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Pholas dactylus (Common Piddock)

Date: 9 July 1967
Location: East Sussex, England
Voucher: 09/07/1967[P]
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State: Dead shell
Record Summary: dead shells c. 7cm deep in tunnels in chalk on foreshore

Images etc

magnified photograph Shell - base - close-up 25 Kb 257 by 405 pixels
magnified photograph Shell surface texture - close-up 29 Kb 310 by 378 pixels
magnified photograph Shells - glued back to orientation in life - dorsal view 18 Kb 162 by 417 pixels
magnified photograph Shells - glued back to orientation in life - ventral view 16 Kb 165 by 417 pixels
magnified photograph Shells - hinge area - close-up 500 by 390 pixels
naked eye photograph Shells - inner surfaces - black background 500 by 348 pixels
magnified photograph Shells - insides 21 Kb 273 by 401 pixels
naked eye photograph Shells - outer surfaces - black background 500 by 333 pixels
magnified photograph Shells - outside 345 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Umbonal reflections and apophyses - close-up 500 by 394 pixels
naked eye photograph Vertical septa supporting umbonal reflection - close-up 500 by 499 pixels

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