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Anodonta anatina (L., 1758) (Duck Mussel)

Date: 28 December 1983
Location: North Wiltshire, England
Voucher: 28/12/1983[W]
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State: Dead shell
Identification Notes: Sugar-loaf-shaped fused scars of posterior retractor-pedis and posterior adductor.

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