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Malea ringens MASSIVE WIDE WOOOOW!!!!!
178.5 mm La Calechosa, Jalisco, Mexico. 89,00 €  |
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| Item | # 0003981430 |
| Family | Tonnidae |
| Name | Malea ringens - MASSIVE WIDE WOOOOW!!!!! |
| Size | 178.5 mm |
| Locality | La Calechosa, Jalisco, Mexico. |
| Note | PHENOMENAL UNIQUE WIDE-MASSIVE AND EXTENDED RARE LIP WOOOOW!! Dramatic and terrific thickness!! This shell shows an exceptional combination of wide, globose, robust, fat, thick and heavy conditions. All of this with a rare wide and extended lip form.
This elegant and Outstanding beauty shows an ultra rare extreme wide and thick lip with the craziest elongated denticles and teeth all around the lip. A thick - wide unique parietal colorful wall combined with an extended thick columellar lip, deeper inside the aperture the extra elevated columella folds are just amazing. The ventral side is just a dream for display and to show off, just perfection. The dorsal shows a elegant spiral extra thick banding ribs all around with superb sculpture and fresh fantastic light and dark cream colors between some pattern. The body shape is so wide and globose making of this a big difference from the usual species, very heavy thick wonderful masterpiece. Very rare intact protoconch and formidable spire. The most beautiful very extended long lip ever!! The shell present an Exquisite and Elegant glossy aperture with a dark porcelain cream colors. Giant great size for the population and hard to get this big sizes nowadays with Magnificent conditions. Super undulated lip with the best long incredible denticles and undulated form, amazing teeth in all lip. The most extended elegant wide Columellar lip!! The real large beauty. Natural imperfections not detracting the beauty. F+++-F++++. For advancer collectors and lovers of this fantastic Family. One of my Favorite big shells in the pacific with so unique form and sculpture compare with all Tonas species and the biggest of the Maleas species. They are most night active , They are rarely hunting during the day. Hart to find in the day because they are most complete buried. Superb fresh piece!!! Found buried in sand under huge platforms stones about 10m deep. La Calechosa Bahia de Cuastecomates, Jalisco, Mexico. November 2025. Value for this ultra rare wide-globose form combined with the craziest extended wide-thick lip : 180-200 euros or more. Good luck and Happy shelling!!! MEXICO PACIFIC |
| Seller | MEXICO PACIFIC (762) - Register to view Feedback |
| Seller Country | MEXICO |
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| Curr. of this item |  EURO |
| Start Price | 2,00 € |
| Current Price | 89,00 € - offered by Landry - Auction closed -
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| 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 | 24-12-2025 > 20:30:00 |
| shellauction.net timeServer time | 11-03-2026 > 10:08:27 |
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