Type specimens of Helix trochiformis the tawny snail or brown hive snail

Colonel George Montagucirca 1800

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter, United Kingdom

Montagu described these specimens as Helix trochiformis in Montagu G 1803. Testacea Britannica, Part 2 p.427-428, table 11, figure 9. This species is now called Euconulus fulvus.

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Title: Type specimens of Helix trochiformis the tawny snail or brown hive snail
Creator: Colonel George Montagu
Creator Lifespan: 1753/1815
Date Created: circa 1800
Location Created: UK
Subject Keywords: conchology, natural history, taxonomy, shell, mollusc, snail, land snail

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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