Samuel Brookes
Shells - Conch, Murex and Top-shells, 1815
An original hand-coloured antique lithograph
10 x 7 ½ in
25 x 19 cm
25 x 19 cm
NATHISp9673
Shells: Three conch shells with five murex and five top-shells showing 85 Fighting Conch (Strombus pugilis), 86 Spider conch (S. lambis), 87 Spindle tibia (S. fusus), 88 Snipe's Bill (Murex...
Shells: Three conch shells with five murex and five top-shells showing 85 Fighting Conch (Strombus pugilis), 86 Spider conch (S. lambis), 87 Spindle tibia (S. fusus), 88 Snipe's Bill (Murex haustellum), 89 Distaff spindle (M. colus), 90 True tulip (M. tulipa), 91 Babylon turrid (M. babylonius), 92 Cuming's cerith (M. aluco), 93 Nile topsnail (Trochus niloticus), 94 Clear Sundial (T. perspectivus), 95 Lipped Periwinkle (T. labio), 96 Painted Lady (T. phasianella) and 97 Giant Atlantic pyram (T. dolabratus).
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