Chicoreus brunneus huttoniae …Giant size .. Extinct specie … 73.45 mm Gem

VERY BIG SIZE …Rare murex who’ s living area have been destroyed to permit the passage of big boats..Was a reef named.. “Banc des Japonais ” in the Nickel Bay of Noumea…And doesn’ t exist any more … Why this endemic  murex is now extinct … From Old Caledonian collection …