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# The shells of the bivalve mollusc Gryphaea are known as devil's toenails, and it is the toenails that are meant; in antiquity these valves were a common amulet and were used as a remedy for the joints
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/rakoviny-dvustvorchatogo-molliuska-grifeia-nazyvaiut-kogtiami-diavola-prichiom-imeia-v-vidu-nogti-na-nogakh-v-drevnosti-eti-stvorki-byli-rasprostranionnym-amuletom-i-ispolzovalis-kak-le/
- Published: 2017-04-22T07:24:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:45:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Palaeontology, Nature, Ethnography

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