Mactra, Cardium has thin and brittle shell, the size is up to 50 mm long. Abundant in Norway, the Mediterranean and West Africa.
Copper plate engraving, delicately hand coloured, from British Zoology, vol.iv Crustacea, Mollusca, Testacea by Thomas Pennant, dedicated to the Dutchess Dowager of Portland
Printed for Benj.White 1777
Size 13.5 x 23 cm. Good Condition.
