Mollusca Collection (page 7)

Nipponites, uncoiled ammonoid
An uncoiled Nipponite ammonoid fossil. Ammonoids are an extinct group of marine fossil cephalopods related to todays Nautilus

Voluta muricina, gastropod
Specimen of the large marine gastropod Voluta muricana. It has a ornate, spiralling shell with a large aperture

Orthoceras, nautiloid
Shown here is Orthoceras, a straight Ordovician nautiloid

Architectonica sp. sundial shell
Fossilised specimen of a sundial shell found in Orciano, Italy

Gastrioceras, goniatite
Gastrioceras, a Carboniferous goniatite. Goniatites were highly mobile creatures similar to octopus and squid, but were protected by a coiled shell divided up into many chambers

Scabrotrigonia thoracica, bivalve
This horny-ribbed bivalve dates from the late Cretaceous period (142 million years ago), they are still common in todays seas and oceans

Typhis pungens, gastropod

Harpagodes wrightii, gastropod
A Jurassic gastropod originating from Gloucestershire, England

Desmoulia conglobata, gastropod
A cross-section of a desmoulia conglobata shell specimen

Dentalium elephatinum
Plate 2, watercolour by Anna Atkins from her 256 original drawings for Lamarcks Genera of shells, 1822-24

Littorina sp. periwinkle
A comparison of various periwinkle specimens (Littorina), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Loligo sp. squid
Specimen of a squid (Loligo sp.)

Bivalve mollusc

Belemnites
Drawing from the manuscripts collection of Mary Anning (1799-1847)

Nautilus pompilus, common nautilus
A seventeenth century carved nautilus shell showing three techniques used by Dutch craftsmen: cameo work, engraving and an opening resembling a helmet cut into the wall of the chamber

Octopus vulgaris, common octopus
Octopus model with Homarus gammarus, European lobster in Origin of Species Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Freshwater snails
Specimen jar containing some freshwater snails, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bulinus sp. snails
Specimen jar containing snails (Bulinus). These snails act as intermediate hosts for the parasite of the tropical disease bilharzia. Specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

Conus cedonulli, matchless cone
Plate 48 from Thesaurus Vol. 3, 1758 by Albertus Seba (1665-1736)

Volute shell
Watercolour 389 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gung a rong, from the Watling Collection

Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, fossil oysters
About 190 million years old, found in the Lias clays and limestones of the Jurassic period. Commonly called Devils Toenails

Charonia rubicunda, red australwelk and a volute
Watercolour 388 by Thomas Watling, entitled Gna-gorong and Gung a rung, from the Watling Collection

Strombus tricornis, lightfoot
Shell specimen with Martin Listers engraving from his Historiae Sive Synopsis Methodicae Conchyliorum, 1685-1692, plate 873

Collection of molluscs
Plate 16 from The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride by David Ure ( 1793)

Dipsas sp
Plate 10, a holotype from Arhtur MacGregors Hans Sloane, 1994. Shell specimens showing Sir Hans Sloanes catalogue numbers

Semicassis labiata labiata, agate cassid

Tonna cerevisina, tun shell
Watercolour 386 by Thomas Watling, entitled Ka lee, from the Watling Collection

Squid specimen
Specimen jar containing squid, held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Coronula diarnderna
Plate 10, watercolour by Anna Atkins from her 256 original drawings for Lamarcks Genera of shells, 1822-24

British Nudibranch Molluscs, Plate aA
History of British Mollusca, Forbes and Hanley, Vol I 1853. Illustration of Triopa claviger, Egirus punctilucens, Tritonia hombergi, Doto coronata, Scyllaea pelagica

Spomdylus imperialis, imperial thorny oyster

Hildoceras bifrons, snakestone ammonite
A snakestone ammonite (Hildoceras bifrons) from the Jurassic Lias rocks of Yorkshire, U.K

Schroederoceras bandonis, cephalopod
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate with a coiled shell from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Pronorites cyclolobus, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Manticoceras acutum, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Phragmoceras sp. nautiloid
An extinct marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Sepia craveri, fossil cuttlefish
An extinct marine fossil invertebrate, a relative to todays cuttlefish from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Actinoceras oreleriseptum, nautiloid
An extinct, long-shelled or orthoconic marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Haliotis fulgens, green abalone
A pair of green abalone shells (Haliotis fulgens). This bivalve can been found upto 10m offshore in California

Fasciolaria tulipa, true tulip
A pair of true tulips (Fasciolaria tulipa). The true tulip is a carnivorous gastropod that is closely related to the horse conch

Conus textile, textile cone
Detail of tent pattern of textile cone shell. Photographed by Harry Taylor

A fossil Kosmoceras, ammonite
Kosmoceras, a genus of ammonite which lived during the Jurassic period

Barrandeoceras sp
A fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Architeutis dux, giant squid
This 8.62-metre giant squid (Architeutis dux), called Archie, was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands in March 2004

Goniatites sp. goniatite
An extinct, marine fossil goniatite from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs), sub-class Ammonoidea. Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Human (Homo sapiens) Femur and Patella
The ball joint from the top end of a human femur and a patella (knee cap) which once belonged to a victim of the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79 which buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii

Scaphites nodosus, ammonite
This Cretaceous ammonite originates from The Badlands, South Dakota, U.S.A. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

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