🦪 A history of British Mollusca and their shells London: John Van Voorst, 1853. Original source Image description: Illustration from an 1853 historical text showing detailed black-and-white line drawings of eleven British mollusk shells. The shells vary in shape, size, and texture, including ridged, smooth, and conical forms. They are numbered and arranged on the page with names and varieties listed below, such as Venus ovata, Mactra stultorum (var. cinerea), Tellina fabula (var.), Circe minima, V. fasciata (var.), and V. striatula (varieties). The plate is labeled “Plate XXVI” and the artist credited as G.B. Sowerby, Jr. The image emphasizes shell morphology for scientific study and classification.














