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Object name(s):
mollusc: shell; GASTROCHAENIDAE: Rocellaria dubia: doubtful piddock; doubtful piddock, Rocellaria dubia
Brief description:
Shells from George Montagu’s collection (syntypes Moll3662 Moll3663, Moll3664, Moll3665, Moll3666). Montagu described these specimens as Mya pholadia in Montagu G 1803. Testacea Britannica. Part 1. p. 28-30, and Part 2, p. 559-561, 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; GASTROCHAENIDAE: Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777): doubtful piddock; doubtful piddock, Rocellaria dubia
Object number:
Moll3662
Reproduction number:
moll3662.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Natural Sciences
Responsible department/section:
Molluscs

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ac44060e-24e4-35bd-8754-33f4ece8e35c

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ac44060e-24e4-35bd-8754-33f4ece8e35c, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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