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IZ MOL 854163 Exterior

Image of Potamilus alatus (Say 1817)

Description:

Exterior of Polished Valves. These valves were designed to be decorative as the periostracum has been removed, the nacre polished, holes drilled and a portion of each valve removed.

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Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Invertebrate Zoology
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Paul Greenhall
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