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Paper, 'Observations on the anatomy and habits of marine testaceous molluscae, illustrative of their mode of feeding' by Edward Osler

Reference number: PT/20/9

Date: 1832

Description

Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/15/11-21.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the anatomy and habits of marine testaceous mollusca, illustrative of their mode of feeding'.

Communicated by L W [Lewis Weston] Dillwyn. Read 21 June 1832.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 3, 1837.

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PT/20/9
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1832
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Ink on paper
Page extent
23 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Edward Osler

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Edward Osler, Paper, 'Observations on the anatomy and habits of marine testaceous molluscae, illustrative of their mode of feeding' by Edward Osler, 1832, PT/20/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_20_9/paper-observations-on-the-anatomy-and-habits-of-marine-testaceous-molluscae-illustrative-of-their-mode-of-feeding-by-edward-osler, accessed on 24 April 2025

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