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): 315mm
height (print): 195mm
height (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
23 specimens of tertiary fossil shells from South America.
Inscribed ‘Plate III. 28-29 Pecten Darwinii 30. Pecten Paranensis 31. Pecten centralis 32. Pecten rudis 33. Pecten actinoides 34. Grepidula gregaria 35. Bulla cosmophila 36.-37. Sigaretus subglobosus 38. Natica pumila 39. Natica striolata 40-41. Natica solida 42-43 Scalaria rugulosa & var. 44-45 Trochus collaris 46-47 Trochus Lœvis 48. Turritella Patagonica 49. Turritella ambulancrum 50. Turritella suturalis. 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, 1846.
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 III. 28-29 Pecten Darwinii 30. Pecten Paranensis 31. Pecten centralis 32. Pecten rudis 33. Pecten actinoides 34. Grepidula gregaria 35. Bulla cosmophila 36.-37. Sigaretus subglobosus 38. Natica pumila 39. Natica striolata 40-41. Natica solida 42-43 Scalaria rugulosa & var. 44-45 Trochus collaris 46-47 Trochus Lœvis 48. Turritella Patagonica 49. Turritella ambulancrum 50. Turritella suturalis. 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, 1846.
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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