Sea Snail Sea shell - S-498 CHICOREUS RAMOSUS

Beautiful, very large XXL shell Chicoreus ramosus—the popular name ramure murex or branched 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 globose outline, a short rostrum, a slightly inflated body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of the most striking features are the conspicuous, leaf-like, curved, hollow projections. It also presents three axial varices on the spire, 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: 170/190/270 mm. I highly recommend it to collectors and interior decorators.