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Volutella caestus EXTENDED THICK WING LIP!
73.3 mm     Cuastecomates, Jalisco, Mexico     13,00 €
Item# 0003986682
FamilyTurbinellidae
NameVolutella caestus - EXTENDED THICK WING LIP! , (Broderip, 1833)
Size73.3 mm, w/o
LocalityCuastecomates, Jalisco, Mexico
NoteTHICK PHENOMENAL PERIOSTRACUM AND MASSIVE THICK LIP WING!! Marvelous thick elegant periostracum with the best conditions with several elevated shoulder nodules. The thickest extended wing lip with heavy colossal conditions. The specimen present a heavy, solid and massive thickness with short body form. The lip is really thick with periostracum. Hard to find with beautiful perfect thick periostracum. The most elegant special White color aperture. Original operculum. Hard to get species in good conditions. Some natural imperfections like drill hole around absent apex, very usual and normal for the species. Really hard to get long and almost complete spire like this here. F++-F+++ for the species. Found in mud about 10m deep. Cuastecomates, Jalisco, Mexico. November 2025. Value for this special thick periostracum combined with thick perio lip and the most several shoulder nodules: 35-40 euro. MEXICO PACIFIC. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC
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Start Price2,00 €
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Bid history:
zyf (2542) 12 €18-12-2025 > 14:38:021
suddhi (1980) 13 €19-12-2025 > 07:20:512