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Maker(s):not applicable
Culture:not applicable
Title:Ass's Foot Spondylus
Type:Zoology
Accession Number:  MH SK X.D.29.a.7
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Spondylus gaedaropus (Linnaeus). One specimen. Mediterranean Sea. Upper valve red purple, under valve orange to white. First described and named by Aristotle.

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