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Fissurella maxima

120.6 mm Caldera, northern Chile 12,00 €

Item

# 0003874375

Family

Fissurellidae

Name

Fissurella maxima , G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Size

120.6 mm

Locality

Caldera, northern Chile

Note

One nice live-taken and giant specimen of Fissurella maxima, the largest species of Fissurellidae. This species lives on rocks, usually near and under forests of giant Lessonia algae. Large Fissurella species in Chile are caught by fishermen, collected with hooks and almost always damaged. The dorsum of the shell is always covered by calcareous algae, vermetids, boring polychaetes and other epibionts, particularly Scurria species. It is currently difficult to obtain giant specimens over 120 mm like this one. This one was collected recently by fishermen, and it is in very good condition for the species and the size, with just a few chips in the border of the shell which explain its low initial price. The shell is very thick and the dorsum has been lightly cleaned and its shows partially the darker rays which characterize this species. The dorsum has some tiny boreholes and some old scars but it is reasonably nice, and it still have some reddish algae which can be further cleaned to reveal the nice pattern of rays. A very low initial price for a very nice and very large specimen of Fissurella.

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