• Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
  • Ovula marginata, Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior — Ovule marginée, Ovule émarginée, Ovule courte, Ovule evasée and Ovule des Moluques jeune, hand-engraved plate 3 from Kiener, Coquilles vivantes, Paris.
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Ovula marginata

Antique shell print · Pl. 3 · Paris

Ovula marginata — Antique Shell Print, Pl. 3, Paris

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Print at home · US Letter · 300 DPI

Ovula marginata, with Ovula emarginata, Ovula brevis, Ovula patula and Ovula oviformis junior, on Ovula Pl. 3 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 Ovula marginatanot matched to a current name Ovula marginataOvule marginée
2 Ovula emarginatanot matched to a current name Ovula emarginataOvule émarginée
3 Ovula brevisnot matched to a current name Ovula brevisOvule courte
4 Ovula patulanot matched to a current name Ovula patulaOvule evasée
5 Ovula ovumgenus changedcommon egg cowrie Ovula oviformis juniorOvule des Moluques jeune
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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.