Prickly pen shell or muricated pinna, Pinna muricata.

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Prickly pen shell or muricated pinna, Pinna muricata. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1801.

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Size: 4331px × 7571px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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