- Object name(s):
- mollusc: shell; ERATOIDAE: Erato voluta: smooth margin shell; smooth margin shell, Erato voluta
- Brief description:
- Shells from George Montagu’s collection (syntypes). Montagu described these specimens as Cypraea voluta in Montagu G 1803. Testacea Britannica. Part 21. p. 203–204, Tab. 6 fig. 7. For more information see Oliver, P.G. et al. Type specimens of Mollusca described by Col. George Montagu in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter and The Natural History Museum, London. Zoosystematics and Evolution 2018. This paper is open access. In January 2020 the Montagu Collection was awarded Designated status by Arts Council England. This mark of distinction recognises the collection’s international significance to the scientific community - it is the most intact and taxonomically important collection of British shells of the early 19th century (1800-1816) to be found anywhere in the UK. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Scientific type
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Field collector:
- Colonel George Montagu (from the collection of)
- Object name:
- mollusc: shell; ERATOIDAE: Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803): smooth margin shell; smooth margin shell, Erato voluta
- Object number:
- Moll4249
- Reproduction number:
- moll4249.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Molluscs
- Right type:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1a801cc5-5a5a-302e-b91c-548053e7118a
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1a801cc5-5a5a-302e-b91c-548053e7118a, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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