Shell specimens
Date
1778
Creator
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717 - 1791) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
55208
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 290mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Conchological study of six clam and mussel shell types.
Figure 1 - the surf clam, Spisula solida, referred to in the associated description as Trigonella gallina.
Figure 2 – the duck mussel, Anodata anatine, referred to here as Mytilus anatinus.
Figure 3 – the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, referred to here as Mytilus margaritifera.
Figure 4 – a Mytilus pictorum shell.
Figure 5 – the blue mussel or common mussel, Mytilus edulis, referred to here as Mytilus vulgaris [left as viewed] and the northern horsemussel, Modiolus modiolus, referred to here as Mytilus modiolus.
Figure 6 – an Irus irus saltwater clam, referred to here as Cuneus foliates [left as viewed] and a Nucula nucleus saltwater clam, referred to as Glycymeris Argentea [right].
Plate 15 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa's Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Figure 1 - the surf clam, Spisula solida, referred to in the associated description as Trigonella gallina.
Figure 2 – the duck mussel, Anodata anatine, referred to here as Mytilus anatinus.
Figure 3 – the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, referred to here as Mytilus margaritifera.
Figure 4 – a Mytilus pictorum shell.
Figure 5 – the blue mussel or common mussel, Mytilus edulis, referred to here as Mytilus vulgaris [left as viewed] and the northern horsemussel, Modiolus modiolus, referred to here as Mytilus modiolus.
Figure 6 – an Irus irus saltwater clam, referred to here as Cuneus foliates [left as viewed] and a Nucula nucleus saltwater clam, referred to as Glycymeris Argentea [right].
Plate 15 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa's Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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