Sea Snail Sea shell - M-491 CHICOREUS RAMOSUS (No reserve price)

Beautiful shell Chicoreus ramosus—popularly known as the ramure murex or branched murex—is a species of predatory sea snail, a mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murexes. C. ramosus has a large, solid, very durable and heavy shell. It has a relatively globose outline, a short spire, a slightly swollen body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of the most striking ornaments is the conspicuous, leaf-like, curved, hollow digit-like markings. 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—100/115/175 mm. I highly recommend it to collectors and interior decorators.