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nautilus

Sérgio Valle Duarte CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/A_Nautilus_macromphalus%2C_linnaeus_shell_outside.jpg

IMAGE INFORMATION

The nautilus-shell, uncoated and ornamented

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 28, 1792

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1792

Notes:

There are six species in two genera of the family Nautilidae. The shell of the Nautilus macromphalus is pictured here.

Specimen Type:

Shells

Peale's Common Name:

Nautilus

Current Common Name:

Nautilidae

Current Scientific Name

Nautilus