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Specimen Polinices aurantius (40 mm) from the Central Philippines around Cebu, in GEM museum-quality condition, dated 1980.
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Scientific name: Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798) – belongs to the family Naticidae; in the German-speaking world known as the Golden Moon Snail, Orange-navel Snail, or Fleming Moon Snail.
Origin & Localities: Central Philippines; this exquisite piece comes from the clean sand and coral reefs around the island of Cebu, which are world-renowned for their vividly colored marine collectibles.
Habitat: Pure sandy bottoms in the intertidal zone down to shallow reefs at depths of about 5 to 20 meters. As a predatory snail, the animal actively probes the seabed in search of other mollusks and gastropods.
Size & Condition: 40 mm – a considerable, well above-average size for this species (while most pieces on the market measure around 20–30 mm, a 40 mm specimen already ranks among the large collector highlights). Condition GEM (GEM: immaculate museum quality: completely undamaged outer edge, smooth and highly glossy saffron- to gold-orange shell with no matte spots, white umbilical region and perfect callus).
SKU Oberdiek Polinices aurantius 50
TAGS: Nautilus, Sea Shell, Nautic, Maritime, Nautish shells, Snails, Collectible, Rare
Seller's Story
We are specialists in the sale of mussels and snails from collection solutions. We get most of these from Germany.
We offer very special pieces for sale here that we do not offer on our website.
Translated by Google TranslateScientific name: Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798) – belongs to the family Naticidae; in the German-speaking world known as the Golden Moon Snail, Orange-navel Snail, or Fleming Moon Snail.
Origin & Localities: Central Philippines; this exquisite piece comes from the clean sand and coral reefs around the island of Cebu, which are world-renowned for their vividly colored marine collectibles.
Habitat: Pure sandy bottoms in the intertidal zone down to shallow reefs at depths of about 5 to 20 meters. As a predatory snail, the animal actively probes the seabed in search of other mollusks and gastropods.
Size & Condition: 40 mm – a considerable, well above-average size for this species (while most pieces on the market measure around 20–30 mm, a 40 mm specimen already ranks among the large collector highlights). Condition GEM (GEM: immaculate museum quality: completely undamaged outer edge, smooth and highly glossy saffron- to gold-orange shell with no matte spots, white umbilical region and perfect callus).
SKU Oberdiek Polinices aurantius 50
TAGS: Nautilus, Sea Shell, Nautic, Maritime, Nautish shells, Snails, Collectible, Rare
Seller's Story
We are specialists in the sale of mussels and snails from collection solutions. We get most of these from Germany.
We offer very special pieces for sale here that we do not offer on our website.
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Era
1900-2000
Specimen
Polinices aurantius (40 mm, top-condition GEM) – An outstanding specimen of the 'Golden
Scientific name
Polinices aurantius
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Philippines
CITES relevancy
Non-CITES species
Condition
Good condition
Year
1980
Weight
0 g
Height
4 cm
Width
0 mm
Depth
0 mm
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