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COLLECTOR SHELLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, LARGE AND SMALL SHELLS IN ALL PRICE RANGES
LONG SPINE MUREX INDIVIA
Most Murex shells are found in the Tropics. Although, some have been found in most seas around the world.
Murex shells are not all alike. Some are popular for their color but most collectors look for the ornamentation variety. This includes spines, frills, fronds, and varices.
Most Murex shells are thick and heavy but some are fragile and delicate. The Long Spine Murex is a thick heavy shell, popular for its spines.
The Long Spine Murex likes warm water and coral reefs. There they prey on other invertebrates/mollusks.
LONG SPINE MUREX INDIVIA SPECIMEN SHELL SIZES AND PRICES
One Long Spine Murex Indivia specimen shell 3 1/2 to 3 7/8 inches......$2.80
One Long Spine Murex Indivia specimen shell 4 to 5 inches......$3.85
MUREX ALABASTERS SHELLS
The Murex Alabasters is coveted for its spines and frills. This is easily seen in the listing picture.
This shell is found in the Indo-Pacific region; ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Northern Australian shores.
MUREX ALABASTERS SIZE AND PRICE
One Murex Alabasters specimen shell 4 to 5 inches......$15.45
CARRIER SHELL WITH CORAL Carrier shells are delicate top shape shells that collect sea floor debris and attach it to their upper shell surface This shell is found in the Indo-Pacific region from the East Africa coast to the Northern shores of New Zealand. Some Carrier shells have been found in the Japonic seas.
The Carrier shell lives in deep Tropical water.
CARRIER SHELLS SIZES AND PRICES One Carrier Shell with coral specimen shell 6 to 8 inches......$12.65
One Carrier Shell with coral specimen shell 5 to 5 7/8 inches......$11.25
CARRIER SHELL
Carrier shell species is Xenophora Pallidula Reeve from the family Xenopnoridae. In short the name most often used is PALLID CARRIER.
The Pallid Carrier is a thin fragile shell. Its upper surface has oblique vertical ribs, covered by shells and other debris. The color is white to yellowish white. As the picture depicts the Pallid Carrier attaches sea debris and sea floor shells to its outer periphery. It like dwells in deep tropical seas from the Indo-Pacific rim to the Japonic sea area (near Japan). Some have been collected around the shores or South Africa.
- CARRIER SHELL (PALLID CARRIER)SIZE AND PRICE
One Carrier shell (Pallid Carrier)4 inches
JUVENILE PALLID CARRIER SHELL
The smaller Juvenile Pallid Carrier shells like the larger Carrier's are from the Indo-Pacific region ranging from the Indian Ocean east to the Northern shores of Australia and the southern shores of Japan.
JUVENILE PALLID CARRIER SHELLS SIZE AND PRICES Onn Juvenile Carrier Carrier shell 3 inches......$.50
One dozen Juvenile Carrier shells 3 inches......$5.60
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