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Hexaplex princeps SPECIAL DENSE BANDING!!!
88.8 mm     Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mex.     33,00 €
Item# 0004144039
FamilyMuricidae
NameHexaplex princeps - SPECIAL DENSE BANDING!!! , (Broderip, 1833)
Size88.8 mm, w/o
LocalityBarra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mex.
NoteSPECIAL UNIQUE DENSE GORGEOUS BANDING PATTERN WOOOOOW!! Incredible beautiful specimen with the most delightful banding dense pattern ever, white cream background color combined with black brown imposing and remarkable great stripes alla round. The spire shows wonderful spiral spiny conditions with pink intact seldom seen apex. The spines varices are with kind of branching and thickness. The best selected white color form with the most incomparable striped pattern. Gem-F+++. This is one of the most common large species of Muricidae in the Mexican Pacific and is widely used as seafood in restaurants. Although open sea Hexaplex princeps are generally 99.9% completely ugly with classic dense erosion, missing spines all around, dense drill holes, no coloration or pattern, and thick calcareous organisms attached all around them almost impossible to remove, that is the common Hexaplex princeps. However, on very rare occasions and in very enclosed bays or lagoon mouths that are open to the sea, there are individuals with great condition, but finding them is always a mystery and really hard. With my years of experience and luck, I know of some places where they sometimes appear in ideal and striking conditions. Here I present that unique and unusual selection. Without a doubt this masterpiece is a treasure for anyone who wins it. Carefully handpicked with years of experience and cleaned preserving its natural parts. It is much more impressive in your hands because of the details that you can't see in the photos. Super high selection in situ with the best exceptional conditions you can get for this extraordinary species. For any MURICIDAE lovers of aesthetics and advancer collectors. Found attached on, under and between large muddy stones with oysters and mussels about 5m- 8m deep. Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico. April 2026. Value for this special white color form with the most magnificent dense banding pattern: 50-60 euros. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC
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Start Price2,00 €
Current Price33,00 € - offered by 130224  - Auction closed - 

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