Staff Profile Harriet Wood
Curator: Invertebrate Biodiversity (Mollusca)
Contact Details
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3244
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Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions
BSc Ecology & Environmental management (Cardiff), Member of the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA), Member of the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland.
Research Interests
Primary interests are focused on the historical research of the Melvill-Tomlin collection. Current projects include research and imaging of historic type specimens with publication on the online Mollusca Types Catalogue, research on the Monterosato molluscs in the Melvill-Tomlin and Chaster collections and working towards online access and transcription of the J. R. le B. Tomlin archive. Also, co-author of the book ‘The new molluscan names of César-Marie-Felix Ancey’. Interests additionally lie in promotion of the collection through social media, particularly blogs and the Departmental Twitter account @CardiffCurator.
Keywords
Mollusca, conchology, malacology, Melvill-Tomlin, type specimens, collections management, collections, historic collections, curation, archives.Links
Selected Publications
Rowson B., Ablett J., Gallichan J., Holmes A. M., Oliver P. G., Salvador A., Turner J. A., Wood H., Brown C., Gordon D., Hunter T., Machin R., Morgenroth H., Reilly, M. Petts R. & Sutcliffe R. 2018. Mollusca Types in Great Britain. Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales / Natural History Museum. Available online at https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk
Mortimer, K. & Wood, H. & Gallichan, J. (2016). A departmental face to social media: lessons learnt from promoting natural history collections at National Museum Cardiff. Journal of Natural Science Collections 3, 18-28.
Wood, H. (2016). Safeguarding the gems of a scientific collection. Natur Cymru – Nature of Wales 59, p. 49.
Rowson, B., & Wood, A.H. 2015. Shells from Alfred Russel Wallace in the National Museum of Wales. Mollusc World,37, 19-23.
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Wood, H. 2014.
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Wood, H. & Turner, J.A. 2012. Mollusca Types Catalogue. Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
Oliver, P.G., Wood, H. & Holmes, A.M. 2009. First British record of the shipworm Uperotus (Bivalvia: Teredinae) from driftwood on the Llyn, Wales. Journal of Conchology, 39(6) 681-682.
Wood, H. & Gallichan, J. 2008. The new molluscan names of César-Marie-Felix Ancey including illustrations of type material from the National Museum of Wales. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics of Terrestrial Organisms from the National Museum of Wales. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. Biotir Reports 3, pp. i-iv, 1-162, 26 pls.
Holmes A.M., Gallichan J. & Wood, H. 2006. Coracuta obliquata n. gen. (Chaster, 1897) (Bivalvia: Montacutidae) – First British record for 100 years. Journal of Conchology ,39(2) 151-158.
Wood, H. 2005. Notes on a French conchologist. Mollusca World, 7, 16.
Oliver, P.G., Holmes, A.M., Killeen, I.J., Light, I.J. & Wood, H. 2004. Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues. Journal of Natural History, 38, 3229-3272.
Verdcourt, B., Wood, H, & Rowson, B. 2003. Thomas Pain (1915-2003). Journal of Conchology, 38, 179-191.
Wood, H. 2003. Exploring Alderson’s Ampullariids at Basildon Park. Mollusc World, 3. p. 5, fig 1.
Wood, H. 2002. Muses of a Museum Malacologist. Mollusc World, 2, 22.
Oliver, G., Holmes, A., Wood, H., Killeen, I. & Light, J. Studies of the Mollusca of the Rodrigues Lagoon. In J.C. Burnett, J.S. Kavanagh and T. Spencer (eds), Shoals of Capricorn Programme Field Report, 1998-2001. Royal Geographic Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) London, 40-41.
Seddon, M., Wood, H. & Oliver, G. 2002.