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 five clam shell types.
Figure 1 – the warty venus clam, Venus verrucosa, referred to in the associated description as Pectunculus strigatus.
Figure 2 – a Chamelea striatula seawater clam, referred to here as Pectunculus striatulus.
Figure 3 – a Macta stultorum seawater clam, referred to here as Trigonella radiate.
Figure 4 – a Jitlada philippinarum seawater clam, referred to here as Tellina rubra.
Figure 5 – the rayed artemis clam, Dosinia exoleta, referred to here as Pectunculus capillaceus.
Plate 12 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 warty venus clam, Venus verrucosa, referred to in the associated description as Pectunculus strigatus.
Figure 2 – a Chamelea striatula seawater clam, referred to here as Pectunculus striatulus.
Figure 3 – a Macta stultorum seawater clam, referred to here as Trigonella radiate.
Figure 4 – a Jitlada philippinarum seawater clam, referred to here as Tellina rubra.
Figure 5 – the rayed artemis clam, Dosinia exoleta, referred to here as Pectunculus capillaceus.
Plate 12 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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