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Astraea olivacea GIANT GREEN-SPOTTED WOOW

52 x 70.7 mm Playa el Tecuan, Jalisco, Mexico 2,00 €

Item

# 0003977266

Family

Turbinidae

Name

Astraea olivacea - GIANT GREEN-SPOTTED WOOW

Size

52 x 70.7 mm, w/o

Locality

Playa el Tecuan, Jalisco, Mexico

Note

MAGNIFICENT LARGE GREAT GREEN BANDIND BEAUTY!! Look at this spotted pattern going all around the spire combined with fresh dark green. Elevated conic shape with fully pattern in the spire region. Impressive green color combined with superb sculpture and large seldom seen size. Large with 52mm high x 70.7mm wide!! The best extraordinary sculpture combined with pattern, size and extra darker dots all around with the vertical and undulated spiral ribs WOOOW!! Unique opportunity to get this unique rare species with great spire, lip, operculum, dark dots around, banded, green elegant fresh colors, very clear detailed structure and great large size. The single most striking feature is a brilliant spot of strong orange at the base of the umbilical pit which is bordered by a black outer edge, amazing!! I was looking for this species for years!! I know there are some small populations registered for Baja California Sur( La Paz + Pacific), Sinaloa (Mazatlán), Nayarit (Punta de Mita), Guerrero (Acapulco) and Oaxaca (Salina Cruz) But no In Jalisco State registered before, this is one of the first populations ever found in hundreds of kilometers of Coastline. In fact the population is only living between 50 square meters in a rocky beach, very small place, between 1 and 1.5m deep. I was so lucky to find them only because I found one fresh dead many years ago. So I was sure they are somewhere there. Seldom seen in collections and for sure in the market with so fresh deep colors, awesome sculpture and impressive conditions. Natural insignificant imperfections as usual not really detracting the beauty like light erosion and a drill hole near apex region. F++-F+++. For advancer collectors and lovers of special and rare species. Found attached on big stones about 1 to 2m deep Playa el Tecuan, Jalisco, Mexico. November 2025. Value for this really rare species endemic from Mexico with the most dense Green color you can get, striking spotted pattern and extraordinary sculpture : 85-100 euro. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC.

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