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Image number: RS.10216
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Two specimens of snail shells
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
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of mollusc shells. Lower figures described by the author as Bulimulus trifasciatus (now Bulimulus guadalupensis acutus) “from Guadaloupe”. Upper figures described as Bulimulus acutus. Front and back views of each shell.
Plate 18 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815).
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 18 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815).
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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