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Fissurella pulchra Rare, Hard to Obtain

81 mm Caldera, northern Chile 20,00 €

Item

# 0003870221

Family

Fissurellidae

Name

Fissurella pulchra - Rare, Hard to Obtain , G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Size

81 mm

Locality

Caldera, northern Chile

Note

One very nice live-collected specimen of the very rare Fissurella pulchra, one of the large species of Fissurella endemic to the southeastern Pacific. This species lives in the subtidal in very specific places, on rocks in sandy areas and in very low numbers. Together with F. bridgesi these are the rarest Fissurella species found in Chile and Perú (although pulchra is rarer). Large Fissurella species are edible (and very tasty), and so are caught by fishermen, collected with hooks and often damaged. This particular specimen is very nice for the species, has a nice dorsum in its natural condition (lightly cleaned, but can be cleaned further) and a very nice interior of the shell. The lip is perfect, thickened, with no damages, and the dorsum is free from boring barnacles or polychaetes or other boring organisms. A very low initial price for an interesting and very rare limpet, very difficult to obtain.

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CHILE

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