A variety of colorful sea snails commonly known as periwinkles.
A variety of colorful sea snails commonly known as periwinkles from the families Rissoa (1-11), Hydrobia (5,7), Aclis (9, 23-25), Barleeia (12), Jeffreysia (13-15), Pherusa (16), Homalogyra (17-18), Skenea (19), Cyclostrema (20-22) and Eulimella (26-29). Hand-colored copperplate engraving from George Sowerby's "Illustrated Index of British Shells" 1859.
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