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Muricanthus ambiguus MUSEUM PIECE BRANCHED!!!

66.3 mm Barra de Navidad, Jalisco,Mexico 100,00 €

Item

# 0003974109

Family

Muricidae

Name

Muricanthus ambiguus - MUSEUM PIECE BRANCHED!!!

Size

66.3 mm, w/o

Locality

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco,Mexico

Note

MUSEUM CONDITIONS WITH UNIQUE WHITE COLOR FORM AND EXTRA BRANCHED SPIRE SPIRAL SPINES WOOOOOW!! Branched extra spines unique rarity!! This is undoubtedly the specimen with the most white coloring on its ventral side, including spines, and without any erosion whatsoever. The spire is particularly elegant-irresistible and delightful, with a spiral full of branched spines, each spine having extra-long branches. The most extraordinary spiny spire I have ever seen in my entire career. The spines all around the body are coming with terrific sharp conditions and striking long branched spines with a rare perfection. This is the most spiny conditions you can get for this beauty and all of this combined with an excellent white unusual background coloration, the banding black-brown coloration is gradually changing the color from lip to the ventral side in white. Lip, apex, siphon, spines and all is just with excellent conditions and intact. Museum masterpiece Jewel. Gem. The best exquisite high selection for this seldom seen species. Do not miss this unique opportunity to get this real top black spiny masterpiece specimens, very selected from many dives and very difficult to clean them to reach this results, hours cleaning with ultrasonic scaler. The Muricanthus population in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco is unique, as the specimens are inside a lagoon with mangroves nearby and protected from currents, waves and directly sun light, most of them covered with algae and mud keeping their apex, spines and body generally intact, something completely different from the populations in the open sea, with much damage to their shells-spines, fully with erosion, drill holes, really ugly and complete covered by very thick hard to remove calcareous attachments. Even so, these specimens here are incredibly rare with so much better conditions for the species as usual, with incredible shapes and spines. Without a doubt this masterpieces are a treasure for anyone who wins it. Carefully handpicked with years of experience and cleaned preserving its natural parts. It is much more impressive in your hands because of the details that you can't see in the photos. Super high selection in situ with the best exceptional conditions you can get for this extraordinary and seldom seen species, choose your favorite in this great auction. For any MURICIDAE lovers of aesthetics and advancer collectors. Masterpiece rarity. Found attached and buried between muddy stones with oysters about 6m- 7m deep. Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico. November 2025. Value for the most white color form ever with the craziest branched spiral spire spines and superb sharp : 200-250 euros. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC

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