Ark clam, Barbatia barbata 1, Noah’s ark shell, Arca noae 2, Tucetona pectunculus 3, false ark shell, Cucullaea labiata 4, and Nucula margaritacea 5. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Terreni, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

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