>
> From: John Timmerman <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/10/11 Tue PM 06:14:36 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Botticelli's shell
>
>
> In a message dated 10/11/2005 5:33:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Please can  somebody tell me if the shell in Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"
> conforms  accurately with a particular species of scallop?
>
> Thank  you.
> Ingrid  Thomas
>
>
>
> Most likely St. James's Scallop, Pecten maximus subspecies  jacobaeus
> (Linnaeus, 1758)
>
> Botticelli used a bit of artistic license in his depiction but the shape of
> the ribs along the margins, proportion of the valve and hinge are true  enough
> to lead me to this conclusion.
>
> John Timmerman
> Wilmington, NC
>
>

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