BC525 Luria lurida oceanica – GIANT BEAUTY

Exceptional live taken specimen, collected by scuba diver at about 15-25 meters depth off St.Helena island. Fantastic extra-large shell not so far from World Record Size of Oceanica. Amazing pattern, superb extremities, chocolate base. You might notice a white line along the side; it isn’t recent new growth, though, because you can’t feel it when you touch the shell. It is likely a stress line that formed when the specimen was young and is now completely covered by the gloss. This is a superb cowrie that comes from Felix Lorenz collection