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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Emydidae
Species: Emys orbicularis  
Cat No: NRM 31486. N=1
Determiner: Unknown Length: Preparation: Skin
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: from the collection of Gustaf von Paykull which founded the NRM in 1819
Field Number: PAYKULL Leg: Unknown Date: before 1819

Object remarks: 'junior' Carapax + plastron only. Mounted on wooden block.
Locality remarks: Gustaf von Paykull's collections and Swedish Academy of Science were fused to form Swedish Museum of Natural History. Fusion were started in 1819 (when NRM was founded), but were not finished until 1849. The origin of specimens from this collection is usually obscure./EIÅ, 2013

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