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Scaphella dubia ULTRA-BIG 1960s
187 mm     USA     25,00 €
Item# 0004089096
FamilyVolutidae
NameScaphella dubia - ULTRA-BIG 1960s , Broderip, 1827
Size187 mm
LocalityUSA
NoteThis superb ULTRA-LARGE specimen, from the very early years of deep-water southern US trawling, is of exemplary quality for this usually very rough, deep-water, trawled species, incorporating preservation of the protoconch. Rich earth colours. Superior shape and pattern to that of the majority of examples. Slender and elongate form. VERY RARE LOCALITY: South-West Pass is a deep-water channel in the mouth of the Mississippi River, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. Not freshly collected for over half a century, and now obtainable like this only when deaccessioned from important old collections. Data: South-West Pass, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA; upon sand/mud/detritus substrate; 30-50 m; trawled; 1968. Size: 187 mm. Grading: Fine++ (apertural lip lightly smoothed, carried out as a matter of course in the 1960s). Provenance: JES Collection; London / Melbourne.
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