Golden carpet or golden tapestry shell
- Description
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Shells from George Montagu’s collection. Moll3787 Moll3788
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. - Accession Loan No.
- Moll3787
- Collection Class
- Molluscs
- Common Name
- golden carpet or golden tapestry shell
- Simple Name
- mollusc: shell
- Full Name
- VENERIDAE: Tapes aureus [Gmelin]: golden carpet or golden tapestry shell
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Montagu, Colonel George (from the collection of)
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- MOLLUSCA
- Family
- VENERIDAE
- Genus
- Tapes
- Species
- aureus
