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Fissurella maxima Nice, selected
71 mm     Caldera, northern Chile     1,00 €
Item# 0003583759
FamilyFissurellidae
NameFissurella maxima - Nice, selected , G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Size71 mm
LocalityCaldera, northern Chile
NoteOne very nice and rather small specimen of Fissurella maxima, the largest species of Fissurella. This species lives on rocks, usually near and under forests of the giant algae Lessonia. Large Fissurella species are edible (and very tasty), and so are caught by fishermen, collected with hooks and very often damaged. They also have the dorsum of the shell always covered by calcareous algae, vermetids, boring polychaetes and other epibionts, particularly Scurria species. This specimen is in very good for the species, with a nice lip with a few tiny chips, and a cleaned and colorful dorsum with a bit of red and white algae which can be cleaned further but with no Scurria scars, as can be seen in the images. The dorsum can be carefully cleaned further (and perhaps oiled) to reveal the nice pattern of rays in the dorsum. A very low initial price for a very nice and cleaned specimen of Fissurella maxima.
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Seller CountryCHILE
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Start Price1,00 €
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suddhi (1922) 1 €23-01-2025 > 12:04:231