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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Emydidae
Species: Terrapene carolina  
Cat No: NRM 31477. N=1
Determiner: Quensel, C 1802 Length: 135 mm SL Preparation: Skin
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data. From the old collection. Included in C. Quensel's catalogue of 1802
Field Number: KVA-QUENSEL/KAT Leg: Unknown Date:

Object remarks: Dried/mummiefied specimen, mounted on wooden block. Probably identical with one of three specimens in Quensel's catalogue 1802: Plurimae teste & una com capitae pedibus. Does not seem to fit any specimen in Hornstedt's catalogue 1788. Likely to have an origin from Delaware/Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland. (Swedish colony New Sweden) and possibly period 1788-1798, but no stated donation fits./EIÅ, 2014.
Locality remarks: Date of collecting and accession antedates 1802.

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