Anatomy of marine gastropods
Date
1856
Creator
John Denis Macdonald (1826 - 1908) , Naval medical officer
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 305mm
width (painting): 190mm
width (painting): 190mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical details of carnivorous marine gastropods largely radular [teeth] under magnification. Twenty-five figures, a-w.
These specimens were described by the author aboard HMS Herald in May 1856 as the vessel was engaged in survey work around the Fiji islands, part of Melanesia, in the South Pacific. The author, John Denis Macdonald was assistant surgeon on the ship.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper “Observations on the natural affinities and classification of gasteropoda’ by John Denis Macdonald, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.385-393.
Headed ‘SHEET No.2’ and signed lower left: ‘J.D.Macdonald ad nat del.’
Sir John Denis Macdonald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1859.
These specimens were described by the author aboard HMS Herald in May 1856 as the vessel was engaged in survey work around the Fiji islands, part of Melanesia, in the South Pacific. The author, John Denis Macdonald was assistant surgeon on the ship.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper “Observations on the natural affinities and classification of gasteropoda’ by John Denis Macdonald, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.8 (1856-1857), pp.385-393.
Headed ‘SHEET No.2’ and signed lower left: ‘J.D.Macdonald ad nat del.’
Sir John Denis Macdonald was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1859.
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