Seashell Conus peli Gorgeous! High quality! Very rare! 78.9 mm

Description

Conus peli
Moolenbeek, R.G., 1996
Gorgeous! High quality! Very rare! Endemic. 78.9 mm F++
Oman. One of the most famous Conus, which is almost never found in collections. Therefore, there is so much speculation around this species. The mollusc lives on the eastern coast of Masirah at a depth of 50-60 meters. It doesn’t sound scary, but in Oman there is a ban on trawl fishing, so all the specimens found on the beach after a strong storms. Another feature of this species is the almost instantaneous fading of the color, which makes the shell pale/pink. This specimen was found after the cyclone Kyarr, in December 2019. When it was found the dead mollusc was still inside, the shell is very dark color and has a gloss characteristic of this species (perhaps these are remnants of periostracum). The lip is trimmed. For specialists. The white spots on the shell are from the camera.
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