• Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula birostris, Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata — Ovule birostre, Ovule aciculaire, Ovule ponctuée, Ovule spelte and Ovule longirostre, hand-engraved plate 5 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Ovula birostris

Antique shell print · Pl. 5 · Paris

Ovula birostris — Antique Shell Print, Pl. 5, Paris

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Ovula birostris, with Ovula acicularis, Ovula punctata, Ovula spelta and Ovula longirostrata, on Ovula Pl. 5 of L.-C. Kiener's Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, issued in Paris. Restored from the plate for home printing.

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Shell nomenclature has changed considerably since this atlas was published. Names, authorities and localities appear here as Kiener printed them, and the accepted name of each species is given beside it.

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Five species on this sheet

N° accepted today as printed, 1891
1 Xandarovula apertagenus changed Ovula birostrisOvule birostre
2 Cymbovula acicularisgenus changedWest Indian simnia Ovula acicularisOvule aciculaire
3 Diminovula punctatagenus changed Ovula punctataOvule ponctuée
4 Simnia speltagenus changedMediterranean ovulid Ovula speltaOvule spelte
5 Ovula longirostratanot matched to a current name Ovula longirostrataOvule longirostre
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About the plate

From Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes, L.-C. Kiener, continué par le docteur P. Fischer, Paris. Captions transcribed by hand from the plate.

A note on the 1891 marks

Shell nomenclature has changed considerably since this atlas was published. Names, authorities and localities appear here as the original printer set them. Where a name is no longer current, the accepted name is given beside it with its source.