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Cymbiola rutila macgillivrayi THE REAL THING RARE LOC.
84.8 mm     Australia     76,00 €
Item# 0004031688
FamilyVolutidae
NameCymbiola rutila macgillivrayi - THE REAL THING RARE LOC. , Cox, 1873
Size84.8 mm
LocalityAustralia
NoteAn OUTSTANDING large specimen of the REAL macgillivrayi, from a rare locality – remote Opal Reef, near the Australian continental shelf, off Queensland. Characteristic solidity, and markedly ovate form. Deep yellow-cream ground, decorated with maculations of rich reddish orange; dusky ochre apertural interior. Superb pattern, of the highest aesthetic merit. Hypermature: ultra-solid and heavy, with thickened and glossed apertural lip. The original 1982 collection label accompanies the specimen. NOTE: The name macgillivrayi is often misapplied across the internet literature. True macgillivrayi, as Cox’s original description makes clear, is a broad, solid, heavy shell, of distinctly ovate form. It is not diagnosed by colour or pattern alone. ‘Shell ovate, or oblong-ovate; thick; ponderous; spire short … This fine species is allied to innexa, Reeve, but it is a much more ponderous shell’. Data: Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; upon sand/rubble substrate; 4-6 m; dived; July 1982. Size: 84.8 mm. Grading: Fine+++ (extremely minor fraying to labral side of anterior canal). Provenance: JES Collection; London / Melbourne.
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