Chambered nautilus
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chambered-nautilus-163-8434243
title:
Chambered nautilus
text:
The chambered nautilus, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral, although it is not a golden spiral. The shell exhibits countershading, being light on the bottom and dark on top. This is to help avoid predators, because when seen from above, it blends in with the darkness of the sea, and when seen from below, it blends in with the light coming from above.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of nautilus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambered_nautilus
date created:
2004-05-29T00:56:03Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T10:30:21Z
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