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 six snail and whelk shell types.
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 12 – different types of dog whelk, Nucella lapillus, referred to in the associated description as Purporo-buccinum.
Figures 5 and 6 – auger snail shells, Teribridae, referred to here as Strombiformis terebra.
Figure 7 – the pelican’s foot, Aporrhais pespelecani, referred to here as Apporhais quadrifidus.
Figure 8 – the tower snail shell, Turritellidae, referred to here as Strombiformis clathratus barred.
Figure 10 – the nettle dog whelk, Tritia reticulate, referred to here as Buccina recurvirostra.
Figure 11 – the common wentletrap, Epitonium clathrum, referred to here as Strombiformis clathratus.
Plate 7 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, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 12 – different types of dog whelk, Nucella lapillus, referred to in the associated description as Purporo-buccinum.
Figures 5 and 6 – auger snail shells, Teribridae, referred to here as Strombiformis terebra.
Figure 7 – the pelican’s foot, Aporrhais pespelecani, referred to here as Apporhais quadrifidus.
Figure 8 – the tower snail shell, Turritellidae, referred to here as Strombiformis clathratus barred.
Figure 10 – the nettle dog whelk, Tritia reticulate, referred to here as Buccina recurvirostra.
Figure 11 – the common wentletrap, Epitonium clathrum, referred to here as Strombiformis clathratus.
Plate 7 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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