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Thaisella chocolata Hard to obtain
82.8 mm Caldera, northern Chile 5,00 €  |
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| Item | # 0004205497 | | Family | Muricidae | | Name | Thaisella chocolata - Hard to obtain , (Duclos, 1832) |
| Size | 82.8 mm, w/o |
| Locality | Caldera, northern Chile |
| Note | One very nice live-taken specimen of Thaisella chocolata of the spiny variety. 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, have scars from living in high energy areas, and are rather very ugly. This particular specimen is in very good condition for the species, it is of the rarer spiny variety which has spines in thelast whorl, and it has very small defects (some small and tiny chips in lip, an eroded apex,and some tiny boreholes). Most importantly, it preserves its original operculum (not shown here) which is almost always discarded 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!. |
| Seller | bathymodiolus (105) - Register to view Feedback | | Seller Country | CHILE |
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| Start Price | 5,00 € |
| Current Price | 5,00 € - offered by Landry - You must be registered to make your offer -
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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 € |
| | End | 29-07-2026 > 21:15:00 | | shellauction.net timeServer time | 26-07-2026 > 14:45:58 | | Time left | 3 days, 6 hours, 29 min | |
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