Conus melvilli - Rare Cone SPECIMEN SHELL FROM Oman

Description

Description:
Rare Cone SPECIMEN SHELL FROM Oman,
Conus melvilli (boschi)
The Sultan of Oman bans the export of shells from his country.  Dr. Donald Bosch had a special relationship with the Sultan and was allowed to export Oman shells to worldwide collectors. Many of those shells were virtually unknown to the Western world before the Bosch family brought them out of Oman. This is one of those shells. With the passing of the Donald the chance of new specimens making it into the international market is slim. Specimens are increasingly difficult to obtain and must come out of existing collections. No reports of new specimens have been recorded being found in recent years by people living within Oman further reducing the chance of adding an example to one’s collection.
Conus melvilli (boschi
is
an endemic specimen
from such a collection.
The size is 2.7 cm.  It is a beached shell with some "beach scares" (worm holes but is a good, colorful representative shell for a collection.  According to Rice's Catalog fresh specimens go for to .  Good beach specimens are to .
The Condition is listed as used because obviously the
mollusk
animal used it first.   If you have any questions or need more pictures - please email me.
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