BUCCINIDAE  / Neptunea contraria
 


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Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Trawled by fishermen from about 500 meters deep
on muddy bottom; Off  Casablanca, Morocco,
Atlantic; July 2016

ID 8728: 100.5 mm, w/o, F+ / F++

BIG SPECIMEN with Intact apex and lip,
one scar and a chip on channel

12.00 €