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Image number: RS.10210
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‘Zebra volute and Lineated volute’
Date
1814
Creator
Richard Polydore Nodder (1763, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
48597
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
Subject
Description
Marine zoological studies (front and rear views) of shells identified by the author as distinct types: now classified together as Amoria zebra. Figure 1 Zebra volute Voluta zebra. Figure 2 Lineated volute Voluta lineata. The shell is found in Australian waters.
Plate 12 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the shells within the text: “This shell [figure 1] which is aptly named from its resemblance in colour to the zebra horse, is a native of the New-Holland seas...Voluta lineata is a native of the same country...”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Plate 12 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the shells within the text: “This shell [figure 1] which is aptly named from its resemblance in colour to the zebra horse, is a native of the New-Holland seas...Voluta lineata is a native of the same country...”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
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