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Snail Shell (Chiral)

A snail shell is shown with its mirror reflection. They are not superimposable.

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Narrative
A snail shell is shown along with its mirror reflection. (The mirror is removed and the mirror image is placed next to the original object.) The shell is chiral because it is nonsuperimposable with its mirror image.