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Description: | *non loc* Specimen possibly from William Hunter's collection. Laskey 's catalogue of 1813 states '- Virgo,Wax Taper, a suite exhibiting the shell in its native state also with the coats taken off till it shews the beautiful purple tip, from Madagascar'. 12 specimens of C.virgo are present in the collection today. Some have the shell edge filed smooth in the 18th century manner and all have the outer coat polished off to varying degrees.
This shell has old number 16 written on it. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MOLLGASTROPROSO : CAENOGASTROPODA : CONOIDEA : CONIDAE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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