Nautilus, Paper
Description
A thin calcareous false shell of the paper nautilus (Argonauta nodosa) . The shell is an opaque white colour with parts stained dark brown, The whole shell is covered with radiating rows of low tubercles.
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This
egg
protecting
shell
was
made
by
a
female
paper
nautilus.
Paper
nautilus
live
in
the
tropics
but
ocean
currents
sometimes
carry
them
to
New
Zealand
where
they
can
become
stranded
in
the
shallows.
Accession number
TM.1997.318
Collection type
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