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Pterochelus acanthopterus BEAUTIFUL
72.6 mm     Dampier, Western Australia     1,00 €
Item# 0004271442
FamilyMuricidae
NamePterochelus acanthopterus - BEAUTIFUL , Lamarck 1816
Size72.6 mm, w/o
LocalityDampier, Western Australia
NoteBeautiful fusoid specimen with three elaborate winged varices with perfect backswept open spines. The shell displays a high, intact spire and protoconch with shades of buff, camel and bronze brown body whorl pigmentation with a khaki brown spire and varix based pigmentation at the varical margins. Hard to find a better example of this west coast endemic Australian rock shell. The specimen was caught cruising on a mud/sand substrate at low tide on the Anchovy Flats, Dampier, northwestern Western Australia. The specimen is close to ideal condition. Grade: GEM minus.
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Seller CountryAUSTRALIA
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Start Price1,00 €
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RAFFLESIA (639) 1 €23-09-2026 > 21:08:131