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Carpenter shares observations on several preserved specimens of Terebratula.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Followed by two diagrams of the sinus-system of Terebratula.

Subject: Zoology

Received 30 March 1854.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a peculiar arrangement of the sanguiferous system in Terebratula and certain other Brachiopoda'.

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AP/36/8
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1854
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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13 pages
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Diagram
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William Benjamin Carpenter

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William Benjamin Carpenter, Paper, 'On a peculiar arrangement of the sanguiferous system in Terebratula and certain other Brachiopoda' by William B [Benjamin] Carpenter, 1854, AP/36/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_36_8/paper-on-a-peculiar-arrangement-of-the-sanguiferous-system-in-terebratula-and-certain-other-brachiopoda-by-william-b-benjamin-carpenter, accessed on 18 April 2026

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