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Gastropod Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Janthina violacea, violet snail

Janthina violacea, violet snail
Watercolour 398 by Thomas Watling, entitled Boala, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Snail teeth

Snail teeth

Background imageGastropod Collection: Glaucus atlanticus, blue sea slug

Glaucus atlanticus, blue sea slug
Ff. 23 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Background imageGastropod Collection: Nudibranchia or sea slugs

Nudibranchia or sea slugs: Hermaea bifida 1, Facelina auriculata coronata 2, Dendronotus frondosus 3, Okenia elegans 4, Doto coronata 5, Tritonia hombergii 6 and Ancula gibbosa 7

Background imageGastropod Collection: Precious wentletrap, Epitonium scalare

Precious wentletrap, Epitonium scalare (Common wendeltrap, Aciona scalaris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Background imageGastropod Collection: Clithon coronatum

Clithon coronatum (Crowned clithon, Clithon coronata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Background imageGastropod Collection: Shielded dogwhelk, Nassarius arcularia plicatus

Shielded dogwhelk, Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Marbled buccinum, Buccinum rumphii). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageGastropod Collection: Pleuroploca trapezium, trapezium horse conch

Pleuroploca trapezium, trapezium horse conch
A pair of trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium). This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

Background imageGastropod Collection: Thatcheria mirabilis, Japanese wonder shell

Thatcheria mirabilis, Japanese wonder shell
This spectacularly spiralling shellfish is a member of the Turrid family who catch their prey by harpooning them with a modified radula (tooth) and poisoning them with a nerve toxin

Background imageGastropod Collection: Hydatina physis, rose-petal bubble shell

Hydatina physis, rose-petal bubble shell
Watercolour 399 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kallee dere, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period

Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period
Plate II from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Background imageGastropod Collection: Strombus gigas, queen conch

Strombus gigas, queen conch
Plate 2. Watercolour by Jean Charles Chenu from his Illustrations Conchyliologiques, part 17 (1843)

Background imageGastropod Collection: Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone

Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone
A gastropod steinkern or internal cast of a Portland screwstone (Aptyxiella portlandica) from the Jurassic Portland Stone, Top Roach, Portland

Background imageGastropod Collection: Conus and Epitonium shells

Conus and Epitonium shells
Watercolour by Johann Gustav Hoch, c. 1771. Clockwise from top left: Conus ammiralis, Admiral cone; Conus episcopus, Episcopal or bishop cone; Conus imperialis, Imperial cone; Conus virgo

Background imageGastropod Collection: Buccinum harpa

Buccinum harpa
Watercolour by J. Hayes from Mollusca and Radiata of India, The Thomas Hardwicke Collection, c.1820 Date: circa 1820

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct gastropods and mollusks: Ammonites

Extinct gastropods and mollusks: Ammonites, Scaphites, Hamites and Turrilites species.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites Parkinsoni

Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites Parkinsoni, A. macrocephalus, Serpula grandis.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites Humphreysianus

Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites Humphreysianus, Trigonia costata and Avicula elegans.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropod: Ammonites coronatus

Extinct fossil gastropod: Ammonites coronatus.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropods and oysters

Extinct fossil gastropods and oysters.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites torulosus

Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites torulosus, Trigonia navis and Venus trigonellaris.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

Background imageGastropod Collection: Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites jurensis

Extinct fossil gastropods: Ammonites jurensis, A. hircinus and A. radians.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Background imageGastropod Collection: Sargassum nudibranch, Scyllaea pelagica

Sargassum nudibranch, Scyllaea pelagica.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Background imageGastropod Collection: Episcopal miter or mitre shell, Mitra mitra

Episcopal miter or mitre shell, Mitra mitra, a large predatory marine gastropod mollusk.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw

Background imageGastropod Collection: Six molluscs including four gastropods and two bivalves

Six molluscs including four gastropods and two bivalves
Watercolour 396 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Psiloceras planorbis, nacreous ammonite

Psiloceras planorbis, nacreous ammonite
These specimens of Psiloceras planorbis are Britains earliest ammonites. Part of the William Smith collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Dinocochlea

Dinocochlea
A spiral of rock almost three metres long that looks like a giant snail but is a mystery

Background imageGastropod Collection: Turritella agate

Turritella agate

Background imageGastropod Collection: Mollusc, Trophon longstaffi

Mollusc, Trophon longstaffi

Background imageGastropod Collection: Opalised snails and clam

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

Background imageGastropod Collection: Crepidula, slipper limpets

Crepidula, slipper limpets
Slipper limpets collected by Charles Darwin in Chile on the Beagle voyage (1831-1836)

Background imageGastropod Collection: Neritina waigiensis, snail

Neritina waigiensis, snail
A collection of colourful snail shells all from the same species

Background imageGastropod Collection: Seven molluscs, including two bivalves and five gastropods

Seven molluscs, including two bivalves and five gastropods
Watercolour 390 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Wee-ang-i, Ger-my, Won-ni, Goo-rung, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Strombus luhuanus, red-mouthed stromb

Strombus luhuanus, red-mouthed stromb
Watercolour 392 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung-e-ra-nere, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Scientists in Sri Lanka

Scientists in Sri Lanka
Scientist searching for apple snails in a drain at Kabugannawa, Sri Lanka. Scientists on a trip that was part of a programme funded by the Darwin Initiative

Background imageGastropod Collection: Sir Hans Sloanes collection of shells

Sir Hans Sloanes collection of shells
Plate 5 from Arhtur MacGregors Hans Sloane, 1994. Shell specimens showing Sir Hans Sloanes catalogue numbers

Background imageGastropod Collection: Fossil shells of the Eocene Tertiary Period

Fossil shells of the Eocene Tertiary Period
Plate III from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Background imageGastropod Collection: Anthus petrosus, rock pipit

Anthus petrosus, rock pipit
Plate 10 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageGastropod Collection: Guildfordia yoka

Guildfordia yoka from Japan. Number 2387

Background imageGastropod Collection: Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 101 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Background imageGastropod Collection: Limacina mercinensis, holoplanktonic mollusc

Limacina mercinensis, holoplanktonic mollusc
Fossilised specimens of Holoplaktonic molluscs found in early Eocene, London Clay at Highgate, London. 58 million years old

Background imageGastropod Collection: Snail in Burmese amber

Snail in Burmese amber
A snail in trapped and preserved in Burmese amber. Upper Cretaceous about 80 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule figure 59

Background imageGastropod Collection: Nine molluscs, including bivalves and gastropods

Nine molluscs, including bivalves and gastropods
Watercolour 391 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kow-er-ring, Kow-ill, Kaa-din, Wal-gan, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Four different molluscs

Four different molluscs
Watercolour 397 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled gna-go-rang, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Vertigo sp. marsh whorl snails

Vertigo sp. marsh whorl snails
No.14 V. antivertigo, No.15 V. moulinsiana, No.16 V. pygmaea, No.19 V. pusilla, No.20 V. anguistor, No.21 V. edentula. Plate 4 from The Collectors Manual of British Shells by L E Adams (1896)

Background imageGastropod Collection: Amoria undulata, wavy volute

Amoria undulata, wavy volute
Watercolour 393 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Background imageGastropod Collection: Woodland animals

Woodland animals
Page 32 and 33 from Introducing Ecology Nature at Work

Background imageGastropod Collection: Charonia rubicunda, red australwelk

Charonia rubicunda, red australwelk
Watercolour 387 by Thomas Watling, entitled Nag-ga-rang, from the Watling Collection



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