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Description	English: Plate from Zoological illustrations, Volume 2, 2nd series. Margarita crocata Sw. Accepted as Pinctada imbricata[1]
Date	published 1829
Source	Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities, Volume 2, 2nd series (1829)
Author	William Swainson

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