Snails Gallery

Marine fauna, chromolithograph, published in 1899

Marine fauna: 1) Mediterranean jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata); 2) Sea raft (Velella velella); 3) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis); 4) Sea cucumber (Pelagothuria natatrix); 5) Salp (Salpa zonaria, single animal of the chain); 6) Carinaria pelagic sea snail (Carinaria mediterranea); 7) Comb jelly (Beroe cucumis); 8) Greater argonaut (Argonauta argo); 9) Eunereis longissima (or Alciopa cantrainii, Annelida); 10) Helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla); 11) Box jellyfish (Cubozoa); 12) Pyrosome; 13) Stephanophyes superba; 14) Salp (Salpa maxima-africana); 15) Dipleurosoma hemisphaericum; 16) Phronima sedentaria; 17) Sea butterfly (Cavolinia tridentata); 18) Gregarious jellyfish (Clytia gregaria); 19) Northern comb jelly (Bolinopsis infundibulum). Chromolithograph after a drawing by Comingio Merculiano (Italian painter, 1845 - 1915), published in 1899

Mollusca, hand-coloured lithograph, published 1880

1) Greater argonaut (Argonauta argo), 2) Calamary (Sepia officinalis), 3) Paper nautilus (Nautilus pompilius), 4) Sea Butterfly (Clione limacina), 5) Great grey slug (Limax maximus), 6) Grapevine snail (Helix pomatia), 7) Isognomostoma isognomostomos, 8) (Helicigona lapicida), 9) Zebrina detrita, 10) Two Toothed Door Snail (Clausilia bidentata), 11) Lymnaea stagnalis, 12) (Planorbarius corneus), 13) Paludina vivipara, 14) Precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare), 15) Green ormer (Haliotis tuberculata), 16) Long-spined limpet (Scutellastra longicosta). Hand-colored lithograph, published in 1880

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snails atop mushrooms

A macro nature photo of two tiny translucent snails atop one of a pair of two little mushrooms. Another tiny cluster of similar white mushrooms is on the right of the image. The earthworm's eye view of this bokeh forest scene is akin to a dreamy fairytale. Warm back light and earthy green tones are very soothing

© marianna armata