Shell of Pecten jacobaeus, a scallop from the Mediterranean Sea. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

---

Scallop Shell, Illustration

---

Size: 3315px × 4188px
Location:
Photo credit: © Science History Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1867, 19th, american, animal, art, bivalve, bivalvia, century, color, colorized, deluge, earth, edition., engraving, enhanced, enhancement, fauna, figuier, geologic, geology, historic, history, illustration, invertebrate, jacobaeus, life, louis, marine, mediterranean, mollusk, pecten, pectinidae, pectinoida, pelecypod, pelecypoda, pilgrim, scallop, science, sea, seashell, shell, world