Mollusk Collection

Asteroceras, fossil ammonite
A 16 cm diameter specimen of the Jurassic ammonite Asteroceras from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England

Giant octopus
Plate 26 from Histoire naturelle des Mollusques by Count Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon, 1805

Extinct marine reptiles
Sheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862

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

Octopus
Watercolour 401 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Snail teeth

Achatinella sp. Oahu tree snails

Argonauta hians, brown paper nautilus
A pair of brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians). This delicate-shelled cephalopod is distributed in warm seas globally

Extinct bivalve mollusks: Pholadomya and Terebratula species. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Nautilus pompilius, common nautilus
A section through a common nautilus (Nautilus pompiius) showing the internal divisions into chambers and siphuncles

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

Sir Joseph Banks herbarium and library at Soho Square
Sir Joseph Banks herbarium and part library in his house at 32 Soho Square, London. It remained there until 1827 when it was moved to the British Museum at Montagu House

Semicassis labiata labiata, agate cassid

Belemnotheutis antiquus, squid
A well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from Christian Malford, Wiltshire

Seven squid and octopuses
Tableau 2 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, 1759

Freshwater long snails, Bulimus, Pupa, Balea, etc

Garden snail, Cornu aspersum, Roman snail, Helix pomatia, etc

Freshwater snails, Limnæus, Physa, Ancylus, Planorbis, etc

Land slugs and sea snails, Succinea, Limax, etc
Land slugs and sea snails, Succinea, Conovulus, Carychium, Limax, etc

Rock snails, Tritia, Nassa, Mangelia, Erato, Cypraea, etc
Rock snails and European cowrie, Tritia, Nassa, Mangelia, Erato, Cypraea, etc

Bubble snails and sea snail varieties, Cylichna, Bulla, etc
Bubble snails and sea snail varieties, Cylichna, Ovula, Bulla, Philine, etc

Minute sea shell varieties, Rissoa, Cingula, Assimina, etc
Minute sea shell varieties, Rissoa, Jeffreysia, Aclis, etc

Triton shells, Ranella, rock snails, Murex, whelk, Bucchinum, et
Triton shells, Ranella, rock snails, Murex, whelk, Bucchinum, Furus, Trophon, etc

Minute pyramid sea shell varieties, Odostomia, etc

Small sea shell varieties, Turbonilla, etc
Small sea shell varieties, Turbonilla, Chemnitzia, Natica, Velutina, etc

Sea snails, Turritella, pelican's foot, Aporrhais pespelecani, e
Sea snails, Turritella, pelican's foot, Aporrhais pespelecani, Cæcum, Cerithiopsis, Scalaria, Eulima, etc

Minute sea shell varieties, Rissoa, Cingula, Assimina, etc

Sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells, etc
Sea cradles or coat-of-mail shells, Chiton, limpet, Patella, Spirialis, Acmaea, Dentalium, etc

Wentletraps, Ianthina, freshwater shells, Bithynia, etc
Wentletraps, Ianthina, freshwater shells, Bithynia, Littorina, Lacuna, etc

Ear shell, Haliotis, sea snails, Trochus, Margarita, etc
Ear shell, Haliotis vulgaris, sea snails, Trochus, Margarita, etc

Scallops, Pecten maximus, Terebratula, Argiope, etc

Oyster, Ostrea vulgaris, pen shell, Pinna pectinata, etc
Oyster, Ostrea vulgaris, pen shell, Pinna pectinata, and Nucula, Arca, Lima, Anomia, etc

Marine bivalves, Kelliadae, and freshwater shells, Cycladidae

Freshwater and marine mussels
Freshwater mussels, Unio, Anodon, and marine mussels, Modiola, Crenella, Mytilus, Dreissina, etc

Saltwater clams, Venus casina, Astarte elliptica, etc
Saltwater clams, Venus casina, Astarte elliptica, Lutraria, Tapes, Lucinopsis, etc

Cockles, Cardium exiguum, Circe minima, etc
Cockles, Cardium exiguum, Circe minima, Lucina lactea, Axinus, etc

Tellin shells, Tellina crassa, Psammobia, Mactra. etc
Tellin shells, Tellina crassa, Psammobia, Ervillia, Donax, Mactra. etc

Ship worms, piddocks and other borers
Ship worms, Teredo vulgaris, piddocks, Pholas dactylus, Xylophaga, and other borers and gapers

Razor shells, Solen marginata, Poromya granulata, etc
Razor shells, Solen marginata, Poromya granulata, Pandora obtusa, Syndosnya nitida, Thracia distorta, etc

Oyster, spider wasp and snail
Windowpane oyster, Placuna ephippium (Placuna sella), flatworm, Yungia aurantiaca (Planaria aurantiaca), spider wasp, Aporus planiceps (Planiceps latreillii), and great ram's horn snail

Piddock, clam, beetle and spider
Common piddock, Pholas dactylus, Pholas callosa 2, angel wing clam, Cyrtopleura costata, Pholas costata 3, daddy long-legs spider, Pholcus phalangioides, bark beetle

Pod razor shell, Ensis siliqua, on a beach. Tall ships and sail boats in the channel behind. Aquatint drawn and engraved by William Daniell from William Wood's Zoography, Cadell and Davies, 1807

Babylon turrid shell, Turris babylonia (Spotted pleurotoma, Pleurotoma babylonica)

Ringent snail, Helix ringens (Grinning tomiger, Tomigeres ringens)

Clithon coronatum (Crowned clithon, Clithon coronata)

Emperor nautilus cephalopod out of its shell, Nautilus pompilius. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Depilatory sea hare, Aplysia depilans (Mediterranean aplysia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Blue-rayed limpet, Patella pellucida (Brown patella, Patella fusca). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Cymatium femorale (Femoral murex, Murex femorale). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

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

Chambered nautilus and pearl shells
Chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius 1, and pearl oysters and mussels 2, 3, 4

Ommastrephes sagittatus, squid
A glass model of a squid, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Argonauta argo (female), octopus
A glass model of an octopus, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

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

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

Dr Karl Jordan (1875-1972)
Curator of entomology at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring from 1893, beyond Rothschilds death and up to the transition to the Natural History Museum at Tring in 1938

Emma Rothschild (1844-1935)
Mother of Tring Museum founder Walter Rothschild

Emu, rheas and kangaroos at Tring Park
Live animals collected by Walter Rothschild in the grounds of Tring Park, with keeper Mr Marcham, 1890 Date: 1890

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1933
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932
Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties

Fossils of diatoms, foraminifera, ferns and mollusks.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Pecten sp. scallop
A fossil scallop from the Corallian Crag of Suffolk, England. Scallop shells are made up of two hinged plates and are a genus of bivalve mollusc

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)

Plate 77 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

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

Goniatites, fossil ammonite
In marked contrast to Dactylioceras, this Carboniferous Goniatites has a shell in which successive whols overlap stongly, giving a narrow, deep umbilicus

Tridacna gigas, giant clam
A pair of giant clam (Tridacna gigas). This endangered species is the largest living molluscs and can reach sizes of over 1m

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

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Nipponites mirabilis, ammonite
This ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan displays a loose, tangled coil

Hippurites radiosus, rudist mollusc shell
Rudist mollusc shells are elongated molluscs and were also reef builders. Specimen dates from the Late Cretaceous, Des Moulins, Charente, France

Oyster shell with pearl
Oyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell

Five bivalve fossils
(Top) Chlamys fibrosa; (Centre left) Chlamys splendens; (Centre right) Perampliata ampliata; (Lower left) Mytilus ungulatus; (Lower right) Trigonia reticulata

Entomology, W. Rothschild Zoological Museum
The Museum was bequeathed to the Natural History Museum following Rothschilds death in 1937, along with its unique collections of preserved animals

Alfred Newton (1829-1907), Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University in the late 19th Century

Tridacna maxima R�g, 1798, giant clam
Plate 76 from a bound volume of illustrations used for Lamarcks Genera of shells. Watercolour and graphite on paper, c. 1820 by Anna Children (became Atkins) (1799-1871) Date: 1820

Nautilus sp
Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (1862-1951). Watercolour on paper

Hans Sloanes nautilus shell
Sir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the core of both the British Museum and the Natural History Museum

Various Mollusca and Crustacea species
Watercolour from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection, c.1820 Date: circa 1820

Eledone cirrhosa, Curled Octopus
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection, marked Sepia octopodia

Conus and Epitonium shells
Watercolour by Johann Gustav Hoch, c. 1771

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

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