Carved Giant Triton Seashell - Triplofusus Giganteus Exquisitely Sculpted Marine Shell, revealing its intricate internal helicoidal structure - Height: 435 mm - Width: 160 mm- 1363 g - (1)

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Estimate  € 650 - € 750
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Large carved Triplofusus giganteus seashell sculpture revealing its internal helicoidal spiral, mounted on a wooden base with a polished brass element, a sub-fossil Lightning Whelk from Mexico, weighing 1363 g and measuring 435 × 160 × 130 mm.

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Description from the seller

Elegant marine specimen carved with an exposed internal spiral — This exceptional specimen is not a mineral in the strict geological sense, but a magnificent fossilized shell, or more precisely sub-fossil/recent, of the marine gastropod Triplofusus giganteus (formerly Fulgur giganteum), commonly known as the

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Elegant marine specimen carved with an exposed internal spiral — This exceptional specimen is not a mineral in the strict geological sense, but a magnificent fossilized shell, or more precisely sub-fossil/recent, of the marine gastropod Triplofusus giganteus (formerly Fulgur giganteum), commonly known as the

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Carved Giant Triton Seashell - Triplofusus Giganteus
Mineral form
Exquisitely Sculpted Marine Shell, revealing its intricate internal helicoidal structure
Supplement
Large Carved Triplofusus giganteus Seashell Sculpture
Weight
1363 g
Country of origin
Mexico
Height
435 mm
Width
160 mm
Depth
130 mm
ItalyVerified
14140
Objects sold
98.46%
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