| Reference number | AP/37/7/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda [sic] named Jasonilla' by John Denis MacDonald |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 | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0084 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3682 | Macdonald; Sir; John Denis (1826 - 1908) | 1826 - 1908 |