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species have shells that are very attractive and quite interesting in their structure. However this species is particularly striking, partly because it is very large compared with the great majority of other species within the genus, but also because the
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361:Cosimo III de' Medici
363:owned a wentletrap.
230:Epitonium principale
16:Species of gastropod
352:, the wentletraps.
324:precious wentletrap
357:Johan de la Faille
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459:species.
456:Epitonium
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625:6G93V
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405:Many
392:Japan
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