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Wilhelm Friedberg and his scientific legacy … 27

described prior to Friedberg by A. Alth, A. Reuss, S. Olszewski, E. Dunikowsky, and
J. Niedzwiedski. Concurrently, Friedberg described 28 previously unknown foraminifera
species from the Cretaceous sediments, including eight species that were new to science. It
is worth noting that while the collection is well-organized, there might be a need for their
comprehensive review due to potential shifts in the contents of the vials and the overall
condition of the material.

Collection of Neogene Mollusca

The descriptions of the collection of Miocene molluscs were published in parts during 25
years. In the article about the genus Turritella, Friedberg (1909) provided descriptions for 13
new taxa, primarily at the variety level. Among these, specimens of five taxa are housed in
the museum’s collection.
In a two-volume monograph Friedberg (1911-1928, 1934-1936) described more than 700
taxa of molluscs, from which 85 are new, and 27 are kept in the museum (Tab. 1). The entire
collection is well organized, and the preservation of the shells remains good. Each unit of the
storage may contain more than one shell, so the number of specimens in the monograph
collection is more than 27. When examining the labels for each specimen, it was found that
most of the described material was collected by various researchers, and only a few, mainly

Fig. 6. Friedberg’s collection of Cretaceous foraminifera and the plate I with drawings of
described taxa (Friedberg, 1901).