Specimen drawer
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
1875
Materials
wood & shell
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290176
Summary
Contents of 19th drawer down on right side, bottom drawer, of CAL/F/1526. Contains shells wrapped in newspaper, the Evening Standard October 1875. One shell labelled 'Cyprina Islandica', one shell labelled 'Anodonta Cygnea' plus several other small shells. Two larger shells one labelled 'Pinna Pectinata'. A label inscribed 'Anodon Cygeus Var. Lamark Mytillius Cygneus - Linn Concluferon Hass - Dimyaira - orde Lamellipedes - dulldivision Nayades - Famil - Anodon genus Ponds at Calke Abbey - Derbyshire.
Marks and inscriptions
(label) Anodon Cygeus Var/Lamark Mytillius Cygneus/Linn Concluferon Mass/Dimyaira/orde Lamellipedes/dulldivision Mayades/Famil/Anodon genus Ponds at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire