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Maker(s):not applicable
Culture:not applicable
Title:Oyster Drill
Type:Zoology
Accession Number:  MH SK X.B.1.b.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Urosalpinx cinera (Say). Three specimens. Maine to Florida. The drill bores a neat round hole in the oyster, using its strong toothed radula, sucks the soft parts, and picks the solid flesh after the oyster has been killed and the valves open.

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