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Here is a selection of images of slides of mollusc
radulae ('tongues') prepared in the 1930's and taken from the the
extensive microscope slide collection of Brighton's Booth Museum of
Natural History.
Margarella decepta [Rhipidoglossa: Trochidae]
Kaknui N. Orago. New Zealand JRGBT glyc Jelly 25.4.29
Rep 10..7.40. AF Piele Collection
R4692/24 600226
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Strombus dentatus 10.v.38
Winckworth. Dablia in CB
3.7.39 AFP
R4692/22 600229. AF Piele Collection |
Cerion uva Linn Curacas WA Evans Dahlia in CB
13.2.32 AFP
R4692/20 600228. AF Piele Collection
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Phasianella aethiopica
Mombasa reef JRLBT
Dahlia in CB
5.1.31 AFP
R4692/14 600223. AF Piele Collection |
Matra mariae Mitridae
Port Blair iii.36
Winckworth Dahlia in CB
4.9.36 AFP
R4692/13 600221. AF Piele Collection |

Radula spine of a species of Conus, barbed and grooved,
designed to embed in its victim's flesh and deliver a fatal dose of
paralysing poison.
Conus aulicus
Mahé Seychelles, xi.36 (x)
Winckworth GLJ 9.2.37 AFF
R4692/18 600231. AF Piele Collection |
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