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Giant Ramose Murex shell - Murex ramosus
Giant Ramose Murex shell - Murex ramosus
Origin: Indian Ocean
Length: 22/23cm
Description
Giant Ramose Murex shell - Murex ramosus
Murexes are necrophagous but also carnivorous predators and piercers. Thanks to their radula, a kind of tongue bristling with micro-tines, they can dig powerfully into the shell of their prey and, with the help of acid secretions, pierce it. They then feed on the flesh of their prey by inserting their proboscis through the pierced hole.
Origin: Indian Ocean
Length: 22/23cm
Orange lace sea fan on a base - Orange Whip Coral - Ref C
Orange lace sea fan on a base
Orange Whip Coral
Mounted on a turned and patinated wooden base, 19th century style
Matuta lunaris (Ashtoret lunaris) crab - Yellow moon crab...
Matuta lunaris (Ashtoret lunaris) crab - Yellow moon crab under glass
All crabs are different
Horseshoe crab on base (little size): Carcinoscorpius...
Horseshoe crab on base (Little size)
Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda from Philippines
Test of sea urchin pencil phyllacanthus imperialis
Test of sea urchin pencil phyllacanthus imperialis
Abalone Shell - Paua - Haliotis - New Zealand
Abalone shellfish - Haliotis nicknamed the sea ears
Also called Paua by the Maoris in New Zealand
Beautiful iridescent blue-green mother-of-pearl
Sea Urchin Colobocentrotus atratus - Helmet urchin -...
Sea Urchin Colobocentrotus atratus
Helmet urchin from Indian Ocean
3/4cm
Ammonite Fossil AF02 - France - Jurassic - Reineckeia
Ammonite fossil - France
Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago
Genre: Reineckeia
Slate pencil urchin on base - Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Slate pencil urchin on base - Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Origin: Indo-Pacific.
Jaggedhead gurnard fish on base - Gargariscus prionocephalus
Jaggedhead gurnard fish on base
Gargariscus prionocephalus
All fish are different
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Giant Ramose Murex shell - Murex ramosus
Origin: Indian Ocean
Length: 22/23cm