Various shells: Jewel box clam, Chama squamata 1, embossed horn shell, 2, miter, Mitra mitra (Mitra episcopalis) 3, volute sea snail, Voluta musicalis 4, agate volute 5, groene zilvermond 6, Nassau shell 7, purple sunbeam, Tellina species 8, violet sunbeam, Tellina violacea 9. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved from nature by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771.

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Size: 5014px × 6742px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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