Snail Collection

Molluscs / Snails / Print
Snails on and around various foliage

Frog Couple & Pet Snail
A well-dressed frog couple take their pet snail for a walk

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

Snail teeth

Radio presenter with giant snail
Radio presenter comes face to face with a giant snail -- a surprise guest on his show. Date: circa 1970s

Molluscs / Sealife
A variety of sea-based molluscs including types of snail and clam, a large mussel and other soft-bodied sealife

Snail Pattern
Lino cut of a pattern of snails. Artist: Anon. Date: 1930s

Victorian scrap, heron, frog, snail and beetle (and another bird in the water) Date: late 19th century

Range of marine life found at the seaside - octopus, squid or decapod, smallest British cuttlefish, sea slug, and periwinkle. Date: circa 1950s

Odontocymbiola magellanica (Slightly-knotted volute, Voluta subnodosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological

Pythia scarabaeus snail (Imbrial scarabus, Scarabus imbrium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Bulimulus snails
Acute and three-banded bulimulus snails, Bulimulus acutus and Bulimulus trifasciatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Caryodes dufresnii dufresnii (Dufresnes bulimus, Bulimus dufresnii), Tasmanian landsnail. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Ringent snail, Helix ringens (Grinning tomiger, Tomigeres ringens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Lumpfish, sea snail, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus 48, sea snail, Liparis liparis 49, and Atlantic spiny lumpsucker, Eumicrotremus spinosus 51. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia

Flagon and butterdish from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century. Pitcher decorated with flowers, butterdish in floral pattern with a snail on the lid

Pila ampullacea (Dilated snail, Helix ampullacea). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Citron snail, Helix citrina. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London

Glossy nerite and feathered nerite sea snails
Glossy nerite, Nerita polita, and feathered nerite, Nerita pennata. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Jewel box clam, embossed horn, miter, volute
Various shells: Jewel box clam, Chama squamata 1, embossed horn shell, 2, miter, Mitra mitra (Mitra episcopalis) 3, volute sea snail, Voluta musicalis 4, agate volute 5, groene zilvermond 6

Chiragra spider conch, scallop, whelk, sea snail, etc
Various mollusc shells: Chiragra spider conch, Harpago chiragra 1, scallops, Pecten species 2-5, whelk, Buccinum undatum 6, Lagena species 7, sea snail, Rapa rapa 8, de ajuinschil shell 9

Shells and seaweed on the shore
Sea snail, Haustellum haustellum 1, black and white cone, Conus ebraeus 2, Episcopal miter, Mitra mitra 3, dog conch, Laevistrombus canarium 4, limpet, Patella scutellaris 5, and rosy razor clam

Prosobranchia sea snail shells: triumphant star turban, Guildfordia triumphans 1, imperial cone, Conus imperialis 2, Madras harp, Harpa davidis 3, Venus comb, Murex pecten pecten 4, branched murex

Harpy eagle, Brazilian merganser, Harpalus
Harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja 3, Brazilian merganser, Mergus octosetaceus, critically endangered 4, Harpalus beetle 1, and harp snail, Harpa major 2. Harpale, harpe, harpie, harle

Moon snail and nautilus
Bladder moon snail, Neverita didyma 1, crusty nautilus, Nonion umbilicatulum 2, and chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius 3, 4. Natice, Nautile

Octopus and sea snail
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 1, and sea snail, Dicathais orbita 2. Poulpe commun, Pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Red panda, northern Christmas lily, river snail and spider
Red panda, Ailurus fulgens, endangered 4, northern Christmas lily, Proiphys amboinensis 3. river snail, Viviparus viviparus 1, and spider, Palpimanus species. Palpimane, paludine, pancratium, panda

Beadlet anemone, barrel bubble snail, long-horn
Barrel bubble snail, Acteon tormatilis 1, beadlet anemone, Actinia equina 2, yellow-barred long-horn, Nemophora degeerella 3, brown hawker, Aeshna grandis 4. Acteon austral, actinie de Ste

Montagus sea snail, Liparis montagui (Diminutive lumpsucker, Cyclopterus montagui). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes

SELLING SNAILS
French snail stall Date: circa 1850

Whiting to snail. Fuller & Richard - The Wonderland Postcards - Seven Designs Date: 1910

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

Cerro Caracol, Concepcion, Chile, South America
Cerro Caracol (Snail Hill), Concepcion, Chile, South America, with a zigzag pathway. Date: circa 1908

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and Ooloo. That reminds me -- some folks are a bit slow. Bonzo and Ooloo sitting on a bench together watching a snail go by. Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Two frogs fighting over a snail on a Christmas card -- Heads I win, tails you lose. Date: circa 1890s

Fossils of extinct bivalves.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

A selection of British Shells Date: circa 1920s

Pinocchio -- snail at a window
Pinocchio -- A window in the lower storey opened, and the same snail appeared at it. Date: 1911

Snail Haunted House
A hornted house! The Snail Haunted House at Dreamland, Margate, Kent, England, being rushed to completion in order to be ready for the forthcoming Easter Holidays. Date: 1930s

Kitten and Snail
Unusual Friends - Kitten and Snail in the garden. 1950s

Habitat of Aplecta Hypnorum (Moss Bladder Snail), Mahee Island - a view of two boys, one fishing in a net, for snails. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mahee Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Frog and stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Stork on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Zoo - Snail - Garden Snail moving along path. Part of Box 175 Boswell Collection - Zoo. Date: circa 1900

Woman at work, Snail Research Centre
Woman at work in a Snail Research Centre. Date: 1967

Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card, progressing slowly along a country road. Date: circa 1890s

Frogs playing leapfrog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Goblins on a river on a Christmas and New Year card
Goblins having fun on a river on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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