Spondylus, Strombus, and Conus:
Offerings to the Andean Gods

Supplimental Information:
(Much of this information is Not from the original article.
The source is noted for each separate entrie)

 

 

South America / Peru
 

Sites of interest:


 

** El Niņo phenomenon (ENSO, El Niņo Southern Oscillation)

 

Species: Spondylus princep
(Thorny oyster)

Author: Broderip, 1833

Photo Credit: Man and Molllusc

 

Species: Strombus galeatus
(Giant Eastern Pacific Conch)

Author: Swainson, 1823

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods &
Guido T. Poppe

 

Species: Malea ringens
(Grinning Tun)

Author: Swainson, WA, 1822

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

 

Species: Conus fergusoni
(Ferguson's Cone)

Author: Sowerby III, 1873

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

 

Species: Strombus peruvianus
(Peruvian Conch )

Author: Swainson, 1823

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

 

Species: Pleuroploca (Fasciolaria) princeps
(Panama Horse Conch)

Author: Sowerby, GB I, 1825

This is a pre-Columbian artifact

Photo Credit and Owner:
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History
:
Lima, Peru

 

Species: Fusinus panamensis 
(Panama Spindle)

Author: Dall, W.H., 1908

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

 

Species: Anadara tuberculosa

Author: Sowerby, 1833

Photo Credit: Femorale

 

Species: Pinctada mazatlantica

Author: Hanley,

Photo Credit and Owner:
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History
:
Lima, Peru

 

Species: Melongena patula
(Pacific Crown Conch)

Author: Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. I, 1829

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

 

 

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