Whorl Collection

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

Whorl-leaf watermilfoil, Myriophyllum verticillatum
Whorl-leaf watermilfoil or whorled water-milfoil, Myriophyllum verticillatum. Miriofillo verticillato. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

False fiddleleaf, Hydrolea spinosa. Idrolea spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

The Thumb print frock by Peter Russell
Miss Eileen ( Babs ) Lamb, posed in a dress decorated with thumb prints designed by Peter Russell. Date: 1933

Helicoprion with tooth whorl and Xenacanthus, prehistoric shark.. Both became extinct in the Triassic. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Metal Age. Womans grave 3rd AD. Himlingoje. Grave goods. Na
Metal Age. Womans grave 3rd AD. Himlingoje. Wooden pail with bronze mountings, swastika-shaped costume brooch of bronze and gilded sheet silver, hair pin of silver, fingers ring of gold

Mollusc
Plate 2 by J Drouet from his Etudes sur les naiades de la France, Vol. 2, 1857

Aegocrioceras quadratus, ammonite
This Lower Cretaceous crytocone ammonite displays whorls which do not touch each other but form an open spiral

Collection of shells
Plate 83 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, (1758)

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)

Prolecanites compressus, goniatite

Ammonite, scaphites nodosus
A Cretaceous ammonite from Badlands, South Dakota, USA. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

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

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

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

Spindle whorl. Iberian art. Ceramics. Proc: SPAIN. Calaceite. Poblado de San Antonio

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