Crown conch shell (NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-109)

3D Model

3D model of a crown conch shell, that is part of the Uetz collection.

Karl Uetz (1914–1998) was a private collector and owner of a large mollusc collection. In addition to thousands of snail and mussel shells, the collection also contains approximately 200 art and everyday objects as well as ethnographic objects. The collection was purchased by the NHMW in 1974 and digitised in 2025.

Object: Pyrulaschnecke mit eingeätztem Elefanten

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-MO-0081100-ETH-109

Collection: NHMW, 3rd Zoological Dept., Collection Mollusca (curator: Anita Eschner)

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Text by K. Mason

Scanned & edited by M. Preslmayr & A. Haider(NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.