MOLLUSCS: animal shell front arm dilatation anterior pair contracted eggs, 1860

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'Mollusca; 1. The animal out of the shell; 2. The front arm shewing the dilatation; 3. The animal expanded shewing the 8 arms the anterior pair being dilated at the end & the sides of the body marked by the ribs of the shell; 4, 5. The animal partly contracted; 6. The animal quite contracted in the shell; 7, 8. The side & top view of the animal partly contracted in its shell; the shell broken at the keel to shew the Eggs'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by Lowry, Sculp. Provenance: "The Museum of Natural History", by William Dallas; plates engraved by JW Lowry; published by William MacKenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New York. Type: Antique engraved print.

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Size: 1897px × 2388px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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