ASTARTIDAE
 

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Astarte borealis  (Schumacher, 1817)

Trawled by scientific ship during a scientific
expedition; Bolshoy Begichev Island,
Sakha Republic, Russia; July 2014

ID 9977: 32.2 mm, dead

Great quality for the region & with periostracum

Note: Uninhabited Arctic region of Russia!
It is extremely difficult to catch shells in this region
and it is very difficult and unreal to catch live shells
FOR SPECIALISTS

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