Umbilicus Marinus Spurius, c1745-1807
Description
Glass specie jar containing specimens of spurious shells of Umbilicus Marinus. From the Burges Collection.
Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 118. No. 87. Umbilicus Marinus spurius.’
Pomet, in his Compleat History of Druggs, says that ‘What the Latins call Umbilicus Marinus, i.e. Sea-Navel, is the Covering of a Cockle or Sea Snail’
