Molluscan radulla
Date
1950s
Creator
Alastair Graham (1906 - 2000, British) , Zoologist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 188mm
width (drawing): 241mm
width (drawing): 241mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Longitudinal section of of a molluscan radular sac showing related parts of the alimentary canal and radular tooth with other details.
Figure 106 of the book British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham (London, Ray Society, 1962).
Both Graham and Fretter contributed high-quality illustrations to British prosobranch molluscs and artist attribution can be difficult. Graham’s Royal Society Biographical Memoir states that: “Dr Fretter drew the ‘whole animals’, and Graham most of the dissections and histological preparations. She concentrated on the reproductive system, larvae and shore ecology, and he on other aspects.”
Not signed. Mounted on card with the ink inscription: ‘Fig 106. Radulae. Set across page x5/9’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
Figure 106 of the book British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham (London, Ray Society, 1962).
Both Graham and Fretter contributed high-quality illustrations to British prosobranch molluscs and artist attribution can be difficult. Graham’s Royal Society Biographical Memoir states that: “Dr Fretter drew the ‘whole animals’, and Graham most of the dissections and histological preparations. She concentrated on the reproductive system, larvae and shore ecology, and he on other aspects.”
Not signed. Mounted on card with the ink inscription: ‘Fig 106. Radulae. Set across page x5/9’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
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