List of the Tenison Woods types of recent mollusca in the Tasmanian Museum

Until recently all types of the Tenison Woods Marine Mollusca were included in the general collections of Tasmanian 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". The Tenison Woods' fresh-water shells have mostly, if not all, sunk into synonomy, and there is room for considerable investigation on the Tasmanian fresh-water shells, as nothing apparently has been done since Tenison Woods' time