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Reference numberPT/51/4/4
LevelItem
TitlePlate, figures 3-8 showing parts of the auditory and lingual anatomy of the nautilus by J D [John Denis] Macdonald
Date[1854]
DescriptionFigures 3-8 (figures 1-6 from plate XV) depicting the auditory sac, otokonia, tongue-sac, and lingual papillae of the Nautilus umbilicatus.

Subject: Zoology / Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the anatomy of Nautilus umbilicatus, compared with that of Nautilus Pompilius'.

Communicated by Sir William Burnett. Received by the Royal Society on 22 February 1855. Read 22 March 1855.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
Physical descriptionWatercolour on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0072
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1855.0012
Related records in the catalogueRR/2/142
RR/2/143
PT/51/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3682Macdonald; Sir; John Denis (1826 - 1908)1826 - 1908
NA7556Burnett; Sir; William (1779 - 1861)1779 - 1861
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