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Pour les francophiles







Gem Centre Sea Shell

Author : Michel Balleton


Terebra argus Hinds, 1844

La coloration présente trois séries spirales de tâches rondes d'un ton brun très clair sur fond blanc crémeux (cette coloration est difficile à discerner lorsque la coquille est trouvée morte). Le dernier tour a quatre alignements de tâches.

L'animal vivant est de couleur crème à blanc laiteux.

Se trouve dans peu d'eau à l'intérieur des lagons mais aussi à la sortie des passes dans les poches de sables situées entre 10 et 20 mètres.

Taille du spécimen illustré : 50mm

The color has three spiral sequences of round clear brown blotches on a cream- white pattern (this color is hard to distinguish when the shells is found dead).
The last whorl has four blotch alignments. The live animal is creamy to milky white.

It is found in the shallow waters of the lagoon and at the end of the pass, in sand pockets between 10 and 20 meters deep.

Size of the displayed specimen : 50mm


 


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