Notes and lists of "Testacea", probably belonging to "Museum Reginae" (according to Johan Markus Hulth, who wrote in Swedish on the folder: 'Notes and listings, which should belong to the Museum Reginae, although I cannot place them'. His comment is dated Sept. 1912).
The species contained in each genera do not correspond to the published "Museum Reginae" but are very similar in layout, paper (same watermarks) and ink to other drafts in LM/LP/MUS/1/1/2, "Conchilia" drafts, in which are some species enumeration that also do not correspond to the published catalogue.
- rough notes containing lists and diagrams of classification of "Cochleae", "Intestina", "Testacea".
Drawings.
ff. 6- 14, enmuration of species per genus but on smaller quarto paper. Genera include Buccadium, Ostreum, Mytulus, Solen, Pinna, Chama, Tellia, Vulva, Dentalium, Nautilus, Balanus, Pecten, Buccina, Trochus. Many of these notes have been crossed out.
On f. 17v, dichotomous diagram of "Limax" and "Concha", with list of genera and page numbers corresponding to the next section
- lists of species under genera headings, one page per genus, in much the same way as in "Species Plantarum" manuscript. Paginated by Linnaeus, starting with "Trochus" at p. 4.
The following genera are described:
Trochus
Turris
Strombus
Buccinum
Murex
Purpura
Cassida
Cypraea
Dentalium
Nautilus
Balanus
Pecten
Amusium
Mytulus
Pinna
Ostreum
Solen
Tellina
Vulva
Buccardium
Chama
Pencil sketch on f. 34.
References are to
Gualtieri, N. (1742) "Index testarum conchyliorum quae adservantur in museo ... Gualtieri ... et methodice distributae exhibentur tabulis CX". Florence.
Rumpf, G.E.1. (1711) "Thesaurus imaginum piscium testacerum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, etc ut & cochlearum ... quibus accedunt conchylia ...conchae ... mineralia ..." Leiden.
Dezallier d'Argenville, A.J. (1742) " L'Histoire naturelle eclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales. La lithologie et la conchyliologie" Paris.
Petiver, J. (1703) "Musei Petiveriani centuria prima(-decima) rariora naturae". London.
