- Object name(s):
- mollusc: shell; MACTRIDAE: Mactra stultorum: rayed trough shell; rayed trough shell, Mactra stultorum
- Brief description:
- Shell from George Montagu’s collection (Syntypes Moll3780, Moll3781, Moll3782) Montagu described these specimens as Mactra cinerea in Montagu G 1808. Supplement Testacea Britannica p 35, 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; MACTRIDAE: Mactra stultorum (Linnaeus, 1758): rayed trough shell; rayed trough shell, Mactra stultorum
- Object number:
- Moll3780
- Reproduction number:
- moll3780.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/b5ed3a81-ce6e-3dd8-a075-e30743cdab33
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b5ed3a81-ce6e-3dd8-a075-e30743cdab33, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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