Tertiary fossil shells, South America
Date
1844
Creator
George Brettingham Sowerby (1812 - 1884, British ) , II, Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
35336
Material
Technique
Dimensions
width (print): 310mm
height (print): 195mm
height (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
27 specimens of tertiary fossil shells from South America.
Inscribed ‘Plate II. 1. Dentalium giganteum 2. Dentalium sulcosum 3. Dentalium majus. 4, 5, & 6. Balanus varians var. 7. Balanus coquimbensis 8. Mactra rugata 9. Mactra Darwinii 10. Grassatella Lyellii 11. Corbis Lœvigata 12. Tellinides oblonga 13. Venus meridionalis 14. Cytherea suleulosa 15. Cardium puelchum 16. Cardium maltiradiatum 17. Cardita Patagonica 18. Nucula glabra 19. Nucula ornata 20-21. Trigonocelia insolita 22-23. Cucullœa alta 24. Pecten geminatus 25. Anomia altermans 26-27 Terebratula Patagonica. G.B. Sowerby Junr.’
Plate to Descriptions of tertiary fossil shells from South America by G. B Sowerby from Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S 'Beagle' by Charles Darwin, 1844.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Inscribed ‘Plate II. 1. Dentalium giganteum 2. Dentalium sulcosum 3. Dentalium majus. 4, 5, & 6. Balanus varians var. 7. Balanus coquimbensis 8. Mactra rugata 9. Mactra Darwinii 10. Grassatella Lyellii 11. Corbis Lœvigata 12. Tellinides oblonga 13. Venus meridionalis 14. Cytherea suleulosa 15. Cardium puelchum 16. Cardium maltiradiatum 17. Cardita Patagonica 18. Nucula glabra 19. Nucula ornata 20-21. Trigonocelia insolita 22-23. Cucullœa alta 24. Pecten geminatus 25. Anomia altermans 26-27 Terebratula Patagonica. G.B. Sowerby Junr.’
Plate to Descriptions of tertiary fossil shells from South America by G. B Sowerby from Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S 'Beagle' by Charles Darwin, 1844.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
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