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Livonia Mammilla
''Livonia mammilla'', common name false melon or false baler, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Livonia (genus), Livonia in the family (biology), family Volutidae, the volutes. Distribution This marine species occurs off South East Australia from Western Victoria to New South Wales, Southern Queensland and Tasmania. Description Shells of ''Livonia mammilla'' can reach a size of . These large shells are characterized by a greatly swollen apex and a lightweight protoconch with a diameter of about . Whorls are smooth and rounded, with axial growth lines and weak spiral grooves on the top of the body whorl. Columella (gastropod), Columella shows four plaits and the outer lip is smooth and flared outwards. The background colour is yellowish-brown or cream, while the inner edge of outer lip may be white or orange. Body whorl usually has two wide spiral bands of axial zigzag brown lines, but this pattern is variable.Des BeecheSea Shells of NSW/ref> Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British natural history, naturalist, illustrator and Conchology, conchologist. Life He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his father in the production of illustrated works on natural history. On the latter's death in 1822, he and his brother James De Carle Sowerby continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the ''Mineral Conchology of Great Britain''. He published about 50 papers on molluscs and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'', a work that was continued by his son, George Brettingham Sowerby II and his grandson George Brettingham Sowerby III. One of his first works was the cataloguing of the collection of the Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Tankerville. He also dealt in shells and natural history objects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
