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Description: | Hans Schlesch collection of western Palaearctic Mollusca
Kendall Museum collection of exotic marine Mollusca
Beverley Museum herbarium of 815 local sheets
The Botanical collection is yery small compared to Pre-War and is only 2 herbaria:-
Beverley Museum acquired in 1982 consisting of 812 sheets of mostly local flowering plants and ferns. C W Mason collection of seaweeds recently added to with local collecting
Zoological collections are also now small and relatively insignificant except the Hans Schlesch collection of western Palaearctic Mollusca and the ex Kendall Museum collection of exotic mostly tropical marine Mollusca. A reasonable series of British land, freshwater and marine Mollusca, but Insecta not so good.
Bird study skin collection includes figured and cited specimens and some important mounted birds. The mammal skin collection is small at 40 specimens. | Subjects: | Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 36 High Street
Hull,
HU1 1NQ | FAX: | 01482 613 710 | Telephone: | 01482 613 902 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1189 | Go to resource |
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