Amoria macandrevi – 50 mm – Perfect GEM quality (Barrow Island

Product Description & Scientific Data Scientific name: Amoria macandrevi (Sowerby III, 1887) – often listed as Amoria macandrewi. Common name: Macandrews Volute Snail (Eng. Macandrew's Volute). Quality grade: GEM (absolutely flawless best condition; high-gloss, porcelain-like enamel on the shell, sharply defined whorl ornamentation and a completely undamaged, graceful aperture lip with no chips whatsoever). Size: 50 mm (5.0 cm). A perfectly proportioned, fully developed standard specimen for this species. Morphology: The shell impresses with its elegant, spindle-shaped symmetry. The coloration features a highly attractive, fine network of tent-like brown lines and axial zigzag stripes on a cream-white to slightly flesh-colored background. Family: Volutidae (Volutes). Origin & Habitat Geographic origin: Barrow Island, Pilbara coast, Western Australia (Northwest Shelf). Habitat: A strictly marine, predatory gastropod species. It is endemic to the waters of Western Australia and is collected mainly at extreme low tides on expansive, shallow sand banks or in the shallow substrate of tidal zones. Sale and shipping via DHL only within the EU SKU - Oberdiek - Amoria macandrevi100

Estimate:£125.57

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