Conus bengalensis – Beautiful dark giant!

Species: Conus bengalensis

Author: Okutani, 1968

Locality: Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar

Size: 128.4mm

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Description

Description

Trawled at 100~120m deep, by Thai fishing boats, early 2016. Small chip lower lip, couple of micro nicks upper lip and end of the spire tiny nick. A small scar nicely hidden by the dark pattern. Very rare to get a specimen that is both dark and above 120mm. Very presentable and beautiful. Giant specimens very rarely have no defects as every serious collector of giant shells knows, especially for species that are trawled.