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Thaisella chocolata Very Nice, Large!

87.6 mm Caldera, northern Chile 23,00 €

Item

# 0004050238

Family

Muricidae

Name

Thaisella chocolata - Very Nice, Large! , (Duclos, 1832)

Size

87.6 mm, w/o

Locality

Caldera, northern Chile

Note

One very nice and rather large specimen of the edible muricid Thaisella chocolata. This species is collected by divers in 4-20 m depth off the rocky coasts of northern Chile and southern Perú and it is an uncommon species. This species is rare in collections as their shells are almost always covered with cirripedian and other epibionts and are very ugly. This particular specimen is large for the species and it has very small defects: it has a nice spire, sculpture and a very nice lip with a single chip and few tiny nicks, and most importantly it preserves its original operculum (which is almost always tossed by the fishermen). This specimen was collected recently by a diver at shallow depth. A very low initial price for a species which is difficult to obtain for collections and in excellent condition for the species, and with its original operculum!.

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