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Unpublished paper, 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda [sic] named Jasonilla' by John Denis MacDonald

Reference number: AP/37/7

Date: 10 December 1854

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MacDonald describes a genus of pelagic Gastropoda, characterised, like Macgillivraya and Cheletropis, by the presence of ciliated cephalic appendages, but having a transparent, cartilaginous and symmetrical shell. MacDonald has seen one species, found between Port Jackson and the Isle of Pines [Australia].

Annotations in pencil throughout. Followed by one page of figures.

Subject: Zoology

Read 30 March 1855. Communicated by Sir William Burnett.

Written by MacDonald at Sydney Harbour [Australia].

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic gasteropoda, named Jasonilla'.

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AP/37/7
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10 December 1854
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Denis Macdonald

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John Denis Macdonald, Unpublished paper, 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda [sic] named Jasonilla' by John Denis MacDonald, 10 December 1854, AP/37/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_7/unpublished-paper-brief-sketch-of-the-anatomy-of-a-new-genus-of-pelagic-gasteropoda-sic-named-jasonilla-by-john-denis-macdonald, accessed on 06 November 2024

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