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| Item | # 0003161918 |
| Family | Muricidae |
| Name | Neorapana muricata - GIANT DARK WOOOW!!! |
| Size | 76.2 mm, w/o |
| Locality | Escollera El Eden, Colima,Mexico |
| Note | GIANT DARK WOOOOW!!! Rare to find with this conditions at this size combined with dark brown light purplish. Really deep orange color form in the ventral side WOOOW!! Awesome dorsum and lip side with extremely multiple tiny elegant-perfect scales WOOOOW!! Thick lip, really impossible top apex, hard to find in good conditions at this size. This particular species is always found attached to large stones and apparently feeds more at night. Devourer of marine worms! Their shells are generally always accompanied by many types of calcareous organisms and algae making them invisible in many cases. You need to have a very good eye to find them, and they are rare species. Very rarely do you find good specimens with impressive conditions. This is the perfect example to appreciate the beauty of a Dark brown color form Neorapana muricata with awesome multiple scales and high nodules. Uncommon species nowadays, in great quality like this rare. A few micro holes here in a few places not detracting the beauty, normal for this Giant size. F++-F+++!. Found attached between stones with mud about 6m deep. Near Escollera el Eden, Colima, Mexico. February 2023: Value: 120-150 euros MEXICO PACIFIC |
| Seller | MEXICO PACIFIC (645) -
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| Seller Country | GERMANY |
| Shipment/Payment | Available for registered users... |
| Currency of this item |  EURO |
| Start Price | 2,00 € |
| Current Price | 122,00 € - offered by Louis Wang - Auction closed -
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| Bid Increments |
| Range | Bid Increment |
| under 100 € | 1 € |
| from 100 to 200 € | 2 € |
| from 200 to 500 € | 5 € |
| from 500 to 1000 € | 10 € |
| over 1000 € | 25 € |
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| End | 27-09-2023 > 21:15:00 |
| shellauction.net time | 07-10-2024 > 21:37:45 |
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