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 bivalve mollusc shells.
Figure 1 – the peppery furrow shell, Scrobicularia plana, referred to in the associated description as Trigonella plana.
Figure 2 – the basket cockle, Clinocardium nuttalli, referred to here as Cardium nux.
Figure 3 – the banded venus mollusc, Clausinella fasciata, referred to here as Pectunculus fasciatus.
Figure 4 – the Venus casina saltwater clam, referred to here as Pectunculus membranaceus [left as viewed] and an Arcopagia crassa, referred to as Pectunculus depressior [right].
Figure 5 – a Lirophora paphia shell, referred to here as Pectunculus vetula.
Figure 6 – the egg cockle, Fulvia laevigata, referred to here as Cardium laevigatum.
Plate 13 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 peppery furrow shell, Scrobicularia plana, referred to in the associated description as Trigonella plana.
Figure 2 – the basket cockle, Clinocardium nuttalli, referred to here as Cardium nux.
Figure 3 – the banded venus mollusc, Clausinella fasciata, referred to here as Pectunculus fasciatus.
Figure 4 – the Venus casina saltwater clam, referred to here as Pectunculus membranaceus [left as viewed] and an Arcopagia crassa, referred to as Pectunculus depressior [right].
Figure 5 – a Lirophora paphia shell, referred to here as Pectunculus vetula.
Figure 6 – the egg cockle, Fulvia laevigata, referred to here as Cardium laevigatum.
Plate 13 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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