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 twelve snail and whelk shell types.
Figures 1 and 3 – unknown Fluviatiles pictus painted shells.
Figure 2 – the oval amber snail shell, Novisuccinea ovalis, referred to here as Fluviatiles ovalis.
Figure 4 – the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica, referred to here as Buccina costatum.
Figure 5 – the dwarf Atlantic planaxis, Angiola lineata, referred to here as Buccina recurvirostra lineatum.
Figures 6 and 9 – an unknown Hybochelus cancellatus shell, here referred to as Fluvialities cancellatus.
Figure 7 – the beaked whelk, referred to here as Buccina longirostra.
Figure 8 – a small air-breathing land snail shell, Hygromia limbata, referred to here as Fluviatiles limbata.
Figure 10 – the keeled top shell, Clanculus miniatus, referred to here as Flaviatiles carinatus.
Figure 11 – a small limpet Patella parva shell, referred to here as Fluviatiles patella parava.
Figure 12 – the tiny lacuna shell, Lacuna parva, referred to here as Fluviatiles parva.
Figure 13 – an unknown Bittium reticulatum shell, referred to here as Strombiformis reticulatus.
Figure 14 – an unknown Cerithideopsis costata shell, referred to here as Strombiformis costatus.
Plate 8 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 3 – unknown Fluviatiles pictus painted shells.
Figure 2 – the oval amber snail shell, Novisuccinea ovalis, referred to here as Fluviatiles ovalis.
Figure 4 – the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica, referred to here as Buccina costatum.
Figure 5 – the dwarf Atlantic planaxis, Angiola lineata, referred to here as Buccina recurvirostra lineatum.
Figures 6 and 9 – an unknown Hybochelus cancellatus shell, here referred to as Fluvialities cancellatus.
Figure 7 – the beaked whelk, referred to here as Buccina longirostra.
Figure 8 – a small air-breathing land snail shell, Hygromia limbata, referred to here as Fluviatiles limbata.
Figure 10 – the keeled top shell, Clanculus miniatus, referred to here as Flaviatiles carinatus.
Figure 11 – a small limpet Patella parva shell, referred to here as Fluviatiles patella parava.
Figure 12 – the tiny lacuna shell, Lacuna parva, referred to here as Fluviatiles parva.
Figure 13 – an unknown Bittium reticulatum shell, referred to here as Strombiformis reticulatus.
Figure 14 – an unknown Cerithideopsis costata shell, referred to here as Strombiformis costatus.
Plate 8 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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