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| Item | # 0002179346 | | Family | Volutidae | | Name | Calliotectum dupreyae - INCREDIBLE 223 mm GIANT , Emerson, W.K., 1985 |
| Size | 223 mm, w/o |
| Locality | Australia |
| Note | This incredible giant, at the very limit for the species, is the LARGEST dupreyae I have ever seen. Collected during the legendary 1980s trawls off the atolls of Rowley Shoals, off the north-western Australian coast, and not available since. This species is known in Australian collections as dupreyae, although this name is now usually considered a form of C. tibiaeformae (Kuroda, 1931). Save some typical trawl roughening to the outer apertural lip, and the inevitable minor lines which accompany this delicate-shelled, rough habitat species, the specimen is of exemplary condition for such an old age giant. Although numerous specimens were collected in the 1980s, only a handful were ever found at this monumental size. For the Volutidae specialist, or collector of giant, 'wow factor' seashells. Size: c.223 mm (length). Grading: F+++; w/o. Data: Off Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, Australia; upon mud/sand/detritus substrate; 300-500 m; trawled; 1983. |
| Seller | JES (1238) -
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| Start Price | 1,00 € |
| Current Price | 63,00 € - offered by MEI - Auction closed -
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| | End | 29-05-2019 > 21:00:00 | | shellauction.net time | 25-04-2024 > 11:25:21 | | Time left | ... | | |
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