Paper, 'Two memoirs. I. Of the naked snail which produces purple; II. New observation of the worms that form sponge' by Jean Andre Peyssonel
Reference number: L&P/3/296
Date: 1758
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17 pages in French and 12 pages in English.
Subject: Zoology
Both papers published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the limax non cochleata purpur ferens, the naked snail producing purple. By John Andrew Peyssonel, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French' and 'New observations upon the worms that form sponges. By John Andrew Peyssonel, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French'
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Jean Andre Peyssonel, Paper, 'Two memoirs. I. Of the naked snail which produces purple; II. New observation of the worms that form sponge' by Jean Andre Peyssonel, 1758, L&P/3/296, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_296/paper-two-memoirs-i-of-the-naked-snail-which-produces-purple-ii-new-observation-of-the-worms-that-form-sponge-by-jean-andre-peyssonel, accessed on 11 February 2026
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