The distinctive pear-shaped Paper Fig Shell is a mollusc of deep water and their fragile, long siphoned shells are usually damaged when washed up

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The distinctive pear-shaped gracile Paper Fig Shell is a mollusc of deep water and their fragile, long siphoned shells are usually damaged when washed up on the strand line.

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Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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