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In the collections of the Renaissance period, which during the course of the 16th century developed into the famous "Kunst- und Wunderkammern" (cabinets of art and wonders), objects were combined which above all aroused astonishment whether they were of natural or artificial origins.
The present creature is a figment of imagination in which the cast of a snail was combined with a conch in order to create a curiosity.
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