Mollusk Collection (page 8)

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

Conus and Epitonium shells
Watercolour by Johann Gustav Hoch, c. 1771. Clockwise from top left: Conus ammiralis, Admiral cone; Conus episcopus, Episcopal or bishop cone; Conus imperialis, Imperial cone; Conus virgo

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

Verania sicula, 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

Tremoctopus velifer, 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

Sepioteuthis sicula. jpg
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

Sepiola rondeletii, 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

Sepia officinalis, 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

Sepia elegans, 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

Rossia dispar, 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

Philonexia catenulatus, 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

Onychoteuthis lichtensteinii, 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

Onychia platyptera, 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

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

Octopus vulgaris, 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

Epidiceras speciosum (Munster), internal cast of bivalve
Steinkern (internal cast) of a bizarrre rudist bivalve from the Jurassic period. Specimen from the Upper Kimmeridgian rocks, Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany

Rasenia uralensi, ammonite
A fossil ammonite from the Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridge clay, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. An ammonite has a coiled, chambered shell and is an extinct mollusc

Histioteuthis bonelliana, 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

Loligo vulgaris, 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

Enoploteuthis veranii, 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

Enoploteuthis owenii, 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

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

Extinct gastropods and mollusks: Ammonites, Scaphites, Hamites and Turrilites species.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A

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

Sargassum nudibranch, Scyllaea pelagica.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Peronian aplysia, Aplysia peroniana.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany

Episcopal miter or mitre shell, Mitra mitra, a large predatory marine gastropod mollusk.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw

Mollusk Shell Variations
A scientific illustration of British land shells, illustrating some of the variations exhibited by a single species of mollusk. Original water colour drawings by John, W. Taylor

USA, Washington, Seabeck. Close-up of cockle shell in Hood Canal. Credit as: Don Paulson / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

USA, Adirondacks, Snail on Fern in Fall. Credit as: Nancy Rotenberg / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont
USA, New York, Adirondacks, Snail on Fern in Fall. Credit as: Nancy Rotenberg / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Octopus salad and potatoes

Seafood rice with mussels, shrimps, tomato, olives, peas, Italian cuisine, Italian food, Italy

Spaghetti with mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

Indonesia, Lembeh Strait. Shrimp walking on nudibranch. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Lembeh Strait. Close-up of octopus. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat. Close-up of deadly blue-ringed octopus. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Lembeh Strait. Mollusc on sea floor
Indonesia, Lembeh Strait. Mollusk on sea floor. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Buyat Bay. A cuttlefish swims over hard coral. Credit as
Cuttlefish (Sepiida) swimming over hard coral, Buyat Bay, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Raja Ampat, Aljui Bay. Close-up of nocturnal bobtail squid. Credit as
Nocturnal bobtail squid (Sepiolida), Aljui Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat. Baitfish schooling around soft coral
Baitfish schooling around soft coral, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, New Guinea Island, Raja Ampat. Close-up of cuttlefish amid corals. Credit as
Cuttlefish (Sepiida) amid corals, Raja Ampat, New Guinea Island, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Indonesia, Lembata Island. Close-up of a squid
Close-up of a squid, Lembata Island, Indonesia. Credit as: Jones-Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Picture No. 11808896
Snails at a fence post Andalusia, Spain Date:

Picture No. 11808895
Snails at a fence post Andalusia, Spain Date:

A white-lipped snail on grass in a garden in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Illustration of an oyster shell

Ammonite 3
a cross section of a fossilized ammonite snail shell showing fantastic intricate details in a wonderful natural pattern of blues and browns

Sundial shell
the bottom of a sundial shell showing a spiral pattern as the snail created the shell as it grew

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