True Conch Collection

Common spider conch shells C016 / 6042
Pair of common spider conch (Lambis lambis) shells. This heavily ornamented gastropod, has large shell projections. It originates from the Western Indo-Pacific

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

Arabian tibia shells C016 / 6017
Pair of Arabian tibia shells (Tibia insulae-chorab). This pointed gastropod can be found in the Indian Ocean in intertidal regions up to 50 metres deep

Trapezium horse conch shells C016 / 6030
Pair of trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium) shells. This marine gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific

Arabian tibia shells C016 / 6016
Pair of Arabian tibia shells (Tibia insulae-chorab). This pointed gastropod can be found in the Indian Ocean in intertidal regions up to 50 metres deep

Trapezium horse conch shells C016 / 6015
Pair of true tulip (Fasciolaria tulipa) shells. The true tulip is a carnivorous gastropod that is closely related to the horse conch

Spider conch, artwork C013 / 6794
Spider conch. Watercolour of a spider conch (Lambris chiragra) by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844)

Strombus tricornis, lightfoot
Shell specimen with Martin Listers engraving from his Historiae Sive Synopsis Methodicae Conchyliorum, 1685-1692, plate 873

Gustavus Brander (1720-1787)
Trustee of the British Museum and Director of the Bank of England. Here depicted holding the type specimen of Strombus amplus

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