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A delicately frilled Gulf murex — smaller and more ornate than the apple murex, with lace-like fronds along each varix.
Chicoreus dilectus · Muricidae
Small ornate shell (1–2 inches) with three heavily fronded varices per whorl, giving a lace-like silhouette. Cream, pink, or brown; fronds fragile and often abraded on beach finds.
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