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 seven bivalve mollusc shell types.
Figure 1 – the sunrise tellin, Tellina radiata, referred to in the associated description as the same.
Figure 2 – the prickly cockle, Acanthocardia echinata, referred to here as Cardium echinatum.
Figure 3 – the banded wedge shell, Donax vittatus, referred to here as Cuneus vittatus.
Figure 4 – the grooved carpet shell, or Palourde clam, Ruditapes decussatus, referred to here as Cuneus reticulatus.
Figure 5 – the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, referred to here as Pectunculus crassus.
Figure 6 – the surf clam, Spisula solida, referred to here as Trigonella gallina.
Figure 7 – the smooth clam, Callista chione, referred to here as Pectunculus glaber.
Plate 14 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.
Digital photograph of a plate depicting seven bivalve mollusc shell types.
Figure 1 – the sunrise tellin, Tellina radiata, referred to in the associated description as the same.
Figure 2 – the prickly cockle, Acanthocardia echinata, referred to here as Cardium echinatum.
Figure 3 – the banded wedge shell, Donax vittatus, referred to here as Cuneus vittatus.
Figure 4 – the grooved carpet shell, or Palourde clam, Ruditapes decussatus, referred to here as Cuneus reticulatus.
Figure 5 – the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, referred to here as Pectunculus crassus.
Figure 6 – the surf clam, Spisula solida, referred to here as Trigonella gallina.
Figure 7 – the smooth clam, Callista chione, referred to here as Pectunculus glaber.
Plate 14 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.
Digital photograph of a plate depicting seven bivalve mollusc shell types.
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