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PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!

PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!

$ 781.44

Availability: 55 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands

    Description

    PROVOCATOR PULCHER ~ 85 mm - Paper Volute – Kerguelen Plateau – VERY RARE SHELL!
    Provocator pulcher
    Watson, 1882
    Perhaps not the prettiest specimen shell, but certainly one of the rarest!
    Collected live at
    1400 meters
    depth in the sub-Antarctic waters of the Kerguelen Plateau in the
    Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
    (HIMI). Measures approximately 85 mm and is very thin and delicate.
    Any collector with ambitions to collect all fifty of S. Peter Dance’s “Rare Shells” will be familiar with this deep-water species!
    Please review all photos carefully for condition, and ask any questions before bidding/buying.
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    Check out my other listings for more rare shells. Thanks for looking!