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This elegant mollusk is a precious wentletrap. It was once very rare--so rare that people made and sold fake ones made out of rice flour. Now old rice flour faux-shells are priceless and the real Epitonium scalare shells are somewhat common. Specimen: UF 155689 / #SummerOfSpecimens #CollectionsAreEssential Mollusk, Rice Flour, Invertebrates, Make And Sell, Specimen, Fake, Common, Shells, Florida

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This elegant mollusk is a precious wentletrap. It was once very rare--so rare that people made and sold fake ones made out of rice flour. Now old rice flour faux-shells are priceless and the real Epitonium scalare shells are somewhat common. Specimen: UF 155689 / #SummerOfSpecimens #CollectionsAreEssential

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This elegant mollusk is a precious wentletrap. It was once very rare--so rare that people made and sold fake ones made out of rice flour. Now old rice flour faux-shells are priceless and the real Epitonium scalare shells are somewhat common. Specimen: UF 155689 / #SummerOfSpecimens #CollectionsAreEssential

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