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Chesapecten middlesexensis 7 ¼” or 183.20mm Tall x 192.89mm. wide. Mansfield, 1936 Collected in the Cobham Bay Member of the Eastover Formation. James River, Surry County, Virginia. Messinian Miocene 5.33-7.246 M.Y.A. Collector: Unknown. A very large- superb example with the usual pin-holing and minor damage as show on the umbo. This is a matrix piece and is very heavy as both sides are attached. Rarely offered still intact this

An F+ /F++Epitonium scalare 2 3/8” or 57.03mm. w/o Linne, 1758 Trawled from deeper waters in 2016. Nha Trang, Vietnam. Exceptionally large very hard to get specimen. A true gem in a collection. Not offered with an operculum.   

An F++/NG Periglypta puerpera 4 3/8” or 108.89mm. Linne, 1771-“Large”Collected by Local fishermen in up to 20 meters of water.Sulawesi Indonesia.     

An F++/NG Chicoreus paini 1 ¾” or 45.49mm. w/o Houart, 1983 Local diver at unknown depth in 1979 New Britain, Papua New Guinea.   

An F+/F++Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 5/8” or 66.34mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927 .Trawled by Fishermen at 25-40 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2012. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.   

An F++Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 1/2” or 61.14mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927 .Trawled by Fishermen at 35-45 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2012. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.    

An F++/NG Chicoreus florifer 2 7/8” or 73.32mm. Reeve,1846 Collected by a diver on hardpan bottom at 8-10’ in the 1990’s Berry Islands, Bahamas. Collector: Unknown. Operculum lost.  

An F++/NG Hexaplex princeps 1 5/8” or 40.90mm w/o. Broderip, 1833 “Superb Dwarf” Diver collected 6-7 meters on rocky bottom in 1999.Manabi, Ecuador.   

An F++/NG Hexaplex cichoreum 1 7/8” or 48.96mm. w/o. Gmelin, 1791-“Dark Dwarf” Collected by local diver at 6-8 meters in 1/92. Mactan Island, Philippines. Nice dark dwarf shell,   

An F++ Chicoreus (Triplex) emilyae  1 7/8” or 49.17mm. Petuch,1987- “Peach/Orange” Trawled by Local fishermen in 100-150’ of water around sand and rocky bottom. Offshore of Punta Patuca, Honduras. These are hard to get now in the orange color. Some workers are calling this florifer. However, the difference in the fronds can be seen clearly show this species to be different from florifer. 

An F++/NG Hexaplex cichoreum 2” or 50.45mm. w/o. Dunker, 1869-“Dwarf”Collected by a diver at 10-12 meters in 2012. Bohol Island, Philippines.   

An F++/NG Orania fusulus 23.28mm. w/o Brocchi, 1814 Diver at 30 meters on sand and rubble bottom in 1999. Malaga, Spain.   

A Fine Neptunea tabulata 3 1/8” or 79.20mm. w/o Baird, 1863 Trawled live at 90 meters in 1980’s British Columbia.   

An F++ Epitonium scalare 2 ¼” or 55.91mm. w/o. Linne, 1758 Collected at 80-90 meters by local fishermen in 2016. Negros Island, Philippines. This is a larger specimen than Normal.   

AN F++/NG Siratus tenuivaricosus 2 ¼” or 56.45mm. w/o. Dautzenberg, 1927.Trawled by Fishermen at 39-40 meters on sand and hardbottom with coral in 2010. Guarapari, Espirito Santo, Brazil.   

An F+ Lyncina kuroharai 1 3/8” or 31.40mm. Kuroda & Habe, 1961-Sub-Adult.Trawled from deep waters at unknown depth. Taiwan. Rare shell that is sub-adult so has to be rated F+ .  

An F+/F++Ceratostoma burnetti 3” or 76.94mm. Adams and Reeve, 1849-“Gorgeous”Collected by diver at subtidal depths. South End of Wando Island, South Korea. Gorgeous, winged specimen with operculum lost.  

Pseudadusta (Bithloa) kalafuti 2 7/8” or 73.04mm. Petuch, 1994-Extinct.Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 3, Middle Bed) of the Tamiami Formation in Dec- February, 2023. Lake Dig Site with insitu specimens. Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.58-3.0 M.Y.A. Collector: MJ. Identified by Melanie Briskin. Collector and true locality will be divulged in the final data of this fossil Cypraea.   

Two Near-Gem to Gem Pseudozonaria arabicula (2) 25.85mm & 24.02mm. Lamarck, 1819. Collected by diver in shallow water amongst rocks in 1990. Las Perlas Islands, Panama.   

A “Dwarf” F+++/NG Trona stercoraria  1 ¾” or 45.92mm.Linne, 1758 Collected by diver at 3-5 meters in 1999. Cameroon, Victoria, West Africa.