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Monster...CONUS TEXTILE~91.3mm!!~Philippines SEASHELL

$ 15.83

Availability: 77 in stock

Description

You are admiring an outstanding specimen & a worldwide collector favorite, a (Conus) Cylinder textile textile (Linne, 1758
) measuring a monster 91.3mm and graded F++/Gem...breathtaking form w/a beautiful lip & a truly exquisite color pattern with that famous tented markings displayed...an exceptional specimen.  This beauty was collected by fishermen at 20-30m off Aliguay Island, Phiippines.  A well known member of the Conidae family & an excellent addition for your collection.  Thank you for visiting our store this afternoon...& an excellent choice, too.
Copied from Google: "Conus textile's common name, the "Textile Cone" or the "Cloth of Gold Cone"
is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the Conidae family.  s, therefore, live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.  The conotoxin of this spcies is extremely dangerous to humans.  Several human deaths have been attributed to this particular species."