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Concholepas concholepas mm 108 + Operculum Seashell Gastropoda Purple Murex Rock Snail Muricidae

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Origin : Chile (Coquimbo)

Size : mm 108


Concholepas concholepas mm 108 Seashell Gastropoda Purple Murex Rock Snail Muricidae, with Operculum, unique piece, as in photos.
Taken by dive at 5-15 mt on rocks, management area - 09/09. This shell belongs to the family of Muricidae, so it is a gastropod, although for convergent evolution has taken the form of a bivalve (although with only a valve) or rather of a limpet or a haliotis (both Archaeogastropoda).
Family: Muricidae.
Subfamily: Rapaninae ex Thaidinae or Thaididae.
Common name: The Chilean Abalone (but it isn't an Haliotidae!), Loco or Peruvian Tolina.

Sin. Buccinum concholepas, Concholepas decipiens, Concholepas densestriatus, Concholepas granosus, Concholepas imbricatus, Concholepas laevigatus, Concholepas minor, Concholepas oblongus, Concholepas patagonicus, Concholepas peruviana, Concholepas rhombicus, Concholepas similis, Concholepas splendens, Concholepas verucundus, Murex locus, Patella lepas, Purpura loca, Purpura pileopsis.



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