Gastropoda Collection

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

Snail teeth

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Cypraea argus, hundred-eyed cowrie
A pair of hundred-eyed cowries (Cypraea argus). A marine gastropod found across the Indo-Pacific. The name hundred-eyed refers to the particular type of shell pattern

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

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

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

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

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

Turritella agate

Mollusc, Trophon longstaffi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Guildfordia yoka from Japan. Number 2387

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Tibia insulae-chorab, Arabian tibia
Apair of Arabian tibia shells (Tibia insulae-chorab), This amazing, pointed gastropod can be found in the Indian Ocean in intertidal regions upto 50 metres deep

Telescopium telescopium, telescope shell
A pair of telescope shells (Telescopium Telescopium). This amazingly symetrical, marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

Snail ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a black and white painting of a snail

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

Haustellum haustellum, snipes bill murex
A pair of snipes bill murex (Haustellum haustellum ). This marine Gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific near Japan

Conus marmoreus, cone shell
A pair of cone shells (Conus marmoreus). This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific and is a venomous carnivore

Trochus niloticus, top shell
A pair of top shells (Trochus niloticus). Top shells are herbivorous marine gastropods, they occur throughout the Indo-Pacific

Turbo argyrostoma, turban shell
A pair of turban shells (Turbo argyrostoma). This shallow water gastropod is named after the resemblance it bears to the Sikh headdress, it is widely spread across the Indo-Pacific

Murex pecten, Venus comb
A pair of Venus combs (Murex pecten). This heavily ornamented gastropod has a row of spines making it look like a comb. They can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Chlorostilbon aureoventris, glittering-bellied emerald hummi
Collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, in Rio de Janeiro in November 1768 during Captain James Cooks first voyage

Lambis lambis, common spider conch
A pair of common spider conch (Lambis lambis). This heavilly ornamented gastropod, has large shell projections, it originates from the Western Indo-Pacific

Lambris chiragra, spider conch
Watercolour of a spider conch by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

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