Mollusc Archives - Lizzie Harper https://lizzieharper.co.uk/gallery/mollusc/ Natural History Illustration - for books, magazines & packaging Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Lettuce sea slug Elysia crispata https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/lettuce-sea-slug-elysia-crispata/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:18 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=15942 Lettuce sea slug Elysia crispata completed for UKOTCF Montserrat

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]]> Detritivores soil litter invertebrates https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/detritivores-soil-litter-invertebrates/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:08:37 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=12785 Animals shown are spider, snail, centipede, worm, woodlouse, pseudoscorpion, mite, slug, ground beetle, earwig, and spider

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]]> Animals shown are spider, snail, centipede, worm, woodlouse, pseudoscorpion, mite, slug, ground beetle, earwig, and spider

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]]> Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/rocky-shore-line-ecosystem-zonation-of-species/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:17:56 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=11158 Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species.  Some of the animals and pants featured include whelks, mussels, bladderwrack, star fish, top shells, periwinkles, crabs, branacles, and anenomes.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

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]]> Rocky shore line ecosystem zonation of species.  Some of the animals and pants featured include whelks, mussels, bladderwrack, star fish, top shells, periwinkles, crabs, branacles, and anenomes.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

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]]> Suckers of an Octopus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/suckers-of-an-octopus/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:14:18 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10588 Close up detail of the suckers on an Octopus tentacle Illustration from “30 Animals that made us Smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books)

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]]> Close up detail of the suckers on an Octopus tentacle

Illustration from “30 Animals that made us Smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books)

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]]> Blue mussels Mytilus edulis https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/blue-mussels-mytilus-edulis/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:13:20 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10555 Blue mussels Mytilus edulis with byssal threads on wooden piling.  Illustration includes barnacles and limpets, and some bladder wrack seaweed.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

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]]> Blue mussels Mytilus edulis with byssal threads on wooden piling.  Illustration includes barnacles and limpets, and some bladder wrack seaweed.  Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

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]]> Carribean Reef Octopus Octopus briareus – colour https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/carribean-reef-octopus-octopus-briareus-colour/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:40:07 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10434 Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

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]]> Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

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]]> Carribean Reef Octopus Octopus briareus https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/carribean-reef-octopus-octopus-briareus/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:38:39 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/?post_type=image&p=10433 Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

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]]> Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

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]]> common cockle Cerastoderma edule shell https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-cockle-cerastoderma-edule-shell/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-cockle-cerastoderma-edule-shell/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:04:03 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-cockle-cerastoderma-edule-shell/ common cockle Cerastoderma edule pair of shells from one animal, cut to white

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/common-cockle-cerastoderma-edule-shell/feed/ 0 Garden snail Helix aspera https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/garden-snail-helix-aspera/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/garden-snail-helix-aspera/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:04:03 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/garden-snail-helix-aspera/ Garden snail Helix aspera with grey body and yellow and brown shell cut to white

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]]> https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/garden-snail-helix-aspera/feed/ 0 Giant pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/giant-pond-snail-lymnaea-stagnalis/ https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/giant-pond-snail-lymnaea-stagnalis/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:04:03 +0000 https://lizzieharper.co.uk/image/giant-pond-snail-lymnaea-stagnalis/ Giant pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis cut to white

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