Violet snail: Janthina exigua (illustration from "The Ocean World")

This original drawing was created by Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine biologist and artist Sam Hinton, and appeared in a San Diego, California weekly newspaper column titled "The Ocean World." The column featured Hinton's illustrations of sea animals, fish, plants, and birds and was intended to spark interest in marine biology and educate the public.

• between 1958 and 1986

• Hinton, Sam (1917-2009)

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Sam Hinton Papers (MSS 683).

• The Ocean World, The San Diego Union

• Janthina exigua

• Dwarf janthina
• Gastropoda
• Natural history illustration
• Sea snails
• Snails

• image

• English

Online finding aid

• Sam Hinton Papers

• UC Regents

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2021-03-16