Lot n° 65
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
Syrinx Aruanus, very large shell, 61 cm including base. 61 c - Lot 65
Syrinx Aruanus, very large shell, 61 cm including base. 61 cm with base. Note: Syrinx aruanus, commonly known as the Australian Trumpeter or False Trumpeter, is an extremely large species of sea snail, measuring up to 91 cm long and weighing up to 18 kg. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the Turbinellidae family, and the only representative of the Syrinx genus. Australia's aboriginal peoples, who live on the Pennefather River in Queensland, use (or have used) a half-moon-shaped nose pin known as an imina, made from the shell of Syrinx aruanus.
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