One Of These Shells Is Not Like The Others

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Haliotidae Haliotis shells collected by L.H. Snyder on Aug. 5, 1939, off an island in what is now Kangwon province in North Korea. Some Haliotis species are now critically threatened with extinction. Courtesy of Diana Zlatanovski/Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.

 

Diana Zlatanovski’s Typology series showcases the intricacy of collections, and the beauty of individual objects within the group.

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