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CollectionABDUZ University of Aberdeen, Zoology Museum
Object NamePapier-mâché Model of Helix pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Roman Snail/ Burgundy Snail
Helix
Helicidae
Stylommatophora
Insecta
Object NumberABDUZ:58421
Other NumberNo.56
Other Number TypeDr Auzoux Cat No.
CreatorUOA\S04hc6
Periodcirca 1827 - 1880.
Brief DescriptionPapier-mâché model of a Roman Snail. Body can be taken apart from the shell down to the middle section of the foot, to show the muscles, vessels, nerves and organs inside (16 seperate removeable componants). Small rectangular paper labels are present on some of the organs/ muscles, and all other parts are numbered with small circular labels.
DimensionsL: 660 x W: 330mm?
MaterialsPapier-mâché, metal wire, plaster, canvas, pigments
ConditionFair
CompletenessComplete
MakerAuzoux, Dr. Louis Jerome.
Object Production PlaceSaint-Aubin-d'Écrosville, Normandy, France.
Inscription ContentAnatomie Clastique 1869 catalogue entry reads (translated from French): 'No. 56 Snail - (Helix pomatia, Lin.) spiral - like type of mollusc, considerably enlarged, 33c. wide (1 foot) by 66c. long (2 feet), with muscles, vessels, nerves, viscera, decomposing into as many fragments as there are organs, and offering more than 600 objects of detail, showing all the parts contained in the tentacle'.
Publication NoteAuzoux, L.J. (1869) Anatomie Clastique Du Docteur Auzoux, Officier de la Legion D’Honneour, Etc. Catalogue de 1869. Paris, France: Adolphe Lainé.
Aquisition SourceUniversity of Aberdeen
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