Festilyria festiva
Festilyria festiva from Somalia. A classic rarity, for the serious collector of for decoration as its a very colorful shell, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
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Reference: N541
Xenophora pallidula with glass sponge attachments in glass vitrine.
This particular species sometimes can be found with some spectacular attachments, in this case a big size glass sponge among many other deep water shells.
This specimen was found in Punta Engano - Philippines in 1993 from the late Emmanuel G. de Suduiraut.
Dimensions: 32 cm x 23 cm x 15 cm
Weight: 2,8 Kg
Xenophora pallidula with glass sponge attachments in glass vitrine.
This particular species sometimes can be found with some spectacular attachments, in this case a big size glass sponge among many other deep water shells.
This specimen was found in Punta Engano - Philippines in 1993 from the late Emmanuel G. de Suduiraut.
Festilyria festiva from Somalia. A classic rarity, for the serious collector of for decoration as its a very colorful shell, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
Megabalanus tintinnabulum, from Philippines, in a black lacquered wood base.
Megabalanus colonies can reach big size groups, they live attached to rocks and dead coral in watched areas, sometimes attached in boats.
That is the reason why this species can be found in all Indo-Pacific but also in some areas of South Atlantic. Due to the incredible forms and colors they make excellent bizarre decor items.
Sea Stars displayed in an open glass vitrine with white lacquered wood base. Composed by one Sugar Star, one Sun Star, one Jungle Star and two Duck stars.
Very colourful and decorative One of a Kind handmade piece.
Linckia sp. Giant red Sea star, from Philippines, in a black lacquered wood base.
The variation ("polymorphism", in this case, a "color morph") most commonly found is pure, dark, or light blue, although observers find the aqua, purple, or orange variation throughout the ocean. These sea stars may grow up to 30 cm (11.8 in) in diameter, with rounded tips at each of the arms; some individuals may bear lighter or darker spots along each of their arms.
Individual specimens are typically firm in texture, possessing the slightly tubular, elongated arms common to most of other members of the family Ophidiasteridae, and usually possessing short, yellowish tube feet. An inhabitant of coral reefs and sea grass beds, this species is relatively common and is typically found in sparse density throughout its range. Linckia stars live subtidal, or sometimes intertidally, on fine (sand) or hard substrata and move relatively slowly (mean locomotion rate of 8.1 cm/min).
A piece that fits every decor!
Three pairs of beautiful cutted and polished Nautilus pompilius in a new glass vitrine with dark grey lacquered wood base and a high tech led illumination system.
Unique decor piece, designed by One of a Kind.
Spectacular, colored handmade Spondylus glass dome with two Spondylus versicolor (deep orange and redish colour), from Calitoban Islands, one Spondylus spinosus (yellow colour) from Bohol Islands, and one Spondylus nicobaricus (white colour) attached in a coral from Mactan Islands.
One of a Kind decor piece!
A great decor item, displaying 18 white specimens of coral, shells, urchins and other exotic marine animals in a big glass dome.
Supplied with full data of all specimen.
A One of a Kind piece!
Glass dome with two beautiful Stellaria solaris and three Spondylus variegatus, from Philippines deep water.
This Elisella specimen in a red flame form is a rare species of gorgonian from Leptogorgia family, found in the coast of Broome, Northwestern Australia.
Gorgons, like corals, are animals living in the form of sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree structure. The general structure, a skeleton both flexible and hard, called gorgonin does not grow towards the sun - it does not require light to develop -, but perpendicular to the current, to filter a maximum of water flow.
These are beautiful colored specimens!
White sea fan in a Tacula exotic wood base, from Celebes Islands, Molucas Arch.
These Sea fans are superb decorative items, bringing nature to your home.
Be one of a kind!
Beautiful marine composition, looking like big mushrooms, made with shark vertebrae from Madagascar and Alphonso sea urchins from Philippines in a black lacquered wood base.
Very unusual decor item.
Table tray made with four Haliotis rufescens, mounted shamrock-shaped in a handmade brass base with Victorian look.
A unique piece to use in a luxury table ideal for dried fruit or chocolate and sweets.
The Haliotis came from California coast - USA.
Lambis chiragra - Spider shells, from Palawan Isl. Philippines, in dark brass base.
It's a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. The shell length for this species varies between 85 mm and 320 mm, usually to 170 mm. They have a very thick, robust and heavy shell, with a distinct anterior notch.
Its most prominent characteristic are the six long and curved marginal digitations, expanded from the flaring, thick outer lip and canals. The columella and aperture are lyrate. Female individuals are usually much larger than the male ones.
Lodoicea, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the palm family.
The sole species, Lodoicea maldivica, is endemic to the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. The mature fruit is 40–50 cm in diameter and weighs 15–30 kg, and contains the largest seed in the plant kingdom. The fruit, which requires 6–7 years to mature and a further two years to germinate, is sometimes also referred to as the sea coconut, love nut, double coconut, coco fesse, or Seychelles nut. The leaves of Lodoicea have the longest lifespan of any Monocot, nine years to develope in the terminal spike, and then nine more years as a fully functioning leaf, what make a incredible 18 years cycle. Only when Lodoicea begins to produce flowers, which can vary from 11 years to 45 or more, is it possible to visually determine the sex of the plant. Until the true source of the nut was discovered in 1768 by Dufresne, it was believed by many to grow on a mythical tree at the bottom of the sea. European nobles in the sixteenth century would often have the shells of these nuts polished and decorated with valuable jewels as collectibles for their private galleries.
The Coco de Mer tree is now a rare and protected species. The seeds of Lodoicea have been highly prized over the centuries.
This magnificent specimen in mounted in a handmade brass display base and have all the licenses from Seychelles Islands as well the holographic stamp certificate.
A truly One of a Kind exclusive piece.
A huge size, close to 140mm Hexaplex regius from Mexico, showing its beautiful aperture with no defects.
Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
Monster Cardium pseudolima in black lacquered wood pedestal.
This specimen in our collections since thirty years, its now very rare and almost impossible to get 115mm size, this one is 150mm.
Exceptional decor and collection item, from Kenya.