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Mikadotrochus hirasei
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4366549
Area
Naturalia
Title
Mikadotrochus hirasei
Method of conservation
Part of plant /animal
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Weight
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Details
Location: Japan - Philippines
Size: to 100 mm (Bigger specimens are rare)
This family is a small family of seashells. Scientists thought that all members of this family were extinct untill the discovery of a living specimen. There are about 26 living species that can be found around the planet.
Mikadotrochus hirasei is the most common member of this family. This specimen was once a big rarety, untill the Chinese and Philippine fishermen found better ways to fish. Now they get caught in big numbers and are very comon on the market.