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Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Hiatella rugosa
Hiatella gallicana
The common rock borer
Wrinkled rock-borer
Collection ID:
Z555.1.78
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Bivalvia. 3 large fragments of rock with 4 shells inside their burrows.
Field collection
Collector
Robert Rendall
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