Paper, 'Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica, and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes). Suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda' by John D [Denis] Macdonald
Reference number: PT/51/5
Date: 11 February 1854
Description
Seven manuscript pages and two plates showing parts of the anatomy of the Macgillivrayia pelagica and the Cheletropis huxleyi.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes) ; suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda'.
Written by Macdonald on HMS [His Majesty's Ship] Herald in Sydney [Australia]. Communicated by Sir W [William] Burnett. Received by the Royal Society on 23 November 1854. Read 21 December 1854.
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 7, 1856.
- Reference number
- PT/51/5
- Earliest possible date
- 11 February 1854
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- Ink on paper
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- 9 pages
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John Denis Macdonald, Paper, 'Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica, and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes). Suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda' by John D [Denis] Macdonald, 11 February 1854, PT/51/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_51_5/paper-remarks-on-the-anatomy-of-macgillivrayia-pelagica-and-cheletropis-huxleyi-forbes-suggesting-the-establishment-of-a-new-order-of-gasteropoda-by-john-d-denis-macdonald, accessed on 09 July 2025
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Related Publications
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I. Remarks on the anatomy of the Macgillivrayia pelagica and Cheletropis Huxleyi (Forbes); suggesting the establishment of a new genus of Gasteropoda External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0050
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XIII. Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes) ; suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1855
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1855.0013
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1855
November 1850 - June 1855 Reference number: PT/51
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John Denis Macdonald
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William Burnett
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