posted on 2023-11-22, 09:38authored byWilliam Lewis May
The late R. M. Johnston, Government Statistician, by his will bequeathed his natural history collections to the Royal Society of Tasmania; and the portion containing the recent and fossil mollusca is already at the Museum. The Council of the Society has kindly allowed me, not only to carefully examine these collections, but also granted me permission to have on loan some of the type and other specimens, for the purpose of figuring them. This I have now accomplished, and they will illustrate my paper, which I hope may be of distinct value to those who are, or may be, studying the Table Cape Molluscan fauna.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
69-73
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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..