- Object name(s):
- mollusc: shell; CORBULIDAE: Corbula gibba [Olivi]: basket shell; basket shell
- Brief description:
- Shells from George Montagu’s collection (syntypes Moll3865 and Moll3866). Montagu described these specimens as Mya inaequivalvis in Montagu G 1803. Testacea Britannica. Part 1. p. 38, not figured.. 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; CORBULIDAE: Corbula gibba [Olivi]: basket shell; basket shell
- Object number:
- Moll3685
- Reproduction number:
- moll3685-shot1.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/3754fe97-c5fb-3023-a3ed-cc7f76b47f1d
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3754fe97-c5fb-3023-a3ed-cc7f76b47f1d, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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