{"id":7344,"date":"2026-01-26T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/punto_di_interesse\/nautilus-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:39:41","slug":"nautilus-2","status":"publish","type":"punto_di_interesse","link":"https:\/\/visitmnu.it\/en\/punto_di_interesse\/nautilus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nautilus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nautilus<\/em>, considered a &lsquo;living fossil&rsquo;, is a mollusc belonging to an order of cephalopods (the Nautilida) whose earliest fossil representatives date back to the Palaeozoic. It is characterised by a distinctive outer shell with a peculiar logarithmic spiral and numerous internal chambers, considered a miracle of engineering.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nautilus<\/em> shells, coming from trade with the East Indies, were well known and used in jewellery as early as the 16th century. 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