Sea Snail Sea shell - S-658 CHICOREUS RAMOSUS

Beautiful, large operculum-bearing shell Chicoreus ramosus—the popular name ramure murex or branched murex—is a species of predatory marine snail, a mollusk of the Muricidae family, the murex snails. C. ramosus has a large, solid, very durable and heavy shell. It has a relatively globose outline, a short spire, a slightly inflated body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of the most striking ornaments are the conspicuous, leaf-like, curved, hollow “digits.” It also features three axial ribs on the whorl, 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: 130/140/220 mm. Warmly recommended for collectors and interior decorators.