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LIST OF THE TENISON WOODS TYPES OF RE- 

 CENT MOLLUSCA IN THE TASMANIAN 

 MUSEUM. 

 By G. H. Hardy. 



(Received 28th August. Read 13th September. Issued 

 separately, 25th November, 1915.) 



Until recently all types of the Tenison Woods Marine 

 Mollusca were included in the general collections of Tas- 

 manian shells in the Museum, and in consequence some 

 were lost and others broken. 



The fresh-water shells were in a drawer in the Curator's 

 office, mixed with much miscellaneous material, and in a 

 very dilapidated condition. 



Very few specimens were marked type in Tenison 

 Woods' handwriting (specimens so marked are recorded 

 as such), the majority being marked by a committee of 

 Conchologists formed for the purpose, particulars of which 

 are given in the paper by Mr. W. L. May, Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Tasm. 1902. Unless otherwise stated, specimens in 

 this list are marked "type.'' 



Since the revision of the types in 1902, some of the 

 specimens have been either lost or broken. Lost speci- 

 mens are not included in the list. Broken specimens are 

 recorded as such. 



The Tenison Woods' fresh-water shells have mostly, if 

 not all, sunk into synonomy, and there is room for con- 

 siderable investigation on the Tasmanian fresh-water 

 shells, as nothing apparently has been done since Tenison 

 Woods' time. 



One fact brought to light may be worth recording : 

 Turritella atliinsoni, Tate and May, is taken from a manu- 

 script specimen of Tenison Woods. When describing this 

 the authors did not have Tenison Woods' specimen to 

 consult, so they described it from another specimen, 

 intending the Tenison Woods specimen in the Museum 

 collection to be the type. Apparently no special care 

 was taken of the specimen actually described. 



The type of Natica polita is amongst the fossil shells, 

 and apparentlv no recent shell was included in the Teni- 

 son Woods collection. 



