70.8 mm, F++/Gem. Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, S. Africa. Super hard to get from this place as there are only a couple of divers collecting from here. Outstanding specimen with thick callused margins!

14.9 mm, Gem. Philippines. Subadult variety with no dorsal pustulation.

51.7 mm, F++/Gem. Cuba. Young and nearly perfect specimen. Dark and gorgeous!

39.8 mm, F+/F++. Australia. RARE! deep water species that is seldom available. Smooth but dull surface on the shell, an interesting characteristic present in some of the species in this genus. Slight growth line as seen in the image, still a fantasti

59.2 mm, F+. Rarity. Florida. Dwarf and overcast specimen! I have only seen just a couple of these shells with this grayish overcasting, it is very rare! Live taken from the Florida Keys.

115.1 mm, F++/Gem. Florida. Collected by me back in 1991. A very nice large and inflated specimen!

22.2 mm, Gem-. Australia. White dorsum with faintly spotted margins. Hard to get these.

26.3 mm, Dead. Fort Dauphin (Taolagnaro), Madagascar. Gorgeous pattern and shape. Very inflated, mature, callused specimen. Rare this shape, even in dead taken condition. This is one of the most extreme specimens that I have held, absent from collect

19.9 mm, Gem-. S. Africa. Very rare variation from the Fish River area. Callused labrum and narrow aperture characterize this variety. Close to the nominate subspecies, very few in collections. This is the rarest shell in this auction!

60.3 mm, F. Senegal. Interesting species of Xenophora. Seldom available, this live taken specimen comes from an old collection.

83.3 mm, Fossil. Florida. A nice complete specimen of this large fossil cowry species. The only data accompanying the shell said Sarasota, so I can reasonably consider the APAC pit as the likely source for this specimen.

Homalocantha anatomica pele (Pilsbry, 1918) 32.2 mm, F++/Gem. Hawaii. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). 43.0 mm, F++/Gem. Philippines. Homalocantha anatomica anatomica (Perry, 1811). 47.0 mm, F++/Gem. Philippines. These specimens are of particul

35.7 mm, Gem. Japan. Fantastic specimen that resembles the rare P. hungerfordi coucomi. Great shell!

74.4 mm, F++. Marquesas Islands. Rare! These cycle between periods of scarcity and complete abscence. This is a very nice dark, quality specimen. Fantastic basal blotch! Some minor irregularities do not detract whatsoever from this fabulous shell.

68.5 mm, F++/Gem. Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines. Freaky dorsal pattern! Damage to the mantle and the shell resulted in this interesting pattern. Great shell!

63.0 mm, F++. S. Australia. Rare variation! Specimen with a deeply concave base with very reduced and pale spotting. Interesting shell with only minor dorsal irregularities.

21.4 mm, Gem-. Philippines. Gorgeous small specimen! Absolutely beautiful color and sculpture in this uncommon shell.

74.5 mm, F++. Australia. RARE! Very nice, natural lip with some chips. Hardly available anymore.

28.1 mm, Gem-. Philippines. Beautiful orange and frilly deep water specimen! Others are offering this shell as C. ritae, but I am not 100% sure of the ID. Nonetheless, this is a very nice and attractive shell!

75.7 mm, F++/Gem. Australia. A nice specimen of this Australian species.

26.0 mm, Beach. S. Africa. Recently recognized species, beached as usual but still very nice.

74.5-126.0 mm, Gem-. Philippines. SIZE! Extremely heavy dwarf along with a large specimen demonstrating the extreme size variation within this species. Great quality and nice color patterns. Very hard to get these size extremes!

21.5 mm, Gem. Philippines. Dwarf specimen! Very small with excellent quality.