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    Image number: RS.10205
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    ‘Ceylon razor-shell’

    Date
    1814
    Creator
    Richard Polydore Nodder (1763, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    48597
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 230mm
    width (print): 140mm
    Subject
    Description
    Marine zoiological study of the Ceylon razor-shell Solen ceylonensis, found in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean.

    Plate 7 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the shell within the text: “Inhabits Ceylon, where it seems not to be an uncommon species...”

    The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder Feby.1814.”

    William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
    Associated place
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