Giant Size Marine Shell - First Choice Selection - Sea shell - Melo Umbilicatus - Port Hedland - 355 x 235 x 154 mm

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Specimen: Giant Size Marine Shell, First Choice Selection; Scientific name Melo Umbilicatus; Port Hedland, Australia; 2022; 1170 g; Good condition.

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Description from the seller

Beautiful Melo Umbilicatus with remarkable dimensions, a rare shell record-worthy in Guinness.
This shell is the largest in the Volutidea family.
Specimen from Port Hedland in Australia.
Since ancient times, it has been highly sought after not only for its beauty but also for its functionality; in fact, Australian indigenous people used it to retain water.
This stunning animal remains hidden under the sand for most of the time and moves in search of mollusks at night and on cloudy days.

Author: G. B. Sowerby, 1826
Location: Queensland, Australia

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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Beautiful Melo Umbilicatus with remarkable dimensions, a rare shell record-worthy in Guinness.
This shell is the largest in the Volutidea family.
Specimen from Port Hedland in Australia.
Since ancient times, it has been highly sought after not only for its beauty but also for its functionality; in fact, Australian indigenous people used it to retain water.
This stunning animal remains hidden under the sand for most of the time and moves in search of mollusks at night and on cloudy days.

Author: G. B. Sowerby, 1826
Location: Queensland, Australia

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

Era
After 2000
Specimen
Giant Size Marine Shell - First Choice Selection -
Scientific name
Melo Umbilicatus - Port Hedland - 355 x 235 x 154 mm
Country of origin
Australia
Condition
Good condition
Year
2022
Weight
1170 g
ItalyVerified
12195
Objects sold
98.55%
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