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 several bivalve mollusc shell and barnacle types.
Figure 1 – the brown mussel, Perna perna, referred to in the associated description as Mytillus discors.
Figure 2 – whale barnacle, Balanus Balaena, referred to here as the same.
Figure 3 – the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, Lepas anatifera, referred to here as Balanus anatiferus.
Figure 4 – the common ottter shell, Lutraria lutraria, referred to here as Chama magna.
Figure 5 – the pod razor, Ensis siliqua, referred to here as Solen siliqua.
Figure 6 – the grove snail, Cepaea nemoralis, referred to here as Cochleae unifasciata.
Figure 7 – acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides, referred to here as Balangus vulgaris on an unspecified shell.
Plate 17 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 brown mussel, Perna perna, referred to in the associated description as Mytillus discors.
Figure 2 – whale barnacle, Balanus Balaena, referred to here as the same.
Figure 3 – the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, Lepas anatifera, referred to here as Balanus anatiferus.
Figure 4 – the common ottter shell, Lutraria lutraria, referred to here as Chama magna.
Figure 5 – the pod razor, Ensis siliqua, referred to here as Solen siliqua.
Figure 6 – the grove snail, Cepaea nemoralis, referred to here as Cochleae unifasciata.
Figure 7 – acorn barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides, referred to here as Balangus vulgaris on an unspecified shell.
Plate 17 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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