Shell specimens
Date
1778
Creator
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717 - 1791) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
55208
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 290mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
width (page): 225mm
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Conchological study of seven univalve, pyramidal and sea snail shell types.
Figures 1 and 2 – the great top shell, Gibbula magnus, referred to in the associated description as Trochus tuberculatus.
Figures 3 and 4 – the European painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, referred to here as Trochus zizyphinus.
Figures 5 and 6 – the European granular top shell, Calliostoma granulatum, referred to here as Trochus papillosus.
Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 – the flat top shell, Gibbula umbilicalis, referred to here as Trochus umbilicalis.
Figures 11 and 12 – the lined top shell, Phorcus lineatus, referred to here as Trochus Lineatus.
Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 – the grooved top shell, Jujubinus striatus, referred to here as Trochus Littoralis.
Figures 17 and 18 – the dusky nerite, Nerita pulligera, referred to here as the Fluviatiles nerite.
Plate 3 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Figures 1 and 2 – the great top shell, Gibbula magnus, referred to in the associated description as Trochus tuberculatus.
Figures 3 and 4 – the European painted top shell, Calliostoma zizyphinum, referred to here as Trochus zizyphinus.
Figures 5 and 6 – the European granular top shell, Calliostoma granulatum, referred to here as Trochus papillosus.
Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 – the flat top shell, Gibbula umbilicalis, referred to here as Trochus umbilicalis.
Figures 11 and 12 – the lined top shell, Phorcus lineatus, referred to here as Trochus Lineatus.
Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 – the grooved top shell, Jujubinus striatus, referred to here as Trochus Littoralis.
Figures 17 and 18 – the dusky nerite, Nerita pulligera, referred to here as the Fluviatiles nerite.
Plate 3 from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British conchology: containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1778), illustrated with figures, text in English and French.
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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