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A large helmet-Shell eight inches long and Six heigh the [mouth?] from the West-Indies

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 1782

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 66v

Notes:

About 60 species comprise Cassidae, a family of medium-sized, large, and sometimes very large sea snails commonly called helmet snails or bonnet snails.