Reference number | AP/37/7 |
Level | File |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda [sic] named Jasonilla' by John Denis MacDonald |
Date | 10 December 1854 |
Description | 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'. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Drawing |
Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0084 |
Related records in the catalogue | RR/3/191 |
RR/3/192 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA3682 | Macdonald; Sir; John Denis (1826 - 1908) | 1826 - 1908 |
NA7556 | Burnett; Sir; William (1779 - 1861) | 1779 - 1861 |