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Nautilus Pompilius (Natural)377

Mautiloidea (RT377)
Mautilidae
Nautilus pompilius (Linnaeus 1758)
Common Name: Chambered Nautilus
Deep water
Origin: Malaysia
15cm (6in)

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Description

A lightweight, thin-shelled species, it is spirally coiled, but this is only obvious when the is sectioned. The shell is also partitioned; the resulting chambers are connected to each other by a hollow tube. It is bilaterally symmetrical, with a large aperture but no umbilicus. White or creamy color, with zebralike, reddish stripes radiating from the umbilical region though not extending onto the broadest part of the body whorl.