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Fissurella maxima Very Nice, Large!

117.2 mm Caldera, northern Chile 6,00 €

Item

# 0003945354

Family

Fissurellidae

Name

Fissurella maxima - Very Nice, Large! , G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Size

117.2 mm

Locality

Caldera, northern Chile

Note

One very nice, live-taken very concave, and large specimen of Fissurella maxima, the largest species of Fissurellidae. This species lives on rocks, usually near and under forests of giant Lessonia algae. Large Fissurella species in Chile are caught by fishermen, collected with hooks and almost always damaged. The dorsum of the shell is always covered by calcareous algae, vermetids, boring polychaetes and other epibionts, particularly Scurria species. It is currently difficult to obtain nice large specimens like this one. This one was collected recently by fishermen, and it is in very good condition for the species and the size, with a few chips or damages in the border of the shell, and with a very nice natural dorsum with white calcareous algae (lightly cleaned) but with no Scurria scars or boreholes. A low initial price for a very nice and showy specimen of Fissurella.

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CHILE

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