Sea Snail Sea shell - S-548 CHICOREUS RAMOSUS

Beautiful, very large XXL shell Chicoreus ramosus—popularly known as ramure murex or branching murex—is a species of predatory marine snail, a 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, features a short spire, a slightly inflated body whorl and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of the most striking ornaments are the eye-catching, leaf-like, curved, hollow markings. It also presents three axial varices on the whorl, with two elongated nodes between them. Externally the shell ranges in color from white to light brown, with a white aperture, usually pink toward the inner edge, the outer lip and the columella. Dimensions—145/190/260 mm. I highly recommend it to collectors and interior decorators.