Sea Snail Sea shell - S-42 CHICOREUS RAMOSUS

A beautiful, large operculum shell Chicoreus ramosus—the popular name ramure murex or branching murex—is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. C. ramosus has a large, solid, very durable and heavy shell. It has a relatively spherical outline, a short spire, a slightly inflated body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of the most striking ornaments is the eye-catching, leaf-like, curved, hollow digits. It also features three axial ribs on the whorls, with two elongated nodes between them. Externally the shell is white to light brown, with a white aperture, usually pink toward the inner edge, the outer lip and the columella. Dimensions - 135/160/225 mm. I highly recommend it to collectors and interior decorators.