Genuine Ramose Murex Shell (2.5 lbs)

Description

Ramose Murex, also known as Chicoreus Ramousus
has a large, solid, very rugged and heavy shell.
It has a relatively globose outline, possessing a short spire
, slightly inflated body whorl
, and a moderately long siphonal canal.
One of its most striking ornamentations are the conspicuous, leaf-like, recurved hollow digitations. It also presents three spinose axial varices
per whorl, with two elongated nodes between them. The shell is coloured white to light brown externally, with a white aperture, generally pink towards the inner edge, the outer lip
and the columella.
2.5 lbs, 7.5 x 4 x 8 inches