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 oyster, clam and cockle shell types.
Figure 1 – the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule, referred to in the associated description as Cardium vulgaris.
Figure 2 – the bittersweet clam, Glycymeris glycymeris, referred to here as Glyceymeris orbicularis.
Figure 3 – the saddle oyster, Anomia ephippium, referred to here as Anomia tunicacepae.
Figure 4 – the streaked oyster, referred to here as Ostrum striatum.
Figure 5 – a Striarca lacteal shell, referred to here as Arca lactea.
Figure 6 – the common oyster, Ostrea edulis, referred to here as Ostrum vulgaris.
Plate 11 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.
Figure 1 – the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule, referred to in the associated description as Cardium vulgaris.
Figure 2 – the bittersweet clam, Glycymeris glycymeris, referred to here as Glyceymeris orbicularis.
Figure 3 – the saddle oyster, Anomia ephippium, referred to here as Anomia tunicacepae.
Figure 4 – the streaked oyster, referred to here as Ostrum striatum.
Figure 5 – a Striarca lacteal shell, referred to here as Arca lactea.
Figure 6 – the common oyster, Ostrea edulis, referred to here as Ostrum vulgaris.
Plate 11 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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