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Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Volutidae_-_Voluta_…IMAGE INFORMATION

Two musick Shells of the large Sort

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 1779

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 45v

Notes:

These were likely shells of a marine gastropod (especially Voluta musica, pictured here, of the East Indies, or a related species having color markings suggesting printed music.

Specimen Type:

Shells