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Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Acipenseridae
Species: Acipenser oxyrinchus  
Cat No: NRM 94. N=1
Determiner: Kullander, SO 2009
Length: 182 mm TL
Preparation: Liquid
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Locality: most probably from the collection of J Albert Schlosser (dead 1769), received by C de Geer in 1770
Field Number: KVA-DEGEER-SCH
Leg: Schlosser, JA
Date: to 1769

Object remarks: Size according to Fernholm & Wheeler. Possibly type specimen for Acipenser sturio Linnaeus; Labels: Quensel (Acipenser Sturio), Dalman, late 19th century label. cf. Fernholm & Wheeler (1983:209). See also illustration in Linnaeus (1754). /SIL, 1996. This illustration fits very well to the specimen /EIÅ, 2002. Oldest label from Leufsta. Linnaeus has probably seen this specimen, but hardly before 1758. /EIÅ, 2017
Locality remarks: Cf. list of items in Schlosser's collection purchased by C de Geer in 1769 /EIÅ, 2010.
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