soft bands and black terminal marks. White and cream color margins and base with brown teeth. Taken under rubble at 2-3 m. Muscat, Oman 1990

Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray 1824 Outstanding Elongate! Gem 23,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with beige dots and black terminal marks. Cream, white color margins and base with strong teeth. Taken under rocks. Malolo Lailai Isl. Mamanuca Islands, Fiji 1991

Cypraea cribraria (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Extra Large Superb! Gem 33,9 mm. Very beautiful. Brown color with clear large cream/white spots. Callosus bluish/white margins and base. From my personal collection. Philippines 1974

Cypraea edentula nahoonensis Lorenz 1989 Gorgeous Rare Subspecies! F+++ 21,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color background with tones of orange, gray and beige marks. White base with pale bluish marks and callosus margins with blackish, brown, beige spots. Has few micro defects. Dived at 12-13 m. on reef. Fish River area, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 1993

Cypraea nigropunctata J. E. Gray 1828 Gorgeous Exceptional Banded! F+++/Gem 27,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and gray color banded attractive dorsum with cream/white dots and black terminal marks. Yellowish/cream base and margins with dense black, bluish spots and marks. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-15 m. under rocks. Bahia Isabel, Fernandina Isl. Galapagos Islands 2002

Cypraea propinqua dwarf Garret 1879 Gorgeous Rare Hawaiian Specimen! F+++/Gem 29 mm. Very beautiful. Tones of orange and cream color banded dorsum. Cream margins and base with blue aperture. Has few micro defects. Dived at 10-12 m. in rubble. Ewa Beach, W. Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii 1977