Natural educational image, brings a scientific touch to your interior - Elephantine Dental by Charles d'Orbigny

Reproduction engraving of: Elephantine tooth (Dentalium elephantinum, Martini), Scaly oscabrion (Chiton squamosus, Lin.), Common limpet (Patella vulgata, Lin.), Boat crack (Fissurella nimbosa, Lamk.), Hungarian bonnet cabochon (Pileopsis hungarica, Lamk.), Scabrous calyptrea (Calyptraea equestris, Lamk.)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they are and may of course be obsolete today.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Gastropods
Order of Heteropods
Suborder Ctenobranchs
Dental Family
Fig. 7. Elephantine tooth (Dentalium elephantinum, Martini)

Class of Gastropods
Order of Heteropods
Suborder Cyclobranchidae
Family of Polyplacophora
Fig. 8. Scaly oscabrion (Chiton squamosus, Lin.)

Class of Gastropods
Order of Heteropods
Suborder Cyclobranchidae
Limpet Family
Fig. 1, 2. Common limpet (Patella vulgata, Lin.)

Class of Gastropods
Order of Heteropods
Suborder Scutibranchs
Rimularia family
Fig. 3, 4. Boat crack (Fissurella nimbosa, Lamk.)

Class of Gastropods
Order of Heteropods
Suborder Scutibranchs
Calyptracian family
Fig. 6. Hungarian bonnet cabochon (Pileopsis hungarica, Lamk.)
Fig. 5. Scabrous Calyptrea (Calyptraea equestris, Lamk.)