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Object number

COLNH:1980.1258.11
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

Gastropoda, arabian cowrie
Description

One arabian cowrie shell, probably brought into Mediterranean in ships ballast, identified as the synonymous Cypraea arabica by KMR 09.1983.
Subject

Zoology, Animals, Molluscs
Scientific name (Common Name)

Mauritia arabica (Cowry), Mauritia arabica (Cowry)
Location

In Store

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