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IZ MOL 876994 Apical
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Apical View of gastropod (top). Animal is known for its peculiar habit of cementing to its shell fragments of other shells, stones, bits of coral and coal as camouflage for protection from predators.
IZ MOL 876994 Aperature
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Aperature View of shell (underside)
Xenophora (Xenophora) crispa USNM 1197251
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Xenophora (Xenophora) crispa USNM 1196303
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Gastropod Plate