2 Mitra (Subcancilla) Gigantea And 1 Mitra (Subcancilla) Interlirata
Item History & Price
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This auction is for 2 Mitra (Subcancilla) gigantea and 1 Mitra (Subcancilla) interlirata. The two gigantea were collected at Venado Beach in the Bay of Panama, and the one interlirata comes from Taiwan. The smaller of the gigantea bears a small chip in the aperture; otherwise, all three shells are in great condition.
Notes for the buyer: both names are recognized as distinct species in the online sources I reference, and a Google Image search will present photos... that look like these shells (and some that don't). My sources for these - Captain Robert Shaver for the gigantea, and T.C. Lan for the interlirata - pretty much stuck to specific geographies (The Bay of Panama for Bob, and Taiwan for T.C.). So, I am very confident that these are not the same species, but wow do they look similar! Both have undecorated, ivory colored shells with spiral ribs, spaced about the same way. To my eye, however, the interlirata is a big less elongate and more rounded than the gigantea, and the ratio of aperture length to shell length is different.
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