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| Item | # 0004190525 | | Family | Volutidae | | Name | Scaphella dubia - RARE 230 mm 1965 GIANT , Broderip, 1827 |
| Size | 230 mm |
| Locality | U.S.A. |
| Note | An INCREDIBLE, rugged, old age GIANT, of EXTREMELY RARE SIZE, even for the now long gone days of availability. Not freshly collected for over half a century, and virtually impossible to obtain at this size now, with the majority of such giants reposing within public institutions. For those who have never experienced such a giant in person, the shell will come as a revelation, exhibiting the distinctive features of the species at extremely advanced age: a pronounced, angulate whorl periphery; an outwardly recurved apertural lip; and an absence of pattern upon the body whorl. Always a rough species in old age, the current specimen exhibits a couple of predatory marks, and restricted trawl loss at the anterior, yet its merit is its size. Retention of the delicate, oversized protoconch. Completely NATURAL apertural lip – very important to the connoisseur – as almost all specimens from the 1960s-1970s had their lips artificially smoothed as a matter of course. RARE LOCALITY. An extremely rare opportunity for an advanced Volutidae specialist, or dedicated collector of giant-sized shells. Data: Grand Lake region of Gulf of Mexico, off Cameron, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, U.S.A.; upon sand/mud/detritus substrate; 60-90 m; trawled; 1965. Size: c. 230 mm. Grading: Fine+. Provenance: JES Collection; London / Melbourne. |
| Seller | JES (1476) - Register to view Feedback | | Seller Country | AUSTRALIA |
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| Curr. of this item |  EURO |
| Start Price | 1,00 € |
| Current Price | 255,00 € - offered by cyp378 - You must be registered to make your offer -
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| over 1000 € | 25 € |
| | End | 24-06-2026 > 21:00:00 | | shellauction.net timeServer time | 20-06-2026 > 02:09:24 | | Time left | 4 days, 18 hours, 50 min | |
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