5-3/4 inches Mexican Spondylus Princeps Spiny Oyster Shell - $39.99

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5-3/4 inches Mexican Spondylus Princeps Spiny Oyster Shell - $39.99

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5-3/4 by 5-1/2 inches Red Mexican Spondylus Princeps Spiny Oyster Shell for Sale for collecting, with short wide spines covering the entire surface of the shell with a few tiny seashells attached to the spines. This red spondylus princeps spiny oyster shell was imported from Mexico. This is a real Spondylus princeps spiny oyster shell, Not a replica. It will have natural imperfections.

You are buying the spondylus princeps spiny oyster shell pictured. This spiny oyster was hand picked out of our inventory of shells. Review all photos.

Spondylus princeps from the Pacific Ocean held important ceremonial and ritual significance to many of the prehistoric cultures of South, Central, and North America. S. princeps is called "spiny oyster" or "ostra espinosa" in Spanish. This mollusk is characterized by large, spine-like protuberances on its outer shell, which varies in color from pink to red to orange. The inside of the shell is pearly, but with a thin band of coral red near the lip. S. princeps is found as single animals or in small groups within rocky outcrops or coral reefs at depths up to 165 feet below sea level. Its distribution is along the coastal Pacific Ocean from Panama to north-western Peru.

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5-3/4 inches Mexican Spondylus Princeps Spiny Oyster Shell - $39.99