Shell - nautilus pompilius

This is one of the natural history specimens in our collection.

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Shell - nautilus pompilius (half only).The shell, cut in half, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral, although it is not a golden spiral.
Accession number
3996

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