Orania fusulus (Brocchi 1814) Outstanding Yellow! F+++/Gem 15 mm. Very beautiful rare Ghana form. Yellow color with attractive fine nodulose cords and knobby varices. White ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Has a slightly worm defect on the base whorls. Dredged on rubble bottom at 45-50 m. Off Miamia, Western Region, Ghana, West Africa 2005

Harpa major Roding 1798 Gorgeous White/Pink! F++/F+++ 84 mm. Very beautiful. White and pink color with attractive brown and pale pattern, few grayish/mauve marks. Ribs with pink, orange, brown, gray, blackish and white color marks. Bluish/white, brown, yellow base, aperture and lip with beige marks  Has few slightly growth defects, few nicks on the ribs and little chipped canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Zamboanga 2008

Murex Chicoreus strigatus (Reeve 1849) Gorgeous From Okinawa! F+++/Gem W/O 32,6 mm. Very beautiful special color. Pale yellowish/beige and cream/white color with attractive knobby cords and frilly small spines. White mature aperture and lip with teeth. Taken under dead coral at low tide. Nakagusuku Bay (Buckner Bay), Okinawa, Japan 1979

Harpa harpa Linne 1758 Gorgeous Large Dark! F++ 62,5 mm. Very beautiful special color. Orange, pink, mauve and white color with gray, beige and tones of brown pattern, deep reddish/brick and a black over the lip marks. Ribs with orange, pink, yellowish/beige marks and blackish lines. Blue, cream and beige aperture, mature white lip with brown marks. Has few slightly growth defects, few sand grains on the base, chipped lower lip and canal terminal doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Olango...

Typhis colemani (Ponder 1972) Gorgeous Exceptional! F+++/Gem 11,6 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with attractive perfect wings and small tube. White mature aperture and lip with fine teeth. The protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken under large flat rock at low tide. Broome, North West Western Australia 1998

Orania pacifica (Nakayama 1988) Gorgeous! Gem 16,1 mm. Very beautiful, really special for a Muricidae lover. Pale yellow, white body and brown color over the canal with attractive fine lamellate and knobby cords. White mature ribbed aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled at 80-100 m. Off southern Maputo, Mozambique 2014

Paratrophon cheesemani (Hutton 1882) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 13,4 mm. Very beautiful. Bluish/white body and grayish, beige color to the top with fine gray spiral lines, attractive sculpture and cords. Brown, beige white mature knobby aperture and lip. Has few micro and the protoconch is slightly chipped. Taken on mussel beds at low tide. Maunganui Bluff, Dargaville, North Isl. New Zealand 1997

Murex Bolinus brandaris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem W/O 78,7 mm. Very beautiful. Cream and white color with few brown small marks, nodulose cords and attractive perfect knobby and long spines. Amazing cream, yellow, orange full mature aperture and lip with teeth. Has chipped the side of canal and slightly chipped protoconch. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay, Saronicos Gulf, Greece August 1999

Harpa kajiyamai Habe 1970 Gorgeous Baby! F+++/Gem 31,3 mm. Very beautiful rare Japanese baby specimen. Cream color with attractive soft beige pattern. Ribs with cream, beige, brown color marks. Body color aperture and lip. Taken by lobster nets at 50-80 m. Off Minabe, Wakayama, Japan 2009

Murex Bolinus brandaris (Linne 1758) Gorgeous Strong Varices! F+++ W/O 75,1 mm. Very beautiful unusual bi form. Cream, pale yellowish and white color with few brown small marks, nodulose cords, attractive strong varices on the last three whorls, almost perfect knobby and long spines. Amazing cream, yellow, orange full mature ribbed aperture and thick lip with strong teeth. Has some chipped spines and few chips on the side of the canal. Self collected on sand at 4-8 m. Varkiza Bay,  Saron...

Murex Favartia salmonea (Melvill & Standen 1899) Outstanding! F+++/Gem 15,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream, pale yellowish and pale beige color with attractive sculpture. Pale yellowish mature ribbed aperture and lip with teeth. Intertidal under rocks. Port Hedland, North West Australia 2010

Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck 1822) Outstanding Exceptional! Gem W/O 15,5 mm. Very beautiful, special Atlantic form. Yellowish/beige color with attractive nodulose body and ribs cords. White mature ribbed aperture and yellow lip with fine teeth. Taken on octopus trap at 50-60 m. Off Lagos, Algarves, Portugal 2019

Trophon muricatus (Montagu 1803) Gorgeous Superb! F+++/Gem 16 mm. Very beautiful, exceptional Atlantic ocean form. Beige and cream color with attractive nodulose body and ribs cords. Beige aperture and lip with fine teeth. Trawled on mud & rubble bottom at 60-80 m. Off Lagos, Algarve, Portugal 2011