Horseshoe shaped scar of pedal retractor muscle lets light through brightly as shell thinner there than central amphora area. Nucella lapillus usually bores its feeding-hole into p.r. muscle where shell is thin, or further towards apex where shell thicker, so radula can reach centrally-located nutritious viscera . This specimen selected for image as exterior lacked pigment that would affect translucency.

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