TROCHIDAE / Clanculus cruciatus
 

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Clanculus cruciatus  (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Collected while scuba diving 16 meters deep
attached under rocks set on sandy bottom;
Off Armação de Pêra, Faro, Algarve, Portugal;
August 2011

ID 7428: 11.2 mm, w/o, F+++ / GEM

EXCEPTIONAL specimen with amazing dark color
and big size - A CHOICE ITEM

4.50 €