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Coralliophila costata VERY RARE SPECIES!!

19.5 mm La Calechosa, Jalisco, Mexico. 2,00 €

Item

# 0004250792

Family

Coralliophilidae

Name

Coralliophila costata - VERY RARE SPECIES!! , (Blainville, 1832)

Size

19.5 mm, w/o

Locality

La Calechosa, Jalisco, Mexico.

Note

VERY RARE SPECIES - SPECIAL PURPLISH APERTURE COLOR FORM!! Extremely rare species in Mexico, for CORALLIOPHILIDAE experts and lovers, absent in many collections. There is not much information about this rarity and usually the specimens are very ugly and rarely seen alive. I found this one alive myself and it has the original, rarely seen operculum. This special specimen was found under a type of soft coral with green coloration and multiple polyps, when I removed some of this soft coral it was attached to the stone under the soft coral, I never imagined to find it completely covered and without any visibility that there would be a specimen there. Really hidden and impossible to find without removing this soft coral. A very mysterious question of how it lived inside the soft coral! It is without a doubt a really rare species. Unique PURPLE COLOR special aperture WOOOOW!! Elegant thick lip with inner lip denticles. Several nodules all around the shoulder with unique sculpture effect, great structure, elegant spire and apex. This species are coming most with erosion not really harming the beauty and rarity. F++-F+++. Found attached under soft green coral inside the stones at extremely low tide about 1m deep. La Calechosa, Cuastecomates, Jalisco, Mexico. March 2025. Estimated value between 25-35 euro. Good luck and happy shelling. MEXICO PACIFIC

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