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Hexaplex princeps UNBELIEVABLE LONG SPINES

74.5 mm Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mex. 50,00 €

Item

# 0004144040

Family

Muricidae

Name

Hexaplex princeps - UNBELIEVABLE LONG SPINES , (Broderip, 1833)

Size

74.5 mm, w/o

Locality

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mex.

Note

RARE ULTRA LONG CURVED BRANCHED SPINES WITH DARK COLOR FORM!! Exclusive incomparable and spectacular extra long spines with excellent conditions, this specimen is so spiny like a "sea urchin". The most attractive extreme shoulder long spines with dense unusual branched spines between and superb thick-wide with sharp at the tip. The shoulder spines are extreme curved like waves effect, the spire is so beautiful and with excellent conditions combined with the most intact pink apex. The black coloration between the dark brown are clearly dominant between the light white background. A real Marvelous piece of art. Gem-F++++. Top aesthetics! 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 the longest curved and branched impressive spines ever combined with black-dark brown color form: 100-120 euros. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC

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