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Chicoreus asianus
66.1 mm     Cape Hino, Wakayama Pref., Japan     1,00 €
Item# 0004022593
FamilyMuricidae
NameChicoreus asianus , Kuroda 1942
Size66.1 mm, w/o
LocalityCape Hino, Wakayama Pref., Japan
NoteDeep water murex with a massive body whorl and flared/extended/backswept spines. The shell displays chocolate brown hued striae and costae with a few dark brown tubercles on the body whorl. The specimen has shows a perfect protoconch, a prominent spire and a porcelain white aperture. The murex shell was collected as bycatch by prawn trawlers at 50-60 meters off Cape Hino, Wakayama Prefect, Japan in the mid-80s. The shell has a chip of the anterior siphonal canal tip. Grade: F+++.
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