Thick lacuna: thick chink-shell, Lacuna crassior

Shells from George Montagu’s collection (syntypes).

Montagu described these specimens as Turbo crassior in Montagu G 1803. Testacea Britannica. Part 2. p. 309–310, 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.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
Moll4186
Collection Class
Molluscs
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Montagu, Colonel George (from the collection of): Boys (from the collection of)
Common Name
thick lacuna: thick chink-shell, Lacuna crassior
Simple Name
mollusc: shell
Period Classification
George III (1760-1811)

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LITTORINIDAE: Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803): thick lacuna or thick chink shell