Blue Ridge Coral (9”x8”x6”) Triton rather than with a toothed

rather than with a toothed hinge as is more common in other bivalves

It looks like someone stretched the shell from both ends

Chiragra spider conchs are common from the Eastern Indian Ocean to Polynesia

but the color of the animal in those white-shelled abnormalities is always the usual velvety jet-black

Blue Ridge Coral (9”x8”x6”) Triton rather than with a toothedBlue Ridge Coral lives only in the Indo Pacific in the tropics of the Indian and Pacific oceans and are unusual in that they are blue in color, they have a blue skeleton all other corals just about have white skeletons and also in that they haven't changed in their form for over 60 70 million years. Coral is a wonderful accent piece for your beach or vacation home but is just a stunning in more traditional settings. We absolutely love mixing coral